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So i got permission to hunt 17 acres from my neighbor. Its a real pain in the ass to get to but here are some pics . one week out and i get these. just moved 2 more cams over.

I have gotten several pics of the buck in the rear of this group...everyone has his rack cut off in the pics...this time he was in and area of 2 cams different angles and unlike other bucks only this one cam caught him...something moved the cam and dropped angle on me, figures...that will be fixed and another cam is going in..mission a good pic!...lol...I'm thinking he's pretty big? PS...time is correct but it is PM not AM...I have a difficult time programming this model

Smoke free for two weeks as of today! I'll be cutting back on the nicotine content over the next few weeks and hopefully be done by bow season. Yee-ha!

I'm back.....and i have a new toy. Hoyt faktor turbo 28.5 draw 70 pounds cbe sniper pro x 3 pin sight bee stinger 8" stabilizer Love this bow

Well the Bass Pro that is going into Victor is a Flagship store. That means one of the big ones that is much bigger than Auburn. Add Cabelas in Buffalo and Field And Stream in Henrietta, and I give Gander less than a year before that sign is for real. It will be a 75% going out of business sale.

Nothing great, but it's the one and only buck I've gotten pics of so far this year! Coming out of a thicket and is ~7 yards from one stand.

does piels or schaefer....or genny screamers count?

I thought we were talking about buck hunting, not your Friday night bar standards...lol

Again, you are confusing the two components. Hunter choice and enforcement. IF the DEC were really concerned, there would be changes in the way they manage the population. Instead, they keep kicking up the same old system. Let's add another XX% to the XX% we issued last year. They did this once before in the last decade and the deer numbers came crashing down. This is showing they haven't learned anything from that mistake - which they admitted. Words on paper and actions taken are very different. If someone wants to pass a doe and hold out for a buck, so be it. Your take on it is just as skewed as theirs.

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They do this on Long Island. Shoot a doe and go back for a new permit. They are more than happy to give them out. You have to bring the deer to the DEC station. They look it over and weigh it. Years past we would wait on the does and not shoot for a number of reasons. For the last few years I tell my gang shoot the first nice doe you see. This is important for hunters who travel a distance to their camp. You never know when you hold out on those permits and then it happens that you can't make it back to camp or all you see is yearlings. Opening morning by 10:00 we had three doe and one buck hanging.

Really bow hunters in general need to shoot more doe, seems everyone waits for a good buck...thus enter the crossbow... I know a lot of hunter that report doe take when tags are not filled(thinking they are helping the herd.) Lots of deer is not a good thing.. again DMP are issued to a large area dmu's. If your local herd is suffering don't shoot a doe.. you can manage your own area better than the Dec, if you stay within the law using permits available. My own place I try to get 10 doe removed every year..keeps population stable. If i have to I invite more people in, especially muzzloader to hit that number . Deer move and they are not your deer..I have bucks I have multiple pictures of get shot on neighboring properties. To minimises thaI leave a sanctuary or. But I don't get mad if a deer wanders off my property ...everyone buys a licence and is entitle to shoot what they are happy with.

A pic my sister made....kinzoo damn area 2012....I have a beard all year going on 6 years....my wife or kids never seen my without one and don't want to.... almost deer season....

One of The Mermaid's flower beds had a bumper crop of garter snakes this year. She wanted me to kill'em, but I refused. So far I have caught six of them, including a BIG ol feller, and transplanted them. I've been turning them loose on my ex-wife's property...<<GRIN>>....

I picked up one of those e-cigs last week with some high nicotine flavored juice and haven't puffed on a conventional cigarette since. Anyone been using one of these things for any amount of time without their skin peeling off? I ain't gonna lie.., I'd still prefer to spark up a Marlboro, but this ain't so bad, and the non smokers around me don't seem to mind or even notice when I hit it.

In the last year or so I've gotten into craft beers. Anyone else like a good craft beer? Some favs are: Maine Brewing IPA / Ale Smith Speedway Stout/ Ghandi Bot/ anything from Eviltwin. Liking the high abv % the most. One or two 9-13% beers and relax on our deck or around the fire pit. Have to admit I had a Genny pounder at the inlaws on the 4th. Wasn't as good as when I was in HS, lol. Please don't blast me for becoming a beer snob ,lol. Just liking quality over quantity these days Trying to land some Russian River from CA and Headdy Topper from Vermont .

Been shooting my 338 and the wife's been shooting her 25-06 getting ready for Africa... shooting skeet in a sand bank at 210 yards.... I think we are both ready!!! Bring on Africa!!! I've also been shooting my wife's rifle so I can shoot some of the smaller game in Africa with that over the 338 WM... Both rifles are T/C Pro Hunters... Both shooting Federal Fusion ammo... Confidence is high... now just need to get there!~!!

Thanks Doe. I feel much better now. As Golic said, fat don't cramp. lol

So I received a ad from gander in the mail last week and saw that that had a savage trophy hunter 111 with scope combo for 400 bucks after a mail in rebate. So I went in to gander yesterday to see if they had any. First off I don't like gander at all but I figured for that price I couldn't go wrong. I want a new 223 so I figured I couldn't beat the deal. Well after standing a the gun counter for 45 minutes trying to locate the gun. (Why can't gander have a better price tag system on their guns) a guy finally comes over. I tell him what I want. He grabs a savage that's 579.00 I tell him that's not right. Well he gets an ad and looks it up and tells me oh you can only get those in 270 and 30-06. Well after that I was pretty fed up. Only 2 more weeks till cabelas opens

I can send you my addy for Sam Adams Utopias

My Niece makes some awesome craft beer. She has a real love for the craft. It also helps that she works for Sam Adams………..

Only if the Genny Screamers are warm and from the cardboard case

I like Sixpoint's stuff but whatever you do DO NOT drink their RAD !!! My first drainpour. Looks like OJ and tasted like grapefruit juice and vomit . Keep your eyes open for Sierra Nevada's Beer Camp asst 12 pack compilation due to arrive in NY any day. It includes a lot of breweries that normally won't sell by law in NY. Russian River, Cigar City, New Glarus, Three Floyds, etc. Very limited but heard great things about it .

Didn't mean to offend anyone in particular. Other than my sister-in-law, who doesn't hunt, and isn't quite 375lbs, but is still definitely a lard butt. Took her along on vacation with us a couple weeks back, and the only time she gets off her tuff is when it's time to go to the table to eat. She can make it to the food in world record time. Otherwise, she won't move her fat a$$ if you paid her.

For me the process is this fast: - Ass relative to shoulders - belly relative to brisquit - I don't think a particular age I think mature or not. And then it's no or go....btw I'll shoot what I make for a 2 yr old on public land if he is nice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think it boils down to too many people not shooting enough Doe's. The @6% return on DMP is wimpy. What do you expect? Shrinking hunter numbers does this also. The ones that go once to hope to fill a tag make a difference. Try to enforce a doe first rule and watch MORE people quit hunting.

There I fixed it for you.

Hey, that isn't necessary. Some of us are big boned.

Can't speak for this ad or Gander since I've shopped at one of their stores only a few times. I love Cabelas, and think their customer service is great, but I don't see many pluses to having a Cabelas in NYS. Now we have to pay sales tax on mail orders which will really stink. Also, their prices aren't anything to write home about in the last 10 years or so, since they became a publicly traded company. They are getting quite expensive. Many times a store like Dick's will sell the same item for considerably less. The only time you save a few bucks is when you shop their bargain caves which are best on-line. The bargain cave in the PA store I've been to a few times didn't have anything great. If you are a lard butt and weigh 375lbs, then you'll find a few good deals on the XXXL garments, otherwise not a heck of a lot. If you become a Visa club member, you end up with some freebie stuff if you spend enough money on your credit card, which is great, but again you'll be losing a few bucks to tax now that they are established in NY. They may be better than Gander, but in the long run you won't be saving a great deal over other stores.

Anyone know of a food for the hungry place that accepts deer donations in Erie/ niagara county? I pass plenty of doe's cause it's just me, don't need that much meat!

Nice photos. Sometimes those hard to get to spots hold some great hunting, good luck to you this fall!

I think a big part of the problem is deer move to area's where hunting is not allowed or is on posted private property.

Had a few come around my yard and feed from my feeder. I started growing a Clematis vine with purple flowers indoors in April and it just bloomed last weekend. Hoping it will attract more of those lttle buzzing birds. They represent eternal life and good health.

To many deer and not enough hunters= ------ There will never be enough hunters to take out what they think should be gone. In reality is there really to many deer? Look at all the states that are now at war with their DEC-DNR departments because they have wiped out the herd past repair. There sure is not to many on my 700 acres yet they try and tell me there is! What are they going to do in say 5 years when hunter numbers drop a few more %. Now grow some trophies and make people take females before they get a crack at those trophies and then you would see some dead deer. Really, What am i thinking..Ny will never do something that smart!!

Something made from donkey must taste like A$$! Hahaha

I'll shoot a doe and put another 30- 40 lbs. in the freezer. She's getting pretty bare right now. DMP. fill rate here is under 9%. I'll see if I can raise that figure a tad.

Allow the hunters who actually use them to obtain more. That is a good solution for thinning the herd. I am sure some here could use more than the 4 allotted (second chance included). I know I would be happy to have another one.

Well that proves it right there doesn't it? .... lol

Yeah, 8N is taking another jump. I'm beginning to wonder if permit numbers really mean anything anymore. It seems that even when they issue more, the herd size keeps going up. Could there be a saturation point where higher permit numbers do not equate to higher deer takes? That would be a scary thought.

I carried the full sized M&P 45 for the last 10 years of my career. It replaced the S&W 4566 that I loved. I wasn't crazy about the M&P because of the safety that was added as a CYA by my Dept. If your thumb just touched the safety, while firing, the gun would go back on safe and you would think you had a malfunction. The shield is a different story. Great gun.

I'm seeing a normal number of 'em it seems. Stopped the mower the other day to let a good-sized brown make his escape toward my woodpile. Better him in there than the mice! A really pretty corn snake has taken up residence somewhere in or around my tool shed. Again, better than the mice by a long shot. Guess I should start carrying the camera when I go to grab a chainsaw or something so I can get a photo to post. I'll put a warning on the pic, though. I wouldn't want to be responsible for a cardiac incident here.

Well at least he has the you know what to do what he feels is right. I do not agree with everything he has done and sometimes he causes more harm than good. That said, No one else is doing what he does or is as outspoken as he is and plain and simple most politician can not defeat his logic. Find a better representative of my gun rights and I will support him, until then Uncle Ted gets my approval. God bless him! I would have gone just to support him!

So now we know! We've had Four Seasons Whitetail and some other members here telling us how great the hunting is down in those gorges at Letchworth. Those guys probably go down there and pick up all the casualties. And there they were trying to BS us with stories that they actually shot those deer themselves! LOL

Your pics. never cease to amaze me! Great looking turkeys, as turkey looks go, LOL.

Great shots Wooly. Giving me goosebumps! Can't wait until Oct 1st!

WOOLEY how much I have to pay you for a shot at those deer?

good pics and good bucks

Very nice pics and nice bucks that's going to.be a post big 6 pt looks like a nice 9pt also I always enjoy your pics

That's awesome man! I haven't had a ciggy since I started this post back on the 6'th and I was a hardcore chain smoker.(close to 2pcks/day) I've been hitting the 20mg nicotine oils to start with and that curbs my urges just fine. Nice thing about these e-ciggs is you just take a few drags when you get the urge and you're not committed to smoking an entire cigarette. Some of these flavors are delishious,lol. So far I've tried the tobacco flavor, strawberry mango, grape, and swordfish. The D-90 is a nice camera a lot of photogs are still using! Ggood luck!

Here is a fat azzzz Bear. I have a friend who is bear biologist who told me this bear is at min 4 years old.