SteveNY

Wow, what county was it taken in?

D! E! D! DED!

Maybe the kid is a nut job and wanted to shoot him... No one knows what really happened except the kid that pulled that trigger, intentionally or not.

Awesome video as usual guys

Went out this weekend in Northern Sullivan county targeting coyote, came out with nothing. Heard one howling early morning yesterday when I was setting up but that was it. I've yet to see a coyote in the woods my whole life! If you have too many yotes around and want to get rid of some, send me a PM, I'd love to take them out.

Welcome!

You should read the instructions that came with it to be sure, but my camera says 3' off the ground.

Welcome!

Nice, congrats

I would really like to know the answer to this as well. As for the "bait" in my pics, its just corn that I shucked. The corn field is just over the ridge. I just put some corn there to slow things by on this trail leading into the field.

5 days after the opening of the regular season, a blistering Thursday morning. Fresh 6" of snow on the ground and still snowing/raining with a whole lot of wind too. I decide to take a ride with 4 other hunters to a piece of state land I never hunted before. They told me about the abundance of acorns and apples in the area, and of all the deer sign they saw while bow hunting. When we parked we all split up. I found a nice spot with a good view against a huge oak tree. I remember kicking up the snow and leaves on the ground before I sat and saw a TON of acorns on the ground. I took a seat, the wind and snow/rain was blowing in my face, could barely see at times... After about 15 minutes I hear a shot to my right in the direction one of the other hunters had walked. I turn my attention that way for a while hoping to see a big buck coming my way, but saw nothing. After a few minutes I turn my head slowly to the left, and there he is, the biggest buck I have ever seen. Never heard a sound, he was just THERE! About 50-75 yards away, 10 pointer with brow tines to die for. I raise my fathers old 30-30 pump action, squeeze the trigger, BOOM! Buck takes off about 50 yards and stops and continues grazing like nothing happened. Now he is directly in front of me. I thank my lucky stars for another chance to take a shot at this big buck. I do the same exact thing, he takes off and isnt stopping this time. I wait about 45 minutes and then start tracking in the snow. Find pin head size drops of blood, then a couple of quarter size drops, then nothing. I follow the tracks for an hour and a half. He never stopped moving. I lost the trail when his tracks mixed at a crossroad of what looked to be 12 other deers tracks as well. Turns out my father decided to sight my rifle in for me that year, the day after I had just sighted it in my self to be exact... Now I have locks on all my gun cases. LESSON LEARNED

This quote is off of the Hunting Regulations page on the DEC site: "It is illegal to hunt with the aid of bait, or over any baited area when hunting big game, upland game birds, turkey or waterfowl." Doesn't say anything about hunting fox or coyote, or any other small game. This is just DEC rules and regulations. Maybe there are state/county/township laws about "baiting"?

Awesome, thanks for posting that

What makes you say that?

Omg, yes, this. I hate it. Why do people say this? Do they think we run around the woods with big nets trying to "catch" wildlife? Is it because people associate hunting with fishing? I don't get it. Also, I notice its only non-hunters that use the phrase. At least in my experience...

Kawasaki Prairie 400 and a Honda Foreman 450 Just put new tires on the Kawa too

Its a Moultrie I-40. Yea, these are just some of the cooler pics it has snapped, I also have about 1000 pics of doe and fawn... And NO nice pics of bucks yet, a few blurry ones of buck running by is all.

hhahaa

What do you think about the new antler restriction in the unit?

I like it, very nice

Theres some deer there, but you can see a bobcat, bear and coon skin

Need a hunting buddy? Very nice work there

That is scary.

Title says it all. Enjoy!

Wow, I cant believe ive never seen it before... I kick up grouse all the time