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Three seasons ago opening day my brother couldn't get rid of Sow and two cubs. They hung around his stand for about an hour and I could hear him yelling at the bears. I walked over to him and actually had a cub 30 yards from me and the mother was behind it another 20 yards off. She did nothing, they were more interested in eating the corn! It was getting dark and they still wouldn't leave so I shot my gun up in the air and called in for an extraction from the hostile area. By the time the quad came to pick us up they had moved into the corn.

Great looking deer! Looks like you hit him a bit back, did you have to track?

On LI we have no place to put any more snow! Getting 4-6 inces of snow tomorrow and a 1/2 inch of ice. This one is going to be real bad. I take the LIRR into Manhattan and it has sucked this year. Once that third rail ices up your screwed. Spent 5 hrs stranded one day because of this. Wednesday will be a WFH day.

Next to my property there are some huge pines that are really thick. The deer and the bear love it because you can only hunt the cuts through the property. It is real important that you have something like this near your property. To take it one step further an outfitter in Ohio I know creates doe sanctuaries. These areas are so thick that the big boys can't get through to harass the does. Mainly consist of blow downs stacked on top of each other. He says it keeps the big bucks hanging around waiting for the does to come out. Seems odd but he says it works, to what extent I don't know.

Welcome, you'll enjoy this site.

Nice racks, great job!

I do that all the time. People die in these collisions, could you imagine no deer season?

OK boys-what gives? I even brought it into photoshop-couldn't find them. Trick photo or am I just freaken lost!!!!

18 bucks for 30 hunters!

Well I know one thing, that animal would tear you to pieces in a second! One thing I have to say, we talk about proof and maybe some trail camera picts. How often do we have trail camera picts of Bobcats? Some of us do get pictures of them but the percentages are very low. So compare the population of the Bobcat in NY and a few mountain lions, I would think you wouldn't have a picture as proof of their existence. http://www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/42763.html

Honestly, I've been following some of these posts lately that have turned into down right political battles. This goes nowhere it's like a dog chasing its tail. I give credit to those Dem's that post on this site. We know it is loaded with conservatives. I myself am a democrat and wish not on a hunting site debate my fellow hunters on their political agenda. In the end (like a title of another post "aren't we all Americans") aren't we all hunters?

Yikes, that is one crazy situation.

What she expect them to kiss each other? I just don't get why that lady put that video out there, she looks so dumb.

Nice stuff. I may try it this year.

Real nice, way to go!

Love the hawk!

I justed watched on Anderson Cooper a brutal killing in New Mexico that was never solved. Execution style 2 kids and 4 adults. The kids were 2 and 9. They got away with 6 grand. Does New Mexico have a policy? I thought about this after the Arizona shooting and they carry. I didn't help because it happened so quick. There was this one guy who was going to pull his gun but the threat was no longer there. What happens if you are in that situation and you and the bad guys have your guns pulled and the cops show up. You being the good guy could be shot by the cops. It's a tough one but I think the permit process is good. Just some thoughts.........

We all have to worry about all the drinking water. What alot of you guys don't talk about is the changing landscape that comes with oil-gas drilling. Rents will skyrocket locals will be displaced who rent, towns will be crowded, water extracted from your streams and lakes, roads widened, noise level 24/7 will increase, transient workers in your towns. And yes DEC has to monitor all of this and the local water supply. It does come down to the all mighty dollar and I can't blame anyone who can get a deal to set them up for life. As far as I'm concerned you better weigh the pros and cons carefully. What better way to get NYS revenue then to let Horizontal fracking take place in NY. Yes NYS land will be the first to be drilled upon. Look for gas to be over 100 bucks per barrel this summer. The price of Natural gas will climb and there you have the equation. There is nothing we can do to keep oil prices down with the emerging economies in this world. They will drive the price of oil. Alternative energy is the only way, this includes nat gas, solar, wind, clean coal and nuclear.

We used to hunt the state land off of Morton Hill road in Roscoe. I took a doe and a 5 pt in many years hunting there. Heavy pressure the first two weeks then just the die hards. There is over 15,000 acres around that area some places you can get lost. Well one year I go up and there are these two guys from Pa near where I hunt. They have a giant 10 pt and a decent six pt in the bed of the truck. I was amazed and stopped to talk with them. We did the typical chit chat and I congratulated them. I had to ask what was there secret to success? They told me they would go in far, just about the limits of the normal hunter and set up camp there. From this point they would hump it in even further to places most guys would not venture. He told me the big deer was shot on a ridge browsing in the middle of the day. This is where your deer vanish to.

Hey we should forward this to Ramidog! Nice post Eddie.

Supreme buck-G_man!

Jordan, I give you credit for standing up for what you believe in. You are 15 and posted your essay for the whole world to see. When I was 15 my mother or father were the only ones to review an essay that I wrote before I handed it in. I'm not saying posting it here was a bad thing but think twice or maybe three times before hitting that send button. Are your parents OK with you sharing it here? I hope they got a chance to read it and give you feedback. I don't think you had to apologize for your posting, you showed some character!

That's what is so amazing here, a 15 year old gets to share his essay with all of us prior to handing it in. Think about that.................Hmm.

That is great wishing you and your family all the best! What name did they give the baby?

If you look back on the thread I gave him some good choices, using the word great in front of UT name didn't fit.