Opening Morning in NY
 

So here it is opening morning in NY's early bow season. I woke up at 5 for my short trip with my climber. It was 68 degrees and the humidity is the same. It's spitting light drops of rain with promises of heavier stuff to come. I just couldn't do it. The wind is wrong for where I wanted to go so I said screw it. I'm not going to stink up a good stand the first day of the season. They're calling for possible thundershowers this afternoon so I might not make it out this evening either. It's time I face it... I'm a crotchetty old fart wusss. LOL Friday calls for scattered showers with better temps.We may play golf Friday if the weather holds off. The weekend looks good. You can't kill them with a laptop I know. LOL There'll be other days. If I need meat I can always visit Len. He shot two on Tuesday AM.:D A couple weeks ago our temps were in the 30s at night. Where is that weather when you need it?

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The weather sure has been strange in NY lately. 92 degrees a couple days ago at the end of September?[:-] Sounds like rain all day thursday and clearing up for the weekend. Get your arse out there you crotchety old fart.

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I hear ya David. My opener is Saturday. Temps are supposed to be upper 60s in the morning and upper 80s for a high. I'm going but I won't be in my favorite stand of oaks UNLESS I have a good SE wind.

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What a wuss !! Not going hunting !! I have lost all respect for you !! [8D] :D Give her heck when the you get out. The weather is been something else here too. A guy shouldn't be sweating and fighting skeeters off this late in September. [:'(] We need a good frost to straighten things out!!

Congrats to Len on his hunting.

Tim

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Opening day in Maine , I will be going out this afternoon, it supposed to be around 70, with a chance of showers, and cooling off the rest of the week.Thank God, it was 87 yesterday.

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Ahh, some days its just like that, you just say the heck with it!!

Dave, when did you migrate to NY. I noticed that a few weeks ago in your sig. Got tired of MD??

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You did the right thing. However, you may want to scout out a few more trees so that you have a stand site for all wind directions. Then again, you wouldn't have any excuses for not hunting!!??[:-]

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I gotta confess......myself and alot of other people have been doing the rain dance to get rain up there. On my way up to the Salmon River on Sun for a week of salmon fishing, and water is badly needed. I promise no more dancing after Sat. night!

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I should employ your tactics more, David. I hunted a 10 acre woodlot this morning.....that I hadn't been in all year. I did EVERYTHING wrong....(forgot: haul line; gloves; mask; dropped my cap from my perch) and still had 5 deer within 20 yds for the morning sit. MY FAULT, completely, I don't have a deer to show for the effort (albeit a lackluster effort). I screwed the pooch 2X, today.....and never took a shot.

Good luck in the coming days.

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Same here.;)My pond could sure use it, it's only up about 18 inches since May and it's spring fed. :D

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Diesel, Imoved to NY the end of April.

Greg... I have multiple trees. Heck, I have the run of several hundred acres. It's just with the heavy air and changing winds I figured my scent would spread out everywhere like a big upside down mushroom covering half the county.

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DM

Rather Golf than hunt:eek: No longer my hero, Atlas is now my hero in NY.

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Reminds me of the time we drove 150 miles to a IBO world qualifier 3D shoot. When we got there the temperature started to drop and it started spitting rain. When the Boys were getting their gear out of the car I just stood there watching with my hands in my pockets trying to stay warm, when one of them asks, your notshooting Dad? I said I think Illsit this one out!
Well I took the Girls (my wife and oldest sons wife) out to eat to pass the time while the boys were shooting. The weather turned even worse, Sleet, 70mph gusts of wind, we had to pick our food up and move away from the windows in the restaurant. At that time my wife asks, Dont you feel bad the boys are out there shooting in this without you? I said, "Hell no" I feel pretty darn smart about right now!
Well when we picked them up both their lips were purple.
They started the shoot with 1/2 dozen new arrows each, Johnny finished with 2 arrows, and Zeb shooting youth class finished with an arrow he found and they both qualified for the world!
Not very many good scores turned in that day!

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and if you dont have tree for the right wind.. theres always the ground..