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You mean there is a science to all this crap we are debating??? lol

I'm out of the city by 2-3pm. Cant trust the LIRR with a storm like this. Right now just flurries in the city.

Put some traps down!!

My brother in law has gone to Ohio for the last 10 years. Deer numbers way down since he started going. In the beginning they were giving out so many doe permits it was crazy. Now not that much. He still goes looking for that big buck. He feels the longer bow season gives you more opportunity to hunt.

I saw the same thing. Gas stations have lines and the super market is crazy. 2 feet of snow will suck, no way around that. I will be leaving the city early tomorrow. Last thing I want is to get stranded on the LIRR.

Yes that is what they are saying at Ridge. Rough winter last year and they did some deer culling. I haven't seen as much this year as the past 2. That also could just be luck. Some guys are doing a number on them this year. It was still a great morning out in the woods.

We just got back in, very slow. We hunted from 7 until 1. I saw a glimpse of a small deer early on that was it. We had spot 10. Most tracks were from the north east section of the property. We walked all that time nothing to show for it.

Last year we let guys come in with dogs. They took about 20. They were back last week but I didn't get an update.

Headed out tomorrow with my brother and niece. FYI Sunday starts the no reservation system for the last week. They said to be there by 6 to get your name in the lottery. I'll report back in.

We are so diverse in our end goal. Here is a little slice of the property that borders me. How could the DEC make everyone happy?? My property is 6 hours from home. We hunt bow and gun. We take our share, some years 4 deer this year 2. Time and travel are a factor. If its late or your last hunt a yearling or fawn will do. My neighbor 200 acres. 80% of them come from out of state. They shoot any buck walking. Only the land owners get doe permits (3). My neighbor to the north 400 acres. They practice QDM. Only mature bucks and does get harvested. 5 people in this group, 2 are kids. This property gets lightly hunted. One of the reasons I see a lot of deer. To my west 100 acres. 3 people hunt this and will shoot any deer that comes by. Diversity for sure…...

Hell Steve, that not true for everyone. You would still need a gun at my camp. lol

Awesome!

Good luck, the hard part is sticking to it. My solution was to work out first thing in the morning. That way nothing can screw it up.

In the earlier pictures it looks like that could of been a fibroma. Maybe he had it with the fibroma and some how punctured it and rubbed most off. The dark thing dangling was the dark hairless skin. Nice buck congrats, did you butcher him up?

One of the best hunts ever was when I was deer hunting and had 6 bear show up in one afternoon sit. It had nothing todo with horns!

Just had a roast that was 14 months old. stored in a regular frost free freezer for 12 months then a non frost free freezer for 2 months. The meat was wonderful.

What a game…….

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I have only found 2 or 3 in a zillion years……..

Won't you miss all of us??

I didn't gut any and the guys didn't say anything about it. Oh well maybe next time! lol

Hey just hunted on LI yesterday. Now we went out there to hunt deer. I know my odds were very slim shooting a buck because some have shed and pressure was not high. This goes for most that hunted so with that said we mostly hunted doe and the turnout was real good. Plenty of people hunting does.

Awesome, thanks for bringing us there!

just got back in . we didn't connect but three doe and one 6 point were brought in. Happy to see some guys from Poughkeepsie NY came down and scored on a nice doe. It was great hanging with them. We saw 9 doe and 1 buck for the day.

Correct and actually we have the other spots on that side also. A friend of ours put in for spot 5. So now 7 of us will be hunting that area. Going to be cold but sunny out. Just about ready to head over to my brothers house. I report back in tonight.