[Live From The Woods 2023 Turkey Edition]

21 minutes ago, mike103 said:

My nephew Chris guide his nephew to this monster on Saturday during the Long Island youth season. Used the 410 with #9 TSS

Long Island is going to set the NYS Turkey record, They haven't been really hunted in a long time

 

#1.   Don  Nickerson  NY.  May 1, 2007  Otsego. 29.5000

[Scouting]

we had zero Beechnuts last year

[Time to start getting ready!!]

On 2/27/2023 at 3:22 PM, Robby said:

I have almost perfect turkey habitat right out the back doo, in the last ten years I would say the population is less than half what it was. Too many birds of prey, coyotes, and all the fur bearing animals no one is trapping these days, they're all nest raiders!

It has made hunting more of a challenge and even more exciting the you ask, 'you talk'n to me?'.

Robby

Yep yotes been busy by me

[Snow in 4f]

Here in 4F top of the mountain 2100ft

we got 16-18"

[Ticks]

quick walk yesterday to check cams 4F, 2 ticks and I wasn't even in the woods for an hr

[Age of this Public Land Buck]

I was told this is 3.5 too. and the person that told me is pretty damn good at judging them

 

[Age of this Public Land Buck]

11 minutes ago, BizCT said:

I think he breaks 90" gross.

Hey public land add 10"

lol

[Age of this Public Land Buck]

2 minutes ago, BizCT said:

Agree. 3.5+. Too filled out to be a 2.5. Shoot him and age the teeth! Good luck.

I'm trying bud  yeah he looks pretty heavy on the hoof cool to see his neck swelling up from 10/3 - 10/13

[Age of this Public Land Buck]

thinking at least 3.5? he's come by the camera 3X or at least it looks like the same buck to me

[Age this buck]

On 9/26/2022 at 4:19 PM, BizCT said:

Not sure what you mean on either account. Chef hunts rockland county. Not NYC. And secondly, we know WNY has great genetics. Looks at the big bucks taken each year. You're blessed, but most of the eastern part of the state is not. The average 3.5 in SENY is under 100".

 

Edit to add chart. 103" average and that's 3.5+. 

I've said it for years, a lot of people on this forum underestimate age due to antler rack which is silly. Know your herd and learn. If more people who shot "little bucks" looked at the molars, they would be surprised how many are actually 2.5 (not 1.5)

3.5 yr old 109" in Suffolk?

 

No way that would be 120+ easy

[1st one...]

Still Velvet Here

[Finally showing up]

Finally some Bucks,  until 2 weeks ago just does and some fawns, tonight it's going down to 48deg, season will be here before ya know it

 

[Best hunting advice given to you?]

Plan on spending 1 hr/per pound in the woods hunting before getting the game animals you pursue

 

some of us get lucky though

[2022 DMP's]

On 8/2/2022 at 5:05 PM, Waterfowler said:

And I got denied

Sorry, I got my 4F and 1C as usual

[Semi-Auto Rifle permit]

Just a reminder

 

In case anyone was unable to decipher the new bill, starting Sep 3 a semiauto license will be required for purchasers AND sellers of all ages in NY. Nothing is exempt...Ruger 10/22, any semiauto hunting rifle or shotgun. Licensing will be the responsibility of the pistol permit bureaus, no one knows the requirements yet ! If you were getting the kid a 10/22 takedown for Christmas get it now , if you were selling anything semi do it now !

 

[Work from home ?]

I work from home since 3/2020 still get all my projects done and can spend 6 months upstate at the house if wanted 

it's nice 

[Anyone Doin Some Summer Scouting?]

All i can say is that now that the Raspberries are ripening, the movement on my deer cams have dwindled to near zero

[2022 DMP's]

4F same as always High

[A few turkey changes being proposed]

Likely a NYS record bird will come from there and the successful hunter will be covered in 10,000 ticks

I couldn't imagine sitting on the ground in LI Woods in May  

[Where to Begin?]

5 minutes ago, squirrelwhisperer said:

Come May, I will be hunting stripers.

Turkeys, Stripers, Tuna and in that order

[Where to Begin?]

Would they congregate around areas like this? I assume maybe roost on the edges although that stuff is soft and will swallow you if you walk on it

 

 

[Where to Begin?]

29 minutes ago, G-Man said:

1st Scout, scratchings, drag marks from strutting, droppings under roost trees. If you can get out and listen morning and evening from safe distance or glass fields from safe distance.. 

You can't get a bird if they are not there. Don't call to scout.

If you want to locate a loud horn, dog whistle,peacock call will cause a shock gobble as will an elk bugle. Owl calls and crow calls are common and if used by others in area they catch on and don't respond. 

 

LOL i can see it now another hunter in the distance with his buddy "Holy Sh*t there are Elk in here   I do here Barred owl's calling almost nightly by me 

[Where to Begin?]

Had 2 Toms off my deck 2 weeks ago

 

 

[Where to Begin?]

Not far from Oneonta, You?

[Where to Begin?]

Hunting a new property this year for turkey and looking for clue as to where to start, Lots of pines bordering private hay fields, an old flood plain/swamp, small creek, and areas with lots of undergrowth (Blackberry bushes)

was thinking of trying by the creek as the hillside faces south/east

 

whats the best method of trying to locate these guys? owl or crow just after dark and before sunrise, or will the shock gobble in the middle of the night as well?)