Worst bow season ever
 

This is the worst bow season I have ever had :mad1::mad1:.. The weather has sucked. its goes from to warm, windy as hell, full moon, or I was just to busy to go out that day. Deer are only showing up on camera at night. Well maybe two or three times they showed up during the daylight. Now we have a little snow on the ground this morning, so lets hope this last day of bow season lets me see something other than squirrels..:confused0024: I feel this season has been a big waste of time..

At least you didn't fall 22 feet after your tree stand broke. I did manage to take a few deer though so I guess everything evened out.

LOL. Touche.

Its been a good year here. I haven't gotten the job done yet but I certainly can't blame the conditions.

I guarantee my season has been way worse. Bowstring broke on my heli-m, so I had to move to a back up bow.. Went to one of my stands early before season to find out a kid was hunting it during youth season.. Slept in on two mornings all season and the buck I am after was under my stand in daylight both times. November comes around and I was saving a property for the rut so I hadn't been in there I get out of my truck and am met by guys from Texas hunting the property. 4 guys on 10 acres of timber I couldn't even hunt let alone it's private and I have hunted it for 5 years.. Then have had houses being built in the main timber I hunt one right in middle of a bedding area.. Let alone I have seen 3 shooters all year and I have hunted almost everyday of the season

It's been both good and not-so-good here. Weather has been better than normal, but often with wind ... like it is today. I've shot 4 arrows and have 4 does in the freezer, but haven't had any of the bucks I'm after allow a shot. I've had plenty of immature bucks of 7 points and under, and does, offer shots now that I'm holding out for the big boys ... especially the big 10 point I named "Rack Star." However, today I watched the nighbor's dogs trampling all over my property which pretty much eliminates it for a bit and the neighbor on the other side has heavy equipment out in the middle of where the deer cross which will prevent them from returning. My best spot away from here currently has the landowner's son GUN hunting the place - even though it's NOT gun season yet! I was surrounded by deer (lots of grunting) the night before and nearly got a shot at a nice 8 point that was chasing does. I HAD planned to return there until I found out he was planning to hunt there for the next couple days. He'll walk around the woods with a gun, no camo, no scent control, no nothing - just scaring deer and possibly getting a shot at one of the ones I've been targeting and waiting for them to get in bow range. The only other place has no good place to hang a stand with this wind direction. I tried that yesterday and proved my point. So ... it's cold and the rut is in full swing, but it's pretty windy and my best areas are currently unhuntable.

Why weren't you wearing a harness? Please don't be a statistic. I'm sure people are counting on you to come home.
As for the deer season. I haven't got one yet either but I've see 7 buck and 4 doe (hunting public land). 2 of the buck weren't shooters and they were the ones that came in really close. I did have a shooter coming in on Wednesday morning but the darn wind shifted and he caught my scent and turned tail.
Tomorrow's the last day so I will be out hoping for the best. The temps dropped into the 20s at nights so that may help.

Why where you not wearing a harness? especially that high in the air..
I have only seen one deer that I could have shot, but he was to small.. I have not seen any sign of the rut.. Bow season is now over... I guess a bad season is going to happen from time to time.. I guess it would be different if I was seeing deer and just choosing not to shoot them, but that hasn't been the case, I haven't seen dog squeeze.. I have 30 acres to my self.
I have some ass wipe on the adjacent property put a stand up 25 yards from mine. He has 60 acres to hunt on and he put a stand right next to mine, not very sportsman like in my opinion.....

I have been checking the harnesses out and the HS Safety System seems pretty good. Any opinions?

I wasn't able to get out until 10/31 and never got a shot; given the weather here in NY during October- either 70's or windy/rainy, I don't feel I missed too much!

That sure changed this week though; wow it's cold suddenly, a 17 degree windchill today when Tues was 65!! It did have the deer moving though.

The guys I know who were out mentioned reduced sightings from other years.
I think the sheer number/availability of acorns has had the deer pretty scattered and imagine their patterns will tighten up as the season progresses.

I can't remember ever really having a bad day hunting.... And I hunt allot of them. Hope it gets better for ya!
-Jake

That's a good one and one that I use. But there are others out there too that are equally as good.
today was the last day. I had a nice 6 pt at 25 yards in thick cover but quartering hard away. I left him walk. This season I saw 8 buck and 4 doe in about 20 days of hunting.

Is this like closing the barn door AFTER the cattle have gotten out? Heard your story. Glad you survived. Many have not.
I teach Hunter Safety Education. This is one of my largest portions of my class showing several variations of Safety Restraint/Capture Harness's. That and how to build/use a Prusik Knot system on all lock-on and ladder stands.

Gun season has not been any better.. All the shooting is on the other side of the road. I came to the conclusion last night, that's where all the corn fields are, so that's where most of the deer are going to be.. What deer are on my side are all running at night.. Got some snow on the ground this morning. Going to rain a little later.. Crazy up and down weather...

Things can go south in a hurry. I pretty much hunt just 3 places. Literally overnight things changed. My best place is quite small, so I try to hunt it sparingly to avoid spooking the deer away. However, the landowner told me to avoid it for a while because her son is going to hunt there. He has never hunted deer and will be using a gun (gun seasons aren't open for another week and a half). He knows nothing about camo and scent control and will pretty much shoot at anything brown I suspect. It will ruin the area until the real gun seasons begin (just as the rut kicked into high gear). My 2nd place has nothing but mature poplar trees to hunt (no cover) and is useless with a NW wind which is what we have been getting and will continue to get for the forseeable future. And now my neighbor's dogs have resumed running through my property every day. They used to control that years ago and now that it's begun again, they haven't stopped it even though I've called them repeatedly about it. We have a good relationship with them - except for these dogs ruining my place for hunting. So suddenly, I need to make my place work ... with dogs under my stand at times.

That's pretty disrespectful of him to let his dogs run your property, especially during hunting season..

let the CPO's make a personal house call and see what happens!!!