11/8 check in

[FDhunt1213]

3 minutes ago, JHbowhunter said:

Passed on a 2 yr old 8 and this 3 yr old 10 with amazing potential. Finally a good permit bow hunt.  Listen to the grunt….

Very cool!! 

[electricstart]

2 hours ago, Bones said:

My daughter and me made it out for first light before I had to go to work.

she put a good shot on a big doe 

 

Way to go >>>> Congratulations. 

[electricstart]

35 minutes ago, JHbowhunter said:

Passed on a 2 yr old 8 and this 3 yr old 10 with amazing potential. Finally a good permit bow hunt.  Listen to the grunt….

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Man, you got great will power or an awesome spot. I see why you harvest giants. Thats a Nice Buck to let walk and agree will be even better next year. 

[Greybeard]

Congrats to your daughter, Bones!

[Buckeyes11]

Congrats to the Bones gang!

[JHbowhunter]

52 minutes ago, electricstart said:

Man, you got great will power or an awesome spot. I see why you harvest giants. Thats a Nice Buck to let walk and agree will be even better next year. 

My awesome spots are only awesome very very few days a year. This is a different zone from where I shot my 9/15 giant.  Permit bow has sucked in all spots unless seeing spikes all day long is quality. But that what permit bow has been - the spike show. Which means full lockdown.  I am only blessed with patience and a strict conviction to honoring wind direction. The later I been holding my permit bow buck tags the more it has paid dividends over the years. 

[Michael Britt]

6 hours ago, Farmingdales Finest said:

Read this article. Bill Winke owns midwestwhitetail.com, has been a writer for Peterson's bowhunting since the early 90's and the date windows he says for the Midwest have correlated in my experience in NJ, PA and NY . 

https://realtree.com/midwest-whitetail/articles/bill-winke-s-favorite-week-of-deer-season

https://www.bowhuntingmag.com/editorial/2023-whitetail-forecast-best-hunting-days/483391#:~:text=Bill%3A Nov. 7 has long,good bet at this time.

Yes, love watching Winke on YouTube. So what you're saying is your personal experience of dates mirrors his?

[Farmingdales Finest]

42 minutes ago, Michael Britt said:

Yes, love watching Winke on YouTube. So what you're saying is your personal experience of dates mirrors his?

Bills dates have matched activity very well for me but I hunt the Monmouth County parks and am not allowed to use a game camera by their rules.  But over my roughly 40 years of Bowhunting the vast majority of deer activity is in the first 10 days of November.  That’s not when I have killed my biggest.  The 3 biggest racked deer I have killed in the first 2 weeks of October.  The biggest bodied deer have been about 11/20 through the second week of December.  The majority of deer have been early November. 

I would recommend being in the woods as much as you can especially between now and Thanksgiving. 

Edited November 9, 2023 by Farmingdales Finest

[Merkel]

Watched a mature doe with 2 young ones walk in under my stand late this afternoon.  About 30 minutes later a fat spike came in.  The doe bolted. The young ones continued eating with the spike.  That was about it. 

[JD48]

6 hours ago, Bones said:

My daughter and me made it out for first light before I had to go to work.

she put a good shot on a big doe 

 

Congrats, nice doe

[megavites]

@JHbowhunteris that a tending grunt?

[JHbowhunter]

6 hours ago, megavites said:

@JHbowhunteris that a tending grunt?

No. There was one breeding age doe and some fawns he was harassing but I think she was already bred. He did not pursue her. He gave up on her and went back to seeking 

Edited November 9, 2023 by JHbowhunter

[electric10162]

Congrats to your Daughter!!