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Pay it forward happens a lot on here and I'm glad to be a member . I've seen donated fishing lures , hunting clothes to someone who could use them , donations for youth hunt prizes , trail cam to someone who could really use one , donated bow, opportunity from members to borrow a rifle or ML for my daughter and most recently a chance to borrow a rifled barrel for my daughters shotgun . We both are so happy to be able to finally get her gun shooting tight groups and comfortable for her in her shot and pull the trigger. When I even see these random acts of kindness it makes me happy to be part of the NY hunting family. Information is best gathered in the field but I've also learned so much over the years on here. I love sharing my photos and moments with you all and enjoy what you post as well Thanks for all you folks do on here ! Jay

Just put my cams out last week and got this cool looking buck. Talk about having "character"! Another good one! Blurry, had to zoom in.

A few bucks at the zip-tied mobile licking branch. Some in velvet, some hard-horn. One still has velvet on its antlers. I started this overhanging branch last winter. They have been pounding it. I plan on sniping the end with all the saliva and pheromones off, transporting it in a plastic bag, miles away to another mobile licking branch, and zip-tying there. I move the branches around all season. It makes the resident bucks think invaders...alien bucks are moving into their range. It's the most effective way to keep bucks around IMO.

Did some more scouting at a spot we have permission to hunt .

I am north of the "104 Corridor"

Couple a bucks taken this past week... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No problemo ... I have the snowblower tuned up and the snow plow is ready to go !

I was going to go out...but the whole bot fly thing won't leave my mind...

F that noise. Pool/Golf season is too short here in NY!

1st shot in a week, stitches still in trigger finger but I can bend it enough to trip the trigger. It's was at 40 yards.

I'm not sure why everybody isn't using a "life line" with a prusik hitch on all their tree stands. Do they work with climbing sticks or screw in steps? Yup...... Gee, how about climbing stands? Absolutely they do...... Well good golly, they CAN'T work with ladder stands too, can they? Does Howdy Doody have wooden balls? You're darn right he does AND that a "life line" and prusik hitch WILL work with any and all types of elevated hunting. Sorry for the passion................carry on.

It's been a hectic summer with my wife and I getting our living room remodeled. We added a wall to the living room and created an office for me that attaches to my work room. Few pics... Added a couple of drying walls The work room still needs some work. I plan on doing that this spring after I make some money of the venture. Not sure about what I'm going to do with the walls yet, need to add a sink too... Horn porn!!! We'll see how it goes. I have lots of connects around here that are promising to bring me their deer...lol

HI Folks Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself- My name is Nadine and have been hunting for about 9 years now. I am one of the Erie County Coordinators for Region 9 for DEC instructors and yes i am a DEC instructor- Most of the classes that I do teach are at hawkeye bowman which I belong to as a member and have many hats there. just wanted to say hi:)

Even they can't wait to get things started! Thought this was a cool set from the first scrape I found this season.

Compared to some of the other forums I visit ,the bickering is actually low here.

You are spot on TF as much as we bicker or have different opinions I think we would all help each other as the opportunity came....best forum I'm on hands down Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Yeah but I bet that work pays off when a jar of something comes off the shelf in Feb.

Years ago I'd get together with four friends to do the annual 'Tenderloin Trip'. It was an ice-fishing gig on Sodus Bay where everyone brought grills, venison, corn-on-the-cob, chili, clam chowder, and even Dinty Moore beef stew. Standing all day on frozen water can be a lot of fun if you do it right.

Yup , right in the beer cooler. And I'll admit to ice fishing a couple of times and enjoying it. Got bit by a dog who's owner didn't have it on a leash and dropped one of those tiny jigging rods down the hole. Good memories . FYI. It's difficult to fish afterwards without said little jigging rods

Put more wood in the stove and then use it to mix drinks.

I can wait a bit longer for this Idiot to get on the highway .

Thanks I appreciate the help. Part of the reason for my decision is because I have been around bird dogs a long time and I see she is very prey driven and can be a super star in the right hands plus I see the pleasure she gets out of it and I dont want to deny her of what she is meant for.

Biggest problem with global warming is that it isn't getting here fast enough.

When it comes to two man platforms, the ones that go back to the tree or further back than just a basic 10 or 12" wide platform the length of the stand makes a big difference IMO. More important on a two man stand.

I was off and contemplated it but yes, the bot flies would wig me out. No sense shooting something I have no desire to eat. I'll wait to it gets colder and they are gone. Cutarebras, maggots, bot flies and leeches give me the willies.

I can't wait! I like all 4 seasons but I'm getting sick of summer. Plowing brings snowmobiling and ice fishing so it's a give and take. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not sure but I think toilets swirl the water the other way

Just bustin' the nads Pedro. LOL I have had to chase skunks off a 5x8 back porch in Schenectady. Now that's taking a risk. I rapped on the window once, bugger sprayed the porch. After that, I would just whip the door open and scream like a banshee. I got lucky, they would run and not take a stand.

Black boxes matter

Grilled BBQ chicken and grilled butternut squash Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If he can't get to it, I'll just scrape it off with my knife after I get done gutting him.... [emoji6] Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Homemade venison sausage and Backstraps on the barbecue, yum!!

Awesome to be back in the woods!

I wouldn't use that in any situation. Heating and bending metal will change the properties of it and you are using a step outside it's intended purpose. I am not saying it won't work and keep you from hitting the ground but the products that are designed and manufactured for the purpose of fall arrest have calculations and safety factor that are ASSURED to work. I appreciate the testing you did but I suggest you look into how fall arrest systems are tested. The "shock" of a fall is much different loading than what you tested. In my mind having an anchor point that MAY work is almost worse than no anchor point at all. With a false sense of security we may do what we wouldn't when not tied in.

Big 6 my buddy shot in West Bloomfield a few years ago.

If anyone is interested in some entertaining facts/stories regarding the Adirondacks these books are worth checking out. They cover the Adirondack/CNY regions of NY from the late 1800's through the latter 1900's mainly. They focus mainly on hunting and trapping. I've found them at Barnes and Noble, Running's and Herb Phillipsons. They run about $20 per book . I highly recommend them.

that's nice of you to recognize Jay, I love this site too! and I love you too, man!

BTW...these dilly beans are going to taste GREAT with the Wilsons snack sticks my first doe gets me.

I believe NYS has a law that restricts high fencing that would contain wild deer on a property with out DEC permission...you need a permit and I believe all wild deer removed depending on the DEC usage permits. There must be a lot of those around..Oh that's right...deer farms

Cutie for sure. Ain't nuthin' like puppy breath in the morning!

I thought I had mentioned that in my original post, but yes, to clarify, I'm not intending to ask for permission until after the deer season ends.

So this is something added to the arrow so that as blood leaks out the blood is now spiked with a powder that helps it show under certain lighting? If it worked, that would be awesome. But, I also have a hard time believing it's going to work for long. Surely the initial bits of blood will rinse the area

Few feeder bands came through this area and dumped a bunch a rain from that hurricane that went north of me to the panhandle ... Hopefully my hunting grounds aren't a friggin lake by now. We'll see tmorrow Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Go to google images and type "mosquito catch boxes". On the first line of pictures has pretty much what you pictured. http://northernwoodlands.org/knots_and_bolts/mosquito-trapline

yeah but those had a sticky surface that would actually catch the bug. I went back to check these boxes and there is nothing like that here. several of the boxes now have spider webs in them but nothing to capture bugs.

I hope none of you clowns are those clowns,lol I'm just clowning around with ya's,lol

Why in the world wold that. Be considered overboard. I mean doesnt everyone do it???

Here's a big 6/7, not sure if 7th is 1" or not. My dad got this one in 3N in 2011. One of the heaviest weight wise NY bucks he ever shot. DEC was at the butcher and aged it at 3.5 Much Different from this one, he also got a real big and nice mass 6pt that has brows and was an old deer. Don't have a pic on my phone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wife and I love living in upstate ny , hunting, fishing , rolling countrysides , the change of seasons , etc . It's the ( insert dirty word) politicians that ruin this state . And yes ny has some excellent potential for big bucks but in the same breath we don't need the d.e.c telling us what a person can and can't shoot .

First shot of the day after my evening 3 mile run. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk