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I was running a few errands and on my way home I saw her stuck at a sump close to my house. I ran home to get my bolt cutters and headed back to cut the chain. I wasn’t sure how long she was there but she seemed fine once I got her free.

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Just a few. Lots of younger bucks too, but these were a few of the better bucks.

Remembering 9/11/2001 and all of the innocents that were killed. Never Forget.

Us girls and our big thighs lol

Having a great time on the cruise, something to do from the time you get up to bed time with countless shows and pool activities. There is always a buffet ready somewhere on the ship I think I've gained 5 pounds all ready. The Bahamas were beautiful with prestine beaches and beautiful blue waters. Once again our itinerary has changed with the presence of Hurricane Florence. We were supposed to arrive back at Baltimore harbor Thursday morning but now we're on our way to Port Canaveral Florida where we will stay overnight not returning to Baltimore now till Saturday night or Sunday. Our 5 night cruise has now turned into at least a 7 nighter. It has put a damper on are travel plans and some hunting preparations but there are far worse scenarios than spending an extra few days on a beautiful cruise ship. I will fill in the details on our return as they unfold whenever that may be. Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

This being the "season of plenty", I don't think you'll find many coyotes taking on adult size deer unless they're sick or injured. It's too risky for them right now to be targeting deer when there are so many other weaker critters on the menu that pose less a threat to becoming injured to hunt and take down. Contrary to popular belief amongst hunters, yotes will eat more than just deer,lol I've heard fruits, insects, vegetation, fish, and the occasional sissy hunter that gets lost in the woods after night fall! It's hard to find a carcass after deer season that hasn't already been found by yotes. I presume the majority of those were either unrecovered animals, or wounded from the season making them easy prey. Those prolonged winters with extreme weather that has taken a physical toll on the herd are the times I think we lose a good number of adults to predation. I've seen them catch and kill fawns as the doe looked on in the spring, and I've even seen one jump an adult buck and take chase before thinking twice and calling it off when he realized he may have bit off more than he could chew. I watched this yote using his nose and the wind to hunt down this bedded deer in the tall grass. I'm sure he was hoping to jump a fawn, but instead went hungry a little while longer that night.

Was wondering when( if) this post would appear,thank you . I’ll never forget, today I’ll wear a FDNY memorial shirt, that only gets worn one day a year ,tonight I’ll watch the History channel as they play 102 Minutes that changed America , like I do every year . My wife will grumble that I watch it every year, and I’ll bite my tongue.

Been 31 years that we my family said our Goodbyes to a great Lady our Mom/my Mom the lady taught me the ins and outs of the Kitchen and the garden,she showed me how to gut and skin an animal then turn it into a great meal.The Lady at times had a bigger set of Balls then My Dad.Rest easy MOM! 9/11/1987

Youre taking it the wrong way. It doesnt make villians out of people that set their own standards, quite the contrary actually. What it does mean is that people that force their personal standards upon other people, and ridicule them from not having the same standards, are the problem.

I love crow hunting! My favorite weapon for that is my Benelli m2 but my new cynergy is gaining ground rapidly. But my true love is tracking in the big woods with a Remington pump in something 35caliber. Give me fresh snow some wool clothes and a Remington pump and I’m a very happy man! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In the last five years, my hunting buddy has had two deer partially eaten by coyotes, between the time he hit the deer with an arrow and recovery. About an hour and a half both times. ( wasn't positive of where he hit) The farthest one only went less than two hundred yards. Each hunting season, I find a couple of carcasses of deer eaten by coyotes. But they could easily have been wounded by hunters on bordering properties. Or hit by vehicles and limped off to die. I have never witnessed coyotes killing an adult deer, but have seen and heard them killing fawns in the spring. Also no doubt, that they feed on adult deer, during the deep snows of winter. There is also a place for predators in the wild, I fully understand that! But when their numbers become so numerous, and their prey, deer and small game, becomes almost non existent, like we saw on our own property a few short years ago. It's time to take out some coyotes! We shot on sight for a couple years, had a trapper come in, and we started calling them to hunt after deer season. (not easy) I have heard all the things about how shooting them brings more coyotes. I have found that to be false based on my observations, on my own property. We have also seen a dramatic increase in fawn survival, and with that, deer numbers here have climbed as well. Other small game is more numerous as well. We still do have coyotes. That's fine!!! I would never want them to disappear completely. They are beautiful animals that I have a huge respect for. As long as their numbers are kept in check. I also feel that there should be no closed season. JMO..............................

Update: Old Landowners son (New owners brother) Stepped in after seeing how shady this deal went down and put a nix to the lease deal. From hearing a few things the new "lease guy" mentioned he was going to do with the proerty. He Told his sisters and the rest of the family as well as the man who tried leasing, that the family property will never ever be leased for as long as he is alive. Gave the guy permission to hunt, but to not interfere with how things work on the property and to have us go about the property as we always have! What great news. That made my season! The sisters returned the money he deposited(very little for a 110 acres lease).

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Not to hijack Larry's thread, but I have a funny story, told to me by a landowner whose property I hunted on up in Ontario.. This guy raises minature dacshunds.. He had an invisible fence, and one of his dogs was in the yard when a coyote came charging in, grabbed the weiner dog like a sausage and ran like hell...The dog had it's collar on and when the coyote hit the fence, both the dog and the yote got zapped ! The coyote dropped the weiner dog and ran like hell for the woods, and the dog, slightly injured but still mostly intact, ran like hell for the house ! True story....Hehehe...

We had our first class last night for the participants. Next up is NYS Hunter Education class on the 22nd. They seemed very interested and asked some great questions.

Never forget! Thousands of lives lost that day and the hero's who went to save them. Also the hero's on flight 93 United Airlines who fought to prevent more lives from being taken! All those fire fighters who lost there lives trying to save others.

There isn't a fireman in the country, paid or volunteer, that isn't feeling down today. Respect.

O's economy? That's like Hillary taking credit for Monica's b.j.

worse than coyotes from what I have heard

In my younger years before getting married I was poor at guessing females weight at 2am until I had to sneak out the next morning It might have been the visual chest measurement that put me in that predicament in the first place

Though I truly enjoy ALL of the hunting seasons, with different weapons. Like 22lr, shotguns, rifles. Bow hunting is my true love.

Honestly, I like bow season, but with my fake arm, I literally hold the bow with the fake arm the entire time, becomes old after a few weeks, due to awkwardness. Once rifle time comes, its like a big ahhh, and much more comfortable, because at that point, I do not use a prosthetic arm. Sort of a different view point, lol...

My wife and a couple friends went with me to watch a Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour bull riding event in Wilkes Barre over the weekend. My wife hates just about any sport there is, but she loves bull riding. This is one level below the PBR, where the riders try to score enough points to make it on, or back up to the top level. These events are family and patriotic oriented. At this event the crowd sang the national anthem. There is another event coming up in Rochester if anyone thinks they may be interested. They are very exciting and action packed. It's always nice to get out for a whole night with my wife. She puts up with a lot from me with going to the races every weekend all summer, then hunting season, then ice fishing. Hell, I am hardly ever home, and she knows she is always welcome to go with me and to bring friends, but would rather shop and ram around with the girls most of the time. That is why we were abundantly clear on how we spend our free time before we got married. She knew that it just isn't in me to sit around and relax very much, just like I knew she loves to lay around on the weekend til she is ready to do something.

Thanks to TF's poast gonna have myself some chili dogs with chopped onions cheese washed down with a orange soda pop.

Congrats on the bear picture. I believe your tree damage was caused by a pileated woodpecker searching for insects. The damage has no claw marks I could see, was too high up the tree and the tree looked damaged by insects and dead.

What's the SECOND thing you did after you moved in?

Did you receive Jesus to kill more deer Wolc? I assume the answer is no (it better be) so stop suggesting it as a reason to do so to others. YOU are missing the point, once again. No doubt God blesses but you sound like a prosperity preacher - hunting prosperity - suggesting that’s why one “gets right with God.” That is a false message. A conversation with God or your pastor may be helpful here. Sorry to the others for digressing. Just something that should be said on a subject I take very seriously. I am done preaching.

Wolc From one Christian to another, I recognize Jesus as my lord and savior because I understand and accept the gift of eternal salvation He offers to all through His sacrifice on our behalf. One doesn’t make this decision and accept His gift to “make it a lot easier to send them Deer to Deer heaven” as you put it. Please reconsider whether you are accurately spreading the message of the Gospel. It’s a constant theme in your posts that I believe requires correction. I am not seeking to debate with you. Rather, I ask you to think about it. To suggest I or any Christian accepts Jesus as their savior to kill more or bigger deer sounds as ridiculous as it really is and cheapens the gift of God’s grace.

Congrats! Don't let anyone bring you down on the size of it like on LIDH, any bear in NY is a trophy. Im hoping to get out this weekend or next week for them.

TF I know you love that minus 10 degrees, 25 mph wind and snowing to beat all hell weather to gun hunt in. You may hate a nice 45 degree morning with the falling fall leaves with a rainbow full of colors, the activity in the fall woods as all the habitants hustle to prepare for the coming deep freeze, and for a couple weeks anyway deer acting naturally before they get scared poopless and actually move during the day a lot. It is not near as rewarding as shoveling a path to your stand through 3 feet of snow or trying to gut a deer before it freezes solid...… I think your gonna like it!!

CVA Scout V2 in 45-70. With a Vortex crossfire 3x9 for glass. Just got done shooting a few mins ago. Ran 20 rounds through it ending with this grouping

The Real TC gave me a Bowtech Old Glory, Moog sent me arrows, Sodfather a release. Thank you again guys ! Upon being deflated of not being able to draw it back the first time I tried I bought a target and day one I shot 45 arrows or so. I'm now hooked to say the least. Can't believe how easy it was. Playing competitive golf all my life I can relate muscle memory and repetition from golf to archery. Been shooting a lot. Brother sold his property since last year but a friend is allowing me to hunt at his place. Daughter and I have been helping him out moving blinds and food plots as he's partially paralyzed after a bad car accident a couple of years ago. He was and still is a great hunter despite his now handicap. Have also received numerous invites from you guys and will definitely take advantage of those offers. Thank you ! Been studying up on angles, learning the winds at friends place, gap shooting my pins, holding shot for a long time. Flung darn near 60 arrows the other night. After only setting one ladder stand in my life that I hunted out of most of my hunting career Treeguy was on point of setting it up with me last night. He had it up in no time. We're both pretty comfortable on the location. Lighted nocks, broadheads, attach the quiver Lawdwaz gave me , shoot broadheads, bump my poundage back up to 60 from about 52 are my soon to be things to do. Spring turkey hunting has always been a huge passion and for 30 years everyone says "you gotta get bow hunting if you like the turkey woods1" Well this is my year to pop my cherry. Looking forward to Sodfathers archery shoot Tuesday night. Thank you everyone for encouraging me to do this.

Venison/barley/vegetable soup from the crock-pot. I was glad that my wife used the big one, because the kids loved it too. I can't wait for leftovers for lunch at work on Thursday (tomorrow is free pizza day).

Baked salmon ( sea salt, cracked black pepper, garlic, smoked paprika, and a little dill ), rice noodles with broccoli and garlic sauce. Sent from my SM-S327VL using Tapatalk

Wife and I have been looking at this property since last July. Put in a offer, but it was rejected because it was contingent on selling out current home. Fast forward to this August... Our home sold and we're in a temporary rental. Undeliverably, the property was still available. Made a low-ball offer, and it was accepted.... 8 acres, 1400 sqft home with a two car attached garage. Best part...1600 sqft heated shop . Closing tomorrow @ 3. Hopefully I didn't jinks myself. Drove up there this evening, and there was a nice 16" spread 8pt in the lawn.

Bigger than a bread box......Hehehe....There I go dating myself again... I'm no bear expert, but I've seen a few....Looks like Boo-Boo rather than Yogi.... I'd say no more than 125 dressed... Probably less...

Only if you are measuring for distance !

Today I bow my head, and pay homage to all the innocent victims and their loved ones. To the many hero's who gave all trying to save as many as they could. To the first responders, many who have paid the ultimate the price after the towers fell. As America sheds a tear today, my she be ever watchful, that something like this never happens again.

He truly was a hero as were many others that lost their lives trying to save others.

Tremendous story of sacrifice Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The irony is the original post promotes everyone having their own beliefs/expectations/desires/goals (within ethical and legal bounds) and yet there is an argument/disagreement over how people believe their religion to be impactful. Believe/expect/desire what you so choose in your entire life... just know that others may feel differently AND THAT IS OK!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Evercalm seem to help as a cover scent last year...I also spritz the red buck bomb when the time is right. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks everyone. Closing went off without a hitch. Was a long day yesterday. Moved in a few things after the closing. Finally went to bed around midnight.

It sounded a little shady the way it went about. I would buy the brother a case of beer and offer him some venison sounds like he's the guy that makes the rules....

I was trying to be subtle in my concern with my straw hat neighbors...but to say I’m extremely unhappy would be an understatement. Our land borders a 200 acre parcel owned by a great guy. He and his friend and me and my nephew are the only hunters within a couple miles. We have been practicing good restraint on young bucks for 15 years and we have all been able to kill very nice deer the last 10 years or so. God knows what is to come. I pray for the best but am not overly optimistic just because of what the Amish did on 2 other farms we used to hunt. If things turn sour I am not going to exercise my purchase option which is sad because this is a property I have savored for 20 years. I put a cash offer on a small ranch house bordering our land to use as a summer retreat and deer camp. Inground pool, etc. Its only 20 minutes from my house to my box blinds.

I wish I had not deleted all of the pictures. Especially 4 of them in one shot. You cannot believe how BIG 3 of them are. I have captured hundreds on camera but never this big. The head and shoulders on one is just huge. Im still getting 3 does and 3 fawn on camera but NOTHING like usual. Small spike and a crotch too. NONE of the big deer we passed in last year. Amish just bought the 60 acres across the road. I cannot wait to see what happens now. Time will tell.

That should be the spirit of hunting.

I do like me some liverwurst (even made my own venison liverwurst last year). I just get a bit nervous about heating it up...I like mine with some thinly slice onion, good brown mustard, American cheese and rye. Everything cold!!! Live and learn Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk