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Walworth 9 point is still hanging around . I hope he shows up daytime in 3 weeks

I have more of a problem believing that a weatherman can predict the weather 3 weeks out.

My number 1 I am after

1st tag filled for NH took a doe Sat evening was a tough track hit her at 7:00PM legal shooting was till 7:30 she ducked & turned just enough as I released so I let her go for an hour then went to look at the area I shot her at. it took 20 minutes to find my arrow or what was left of it only about last 6" were left even with the blue nocturnal (have to say the blue is the brightest color I have used). got a buddy to come up & help track due to only small amount of blood & did not look like fatal blood was extremely slow going & I was getting discouraged were were on hands & knees searching it was very thick undergrowth do to recent logging just a drop here & there. until my buddy noticed a good spray of blood & said it looks bubbly sure enough looks like lung hit I was feeling better till I went to mark that blood spot it is pitch dark & shined the light & the ground was moving I yelled bees yup both got stung she ran right though a ground nest we ran a bit to get away from the nest & nock off the remaining bees we had on us. Funny now wasn't then because as I was running I turned to look at my buddy & he his flailing like no tomorrow he had a bee stinging him in his back but was behind his backpack & he got a Charley horse in his leg he didn't know which to take care of first. well after we calmed down we realized we never got a chance to mark the last blood & neither of us were going back to find it so we did a zig zag to try & pick up the blood trail was fairly easy as it got to be big frothy pools I could see where she stumbled & buddy panned the area with his flashlight & found her all in all she did not go a 100 yards it end up being a high shoulder hit took one lung, liver & through the stomach my broadhead tip was just poking through the skin on the opposite side. I am very happy for recovering her as I was thinking I had only wounded her & goes to show you things can go from good to bad in a sec & vise versa even when the shot looks perfect. Now have a Buck & turkey tag to fill

Coyote and for dinner I ate his liver with fava beans

Shoot, shovel, shut up. Repeat as needed.

Darn it, I wrote up a more extensive summary, but lost it...Here is the basics! After most of a 3 day travel from Oswego Cty including an overnight ferry trip to Newfoundland, we found ourselves at Patey and Sons Outfitting in River of Ponds, NF. This had been a 3 year scheduled, 10 year planned and 40 year dreamed of hunt for me, ever since reading "Look to the Wilderness" at the age of 12. After efficiently and pleasantly processing our paperwork (including licenses, butcher processing orders ...that's confidence?) and driving to the base camp, we had a fantastic flight out to our unnamed lake, about 45 minutes flight time away. We were awed by the untouched glacial wilderness, with probably 100s of thousands of glacially formed ponds, lakes, streams and rivers. we easily imagined woolly mammoths wandering in past times. After arriving at our camp, our pilot hurriedly headed back, racing the atlantic storm bearing down on us, which hampered us for the next 5 days. Season opened on Saturday, but heavy fog, rain and wind kept us indoors. Sunday was a no hunt day by law.Monday....a break in the weather! To condense the story, Both Ed and I realized poor weather for the rest of the week was coming, and we both were going to be happy with a bull with palmation. Only after about an hour into our sit to glass from a rocky hill situated in the middle of a sprawling valley, my guide spotted 3 moose- two cows, a good bull and 2 big bears. I had shot plenty of bears, so aftr a quick discussion, we planned a stalk on the bull, who was est. about 900 yards away, across the easterly valley on a hill just below tree line. After backtracking and crossing the valley, we approached the last seen location , using three large boulders as land marks. We knew he was bedded, so settled down to wait him out, I saw him stand, with a perfect angling shot behind the r shoulder. The shot should hit both lungs and take out the L shoulder....which it did! (about 170 yards, taken with my upgraded 1933 mfg. Oberndorf Model 98 Mauser, 8x57 mm.) The bull dropped in his tracks. My hunting partner Ed shot a similar sized bull about 2 in the afternoon with his 30-06 Remington pump.Over all a pretty dang fine day. We couldn't say more about the organization, planning, accomodations, etc of the outfitter. It is a fly in hunt, so it isn't cushy, but is certainly comfortable with plenty of good home style cooking, and VERY attentive and cordial guides. We left early due to the continuing foul weather, and a window allowing us to leave wed. a.m. We hope to return asap, but it will probably be 5 years or so for my pocket book.

Well I decided to make the switch from Hoyt to Bowtech. Been a Hoyt shooter for 10 years now...decided to try something else out. Got me a Bowtech Carbon Knight. Man what a sweet bow it is so far! Crazy light and absolutely dead in my hand after the shot. Amazing speed as well! If anyone out there is considering a carbon knight I highly recommend it! I put on a Throphy Ridge Revolution drop away rest and a HHA single pin sight. The HHA sights are awesome. Sight in your 20 and 40 yard and you can use a pre made yardage tape they supply you that has all your yardage markers set out to 80 yards. And it's dead accurate too!! Anyone else have a carbon knight or have any experience with them? I'm hoping this bow will last me a couple years First pic doesn't have my drop away or HHA on yet. I bought it with the R.A.K. package but I didn't care for the hostage rest or the multi pin sight so they were taken off after my first 30 shots. Second pic is my grouping at 50 yards the first time testing the yardage tape that HHA supply's you after you calibrate by using their site in method. These were shot with less than 50 shots total on the bow. Still have plenty of time to spend dialing in my form with the new bow but I was impressed at the grouping so early on. Never could group and bow this well at 50 yards on my first try at that range with a new bow.

Nothing but bears, yotes, does and small bucks all year. Nice surprise.

Lol- I'll bet we could lose a few of our own in that kind of cover!

i got one there thsi morning with my handgun still hunting

Here's one of mine on opening day of gun season 2013 This pic was taken approximately 45 minutes after sunrise and I was home eating backstrap by 8:30-9:00

You haven't heard the story? (grin) I shot the doe first. Gutted her and drug her from across the gully to my side then climbed back up in the stand, waiting on a buck. 20 minutes later I saw the first 'yote sneaking along, looking at the gut pile. Shot that one, skidded it over next to the doe and climbed back up in the stand. 20 minutes later the 2nd 'yote arrived on the seen. You know what happened next already................... 90 minutes of action from start to finish. Oh yea, all shot with the T/C Encore 50cal ML. Pretty good day afield! All the hides from the three 'yotes above were tanned. Two are in my family room and the other was sold.

In my area they have been hammering the hickories..I have been out three times and have shot 17 squirrels... They will be feeding in the oaks also, especially in areas where there are no hickories or pignuts.. Keep in mind that in years when there is a heavy acorn crop the squirrels tend to be spread out more, because there is food everywhere... They also tend to feed quite quietly in the tops of the oaks , unlike the frantic running and jumping from limb to limb that they do when feeding in hickories...Hunt very slowly, and be alert for subtle noises that might be made from squirrels moving in the treetops and cutting nuts... It will get easier after the leaves start to drop and most of the nuts are on the ground..Lots more action on the ground then, with squirrels running around gathering fallen nuts..

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If I was looking for a light, fast handling rifle, that is capable of quick follow up shots, out to 150 yds I would go for a lever action. Marlin 336, Winchester 94. Even better a vintage Savage 99 or Winchester 88. Rifles like these are light, quick and chambered in good 150 yard capable rounds.

I use a Dremel and then square end with a screw and sandpaper, works like a charm.

They're flying right in the rest of the group. I gotta say I'm itching to get into the trees with my bow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

"could" result in damage? believe me, it eventually will if you don't protect yourself now........

LOL it was raspberry - mango - apricot

Congrats on the doe- what flavor were you vaping,lol

You can tell from the size and the shape...usually oblong and if a buck you should smell urine or see droppings in or around it,,,plus larger and not grouped...the fawn beds are not quit as oblong and due to weight won't appear quite as matted...sometimes you'll find hair due to them chewing at bugs on their backs,,either in the bed or near the direction they left in...for they usually stand arch and stretch and do what I call a shudder.

take a look at the Ruger American predator or ranch model to me this is a brush gun cheap, short, light, accurate smooth & easily worked bolt only drawback in looking for a brush gun is these do not have iron sights

Yes, my little Starling....

And a nice chianti?

Ive noticed a bunch of it cut already, some of the bean fields near here are losing their leaves already. Trees are changing color as well.

Thanks all. Newfie has a very high moose population, with very respectable bulls possible, but not comparable to Yukon or Alaskan moose for size. We did see a 52" rack at the border. The guides packed the boned meat out on their back (about 4 miles)to a skiff to cross back to where the camp was, then it was flown out with us. Once back at basecamp the outfitter immediately drove it to a butcher about 30 miles away, who had it processed for us within 4 hrs so we could boogy to make that nights ferry! All four qtrss, back strap and loin totaled approx. 300 lbs, with 234 lbs vacuum wrapped wt. I used a beefed up load I had used for years...A Sierra 175 gr.Power point pushed by 53.5 grains of 748 with magnum primers for a chronographed load of about 2740 fps. When we put our deposit down 3 years ago, cost including license, meals, fly in, one on one guide was 4600.

Sorry, Eddie... I was a little bored and decided to educate a few of you pilgrims about some of NY's more bizarre flora and fauna... I suspect that Wooly and I are about the only members who know about some of this stuff.. Like the 'aggravated owl"... The "aggravated owl" is so named because..well...er.....Never mind.....

I have seen a few during NY/Pa gobbler season, but not nearly as many as I have seen in Ontario gobbler season..I have shot 3 while gobbler hunting in Ontario and see at least one up there nearly every year.. It might be because I tend to hunt more open, flat land in Canada, while here at home I hunt more in the woods..

They are strictly in the tree tops here...Not one hickory or pig nut has made it and they have husked them and are stuffing them every where...I found one jammed into the crook of a branch I was cutting yesterday...My poor hazel nuts don't stand a chance....

I'll start it off wooly. Oldie but goody........... And from last year........

Good for you guys it's just about coyote season so you won't have to control your secrecy and silence much longer. Make sure to post some pics. We don't usually see more than 5 yote kills posted here a year anyhow from deer hunters. Good luck!

Don't forget to IMMEDIATELY fill out your antlerless carcass tag even if you're going to let her lay as bait for half a day. I could see an ECO strolling by, finding your doe stiffer than a 2x4, 30 yds from your stand with one of your arrows sticking out of her and you don't even have a pen with ya but you're still hunting. That could lead to some misinterpretation of what was really going on- "failure to properly tag game". That would suck!

A few years back, I shot a doe early in the morning. Gutted and dragged her out. Went back to the same spot later that day to look for a knife I had left there. After getting almost to the spot, I see a deer coming down the same way the doe did earlier. Turned out to be a nice 8 point that I shot about 20 yards from where I shot the doe. My hunting partner went to the same stand a few days later and he too shot a buck. So if you see a deer you want, take it. The old saying, don't let a deer go on the first day that you would shoot on the last day, holds true. Depending on the area, you may not get another chance.

He finally made it out of velvet, but he's back to a nightly routine instead of day. Good news is, he's appeared to push out all of the other bucks from this area (~10 acre piece) and has about 7 does to himself. I have cameras surrounding his bedding area and there are no other bucks to be seen. Chiefbkt

I bet if it was up to the DEC they would CLOSE the season. They help with population control more than lots of "deer hunters".

Not sure what you are smoking but you had better quit !

I thought for a while these bears were coming in and eating these apples. After setting the camera to video mode and inspecting the apples I noticed they wait for them to rot then step on them and eat the seeds out of them. Pretty interesting to see them in action.

That is pretty awesome to be able to pass that one for a friend! Hats off to you WNY Bowhunter!!! He would be border line on private property but I would shoot if stalking on state land! Hope your buddy appreciates you and I hope to see him later on this year with that buck!!!

No doubt about it. I probably won't even hunt this deer myself, but my buddy is extremely pumped after seeing the pics of this buck!!!

Do you hunting deer or numbers? That is a beautiful buck, who cares what it scores.

Every bit of 140".

I don't need a number in some book, to tell me that is a deer, any hunter would love to put a tag on!

Me too. Nets are for fish...I prefer the gross score as they give you a better measure of the amount of bone that deer grew.

Not in my book, LOL! Dig those G2's.

plenty of mass its just not showing with all the length making it look skinny

No such thing as a brush gun. All bullets deflect off of brush,twigs,branches, etc. Tests were done and it has been proven.

The worse day of hunting is still better than the best day at work. I know it's been said many times. But how true it is. Good luck to you out there!

I forget stuff all the time. Like the time when I posted on a hunting forum and totally forgot I was on a political forum instead. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After work yesterday, I headed down to the farm to swap out camera cards. I know the bucks are shedding velvet and the last week or so, Ive really been itchy to get down there and swap them out. I really try to keep my camera checks to 2 weeks minimum, and this time of year it gets really hard to do. After swapping cards in the cams at the one farm, I headed to the other one. The first cam sits on a mid ridge trail just below my DeerAg food plot. As soon as we wheeled into the plot, I saw a flurry of deer scattering out of the plot. The plot is looking great, so we did a walk around to check it out. Here are a few pics, you can see how the deer are really browsing the hog radishes, and how well they regrow after browsing. The turnips are doing pretty good also, my son and I couldnt help but pick a few and eat them. I ended up pulling the camera off of the trail and moved it up into the plot. Usually I get a ton of action where the cam was, but this year, not so much. Next we headed up to the other cam on the property, and jumped a bunch of deer off the pasture. After that, we headed down to check the other plots, which we ended up jumping deer off of as well. Here are a few pics of those plots. Winter Rye plots are coming in good as well