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They say most accidents happen within 25 miles of home . That's why I drive 50 miles away to hunt .

It all sounds kind of treasonous to me. Kind of makes you wonder what countries they are working for. It certainly isn't the U.S.

My sons patience ran out 13 minutes before the legal end of youth, does were over a knob in the field. Rainy and getting dark, We made the move and he 10 ringed a smaller doe at 150 yards. She ran right to us and died 50 yards away with both front shoulders essentially useless.

Was out driving around and noticed a lot of deer on the move in the rainy weather. Was coming up my road and saw this, she stayed long enough to give me a great picture. I may have this one framed and put in the bunk house. On a side not we did a lot of driving yesterday to West Point and back. I just noticed an alarming amount of road kill. These animals are moving about so be careful.

no only hangons for me. I do harness in once up top though.

My Ladder Stand is Lag Screwed into the tree , it's not going anywhere - my property ! And yes the tree is still alive and growing .

I'll be cleaning the leaves outta my gutters about every week till they're down on my two story house without a lifeline. So no I don't use one in a 18 ft ladder stand

Nothing tonight. This moon is going to be a problem for the next 4-5 days. Especially when it warms up. Deer movement will slow down.

No I don't use a harness or lifeline in a tree stand not that it's a bad idea I just never have. I like GreeneHunter just drop the bar when I'm settled. I won't sit a tree stand without the shooting rail. Sent from my moto g power (2022) using Tapatalk

Got my pack basket setup pretty well and it should work out OK, I like the plastic buckets because they can be washed out and they are a heck of a lot cheaper than the fiberglass pack baskets. The harness holds all my tools and lures-baits as it has a pouch built in. I think this thing can be used for a bunch of other activities like fishing and camping if desired. Al

My brother in law used to use a harness but gave it up because of the bar. I'm still a fan of the harness but it did get in the way when I had shot at that big buck.

The game warden asked the man, “Do you have a license to catch those fish?” The man replied to the game warden, “No, sir. These are my pet fish.” “Pet fish?!” the warden replied. “Yes, sir. Every night I take these here fish down to the lake and let them swim around for a while. I whistle and they jump back into their buckets, and I take em home.” “That’s a bunch of crap! Fish can’t do that!” replied the warden in disbelief. The man looked at the game warden for a moment and then said, “Here, I’ll show you. It really works.” “O.K. I’ve GOT to see this!” The game warden was curious. The man poured the fish into the river and stood and waited… After several minutes, the game warden turned to the man and said, “Well?” “Well, what?” the man responded. “When are you going to call them back?” the game warden prompted. “Call who back?” the man asked. “The FISH,” the warden said sternly. “What fish?” the man asked.

Dog-proof traps work very good. I’ve taken and killed about (6) adult coons with them baited with dry cat food so far this summer (in addition to 3-4 in box traps baited with peanut butter wiped marshmallows. I Al as I took my first possum in a dig-proof this summer. The box trap / dog-proof combination works very good for getting the smart ones that figure out how to snatch the bait from the box traps. I still like the box traps though, because they don’t need to be staked and are easier to check from a distance. Cleanup is definitely tougher after a catch with the box traps though. I’ve been using dog proofs for about (5) years now and have averaged 5-6 coons a year in them, and about the same number with box traps. I use (3) dog-proofs and (4) box traps on 34 acres. NY state allows lands owners to take and kill “damaging” coons in unlimited numbers without a trapping license or any type of permit, but they need to be burried (they don’t say how deep) or burned prior to the opening of regular trapping season. In my case, the “damage” is always to the sweetcorn that I plant for the secondary purpose of my family’s consumption. I normally just dig a deep enough hole, to get about 6” of dirt over the carcasses. All going deeper does, is makes it take a a little longer, for the coyotes to exhume them. I’ll usually use the same holes for the next ones, after the coyotes dig up the prior. That saves me a lot of time. The coyotes will usually start killing all of the female and juvenile coons on their own, without needing traps, after they dig up a few and get a taste of that delicious fatty coon meat. They won’t mess with the adult males though, so those have made up the majority of the coons that I have trapped in the summer over the last 10 years or so. Local coon irradication is the primary reason that I plant sweetcorn every year. That sweetcorn draws coons in from miles around. Extermination of the local coons allows my field corn to last much longer (I plant that for the deer). No animal is more destructive on corn than the raccoon. Getting rid of them is also a boon to the local turkey population. The raccoon is surely the top nest predator in NY state, since the collapse of fur prices, and consequent absence of any serious fur trapping.

I think it's just that a pair of eyeballs staring in your direction stands out a little in the woods. You really can't mistake it for anything other than a critter, and in out case, a large critter. For that reason when a deer is very close to me and facing me I sometimes close my left eye.

When close I always squint and even keep one eye closed