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The day before I got my first buck with a bow, I missed a small basket 6. Glad it worked out the way it did... clean miss and I took the weird 7 point the next day. To this day the only atypical buck I've seen on the property.

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I read it all and I am not buying into that sack of lies for one second, as far as I am concerned anyone who is for Biden is in no way shape or form a friend to the outdoor and shooting sports Mr Duper! Al

MY first harvest ever, 11/12/2001 Day after Veterans Day. I was 15 years old.. A monday we had off from school.. Shot him 45minutes after I had just missed one of the biggest bucks Ive seen in my entire life, standing in the exact same spot... at 16 steps 8ft from the ground. Lol.

Got the smoke poles out to check zero and try a couple of new loads for the upcoming season. The Thompson Center Cherokee 45 caliber is what I am going to use this year for Deer. It has been one of the most picky rifles I have ever come across, I have finally got this thing shoot the way I like using Pyrodex RS and cast lead Thompson Center Maxi Balls, a load which pretty much is the equivalent the the 44 mag pistol load which should be effective with no problem out to 100 yards or so. The Thompson Center Hawken is also 45 cal and that shoots just about everything I stuff down the stainless Green Mountain barrel well, but she weighs a couple of more pounds than the Cherokee which is a dream to handle and carry. Got the Traditions Squirrel rifle 32 cal zeroed in with the changed out fire sights, my old eyes are a problem with any open sights these days and the fire type sights have been my best solution and all three muzzleloaders now have them. Will hit the timber and see if I can kill something. Al

im guessing hes 2.5. If he makes it a year he will be a definite shooter next year for me. He would be a good one for my brother in law this year. Hes never shot one close to this guy. O and hes at a mock scrap me and my son made a few days ago.

Thankfully there are people like me that call you out on your smoke and mirrors, that bunch you listed is so phony it is laughable and if hunting ended tomorrow they could give two shits! The list below is the real deal and there are not any that supports Biden! NRA Sportsman'a Alliance Safari Club Ducks Unlimited National Wild Turkey Federation Quality Deer Management Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Boone & Crockett Club Mule Deer Foundation Pheasants Forever National Trappers Association National Shooting Sports Foundation NY State Houndsman Conservation

Democrats rolling out the same old playbook around election time portraying themselves as friends of the outdoor sports when nothing can be farther from the truth. Obama shooting skeet, Hillary claiming she Duck hunted and John Kerry the great bird hunter, all smoke and mirror bullshit as anyone that has been in the trenches with these phonies knows. Al

First buck also first deer. 1999. Taken at around 9:30am from the ground at something around 40 yards with a Winchester model 94 30-30 that my dad took his first deer with. I thought to be sick that Monday and didn't make it to school. Still hunt that same spot. Chair placed behind a big pine tree trunk. The frame to the chair is still there laying in the duff probably. Shot my first bow buck a stone throw away. It was a similar size symmetrical 6pt. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Well it is that time of year again. (3rd year for the program) We've had to revamp the program a bit to take all the COVID concerns into consideration but we are moving forward with the program. This year we did scale it back a but and have 6 participants. Male and Female and ages from 26 to 53. We start next week with a welcome Zoom meeting. I'll post as much as I can capture that isn't virtual. Seems like a great group from my contact so far. On another note I know Upper Hudson Branch is also moving forward on their second year and there are other branches putting in on in NY on a little smaller scale. I'ts gonna be a good year for F2F in NY Stay tuned

http://sportsmenandsportswomenforbiden.com/about-us/ Check out The Sportsmen and Sportswomen for Biden Committee. It’s comprised of a “collective of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents that formed to protect the interests of our wild spaces in North America for hunting, fishing, and shooting sports. This committee is made up of passionate hunters and anglers to speak to the importance of our outdoor heritage.” Look through the rooster, it’s a terrific group of hunters and outdoors men and women.

Won this 4 days ago

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About 1975, 5 point was running, seemed like 100 yds but was probably 50, 32 Winchester special with open sights

Looks like the best hatch here since the 90s.. should have lot of Jake's around come spring.

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Maybe they would if you posted more about hunting then political bullshit 95% of the time. Just sayin'.

WTF! Who's breeding all these political trolls? Is there a shortage of bridges or something? Did the C19 evolve into some screwed up virus affecting the drinking water? Too many people with too much time on their hands making more useless accounts just to get attention and ruffle feathers? Man, they seem to be crawling out of the drains like cockroaches. I'll just leave this link here for the OP and move along: https://huntingny.com/forums/forum/4-new-york-hunting/

Trump Administration Accomplishments SHARE: Almost 4 million jobs created since election. More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history. We have created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since my election. Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than THREE DECADES. Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent. New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low. Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded. African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded. Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded. Asian-American unemployment recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded. Women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years. Youth unemployment has recently hit the lowest rate in nearly half a century. Lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma. Under my Administration, veterans’ unemployment recently reached its lowest rate in nearly 20 years. Almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election. The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans. We are committed to VOCATIONAL education. 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future—the highest ever. Retail sales surged last month, up another 6 percent over last year. Signed the biggest package of tax cuts and reforms in history. After tax cuts, over $300 billion poured back in to the U.S. in the first quarter alone. As a result of our tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years. Helped win U.S. bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Helped win U.S.-Mexico-Canada’s united bid for 2026 World Cup. Opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines. Record number of regulations eliminated. Enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions. Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE. My Administration is providing more affordable healthcare options for Americans through association health plans and short-term duration plans. Last month, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. And thanks to our efforts, many drug companies are freezing or reversing planned price increases. We reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone. Signed Right-To-Try legislation. Secured $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic. We have reduced high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16 percent during my first year in office. Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care. Increased our coal exports by 60 percent; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high. United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957. Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord. Cancelled the illegal, anti-coal, so-called Clean Power Plan. Secured record $700 billion in military funding; $716 billion next year. NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016. Process has begun to make the Space Force the 6th branch of the Armed Forces. Confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration. Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal. Moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. Protecting Americans from terrorists with the Travel Ban, upheld by Supreme Court. Issued Executive Order to keep open Guantanamo Bay. Concluded a historic U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal to replace NAFTA. And negotiations with Canada are underway as we speak. Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports. Imposed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to protect our national security. Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices. Net exports are on track to increase by $59 billion this year. Improved vetting and screening for refugees, and switched focus to overseas resettlement. We have begun BUILDING THE WALL. Republicans want STRONG BORDERS and NO CRIME. Democrats want OPEN BORDERS which equals MASSIVE CRIME. and then there is biden that did nothing in 47 years of gov except take money from country's like china

First time in my NYc since March 12, and last time till at least 2021. Hopefully forever! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I won all this last 2 weeks .

IMHO, small game hunting and wingshooting in particular, can be more exciting than deer hunting. That is, unless you're @Buckmaster7600 and you hike across mountain ranges in pursuit of the game. Having birds come in so fast that you don't have time to reload your gun is a lot of fun. It's also usually more of a group outing. Deer hunting is awesome. It's hard to beat the rush of adrenaline when you send it, and definitely yields more meat when you have a successful hunt, but it's much more of a solitary thing.

The media discredits it self like the bullshit Atlantic story you started this thread with and now the cancel the Nobel peace prize article because trump was nominated, you can’t honestly not see the bias. Scientists and doctors are discrediting scientists and doctors it all about which ones you believe. You do know the hatch act does not apply to the President or Vice President. He is using federal agents and the national guard to protect federal building and assets local police when asks to stop the rioting. He has not used the insurrection act which he could have to stop the riots. See comparing trump to nazi fascism is a bad fit now Biden which stated he would make a mandatory mask order which would be unconstitutional see judge ruling in PA. Removing guns from civilians like hitler did, defund the police like hitler did and made his own police force. Biden says racist stuff all the time has a record of voting against civil right for people of color and the LGBT community. Biden voted for a war when he knew there where no weapons of mass destruction.

Hello All, Please pardon this video for being a bit off topic. But any hunter ought to appreciate these awesome views of the New York countryside.

kmartison is an awesome guy and puts you on geese. I did the opener with him and we dropped a few that day. Wish my shooting would have been better too.

Just got my new Wide Sit and Climb on the front porch today. Excited to get it in the back yard this weekend. Get it set up and make some mods to it.

Here’s my cousins bears from the opener. 412 and 189 dressed

I have commented on a few things but never introduced myself, I'm Sir-diealot I have lived in the same place here in Yates County for 29 years, originally from Lockport, NY but moved to this area in May of 1991 and it was the best move I have ever made, I love it here in the Finger Lakes, love all the hills and different bodies of water, I do miss all the snow we got in Lockport to be honest but that is about the only thing. Oh I would have to included Italian restaurants, there are no good one here in Yates County, there is an okay one in Geneva about half an hour away though. So a little about me, I have been in 2 car accidents that have defined my life, the first almost killed me but is a major contributor to why I moved here and hence a contributor to the fact that I became a hunter by meeting people that were into hunting and giving it a try. Second accident took hunting from me for 17 years and I have been back to hunting for 4 or 5 years now with one year skipped (Turkey season) for shoulder surgery. I had taken a deer before my last car accident but had never taken the animal I had truly wanted to take and my favorite to hunt, a wild turkey but I am happy to say after being back for 3 years God allowed me to take my first turkey and it is the best feeling I have ever had while hunting and in many other things. I did not get one this past season, never even heard a turkey gobble until the last day but after losing hunting for so long I am of the feeling that I am just grateful for the chance to be out there. I hunt with all the implements allowed here in NY bow is my favorite, I just got a new bow this week as my days of pulling 70lbs. are far behind me, now I am shooting 45 lbs. and will until the shoulders say otherwise. I just bought a string and arrows for a old Ben Peason Cougar recurve I have had for some time, I had just started messing with it when my last car accident happened and now I am hoping I can learn to shoot it well enough to humanly take a deer and turkey with it, the bow I just purchased is a PSE Stinger I traded in my old PSE Carrera for that one plus I gave a few bucks. Now that we can hunt deer with rifle my shotgun is set up for turkey only, has a nice Leopold Turkey-Plex scope on it and shoots WInchester Longbeard XR's #6's quite wonderfully. I am going to give a shot to turkey hunting in the fall this year when archery and turkey season run together for a few days in Oct. I shoot a couple different muzzle loaders 2 percussion cap 1 inline and am debating getting a flintlock muzzle loading shotgun for turkey in the future. I would like to try duck & goose hunting sometime. I enjoy fishing but mostly throw back what I get, when I had my first accident in 88 I messed up my hands a bit and it hurts to clean a fist out now so I just throw them back in for somebody else to catch. I love squirrel but no longer hunt them for the exact same reason, to painful to clean them. I can still clean a rabbit though, when I can find them to shoot that is. Edit: I forgot to mention I passed my trapping exam 2 years ago but have not been able to work a trap yet because of my shoulders. I bought one trap setter but it forces me to open the shoulder 2 wide but I am going to buy 2 more and try them as well. If anybody cares here are the details of my accidents, I get asked a lot to describe them so I just made a file I copy and paste. Here is the whole story, or what I have written down because I have been asked so many times. Back in 1988 I was in a car that hit a tree at 90 MPH we were a bunch of dumb kids out drinking and smoking pot and driving, and we hit a tree in Niagara Falls, NY going 90 MPH I was the only one that was hurt major, one girl put her head through the window and got a cut on her neck, one girl sprained her back, and the driver broke his arm. I however got really messed up. I had a tib/fib fracture to the right leg (The shin and the bone behind the shin) broke my left ankle tore up the left knee which to this day will pop out of the socket sometimes when I am just sitting around doing nothing. I broke both wrists, broke one thumb and dislocated the other, lost my spleen which means I get sick real easy so I don't go out much in the winter and avoids kids (which breaks my heart because I love them), had a liver contusion, collapsed left lung and I think that was it. (It is funny after you tell it so many times you start to forget over the years) I am lucky I really don't remember anything about the accident accept they had to pull me out through the trunk and there was this building that always gave me the creeps and when they pulled me out through the trunk that was the only thing I remember seeing. I had finally gotten to where I was doing really well by 2001 (I had some hammer toes fixed the year before from the car accident in 88 and it made it much easier to walk and gave me better balance) That is the other thing I was forgetting, I had gotten frostbite on me left foot and both hands and to the right foot just a little not nearly as bad as the left foot. I still have nerve damage in the left foot from that, feels like somebody is trying to shove Philips screwdrivers through the bottom of my foot sometimes) So anyway I had finally gotten to where I was doing a lot outdoors, hunted everything that was in season almost every day I could, was playing paintball outside almost every weekend and rode my mountain bike (Peddle bike) almost ever day it did not rain and some that it did. Then in November of 2001 I was driving taxi cab and I was struck from behind by some kid in a truck and shoved into vehicle ahead of me and other than being dazed I was feeling OK I got out of the cab and was walking around and the cop that came to the scene asked me for the insurance papers and I went to the other side of the cab to grab the insurance papers and I bent over to grab them and my back felt this really strong pull and I about went to the ground. So to shorten it for you my back and hips have been messed up ever since. I take Oxycodne and Fentanyl along with others to control my pain and inflammation every day now and sometimes that is not enough to control the pain. I am always in pain, it is just a matter of how much. (Update to this is the meds are finally at a level that they are helping more and I am able to walk a lot more and am not in as much pain most of the time.) Because I am able to do more now I was able to loose a lot of weight, I went from at least 465 down to 228 am am hunting again as my body allows. I am not out there every day but I am out there many days and I truly thank God for it. Please note I have to have 3 shoulder surgeries (2 left shoulder 1 right shoulder) since I wrote that as well as a surgery on my hand and shots in my right knee, because of that I went back up to 394 as of March 5 (Though complacency and arrogance played a part too) but am on my way back down, I am at 336 right now. I found out this year that I have spinal Stenosis, finding that out all came about because I was beginning to notice my right leg was getting kind of heavy when I walked and I was having some new pain in my back. I found out at the same time I have degenertive discs I think it is L4-5-6 in lower back above the waist line. I also have Scoliosis in I guess you would say upper middle back, low and between bottom part of shoulder blades is where I feel it anyway when it bothers me, as well as arthristis in that area and others. I am still better off than I once was before my medications though and I can hunt and fish as my body allows and I do thank God for that. Oh my left knee has dislocated 15 or so times since July 27 and they will not let me get a MRI because I have a hard time wearing a mask inside because I am very claustrophobic, we will see where that takes me next. At least I can still hunt a bit though. Oh here is a short video of when I got my first turkey, it is not the taking of the turkey, just right after. Sorry I did not have a very good cell phone.

In fall

Took my camera out of the woods yesterday. Unfortunately I had over 7,000 photos of the leafy branch in the upper right hand corner of the photos. I could have sworn that I had removed everything that might set off the camera. Maybe the branch grew over the months that I had left the camera out. Oh well...lesson learned the hard way.

Same property, different spot...

What shit going on? I don’t see anything happening to you while you are in Stewart with a loaded shot gun.. Hell I wouldn’t mess with you Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Happy Birthday @sodfather ! We should have shot up a cake at the Academy in your honor! Or at least did some birthday cake shots! Hope you have a great day!

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If Trump wins (again) think of all the hunting spots that will open up due to the fact that all those people will be leaving the country ! You know .... the ones whom said originally that they would leave if Trump wins ? Hopefully they have the backbone this time to actually leave !

Depends. Hit location,deers reactions after the shot,weather,light. Good rule is 30 mins. But once you get to hit sight that can change from going right after it to having guts and liver and needing to wait 12 hrs. All else fails give it more time ig possible instead of less.

not sure how you did it, but mines silent, i can jump up and down and get no noise. i wrap the bunji around the straps also.

I will certainly swing by for a beverage or two. Maybe I will get another T-shirt! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Heal up FU!!!! You need to drag more grown men’s deer from the woods soon!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Now your jealousy is showing. I keep that in mind while I’m toasty warm on the opening day of the regular season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did we really think 2020 would pass without a reincarnation of Stormy to this forum!! At least he improved his spelling! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Built a 34 x 40 twenty years ago; few years later, found out I needed a 34 x 60'. Always build a little extra.

I wanted to say that I took kmartison up on the offer and hunted geese with him last weekend. He’s got it figured out up in the finger lakes. My dog got a nice retrieve in the swamp. Some better shooting on my end and we would’ve gotten a nice pile of geese. I had a terrific time and learned a lot

Crappy photo of a photo of my bow buck on opening day, back when I had black hair. That forkie was the smallest of a bachelor group, but the only one that presented a clear shot. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

tacks you’re need to go back to facial hair! First buck was a spike in my first archery season that I thought was a doe and then I shot a 1/2 rack basket 6 opening day of gun that first season. No pics of either. This was my next buck in my second season hunting (2013 I think).

First racked buck Shotgun State Land Tully 1989 First bow buck 1991 Tracked him in the snow and took him from the ground Town Land East Syracuse Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My first archery deer... 2016

My first buck... Thanksgiving morning, 2000

2013 Mossberg 500 12 gauge. still my biggest buck, hoping to change that this year!!!