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9 point I took on state land in southern 9P on 10/16. Sitting in the middle of a bunch of oaks, he came out with two minutes left before sunset. Saw a total of 8 deer and a bear that day. First bear I've seen with my own eyes, awesome night. Barred owls talking like crazy as the day came to a close. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think that was a "word malfunction". Belo probably meant to say SMALL bucks. I remember having a "word malfunction" once. I meant to say to my wife " Pass the Cheerios, Honey"... Instead I said " You've ruined my LIFE, you F*****G B***H..!! "

I'd say this fella tells some tall tales!

All my practice this offseason paid off this morning!

Killed an 8pt buck tonight. I'm going to be crippled up as I had a long uphill drag and I swore I'd never drag another. He's probably a 2.5 year old I'm guessing. I'll pull the lower jaw and see what the DEC has to say about it. One of the biggest bucks weight wise I've ever killed, actually the third heavyset I think, he dressed out at 172 lbs. The drag was about 200 yards. I took this pic as soon as I found him, no hero shots in the field. I'll grab some pics for the contest tomorrow.

Hey, you found Pygmy's dentures,lol

Yes, getting a little of the blood lust out early on makes it easier to let one like that walk.. Just to make it clear- this is definitely the biggest buck I ever let walk and he would been my third biggest by bow if I'd taken the shot, but at the same time I feel accomplished knowing I could've had him but let him go. As close to 'catch and release' as you'll ever get with hunting. I'm also finding that killing one is becoming a little less important to the quality of my hunt as it used to be.

We have had a lease agreement with C&H for I would guess 15 years now. The communication with Bob has been very very good. During this time it has been logged off once just recently. Bob made contact way before this process took place, any concerns we had were addressed, the loggers did a really clean respectable job, there was zero damage to any of our trees stands. With Bobs approval we have even put in some food plots, he called us when the logging was done just to tell us we were more than welcome to seed the logging trails also and he even had the loggers leave a few extra logs near our camp to cut up for firewood for the deer season. We could not be happier with our lease.

Sorry in advance for the poor gopro footage at the end... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vlhasXfwM&feature=youtu.be

Pic of my son's absentee ballot! He's away at college and sent it to me to drop off for him. His first vote after turning 18 and maybe Astorino's first vote?

If this guy says he takes 200yd shots at a deer, with buckshot, then I would consider him to be irresponsible, or full of s#!t at best. Most people wouldn't try a 200+ yard shot with a slug.

I have been shooting firearms at paper for several years and this year I decided to take my hunter safety courses and pick up a bow since that is all that is allowed to hunt with here on Long Isand. I joined Suffolk Archers and have been fortunate to have had some great coaching from some of the members there. I have never hunted before this season. I have spent some time scouting and lots of time reading and studying. After about five to ten sessions of ground hunting in Greenport, I harvested a small buck from a tree stand less than 1/2 hour from using it for the first time. Needless to say, I am eager to continue learning as much as I can.

I hunt some pretty decent ground with some pretty decent bucks but I'm pretty certain that I would have drilled that dude!!!! Hopefully, your patience will be rewarded with a wallhanger!!!!

Got a cool surprise when checking the cams over the weekend. I've only seen one before now, they're so darn elusive!

I think what happened is that the guy shot at a deer at 200 yards with buckshot and saw it go down and die. Problem is, the deer was actually shot and killed by somebody else with a rifle.

I'd really like to see some ballistic charts showing how much penetration you'd get at 200 yards with buckshot? Maybe one of the pellets flew into the bucks mouth and there was no one around to give him the heimlich maneuver and he choked to death?? LOL

and get all of your friends and family to vote!

Last night turned out to be a bad day for deer but a far worse day for turkeys Shot entered from roughly 30 yards just behind armpit area and exited through the throat. No meat damaged. Not my ideal shot but a dead bird nonetheless and some fabulous dinner ahead for me and my poultrytarian girlfriend. One turkey down, at least 14 more left and one more with my name on it for this season! Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

Test, test, testicle..................................

To begin, let me apologize for my ignorance in posting pictures.. However, today's pull from my trailcam is worth talking about. It has been about a 10 days since I've checked it, and I think I have the greatest variety of wildlife that I have ever had in such a short time.. I have numerous deer ( does and 3 or 4 bucks) 8 or 10 turkeys, a grey fox, NUMEROUS coons, a porcupine, a possum, a bear and two coyotes( both coyotes in the same frame). About the only thing missing that I have had in the past is a bobcat, and perhaps WOOLY in his shorts... There is a scrape in the view, and I have pictures of several bucks and a couple of does working the licking branch. Cool stuff.

All those critters must have come through after I freshened your scrape with my special "Wild and Wooly Sauce",lol. Make sure you wash your hands...... I chased the bobcat away after he lost the pissing match over territory, and we may have got a little overspray on your cam. Let me know if you need help loading the pics and I'll see if I can get one of these guys to help you out!

I'm always a lot more concerned with the widow-makers overhead being dislodged and taking me out. I don't cut firewood in heavy winds for this reason. Riding that tree in your photo to the ground probably wouldn't kill you, but I'm not going to put the experience on my bucket list.

Wow just ate first deer heart, it's amazing! Pan fri salt pepper flour in butter/ olive oil. Disappointed I didnt figure this out till now, but without this forum I'd probably never try it.

So how we looking in 3H? Ive got nothing but does on the cams. Lots of them and I'm fine with that because where the does are the bucks come. My brother got his first buck ever last year and its a beauty. Mount just came in Sent from my LG-VS980

My buddy Tom was luck to get his first buck this year and it is his first year hunting for deer! Congratulations Tom, hope this is first of many!!!

I laughed...

they do kill deer but i do not like that they do not expand they are the same bullet they sell for muzzle loaders i prefer a lightfield they flatten out on impact and will all most take a deer off their feet

We're gonna be pretty screwed if Astorino can't pull it off...

Congrats! ALways fun when a buddy punches a tag. I honestly get as much enjoyment out of it as when I do the same.

I'm more disgusted by the guy who is only out there to shoot a big mature buck and then after he does, the meat is still in his freezer a year later and freezer burned or is fed to his dog, but the mount is proudly displayed for all to see...........I have more respect for the guy who shoots a deer of ANY size and color configuration and puts it to good use.

Can't help you out there but Welcome to HNY

Next time you buy arrows, Grow, try the Full Metal Jackets. tough as nails.

I cant tell any secrets yet from last weekends trip. Headed back to camp Wednesday night for the long weekend. Will be spending lots of time on that road the next 30 days!.

After a good rain you should be ok. If they're hungry they'll eat it

I haven't used the Miniblasters in over 10 years... been too long! Great entrance, fully deployed!!!

I shot at 0753 if that helps, my time is always off on the site

There are many health professionals who are unhappy with this as well. The docs are being used as part of a political agenda just like the rest of us.

Sharpened and back in quiver ...ready to rock

What's the difference between the girls track team and a tribe of pygmies? The pygmies are a bunch of cunning runts! Seriously though, never been out there but good luck and be safe.

That looks Amazing, Congrats on such a beautiful trophy and mount!

It ain't my butt that gets cold.

Muzzy 100 grain MX3. all 4 of us that hunt together use them. killed two with them last year. No problem tracking & they honestly didn't go far before dropping.

The prices are not bad at all. I know where some of that property is. You have to remember this is a logging company. So they need to hold the land for long term. I am sure most only get logged every 15-20 years. So they are offering huge tracts of land, and only looking to get what they average in taxes back. I own 200 acres and my taxes are just over $4500 a year and that is being agriculture assessed .Think they are charging too much, go to this link and for name put in Cotton-Hanlon and you can see what the pay for property taxes, it does not list the school taxes which are more. http://schuyler.sdgnys.com/search.aspx

Yeah pretty sure that means something elseSent from my LG-VS980

I am currently hanging out in my Guido's Web. There is no safer or more versatile/mobile way to hunt from a tree than sling style!

Nothing beats a small young deer for table fare. I dont care if it is YOY. Even managment looks at it as a numbers game at some point. If the need or desire is there to take it legally...so be it.

First deer of the season...

Shoved off for the Pittsford - Mendon area at 5 am . Was in the stand by 6 am after cutting a few weeds and some low hanging branches . Just before 8 am I saw some deer way across the field . There were 4 anterless and a few minutes later I saw a deer with a small rack . The buck went into the gulley but the does with fawns eased along the edge of the field heading my way . I was in a box blind that I had gotten a few deer out of over the years . As they got closer I stood up and held my bow out over the rail ( learned from a previous mistake to do this ) . Drew back , leaned and let go . Got one of the doe at about 20 yards . I thought they were going to turn into the thick stuff a couple times and didn't want to take a chance on no shot . At least there is one tag that I won't be eating this year !

Pistol hit it on the head. They know we are all just criminals at heart and can't be trusted. lol