New York Hillbilly

Welcome to the site! I had to chuckle about your choice of stands. It sounded (sadly) similar to a bear stand a so called outfitter put me in once in Quebec. The clown took me to a dump, had me climb up onto a broken shopping cart and then leap/pull myself up into a big old tree where I proceeded to sit for hours on a branch in the down pour rain watching over a five gallon pail filled with some old goop with maggots crawling on it. And for the record I am definitely not built for shopping cart-tree jumping activity! I finally climbed down and walked back to the leaking camp (not the one on the brochure)....lol....boy was I pi$$ed. I can laugh now but it was a nightmare then. There's a lot more to this story but that's for another time. Give yourself time to learn enjoy your time in the field, stay safe and good luck. Anyway.......again.....welcome. And, thank you for your service! NYH

Welcome!

Controlling it is the key for me because I get it all the time to varying degrees. I Love it!!! With a natural high like that who needs drugs? I would get amped up with each approaching season as a kid, and still do. And by the time i climb into my stand or blind, for that time at least, all is right in my world. Hearing the "crunch...crunch....crunch..." of deer approaching in the dried leaves starts the old ticker pounding as it gets closer and then when the deer pops in sight.........full blown...holy smoke...I can't swallow, I hope he don't hear me breathing.....uh...am I remembering to breath....can he hear my heart..........ok....just calm done and get a grip......it's only a deer for goodness sake! Yup....it's only a deer....its only deer hunting.....those who don"t hunt don't understand it....but for us that do there is no feeling like it. I have always said if I stopped getting that feeling I would quit hunting and I stand by that, but I don't ever see it happening. Buck fever is he only illness I pray I catch each year!

Welcome to the site.

I loved her. She reminded me of my own grandma. Always ready to serve up some 'viddles".

Lawdwaz...........LOL........that is hysterical! Those guys will probably never be right again......lol!

Sorry to hear the bad news. His heart must be broken as well. Hope he heals up real soon and can get out there. Wishing a speedy recovery!

And from yet another Oneida county hunter, welcome.

Welcome to the site. That is a pretty area, and you must drive right by me on the way. Good luck this season.

No, I will not wait any longer. And in fact, I am not at all surprised at your most recent response. To be honest while I had hoped differently, I expected exactly this type of behavior from you. So for what ever the reason, despite my explanation of my post, you still in some twisted fashion view me as a hypocrite. Oh well, I tried! Camouflage or blaze orange is of little significance here as far as I'm concerned, you sir have shown your true colors. Happy and safe hunting to you as well. Peace

Bubba says: "yes I am with a psych specialty. I am clinical director for a mobile mental health team. And You" Yet one more interesting coincidence. Me: FPMHNP-BC Inpatient 20 bed acute care psychiatric unit, in a teaching hospital. So much for our jobs. Still waiting for my apology for the "hypocrite" remark!

Hey Bubba, If you have some time on your hands please go back and read my post on "page 6". I'm not sure why you interpreted my post as my personal stand on blaze orange or started with the name calling. I have read what I posted several times over and cannot see the reason for the confusion. My point was simply that DEC has placed a great deal of emphasis on the importance of for the sake of safety, wearing blaze orange, and then seem to contradict that same school of thought by sending kids with firearms out into the thick of a bunch of camouflaged hunters. Additionally, my next point was that in the event someone does get shot, I think it will be used by those who would choose to prevent hunting all together, those we frequently refer to as the "antis". I never stated or tried to imply that I was on one side or the other of the blaze orange debate in that post. I thought that under the circumstances, as you had seen fit to use my quote to launch into your issue with "blaze orange", I might better set things straight about that (my) post. I have no hard feelings towards you, and am not sure why you take such an ugly tone. Referring to me as a "hypocrite" after you had misinterpreted my post I believe I am owed an apology. As a "nurse", "nurse practitioner", "instructor" as you state you are, I would hope to think you are also a gentleman. For the record, out of my curiosity, are you an active, practicing, nurse practitioner? It's an interesting coincidence because, I am.

Nope.........it's been a very long day and I'm not going to allow myself to go there this time of night. Peace!

This is going to be interesting for sure. If you think there is controversy over this now, just imagine the fall out if the unthinkable happens and someone does get shot. No matter what the circumstances are it will be a media frenzy of mega proportions and hunting as a whole will take a hit. DEC has pushed the hunter orange for safety's sake and then puts guns out there in the middle of people in full camo. I pray it does not happen!

Hey Biz, I have been being friendly here and I hope I don't detect you getting ugly with me for no reason. Good hunting to you, and peace! Oh..and to you OneidaCountyHunter please refresh my memory...exactly where are you located?

Hey...........I like you guys..........i'm keeping my fingers crossed now. Maybe I won't have to work until i'm 80 years old after all. LOL!

Hey Biz, I'm 15 to 20 minutes from Colgate University, Hamilton College, SUNY Morrisville, Utica College of Syracuse University, and Mohawk Valley Community College, and 30 minutes to SUNY IT. On the map I am smack dab in the middle of the state if you draw a line between Albany and Buffalo (east/west) and Watertown and Binghamton (north to south). I'm about 31/2 hours from NYC, 90 minutes to Albany, 40 minutes to Syracuse, 2/12 hours to Rochester, 1/12 hours to Binghamton, 15 minutes to Utica, 40 minutes to Cooperstown (baseball hall of fame). Is that in the middle of nowhere? Perhaps.....I'll knock off a million from the price.....lol!

I think we ought to say the hell with all the seasons at this point and just say you can kill deer however you want from October 1st till January 1st and with any weapon you desire. At least it would be an honest approach.

This is pretty exciting! Just doing the math, at these prices my 180 acres of deer and turkey infested land is worth about 20 million. That does not even take into account the house, 3 1/2 stall garage and 14 x 32 foot deer camp, I built here. Any takers!!!!! Oh, and nobody gives a darned where you shoot around here. Also, surrounded by many thousand acres of state game lands and horse trails. I have not been following much of this post so I'm not sure what the beef is with the retired cop, but if he has a buddy let me know.

Holly jumped up Nelly.....100K for 3 acres? I'm now dying to find out what my place is worth.

Happy birthday...hope its a good one.

At the risk of whizzing off those who like this idea, I hope I can express my view as well without coming under attack. I think this youth special youth stuff is BS. Having grown up without a father in the home, it was my uncles who introduced me to hunting and fishing. The time we sent together was some of the most meaningful of my life and I looked forward to each opening day "trout season", "pike season", "bass season", wood chuck hunting, "squirrel season", "bow season for deer", "gun season for deer" and then beagles for "rabbit season". It was not only the "hunting" aspect but also the time with caring adults, their support and encouragement, the stories and laughing, the entire experience that came with the preparation for and buildup to the experience of the coming "season". Fishing since about seven years old and hunting since about age 13, I am as active and excited each year at 53 for the coming of each "season". With my own kids grown and gone, now days I have nephews to keep pumped up, and we hunt on the land I now own. I have come a long way from the little kid growing up in the middle of the city, who likely without the influence of my grandfather and uncles, would have had an entirely different life than I do. I have been an active game club member over the years, a county level sportsmen representative and introduced both kids and adults to the joy of hunting. After all this chatter, I guess I don't understand the need to carve out a few days to put young kids along with their adult "companion" in the woods for additional opportunity to take deer or turkeys. I guess I'm a bit jaded in my older years, because I see this driven as much by adults wanting to get an upper hand to take game early under the guise of doing something for "kids" than actually doing anything for young hunters. I just don't see the need for special seasons, when for me every season has always been "special", and with almost three month long deer season's in New York, there seems plenty of time and opportunity to help shape and mentor new hunters both young and old to experience hunting season as something "special" and not just a chance to shoot an animal. Peace, NYH

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1. Being proficient with your choice of weapon, which means practice, practice, practice in the off season. 2. Knowing your (and equipment) limitations and not pushing beyond them no matter how excited or tempting. 3. Lots of time afield studying your game, their ways and patterns so you can create opportunities. 4. An incredible amount of patience. 5. Enough respect for the animal you pull the trigger on or release an arrow at, to put in as much time, and your best efforts, to recover the game you shoot.

I have always used the same strategy. When I first started bow hunting almost forty years ago, I hunted from the ground. I always sat under the same apple tree next to a funnel between to hay lots. I used to pick up the apples under the tree and crush and rub them all over me, my clothes and my hat. The only down side was my hands would get all sticky which would drive me whacky and on warm days would have the flies crawling all over me. LOL! And while I never shot a deer from that stand because I was to afraid to actually shoot at one for fear I would wound it and not recover it (was shooting cedar arrows/two blade broad heads/recurve bow), I did have deer almost step on me in that stand. Exciting stuff! Today I have about 70 Acres of scrub apple and tangled up ravines that never have a hunter step foot in unless to recover a deer that has been shot, that is the central part of my land. It is the safety zone/sanctuary for the deer and I (and who ever I have with me) hunt around it. Apple trees rule!