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Went down to Canadice yesterday morning. I had a couple stops to make on the way down and then was just going to grab camera cards/swap out batteries and then mooch around in the woods for a bit, going places I'd never go in the fall. Well, I just was enjoying the heck out of the day and decided to take a BIG walk, it seemed to be the right thing to do! About three hours later I had circled back to the truck and was pretty much wiped out. Enough uphill/downhill and gullies for me for the day! While hiking I was keeping my eyes pealed for sheds and of course never found a single hunk of bone. On the way back to my friends house I was talking with another friend and bitching about not finding any sheds. I pulled in my buds driveway and looked in the pasture and lo and behold there's a shed, about 50-60 yards off the driveway. I hit the binders and jumped out, sprinted (not really) to the horn. Bingo, it's been a few years since I've found one so I was pumped. I pulled in and showed my buddy. We talked for a bit and I said I was going to jump on the 4wheeler and go grab two other cam cards but first take a quick spin around the area in the rest of the field to see if I could find the other horn from the buck. Don't you know that within 30 seconds I spot the darn thing up on the dike of the pond. I have and will load tomorrow night trail cam footage of the buck with headgear attached. As I found the first one........ This morning, both together................

Yes.I hunt from this shed.

Just remember that what's on top is not necessarily what is underneath test holes are a good idea. The first thing to do is to take a peek. Finding water in the test holes as in springs and such is not necessarily good news because that is a sign of gravel (leaching dirt) that isn't good in a pond. Note the water in this test hole we actually moved the pond because of this hole. Finally it takes the shape of a pond. Spring run-off does a good job of filling the pond. It also sets up some concerns for overflow and potential disaster. Be sure to check what is below the pond in case of a washout....lol. Lookin' good ... eh? Well, maybe in the summer it doesn't look so good. Yup, it was a "leaker", test holes and all. Apparently there was some gravel layer that was a bit to close to the bottom of the pond. Too bad because there was a lot of clay for quite a depth. After watching this disaster for 3 years hoping it would self-heal with silt, it became obvious that it was going to make a great cattail garden and mosquito home. Hey the frogs liked it. Well, I didn't take any pictures of the last step which was to exercise the guy's guarantee to fill it back in for free if the pond failed. But now a bunch of years later, it's as if that fiasco never happened. The guy who did the work has done hundreds of ponds locally. In fact that is all he does for a living, and he really knows his stuff. And he did take all the precautions but there can be sneaky gravel veins that can do a great job of draining ponds. The area has successful pond right across the highway, just a mere couple hundred yards away and there is a swamp within 50 yards. But like I said above, what you see on top the ground doesn't indicate what is under the surface.

Funny how hard core liberals constantly call everyone else hateful and angry …LOL!!

I would. If I seen deer like that out back here i would sit on my back porch.

I have several friends who hunt in rural yards. 2.5 acre lots, they do quite well and are welcomed by the land owners because the deer eat all their landscaping. 1 guy has gotten 6 doe and a beautiful 9pt in 3 years.

Today's check yielded 5 rats 1 mink then a fox waiting home on my back 30 .. he had some mange on his tail so I cut it off and am gonna skin him later ... 18 red fox 1 gray 6 yotes 49 rats 4 mink 8 coon Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

LOL!!!! Wow. I believe this guy really believes all of this to be factual and truth. Leftist mind control does exist. But only the victim mindset is susceptible.

LOL!!! See, you don't sound hateful or angry at all and your statement doesn't sound like an irrational liberal rant either. LOL!! I often wish you would just go away, but don't . Please keep providing examples of liberal thinking. Its very amusing.

This photo was taken by the landowner showing me the problem they have with deer. This particular yard is hit the hardest with many ornamental bushes being eaten every year. I hunted from the shed shown in the picture. On the right end is a big double door (about 6X6) and I sit inside with one door open. Most deer are skittish but some will walk right up to you. although I saw 20 or so deer every day it took me two weeks to get my first one. Because I'm there for population control I only target mature doe. The little guys and bucks are safe. Just to clarify: I am talking Bow only. A pet might be let out for a nature break and I wouldn't shoot at that time. I'm in the backyard and a bus comes by to pick up and drop off school kids at the road out front and about 150 yards from the shed. I wouldn't shoot then either for fear of exposing a child to an injured deer running off after being hit. I take no shots over 40 yards to insure good shot placement. there are other rules a follow for myself and that is why I asked for input from others who may be doing the same thing. I'm interested in the rules and precautions they follow.

Venison stew and homemade bread for dipping. I'm all thumbs when using Tapatalk

They do, it's not very thick. Reading and comprehension ability is not a necessary requirement. Probably comes with crayons:

The kind folks from CRCS Outdoors (Cuba Rushford) took me out on a waterfowl hunt yesterday. It's always been my dream to find someone to help me learn how to waterfowl hunt, as I find it very different than any deer, turkey, or squirrel hunting I've done all my life. It's also something I was afraid I could never do, since I can't have a dog and our car is not good for carrying a boat. After I won the Duck Stamp, CRCS did an interview with me and asked me along on a waterfowl hunt locally with Southern Tier Outfitters, we thought it would be neat for me to hunt waterfowl for the first time while using the stamp I painted! I felt very honored. We were finally able to get out yesterday during the second season in Allegany. The outfitters said that this area has been tough due to the unseasonably warm weather we've had and they've been able to get very few ducks to come in at all. We were in a large blind (these guys even have a mini kitchen) and were well concealed. We had a few mallards scope us out and circle out of range, and one pair of common mergansers fly high without even giving the wetland a second look. Around 11, I believe, we saw some geese far off along the Allegany River, and the guides called them in to us. I took one as they came in, but my 870 wouldn't cycle the rounds and jammed as I ejected the first shell. Stupid of me not to check beforehand, but lesson learned. Turns out the bird I shot was banded, and the group lit up with excitement. We were being filmed for the CRCS show and they urged me to call the band in on camera. I did, and as soon as I got through on the band reporting hotline and got to giving them my info, a pair of mallards came in, of course! I got low and tried to finish the call quietly and quickly. By the time I got off the call the mallards were still around but had moved out of range. I was embarrassed that they waited for me instead of taking them, but I appreciated the gesture, it was really kind. Anyhow, it was amazing and I feel super honored to have been invited and enjoyed it very much. I'm very thankful to CRCS, Scott Jordan, and thank you very much to Craig Southard and Patrick Stayer of Southern Tier Outfitters! I can only claim the top goose, but am so thankful for even one! They have more photos on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/391324224291983/photos/pcb.956512284439838/956512234439843/?type=3&theater

Where was the second part of your post pasted from, Uptown'? It was pretty stupid, but it was actually rather coherent and articulate.

I'm most concerned with their mass importation of Muslims, while attempting to take away our means of self defense. As far as hating women, these "refugees" are about as hateful as one can get. Yet the liberals love to paint them as peaceful. Lipstick on a Pig! This man shines a light under the liberal basket for all to see. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aYu_bHu6sUc?feature=player_embedded

Most in NY who hunt and own firearms feel it is a privilege, not a right. That's why they grovel at the feet of those who oppress their firearms rights. Unless a law SEVERELY infringes on their preferred firearms, they do not care about the people who it does affect. They actually show contempt for their fellow hunters and firearms owners if they do not follow their sanctimonious ideal of what a NY gun owner should believe and conform to. They seem to think they are protecting their gun rights by removing them from the great unwashed. It's an elitist attitude that will turn out to be the biggest mistake these folks have ever made.

Ha, glad you said it. I didn't want to be the One

LOL, in the thread title the word "Score" is just describing the fact that I found a matched pair, not a "number score" like Boone & Crocket. Yes, sheds can very easily be scored and they CAN be entered in the New York State Big Buck Club but these are not that big at all, next year they could be dandy. IIRC all sheds get a static inside measurement of 16". All other measurements can be easily measured. Clear as mud??

OK fine. I just find it unreal that those who hunt and own firearms as so complacent to more laws against owning firearms.

OH…Cue the F'ing crickets

Visited with a friend today, 90 fox so far this season. Last three years he's got 100 each year!

I know a guy who took over 20 deer in one year in the Town of Irondequote bow hunt . It would be hard to,get more suburban than that . My friends parents house was on a private dead end st. In Webster, it was the last house on the St. Behind it was a creek then a woods . The owners would be in Fla. starting from Nov. 1. The family room over the garage made a very nice spot to shoot deer from .

Funny, she complains she had to testify for eleven hours. Those guys had to fight for their lives for 13. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Right 22 - I keep asking who believes in the rule of law. It seems some here do so only when they agree with it.

The fact they are standing up for what they believe, I can completely respect that. It's HOW they are doing it that pisses me off. Plain and simple they do not have the right to occupy state or federal land in the way they are doing it. I don't like the fact I can't hunt with a rifle in Onondaga County but that doesn't give me the right to break in to buildings on one of the region 7 WMA's, occupy that position and hold it with force if desired. And then give surrounding landowners shit for trying to use the property. They are breaking the law and should be punished like any other criminal. Just my opinion

Ahh crap on Brady and the nut bag hoodie wearing cheater!! Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

I think there is a better chance of these "assault weapon" bans, which exist in many states, going to the SCOTUS and being shot down. There are many reasons why these laws are unconstitutional, but have to make it to the court to be invalidated. Time is against it however. It took about 30 years for the handgun ban in Washington, DC to be found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Why is a violation of a Constitutional right so slow when it comes to due process? That's the effect of political corruption. The anti-gun Leftists are way ahead of these bans getting to the Supreme Court too. They want to replace 1 Conservative Justice with another Leftist as soon as possible. Since most Conservative siding winning opinions only pass with a 5-4 vote, adding another flaming Leftist like Sotomayer or Kagen will kill the Constitution as we know it, forever!

Bubba: Posted 14 January 2016 - 07:01 PM "Ruined is sduch a strong word. So the guy strolled in and moved birds out. If that is all it takes to RUIN your hunt, then you do not know what a hunt is about. Granted, I would have been disappointed, but In would have been thankful I had the time out in the woods." Bubba: Posted 15 January 2016 - 05:04 PM "So all you had is a typo? Not hot air at all, it is reality. A hunt is ruined by a guy walking onto you public land is quite simply whining. If that ruins your wholehunt,that just shows the superficial side of you. Buy a big chunk of your own land to avoid the dramatic ruination of your whole outing" I'm not looking to Piss in your Wheaties Bill, but I'm not seeing where Bubba did anything wrong, that could possibly warrant you wanting to leave the site. He posted his opinion, which you didn't agree with. In your response, you chose to rip on him about a grammatical error. Following that, Bubba still didn't sink to that level, but simply posted another comment showing his personal opinions. The little bit that he snapped at you was justified, in my mind. Not sure why you got so upset. Don't dish it, if you can't take it.

Pssst That 1:30 starts at 1:07

dig a hole and then bring in some beavers....i'm extremely lucky - have property with a large pond and a ton of beavers. A couple of years ago the 15 ft dam broke and lost 1/2 of pond (6 acre pond)...within 1 year beavers had it built back to what it was...amazing creatures..

Slick Willie never paid them anything. A splash of kool-aid and a promise seemed to work. Hmm, sounds familiar.

There is a little difference of the deer coming to te dog on their terms and the dog running around them on their turf. Mature bucks will bed down behind buildings on a regular basis if its a place of safety. Pretty smart dudes.

Very nice crossbow. Now, I just have to put it together. I haven't quite figured out what I'm going to do with it yet, since I've always used the compound...........

The 2nd Amendment and self defense are the two biggest areas the Democrats love to attack. They also constantly interfere with private business, free speech, freedom in general, property rights, right to work, right to know laws, religious freedom and generally over regulate every aspect of citizens lives. To them, rights are subject to change without notice. Both parties do it, but the Democrats do it more IMHO.

Some day I will have the access to be able to put those numbers up .. that's awesome ...Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Yeah OK dummy you won....

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It is only hunters against hunters if you want to turn it into that. My responses have consistently been aimed at one piece of comparative data that helps to contemplate the legitimate place of air guns for deer hunting. The interesting part is that that question is met like I was asking for U.S. government classified information. Hell, we even have you telling me that I have made up my mind and now an implication that people who ask such questions are engaging in "hunter against hunter" mentality. We have people turning it into a ballistics discussion, as though because a projectile powered by air has some secret ballistic edge over gunpowder. I have to admit that I am completely baffled by the reaction. A simple question and such crazy irrational reactions.

I think this attitude about the quality of the hunt and some of the aesthetic requirements of the act of hunting, is in the minority, but I do share those in those requirements when it comes to my hunting. For me there is an atmosphere that has to exist before I enjoy a hunt. I couple the activity to a sense of history and tradition, and the kill is secondary to the authenticity of the experience. I don't like to hear neighbors arguing in the background. I don't like hearing radios and TVs blaring. I don't want to see a neighbor walking about in his pajamas to pick up the morning paper.....lol. Also, knowing that deer almost never fall down dead where shot with an arrow. I do worry about ugly situations of bloody deer dying in some rather intrusive places. I am concerned about uncomfortable confrontations with irate parents when the deer drops in a neighbor-kids sandbox. I am not really all that fond of making my hunting a public spectacle. I have no problem with those that do, but it just is not my thing.

No, not really. I like to have room to walk around, I can't sit all morning, day, or afternoon. 2014 I only had my bow, and I hunted a bow only area that was public land in the burbs. I didn't care for it too much. Hearing cars that sounded like they were driving by right next to me was odd to me. Hearing other hunters slam vehicle doors was more then irritating. The only thing more irritating was the thump of an over-dropped base from car stereos. I just prefer to hunt in the woods like it was intended. I really don't care where or how other people hunt anymore. To me, it's about getting out in the woods, scouting, and taking your chances. I wouldn't fish a trout farm either just to catch fish. But like I said, if the area allows hunting, then do it. We don't all need to hunt the same way. We just need to hunt.

No, because it is propelled by gas it is designed differently, including but not limited to the shape and the composition of the lead (or alloy) they do expand differently. I'm a NYer and I shoot an air gun almost daily and now that it is legal for hunting in NYS i go out often on long island and at least with small game I've always been impressed with the expansion and wound channel that air pellets make.

it really is a dangerous game. Tueday I was cutting trees down in the wind. As soon as the tree woud start to move, i was running like a girl. Glad your ok

I'm trying not to let my true feelings be known. All the vulgarity would get me kicked off the site!

They don't grow back. It's a bone with hair.

Eat one of those cheesy biscuits for me please

Can't be very many guys that wear an ugly striped outfit like that one guy has in the picture ! He should be arrested for wearing something like that !

yeah,that's nice.... but what do the men order?

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Only a few more weeks and all dry!!!Can't wait to bring it home.

Check out bark at the moon coyote club website lots of tips and info there most of the guys are from wny Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk