NICE TO HERE FROM YOU AHUNTER 55 SEEMS YOU ALREADY STRTE YOUR SEASON OFF TO A GOOD START

The season opened here yesterday for us in NJ. I didn't get out in the morning, too much to do around the house, but did manage to get out around 2:00pm. I went to check on a trail camera, and in a week only 2 pictures had been taken, so I decided to move it. I wanted to set it up near my stand to see how the deer react, and learned a good lesson. When I went in to the stand, I found a scrape 20 yards from it that wasn't there a week ago.

I set the camera up quietly, and was up in the tree by 3:10pm. At 4:50, a fawn with half it's spots came by and messed around until about 5:05, then walked off. When I turned to look back down the hill I saw movement, and a healthy six-pointer was slowly making his way up the hill. When he saw the camera I had put out, it got his attention. He kept looking at it, doing the head bob, and was definately nervous. He changed direction and tried to circle down wind, but changed course and decided to get out of dodge before he made it to the downwind side. He didn't run, but just sort of trotted off.

Then, right at 7:25, I had a buck with 4 points on one side, and nothing on the other, come in. His forehead was glowing in the dim light. The hair between his antlers was bleach blonde. Pretty good afternoon to start, but I have to take a doe first so I'll work on that.

I second the nomination for btw as captain.

Here is a couple infrared pictures from a camera I converted to see IR. Instead of a white light flash you get a small red blip that is barely noticable. The deer don't seem to notice it.

Not seeing any BIG bucks. Jumped a half decent buck setting a camera up in a different location. I'm in PA and need 3 pts on one side to be legal. He was legal atleast.

nice camera trick for the skidish deer
and the nomination was for T_in_PA2 not BTW my bad sorry for confusion just T seems to be doing the captian job might as well have the title !!

BTW is not on this team hehehe i just did a btw as= by the way eheh [8D]

GREAT CHOICE T-IN -,PA 2 NICE PICTURES, THE BIG ONE IS HIDEING, HE MIGHT BE ALITTLE CAMREA SHY,CANT WAIT FOR THE SEASON,OCT.11 CANT COME QUICK ENOUGH,GOING ON A FISHING TRIP THIS WEEKEND TO NEW YORK ON THE SALMON RIVER FOR THE BIG ONES 30-40LBS SALMON ITS NOT BOW HUNTING BUT ITS SOMTHING TO DO BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS,SINCE IAM DONE HANGING STANDS CUTING SHOOTING LANES , ALL I CAN DO NOW IS WAIT AND PRACTICE SHOOTING. WELL GOOD LUCK GUYS!!! LETS GET SOME BIG ONES

Yawnnnnn, 2 1/2 weeks to go yet.

Hey team,

I've been busy fishing to kill my urge for slinging arrows, however today I went out snooping around and ran into these. Does only, the buck ran off small 4 pointer.

LoL the only sign the buck left behind., my partner was attempting to set up a video camera and I guess spooked him.

I went out again yesterday afternoon after work. It was my second time out. I just went to a piece of public land near work to get my doe out of the way, but again, all I saw from the tree was bucks. Hunting in the rain is usually pretty good, and yesterday was no exception. Going in at 3:20pm, I jumped 2 does and 2 fawns on the grassy field road right up against the woods. A white oak was dropping pretty good there, so I guess thats what they were eating. My stand was actually 30 yards inside the edge of the woods off a bean field, just to the north of those oaks. There is also a standing corn field about 300 yards south of the stand, and a grown over field in between the beans and corn.

I sat getting soaked until 6:30 when suddenly I saw a deer move through the holly's to my left. It was gone in a flash, but I saw short spikes on it's head. About 5 minutes later, another spike appeared 5 yards away. He had long, curving spikes and a long body, pretty deer. He will be a heavy buck some day. I drew and held on him for a while, just for practice.

At about 7:05pm, I saw a deer moving through a brushy area up near the field. I couldn't tell how many points, but he had a decent rack. He got in some thick cover, but disappeared, and never made it to the field. I glassed the field before getting down and taking the long route back out and saw 3 does and 3 fawns about 200 yards out into the field. Interestingly, both spikes were directly downwind of me, and never knew I was there, and no, I wasn't wearing Scent Lok.

Still no does in shooting range, but having fun.