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  1. I’m with Land on this one. Awesome place and awesome look now. Can’t beat the natural beauty of wood on camps. Add in the wood heat and boom….Its Camp! Come in after a long cold day, fill the gut and feel that heat and it’s light out. Perfect!!
  2. Great hunts happen every time one steps into the woods. It’s the outcome that’s different for all. There is no addictions, it’s called choices. And some choose to do battle with the best of the best when they chase Whitetail’s. If a person is happy just filling their tags with any deer that walks by then so be it and they should have plenty of time to hunt small game. Problem is most have a better chance of finding a 12 point buck then they do finding properties with huntable numbers of small game.
  3. In today’s world we are losing hunters because of age and the way of the world. I really hate to see what it looks like in say only 10 years from now. It would be tough to change a hunters ways into only shooting a big deer because most hunters are just in the game to get some meat and hope to get the biggest buck that they see in the few days they have to hunt. That will never change with that group. I think once a Hunter shoots a buck say 120 or better in Ny state and get that overwhelming feeling one gets they will want that feeling every year and they will put more time into the sport then just picking out a tree somewhere and hope for the best. That feeling will never be beaten when a Hunter see’s a deer and his heart starts racing and knees start knocking. Beat drug ever. Now actually find that buck and hunt only him and kill him. That’s just addicting.
  4. Exactly. I wish every Hunter had the chance to feel the feeling when they harvest a top of the line buck in their area regardless of the size. One that they know when they first lay eyes on it that it’s something special. Then take it one step further and do the work and find a buck or two on that special size and then hunt that deer until harvest, nothing smaller will do. Now that’s the ultimate feeling in the hunting world.
  5. Gotta let the little ones go to get a big one. Most hunters today do not have the discipline to let bucks pass with the knowing that they might have an empty tag in their pocket at the end of the year. Nothing beats matching wits with a mature trophy whitetail for sure.
  6. Pulled cameras. Well over 100 calling the farm home for the winter as they always do. Flock of 20 plus bearded Tom’s with Jake’s mixed in. Amazing how they just up and disperse come adoring thaw. We have plenty hang around to fill everyone’s tags but nowhere near the numbers here now.
  7. Looks like it might be warts. Really black in color. Weird for sure.
  8. Exactly. And regardless what prey you are after we all get to enjoy the same nature. It’s just the goals that are different.
  9. I do only shoot trophy bucks. In my hunting area. I find a couple of the biggest mature bucks in my area and will harvest only them or a larger stranger that might show up. Nothing smaller. I also manage our lands to make it the best whitetail property possible. I think this so called Trophy Hunter that only kills top animals and does not consume them are far and few between. Personally at this point In my hunting career I need to find, hunt and harvest the best my area has to offer. To just harvest any whitetail buck in the area kinda takes the hunt out of the equation anymore. Not a real tough thing to accomplish.
  10. Exactly. And if someone has three 130in bucks wandering their property then that will be their trophy. The whole Trophy vs Meat Hunter to me never held water. I won’t kill a buck unless it’s a mature trophy for my area and I don’t always kill a buck every year. But I do fill everyone’s freezer that I need to fill. And when I do kill that trophy I get even more meat then most because it will weigh 170lbs plus most times.
  11. Why do you think guys that hunt for the best in their area would not fill doe tags? For the most part that must be done if you want mature bucks on your property. If there is a doe or two for every spike and four pointer around you won’t have much. Anyone I know will fill their freezers yearly without ever shooting another antlered deer. Very few areas force hunters to shoot small bucks and even so a very short ride would put them in areas with plenty of deer to be had. Of course a trophy in most cases is a mature deer, most mature deer come with bigger headgear and most hunters have mature deer on the property they hunt. The question always come downs to do they have what it takes to hunt that deer being hunter skills or the time and passing of smaller deer while hunting that so called trophy.
  12. I find it funny when hunters use the term’s Trophy and meat hunters. You do know that those of us that choose to only kill Trophy mature bucks get just as much if not more meat then those so called meat hunters. Probably More.
  13. Yup. Would have no problem with shorter season and one buck tag. Hell some want 3 buck tags now that crossbow is a thing.
  14. It sure works that way on the farm. I’m sure in healthy herds it also happens in the wild. Fawns born in late May early June have the best chance of getting the needed weight on for sure.
  15. Exactly and taking out that mature buck that dropped his rack because of breeding stress or how many BB’s get takin out of the population. Some don’t own land or care out any kind of management and that’s fine. State lands is just a continuation of the onslaught.
  16. lol. Yeah and if you believe that……. DEC did not make the season and those that continue to make these early seasons and late seasons do it for one reason only. Population Control. Giving hunters that are left the easiest times to be in the woods.
  17. Exactly my point. Most have got their take and Don it need to pressure the herds and take more bred females and dropped bucks. It’s just Ny’s way of thinking the herd needs reduced when in most parts of the state that’s far from the problem. This is what happens when someone sitting at a desk makes the rules. Kinda like it’s Ok to have a deer contest but not a useless vermin Coyote contest.
  18. Had to add 24 because of the holiday hunts. Wonder if they will put an end to that hunt? Seasons could be cut in some areas.
  19. Gotta love how you give it all until the end. I am that way myself if the cards don’t fall in my favor some years. My goal is a couple top of the class mature bucks and a doe or two and I’m out on to other outdoor games. I was lucky enough to get that done fairly early this fall. Give em hell tonight!!!
  20. Hope everyone gets some shiny new shells in their stockings. Merry Xmas All.
  21. It all starts at home. Great job on getting him started in the right direction and his dedication to stay on that path.
  22. Well the 2023 season is now a wrap for me. I again found a hit list of 3 of the top bucks in my hunting area of one of the greatest places in the state in Letchworth and it was one of those three or bust… Unless an even bigger buck showed itself. Was lucky enough to keep track of the three and harvesting one of them until the rut carried them off to yonder lands. He green scored 127 plus. Once guns started banging my standards are lowered to nothing but a mature buck regardless of size. The 2nd 8pt was a fighter for sure. Cut ear, holes in his hide on his forehead and an infected puncture wound in behind his front leg. Filled a couple freezer queens to keep things in check.
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