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Here she is I'll take it on the last day

It's a wrap. Hunted dusk til 11 Had to be out there for final day. It pizzed out all morning Trying to get a deer for buddy who routinely shoots 4-5 deer a year. He's only seen 4 tails all year. He utilizes the whole deer , hide , sinew , meat etc . Freezer is full with 3 so were content. Bring on May 1st with some coyote hunting between now and then. It was a pleasure reading all of your "live " messages this year. Funny , informational , harvest thread and enjoyed the ride. Even though I've never met most of you I consider you all friends and dually respect your opinions , knowledge and wisdom Have a wonderful Christmas and happy new year.

Here is my ML buck from this morning ....

I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable season! I haven't posted on here much lately. Ever since i moved up here and started my own business its been tough to come on, on a regular like i did at my last job with the same 3 breaks a day we were given lol. plus i feel every time i get used to Tapatalk, they update and it screws me all up again... so annoying. Been awhile since i chatted with some of you, so I hope all is well! I had a very slow season for deer movement but every sit I have in the deer woods is always a great day. Best year for having shooter deer on trail cam. 9 or 10 deer total from 130 to 145" on 3 different properties. Never saw one on any of my sits but my TC revealed i sat the wrong set twice, as my TC showed a big 8 on one property and another big 8 on another at around 430 under my stand so too bad I wasn't there but thats the name of the game. My dad had a chance at a 9 point we called Dozer that has about a 23 to 24" spread. buck slipped in at 15 yards as he was looking the wrong way apparently lol. No shot tho... all in all things are good, I am enjoying every bit of being up state and being a business owner has been good to me so far. has its humbling moments but I love it. Headed down to LI for the Holidays and getting in some hunting in one of my best sets! looking fwd to it

Shot this nice 8pt in Tompkins County WMU 7H on Nov on Nov 25th at 4pm. Shot him with my 12 Gauge Single Shot H&R.

Special thanks to Great Valley/Humphrey fire dept!! Friend went to camp solo and after shooting buck suffered heart attack. Phone service spotty on hill but was able to let son know he was in trouble. Son dialed 911 on way down and they were able to find him n get him to hospital. To all the first responders out there, THANK YOU!

It was easier to understand once you put it in English !

I felt really bad for Miss Colombia. I offered to console her but my wife told me to sit my a%$ down.

Venison burgers with balsamic vinegar caramelized onions and s slab of sharp cheddar cheese.

Actually the problem is that a lot of people judge hunting across the state by what they see in their own tiny hunting areas. I believe there are places where winter could likely have decimated the herd. I believe there are areas of NYS where for all kinds of reasons, the deer are getting under-hunted. I also believe that DEC successes at making proper guestimates and remedial actions are not all as accurate as they could be, producing over and under-population circumstances. About the only correct assessment about the NYS deer populations is that it will differ wildly by region, by WMU, by township, by one parcel of property to the next. And that is why we hear claims of deer shortages being immediately followed by the replies that say, "Gee, everything is great here". The implication being that the first guy is wrong, or perhaps he's just not as great a hunter or as observant as the second guy. The fact is that both are likely correct about their little patch of hunting ground and neither has any bearing on the other's observations.

So my barber collects guns and older bows but never hunts. Before last season, he gave me an early 70s Kodiak magnum to start with traditional archery. I promised him I would do my best to kill a deer with it and sure enough, I was fortunate enough to do so. He was so happy that one of his bows was being used again and told me he never thought I would actually kill a deer with it. He just called me and said he has a Christmas gift for me. Another bow. He didn't give details, but I am sure it is another old recurve. Should be fun to try to use it to get him a deer next season. Excited to see what it is. Hopefully its not too long as I have grown quite fond of that short bow.

The last time I saw a crow picking away at a maggot infested purple, runny, oozing, hairless, stinking, deer carcass, I kind of made a promise that that was one critter that I will not be eating.

Got it done on a flat head in the poring rain.

Live from kitchen, was inspired by this chili. am making a stew with Moose , Venison, and bear meat. Will be delicious.

I heard from a buddy, that they found 30 dead deer up in the fairways/woods of Bluestone golf course in Oxford, NY. Just laid up and died during the winter. On another property he hunts he found 15 or so. Last winter was definitely a brutal one. That's why I'm not too upset about it being warm out this time of year. I think the deer deserve a break.

There was a time when rural people were mostly hard working farmers who's honesty was not to be questioned. Many deals and agreements were established with only a handshake and nobody worried about it because a man's word was his bond. Well times have changed and not necessarily for the better. Many of the rural residents are uprooted city dwellers most of whom moved out to the country for good legitimate reasons. However, along with this migration from the city came some who see the country as refuge from their past, and a new easier place to ply some rather unsavory lifestyles, from crack houses to meth plants to lifestyles of burglary and such. When I was a kid, we didn't even know where the key to the house was. Didn't need it. Today, I feel that every building on the place needs to be kept locked and I even lock the car while it is in our own driveway. A shotgun sits on the wall above the bed, and every lock on the house doors has a deadbolt accompanying it. Yup, times are much different, and neighbors are looked at a bit differently these days and with an eye of distrust and suspicion. And once in a while that distrust and suspicion turns out to be warranted.

I could never stand hearing the name Smuckers. Even reading it, I feel a slight urge to kill.

Having bad neighbors is a night mare. The couple across the street got divorced and she kept the house. Only she couldn't afford it on her own so she moved to an apartment and rented the house to her inbred toothless cousins from Hooterville. A full year on police cars in and out, fights in the driveway at all hours, property escorts, loud music and parties, drunks ,junk all over the uncut lawn..you name it. The bank finally took the place and booted them. contractors have been putting the place back together since early summer. According to the neighbor who lives right next door, the inside of the place was trashed. This was a beautiful home that was less than ten years old when cousin opossum and the crew moved in... Good luck grow…I know how it feels.

It was fun being a part of this thread, I check it often and always hoping to see hero shots of successful hunters. I guess we can keep posting, it's live from the woods, not live from the deer woods...

The biggest problem is the land being sold is valuable farmland and once it's developed it can not go back to farm able land

Soaked but did fill a doe tag. Time to dry out and look for a buck

Every picture of you is from when you were younger

Last selfie in the woods til May 1. I'll be counting the days til then. That's my real passion. And daughter can participate in youth hunt.

Spent the better part of the morning out muzzle loading with my seven year old son. I think he really enjoyed it as I let him guide me and make all decisions for our hunt. He made some pretty good choices and I was teaching him how to read the land sign and use the wind to our advantage. In the end his previously learned skills and those he is still learning got us in front of a small doe. He decided that I took a nice 9 pt already and we should let her go. I think he was really excited to see a deer so close in the woods.Great day over all but we were taking the long way out until I convinced him to get a compass out and see where we were headed. One day he will be an excellent woodsman. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My dad likes to cut meat when they're semi-frozen. Soft enough so that it can be cut but hard enough that it'll hold a solid shape and won't flop around as you cut. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All i hear are excuses.

Setting the alarm for 4:45...

Well I had to really put up a stink with GE and they finally covered my wilson bill of almost $300. I then called home depot and was able to get $150 hd credit. Better than nothing I guess.

It'd make a dandy Christmas present from son to dad, with love. PS.......Weatherby doesn't make a front stuffer, AFAIK.

Stuffed peppers, lamb chops Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Our first meal from the harvest this year. Venison meatballs prepared by my daughter!

This has worked the best for me

after two seasons of tag soup and an empty freezer I finally connected the other night. Just a scrub buck but I was glad to break the curse.

Nice picture to save and look back at, your daughter, the doe on the last day, the green grass on December 22nd! Nice job and congratulations!

I ate (and I hope like hell the statute of limitations has expired) bluejay once when I was probably 12. It was breasted and cooked over an open fire. It sucked......

LOL..................... Might could improve the grip on a can of Genny too................

Medellin has a far superior product.

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If local residents in suburban/urban areas are willing to put up with excessive deer numbers, their local representatives should do what they want. These areas are already ruined ecologically - at least for any species of concern. If Cayuga Heights residents want to trap does and tie their tubes so as not to conflict with their Disney values, it's their money. Parks and areas of natural habitat of any significant size are a different matter.

FYI , my wife and the farm has this, my spot with stands marked. My wife knows which stand I'm in and that I call when my boots are back on the ground . No call and she she calls, no answer and she calls farmer . In theory that's the plan but I have a feeling she might forget to,call for a few days....

Took my Minkzilla from last year out and boarded it so I can send out with my reds and gray and yote to be tanned hen the hats are made too Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

From my experience in the dessert where an 60-70 degree change in 8hrs is common the temps affect the powder more than the barrel or the scope mounts. as far as the muzzeloaders go if mine is loaded its stored outside it never goes in and out of the heated house or camp. I have never had a sabot slide in a cold barrel but I had it happen with powerbelts twice.

Bang! Big xbow buck. I'm going to go out on a limb and say New York State record for Xbow. Should be mid 180"s Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Deer fat, like pork, does not freeze as well as the meat, and it will turn rancid and give the meat a stronger taste, even while in the freezer I will continue to trim ALL the fat, silverskin and connective tissue from my venison. It's a PITA, but makes for better tasting meat, IMHO.

Let me know when I can go fugg things up and not go to jail!

Agreed BUT they do not have to kill to ruin a piece of property. In our case we had neighbors that lost 9 fallow deer in 1 night. Not eaten.Just killed. That i lay part of the blame on poor fence upkeep but the case was still over population. When you have them growling at you while gutting a deer or have 2 pin your Lab up against your back sliding door in your yard, you have a problem. Even the little they may kill, in many numbers they will ruin a piece of property just being on the landscape. Whitetails and turkeys will vacate the area and the small game population will be decimated. Been there, Done That! Didnt buy property for their enjoyment. Now add in livestock and the plot thickens. I like the part about the studies they they will just keep coming back. Like i said, after 4-5 years i am just starting to see and hear them again. Game On!

first light do you need a new friend? Haha nice meat pole man, hope you left some for next year

If one calls war on their local yote population 365 24-7 you will make them disappear and your deer and turkeys will come back. This repopulation crap does not hold true if you keep killing them. We shoot,Trap,Poison and they go bye,bye. This war was 3-4 years back and i will say that until this year we did not see or hear many at all. This fall a few were taken during deer season and we did see more than we like to see. The dogs will run when we get some snow and by summer the problem will be over again for a few more years,

I have a 1000' driveway through a swampy thicket in front of the house. I have learned not to walk down that driveway during gun season without a gun, even if it is just to get the mail. One time I went down to get the mail and looked over to the side to see a huge 8-point hunkered under a huge pile of grape vine about 30 yards away, looking at me. I kept walking, un-shouldering my gun stopped and pivoted and shot him right in his bed. He was convinced that I would not see him, and held tight as he probably had done dozens of times before. What he didn't count on was the first snow of the year and he really stuck out like a sore thumb with that white background. So yes, I am sure that sitting tight is a proven defense to them. And when it seems that all the deer have found some big hole in the ground, chances are that they have just successfully found some thicket where they know (or think) they cannot be seen, and they will simply let you sneak right on by.