Gun hunting starts NY southern zone tomorrow

[daytime dave]

Gun season starts tomorrow morning. I'm going to be in my stand. The weather calls for 40F and clear skies. I'm planning to bring the Remington 1100 with smooth bore deer barrel and 1.5 Leupold scope. It's from the 60's. I will bring the Smith and Wesson 686 on my hip.
Later in the season, I'll switch to the Henry Big Boy .44 mag with the 629 on the hip.

My stepson and my neighbor saw a big buck in the area. I hope he's randy tomorrow.

[Vaquero]

Good luck, ours doesn't start til next Sat.
I'll be out with one of the muzzleloaders tomorrow, with the 1858 in a shoulder holster.

RP

[Vaquero]

I saw nothin, what about you Dave?

RP

[JEBar]

I saw nothin, what about you Dave?

RP

sounds like most of my outings ..

[Vaquero]

I saw nothin, what about you Dave?

RP

sounds like most of my outings ..

Well, the moon was near full and very bright around here last night so that could've been some of it.
We have a pretty good deer population. We have them right in the yard on occasion.
Mon. or Tues. morning I was pouring a cup of coffee and just happened to look out the kitchen window and caught a glimpse of a doe just this side of the barn and not 40 yds. away.
Going to try one of my favorite spots this afternoon.

Maybe Dave did better than I.

RP

[daytime dave]

Nope, I didn't see anything. It was a full moon and the wind started blowing hard this am. Across the valley from me there were a few shots. Very little shooting, which is unusual for this area on opening day. We'll see what I find this afternoon.

[Vaquero]

Was looking behind me and turned around and he was half way across the field. Maybe 50 yds., but watched me the whole time. Guess he saw me turning, a tall rack maybe 5 or 6 points.
Didn't want to spook him trying to get the gun up.

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RP

[daytime dave]

I didn't see anything this afternoon either. Very little shooting for opening day all around.

[daytime dave]

Not much shooting around me this am. One was very close by, but nothing moved my way.

[Vaquero]

I watched a doe early on for 45 mins or so. Then a little past 8 a decent 4 point crossed about 60 yds out, but I let it walk also.

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RP