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I don't shoot over 30 yards. all of my bow kills are 20 yards or less.

NFA maybe NY needs to make getting a license easier. I'm going to take myself as an example, please if you think I am wrong let me know. I have a great place to hunt. Had 1 kid so far come up and get hooked. I have two daughters. They both showed interest to hunt but had so many other activities going on it was real hard to make it happen. The hard part was getting them certified. Why can't it be done 100% online? If it was easier to get a license it would be easier to shoot up to the cabin for a quick weekend to see if they like it. I'm just putting this out there because my girls are just so damn busy with sports and studies I would like to see an easier way for them to hunt.

Were you that close that you could see this? if so its way too close to hunt.

I think you do it this year, good luck awesome deer!

Just hunt and enjoy all the beauty around you.

I like Evercalm works real well.

Thought you could just go buy a 1c doe tag at any time?

Foods been pouring in from friends. Chicken cutlets, pulled pork, chicken soup and great desserts. Nice to have this in a time of sorrow.

We have Sitka deer on Long Island. No need to tag them and take as many as you like. During season.

She passed with all of us around her yesterday afternoon. Thank you all.

Me

I lost my Dad three weeks ago. Now my Mother in law is in hospice. I can understand death especially when my dad lived 86 years and my mother in law 85. It's just a huge toll on my kids. This woman raised them. We both had jobs sometimes opposite hours and she was there to fill in the holes. She was a great Italian Nona that could cook up a storm but as gentle as the breeze when you needed comforting. We will go see her tonight. I will pick up my daughter from college tomorrow and bring her home. After that I hope God calls her home soon.

Real nice place good luck with the sale.

When I had my route I was stopped at a crossing for a train. It went by gates went up then came right back down on top of my truck. I kept going hearing the gates against the top of the truck. Thank God because a train came right by after I got out. Pulled into my next stop and told a few guys there. They told me another guy was killed there a few years back from the same type of thing. Blows my mind

Thank the Lord you are alive. Thank you for the post and reminder!

Ever try Swietzers in the area. They are pretty good.

Bath is about 10 minutes from my place in Howard. Excellent hunting in the area. Just have to find the right place. State land start with DEC maps and go from there. GL

Probably bow season great time to be in the woods. I suck under pressure with the bow. My 1187 auto loader. Gun is deadly with a scope on it!

I have used it more in the past then now. Have had good results. Actually had a bear come into a moc scrape loaded with Tinks once. Now I'll use Code Blue in the rut other than that just spray down and put out some corn or apples they will come to that! lol

Come to my place and you can miss all you want, you'll fit right in! lol good luck.

From another site. Said it was 168lbs. Could be but the bear compared to the size of the bow looks to be small. I think 80-100 lbs?

Gutted!

The deer just don't stay on the landowners property that has damage. Give out the permits to the people who pay for them. Then let the landowner get his share if any are left over. I have to say that in all my 40 years of deer hunting I never heard anyone sue against a landowner.

Have a great time. I just wish the state would stop issuing these things. I know there are arguments on both sides but change the rules. How about giving out more doe permits.....maybe to out of state hunters and so on. When those aren't filled issue the remaining one to the farmers. My friend who farmed over in Schuyler county got about 25 per year. He held them close and only gave out a few. If you think about it how many deer do you need to shoot to stop crop damage and its more than deer that does the damage. Have a great time and I hope you shoot one. I just think its a slap in the face to us hunters that the state allows it. This is in no way directed at Moog just my thoughts on the situation.

Hunt it, shoot one and give him backstraps!