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I've been watching several nice bucks all summer coming out of a marshy little wetland area at my best shed hunting farm. I finally bought a new Browning Trail Cam and set it up to get a closer look last week. It took 6 days...but the boys finally showed yesterday evening. There were no trees to mount the camera on where I wanted to put it so it's set up on a threaded stake right in the cloverfield where they've been coming out. It's pretty funny to see their reaction when they notice the plastic box hovering in the air and come closer to check it out. This one in particular peaks my interest. Love those big brows!!! He's not a high scorer by any means but he has a huge body and I believe that he's at least 5 years old based on the fact that he resided in the same area last year too. He sure looks like a fully mature buck with that big old roman nose... Shooter #2, he's definately got some good mass and lots of character!!! Couple of nice young bucks...

Showed back up again, this year with even more mass than before it seems, as well as some "junk".. i have history with this deer back to 2013, that I'm aware of. This fall he is 6.5yr or older. in 2013 he is at least a 3.5yr old.. Still have a few cards to pull. hopefully the other 2 old guys are on them..

Thanks to Phade my trail cams work again and I am able to receive pictures again!!!!!! Thank you Phade! Keep up the awesome work and looking forward to buying some more cams from you in the future! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Wind direction will be the most frustrating parts of any hunt. Nothing can irritate you like watching the wind switch 180 degrees a few times while you sit there using plans based on a weatherman's predictions. I hunt in narrow valley areas with high steep hills, and they definitely will do some weird things. I have one blind next to a 150' deep rock walled ravine that twists its way up the hill, Anywhere around that ravine will have constantly changing winds. And some of the biggest bucks in that area use that for a bedding area because there is no approach to that area that will not give them a scent warning before you get within shooting range. The good old milkweed seed test wil show you what you are up against and it can be a very frustrating story. There are also areas where the wind can be in one direction all day long and then late in the afternoon, the thermals take over. I don't know about flat land. There is none down out way ..... lol.

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I didn't realize you had info from the previous owner. That's a BIG deal, and you should absolutely use it. You might consider putting some flagging material like pieces of surveyor's tape or VHS tape on a stake somewhere in view of your cam shots as we get close to the season. Set them far enough away to not trigger the cam, but still be visible in the photo. Knowing the wind direction at the precise time a deer triggers the cam from a specific direction is valuable.

Because if you read the entire transcripts to see what he actually said it's nothing of what the media presents. A little context and it's what any normal person would say or ask. Here is the best fact.. the Republicans didn't want him the people voted him in as nominee, look at Hillary the DNC wanted her and fixed it to get her and the people hate her. Now poll numbers show her 5% bump but a little research shows her numbers went up 5 % but trumps didn't go down . A 5 % bump within your own party is not a victory dance.. it would be nice to see some media coverage of Johnson but that doesn't fit the media backers agenda. .. why report fairly and Unbaised...... when there is money and kickbacks to be made

Well what did they say when you introduced your self and expressed your concerns to them ?

What the hell was that..., a Fisher Price X-bow with flaming Nerf tips,lol

You've been drinking way too much MSM Kool-Ade, my friend, if you believe any of this. It's nothing more than today's anti-Trump talking points and propaganda.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today unveiled new regulations concerning deer and bear hunting, DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced today. These regulations increase opportunities for junior hunters to take bears, rescind an antlerless-only rule from 2015 in portions of southeastern New York and the Lake Plains, reduce antlerless harvests in two management units in the western Adirondacks, and clarify when special season tags may be used by bow and muzzleloader hunters. “We rely on hunters to help us meet our science-based population management goals, and these new regulations will help us explore alternative season structures that will advance improved population management,” said Commissioner Seggos. “The youth hunt has been very popular with families across the state, and we’re pleased to offer this expanded opportunity for junior hunters.” The new bear hunting regulation now includes the taking of bears in the youth firearms hunt over Columbus Day weekend that was previously a deer-only event. The 2015 regulation that prohibited harvest of antlered deer during portions of the bow and muzzleloader seasons in Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) 1C, 3M, 3S, 4J, 8A, 8C, 8F, 8G, 8H, 8N, 9A, and 9F has been rescinded, allowing the take of both antlered and antlerless deer during the entire bow and muzzleloader seasons in these units. In these WMUs, deer populations are above desired levels, and the antlerless-only rule was implemented in 2015 as part of a multi-phase process to increase antlerless harvest. However, reported harvest of female deer did not differ substantially between the WMUs with the antlerless-only periods and nearby WMUs without the rule, nor did the antlerless-only periods increase reported female take as desired. In contrast, deer populations in WMUs 6F and 6J have been declining, so harvest of antlerless deer is now prohibited during the early muzzleloader season in these units. Winter weather conditions are a primary driver of deer abundance in the northern part of the state, and the winters of 2013 and 2014 were especially harsh. Coupled with mild conditions this past winter, reducing the harvest of antlerless deer should prevent further population decline and stimulate growth. The DEC expects this change to be temporary. The final regulatory change is simply a technical correction to clarify that hunters who purchase both the bow and muzzleloader license privileges may use the Bow/Muzzleloader either-sex and Bow/Muzzleloader antlerless-only deer tags in either season or both in one of the seasons with the appropriate implement. This has always been DEC's intent, but ambiguity in the previous wording of the regulation could have led to confusion. Hunters who purchase just one of the special season privileges are still only allowed to use the Bow/Muzzleloader tag during that particular special season. Under the 2016-17 budget, Governor Cuomo’s NY Open for Fishing and Hunting Initiative provides $3 million for State land access projects and $4 million for hunting and fishing infrastructure. The 2015-16 budget also created a new capital account, which, along with federal Pittman-Robertson funds, will be used to manage, protect and restore fish and wildlife habitat and will improve and develop public access for fish and wildlife-related recreation. This year’s commitment builds on the previous $6 million in funding for 50 new projects to provide access to approximately 380,000 acres of existing State lands for recreation, including boat launches, bird-watching areas, trails and hunting blinds, and $8 million for upgrades and improvements to fish hatcheries statewide. View full article

Be careful with that. With only 8 acres, they may do the same thing.

They have always overlooked Obama's crimes. Upright: "There is a statute that prohibits us from engaging in Iran dealing with dollars, so [Obama] had to print the money here, ship it over to Switzerland, turn it into Swiss francs and euros, and ship it over to Iran. If a private company had done this, it is called money laundering. The CEO would be in jail right now." —Charles Krauthammer

if the property they hunt on is mostly wetlands, that may be the only huntable area on their side...who knows, or maybe they located where the deer are.......it sucks, but as long as they are on their property and doing nothing wrong it's really not unethical, maybe not very neighborly, but that's about it. I guess it's really not much different then you wanting to hunt that line and shutting them out of it....like already mentioned, set up a clearly visible stand early before the season or get out earlier in the morning...........and I know not many people try this unheard of technique, but try talking to them before doing anything that creates bad blood.

You need to get to know thermals as they will at times override the prevailing wind direction given for a day. With a 450 elevation change...its going to take some serious thought and experience to get it right. If the rocky side is a hard break, meaning deer cannot transgress it - then it is a very helpful bit of knowledge if they are moving to your plot in daytime hours.

Yep, time to try and be neighborly. With only 8 acres, youre going to want to try and secure recovery rights at least.

I'm having that exact problem at another spot right now (30 acre alfalfa field)...it's got more bucks than any area I have but they keep skipping my cams. Not much you can do other than be patient. The area in the pics isn't that big. There's a 2 acre marsh behind the cam where the deer are bedding, it's all cattail and scrubby stuff. Off to the left there is a small woodlot. The cam is on a point that juts out where I've been watching them come out all summer. They tend to feed along the edge of the brush. I'm right on the brush line so the deer you see aren't in the middle of a big fieldthere are right on the edge of cover. Like I mentioned, it took six days to get them on cam.

Never hunted in your end of the county. These deer are 8R. Been seeing lots of good bucks this year despite the drought!

Region 8 There is another bachelor group hanging out on this farm just up the road with a couple of beautiful 10's. Wish I could get pics of them but I'm only going to concentrate on this one spot because my uncle hunts there. He killed this buck back in '13 in the field that my cam is set in...

one thing for certain, you definitely have Coyotes in the area.

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My biggest NY buck is only a basket 8, but seen I only get out a handful of days per deer season I hold out for a buck. I stopped shooting 4's and smaller a few years back. Doe gets my blood pumping, but no interest in losing the day or even a few hours shooting one. I get a dmp tag each year incase I ever saw a piebald or really injured doe. I'd probably shoot a small buck if I got a good shot with the Xbow tho. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't eat the horns and sadly only have seen perhaps 3 wall hangers in my life while in the woods deer hunting. And I average over 100+ hours a year lol. Ray Charles would have a better chance at shooting one than I

Clarifying for some who might read this topic: Regular season gun antlered tag becomes either sex tag during late muzzleloader season So in theory if you have a Regular season antlered tag leftover and late either sex muzzleloader tag (all this during late MZ season)you could shoot 2 bucks/ one of each or 2 does. I think bow tags add a wrinkle but I'm referring to shotgun/rifle and ML only hunters Glad to see doe only first 2 weeks of bow season and doe only in certain zones in late bow/ml season gone. I remember guys didn't even hunt their good stands first 2 weeks as not to get busted or blow a good set up on a buck when they couldn't shoot bucks. Others didn't even hunt late ml season.

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Well hereceived is what you do. Get a jAR of.bubbles and go to your plot with a known wind direction sw for example. Walk around the field and blow bubbles watch them. Note the time of day and how the bubbles floated. Go back dawn and dusk with same wind and do it again . Then with a nw wind ,ect. Make a bubble map, just because you have a sw wind doesn't mean I n that field the wind will be from south west ,elevation ,trees,dropouts, ravines ,all change prevailing wind.. I had to do this on a back side of a hill as my normal winds are sw or nw.. but on the backside the wind crests the hill and flows back up the hill in a west direction but there is a spot where the west winds come over the hill and continue east.. I was hunting it and my scent was blowing back into the bedding area, now I know I have to stay where prevailing winds carery.my scent away. Blowing bubbles every 30 yards is tiresome you may want to get a kids electric bubble gun

That cam is in a great spot,Different animals all week that is so awesome..

I agree. The deer don't ALWAYS follow the age old "script". They'll come from whatever the heck direction THEY want, when THEY want. You set your stand/blind/truck facing into the wind, expecting the deer to come from a direction advantageous to you. Whether you're watching a single trail, intersection of multiple trails, a valley of open fields or section of woods; you play the wind according to a number of factors THAT day. Weather reports are where you start.......If you are traveling to your spot via your Porsche, note American Flags, home chimneys etc. Both are good indicators of what you should encounter. Once you get to your area, flick your Bic or Zippo for a quick indication of wind direction or to confirm your earlier thoughts/observations. While your on your way to your chosen location, continue to flick your lighter or put a puff of powder into the air for a quick look see. Also, often times the best indicator is your own breath if the temps are cool enough. From a tree stand, I typically use a tiny piece of paper towel (multi-purpose/never leave the truck/home without item) dropped to the ground to see wind directions. Just float a little piece the size of an ant out there and see WTH is happening. Go kill 'em Bizzy!

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If You're going to get a release I wouldn't worry about arrow flight until you have it. Whatever is going on is probably being caused by your fingers

It's true. I can only go by what the previous owner told us. So far it's been true based on trail cam activity. But it all changes come the fall. Haven't gotten a buck on my cell cam in a few weeks but Sunday saw a nice buck at 12 noon about 60 yards from the camera. They are still there just not walking on main trail of course Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dustin Johnson for awhile was also carrying a tiny bottle of white powder to "check the wind ' Phade or could have been Moog made mention of drying milkweed pods the other day, them things will float forever. Play the wind as best as you can IMO. Without scentlock daughter and I had an almost shooter 7 point directly downwind of us at close to 25 feet last year on opening day. He stayed around for a good 10-15 minutes. I also had a hot doe and soon after a buck directly downwind of me while I was in ladder stand. The buck went home with me that day. Probably less than 50 feet on him. So play it the best you can, some deer may shy away if they wind you but not all.

Biz that's why you have heard me mention the numerous stands and blinds I have set up...I group my stands/towers in 4's to catch what ever ma nature throws at me and yes even a 16-20 foot height can be different than on the ground for thermals...especially on ridge lines and hilly/gully country...so I have ground blinds set up near all those groupings........brush blinds built right are as good as a pop up...just not weather resistant ..unless you cut some poles nail a frame and add a camo tarp...cost time and 10-15 bucks...

Put multiple stands in place for the wind on a given day. On one of my "go to" spots, I have a stand set for a NW wind AND a South-SE wind.

Give him another year . What are the GPS coordinates ?

I own 10 acres, surrounded by hundreds of state/ county land. My land is long considered the hot spot. On opening days, and as often as possible, I make sure my hunting friends are very well posted along the borders and on the adjacent land within respectable distances. It works very well. Other than an occaisional walk through along the border mid day, no problems, and most of the guys hunting the surrounding land with any regularity I have gotten to know (and knowing where we are regularly, give us room).

Ants My gut tells me you maybe right, but I hope not. Trump was not my 1st choice but he is now. This election is more about SCOTUS for me, Trump must win. I could live with 4 years of a Trump administration. I really don't care to live though Hillary's vision of America, she will be worse than Obama. You know McCain is a Rino and Politian's like him lives are going to change if Trump wins. Trump needs to stop tweeting Nonsense, and just point out what Hillary is. If he could stay on point and concentrate on Hillary only. This is his to Lose, but if he does we have to live with the outcome.

all deer get my blood pumping and I'll shoot a doe during archery, but the last few years hunting with the rifle I've been passing them up.........we've had a few kids start hunting with us, so I think it's more important the deer may give them an opportunity at some point, and just the lack of deer in general keeps me from wanting to kill more than one doe anyway.....that's upstate, down on Long Island I pretty much shoot anything and doe tags are a guarantee.

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His bases are huge.

Awesome deer hope you get a shot at him..........Good luck..

Even with a crossbow, you still need to practice!

It would be nice to know what it is he's using. It would seem like some sort of fine material that helps bond to the second layer forming a seal and probably seeping into the cracks to help reinforce the seal. Very cool stuff! Thanks Growalot! I might be able to find out some info. I will check.

Lets not get carried away, he has had a few comments not all liked. The Media has blown it out of proportion. Hillary is still Crooked and is unfit to have Classified documents. She is unable to tell the truth, even when given the chance. Trump needs to stay on topic and keep point out her failures. If Hillary wins SCOTUS is Liberal at the least. If Hillary wins she will make Safe Act look like Childs play. If Hillary Wins America is in for the worse it has ever seen. Back to Trump, doesn't he have a choice at who he wants to support? he still has that right.

He's a beauty !!! Good luck with him.

Well let's just say I knew for sure you weren't from here lol

Real nice...Good luck hope you get a shot this year..

That is one thing for sure, I will be having at least one or two friendly conversations with him... Probably won't even bring up the stand the first time we speak... If I do it won't be right away.. I truly only have 25 acers and there is some town land that touches my places as well... The big problem is that this stand really is in the perfect places it's at a saddle in a ridge Line that catches all deer movement due to a funnel. Let's also be clear that even if the stand is on his land he would have max 5 feet to shoot on his own property... Any way I will try my best to make him a friend and not a enemy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, the limited edition from Gander. Bought it when she was only a few years old in hopes of her one day wanting to shoot and hunt. My hopes were answered