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Hope he knows what he’s in for when chasing these elusive beasts Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Halloween Morning of 2020 my 15yr old stepson lost his sanity, and became the next human to endure mature whitetail madness, and there's no looking back.. Been trying to teach him how to hunt appropriately and where to find bucks and why.. Now, After receiving his mount from WNY, he can see the true beauty in a quality Whitetail mount. Thank you sir

That mullet! Buck and Lady Killer!

The President meddling in oil and gas production can have a huge effect on the supply. That's what Biden did when he killed Keystone XL and cancelled drilling permits.

Possibly my last shed hunting venture of the spring...#24. I actually hit this buck with my bow in early October.

Obviously a President does not set gas prices but their decisions and actions will affect the prices on all markets. The "supply & demand" effect you and the fake news keep reporting is all bs. The supply may be down for a lot of "excuses" but the demand would have been a lot greater during the pre-covid times when the economy was better and people were going about their business as usual. In case you haven't noticed prices are steadily increasing significantly on everything across the board. Demand has nothing to do with any of it in relationship to price increases. Case in point:

Some nice deer here

Had a decent year! 6 total and a nice matching set!

Real quick session on the Salmon River this morning. Went 1/3. Sent from my moto g fast using Tapatalk

Numbers get lower and lower it seems, and all for the reasons Gman explains and basically in that order IMO.. But also, more on the predator issue, They everywhere they turn. Birds in the sky, Coyotes, Fishers(which can climb the roost tree and whack them), Raccoons, Skunks, Possum raiding nests, Us humans bumping nests and calling and shooting them. The allowance to shoot a bearded hen in Spring. If hens dont have a successful hatch in their first year or two of life they typically will never have a successful hatch.. So many Factors and the DEC really fail to protect them. Mowing fields at the wrong time of year... I also believe birds in certain areas gobble less frequent due to predation.. They gobble and let predators(like us) know exactly where they are.. I wish our numbers were like they used to be 10-20 years ago. 1 Bird in spring, No bearded hens, No fall harvests for a few years. Also and open up a season on fisher and longer season on Raccoon since Trapping is becoming a past time.. This winter at the beginning or the end of our coyote sets I would call raccoons. They are so easy and so fun to call in.. More people should get into it, especially with youths. Give these turkey a chance, as their numbers continue to dwindle

80 million didn’t care who was running against tRump.

Many factors increased number 1st is weather effecting previous years hatch, the next is habitat, many are no intofood plotting and " make a plot "out of any fallow field they have. Running prime nesting and bugging areas. Woods mature and further nesting is removed.. and predators are the last on my list as a issue..

Thanks for all of the dialogue and suggestions. It was a fun trip. The weather didn't co-operate too much but we made the best of it. Food was probably the highlight of the trip - we had fantastic meals from Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Not a single critique! We walked right at 40 miles over three days covering ground. Feeling it today.

Remington 870

Before we had Jeeps

Turkey with a rifle.

Classic deer camp

First forum bow kill of 2021?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Last week I was doing some yard work , when I heard a commotion in the back yard. Turn up the volume.

Potato Head didn't get 80 mil votes...maybe 62-63 mil, with the rest fraudulent. Swamp is deep.

Oddly enough, everything worked with no issues today. Weird. Old Fergie started right up, took 5 gallons of diesel, 2 quarts of oil, and a gallon of hydraulic/gear fluid then ran hard for 3 hours. First plot is disced, plot K1 in results below. This week will be fertilizer and another discing, planting clover and oats in a couple weeks!

Got to be getting close to mushroom season too!!!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That kid owns it.. turning the girls away left and right. tight fade on the sides too

SUCH A TROLL

Another 3-4 weeks we will be in full bloom on apples. Love this time if year.

Some good ones Grouse, I liked them all. Al

It's an odd thing for me. I seem to see the same number on my cams and in the fall that I have for the 8 years or so I've been turkey hunting, but in the spring I've had a steady decline in sightings and gobbling over the last 3 to 5 years even though I've had success in this time. I still believe our season is at least 2 weeks late and given how fickle our weather can be I believe this can make a huge impact if it doesn't hit right. Sure, a good and dedicated hunter will get their birds. But odds and difficulty can swing drastically. Final point. About 15-20 years ago the turkey numbers were insane. We then had an old overgrown vineyard on the east side plowed for corn. Absolutely destroyed prime nesting habitat and the numbers never came back. Look around your neighborhood and if you've had a lot of housing developments or old fallow fields tilled, you're losing habitat and it could explain some drops in numbers.

just begun Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Red fox carrying a squirrel this morning Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Marilyn Monroe Posing with a Turkey

If you lookup glorious in the dictionary Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Bears were sought after for many uses historically. If you were eating meat at a table it was likely bear and they rendered down bear fat to use as oil to burn in lamps, a protectant for leather and metal, etc.

Wow, hit a different part of the farm, thicket just covered in trails, tracks never seen so many trails . The spot is surrounded by green fields,with trails to/from the fields every 40-50 yards , then it transitions to woods, then another field . Farmer said deer are in those fields daily . Zippo !!! I couldn’t believe it, walked the trails glassed the fields . I did find another old dump, grabbed the Mrs a new set of salt/ pepper shakers ,some bottles and a 1926 lic. Plate , she wants me to go back for an old milk can that I didn’t feel like carrying out .

Reminder - This is a mostly family friendly site - stop the cursing / attacks. Its pretty simple, keep it clean, the site is public and I'd like to keep it as family friendly as possible for a number of reasons. If you can't express yourself without cursing constantly and/or posting inappropriate content then YOU are the problem and I'll be more then happy to remove you. Thanks, John

Hicks is the fly in the WAR ointment. I cant stand him

Nothing kills a hot streak like a police shooting PPD

Please tell me you are immediately going to carry that hellcat IN the hellcat! This is a must! Nice pistol . I looked at them a bit myself.

Thanks. These are all bucks belonging to forum members here with several more to put together yet for other members...