PostedBoys Gallego

What happened to the good ol days when hunting was more about filling your freezer and hanging with family and friends. When any deer harvested was great without having to score inches or age? I still hunt this way like it or not. 8Y here i come!

Sad but true. In the end, the reason I hunt first and foremost is to fill the freezer since I do not buy industrial meat. Therefore, since the area I hunt gives little to no doe permits, I need to move around to areas with more deer to increase my chances of filling the freezer. Your place sounds nice, coordinates?

1.5 6pts's... I wanna move by you

Gonna be hard on me on 4P. Haven't gotten a doe permit in years and probably won't again this year. Not like I even want to take a doe there, I only see about 2 deer come around the fields if I am lucky when I go up. If this AR were in my area last year i'd have 1 deer in the freezer instead of two. I'm up for the challenge though. My plan is to aim for an early bow Doe in Orange/Sullivan County to fill the freezer before I start freezing my arse off.

wow, 3 cubs. I been trying to hunt black bear the last couple years outside of deer hunting. It is extremely tough seeing one once you are out there. I know that if I got a bear, might not have much room for more than 1 deer.

Its a good show, however, is it just me or is that narrator getting annoying with the very dramatic voice lol. Sounds like Christian Bale as Batman.

Yep, you got some good points. It's definitely more of a matter of learning the new land at this point. Last time out was pretty good though. Saw turkeys, 2 doe, fox, and lots of bear tracks, last season rubs, bedding. Food is for sure harder to know until fall, but did manage to find peaks with oaks which was nice. Whether or not they produce we'll see.

Born and raised in Queens. Can't wait to find work and live up north. Hassle, superfast lifestyle. I want to have a cup of coffee or beer and watch the sunset each afternoon instead of a brick wall through my window someday.

Anyone else do summer scouting on public land? I plan on doing a few hours each morning everytime I visit the Catskills. Wish I lived there but I'll do with what I have. Spending the weekend up there starting tomorrow am. I just want to walk as much as possible and learn the lay of the land as well as find the bedding/cover/food sources. I printed out topo maps using the delaware county mapping system which is awesome! http://www.giswebhost.org/delaware/# Actually, I just noticed they changed the layout and how this mapping system works, anyone else? It feels slower now. I mark down on the topo where I find hot spots, rub lines, food etc... I know scouting is better in post season which I have done in the Adirondacks, and this is new land so I just gotta make sure I learn it. Though I realized I get easily turned around when its all green! Taking my compass first and foremost, and gps as an emergency backup only. So any others scouting summers? I know its super hot, bugs, and hard to find rubs... I do find trails easier though, and last time I found nice fresh beds easier than usual.

climb it! bucks/deer might be bedding up there in the daylight hours. get up there before they do.

Welcome, like Dom said, reading is great but nothing beats being in the woods. Your hiking already gives you an advantage, but you'll need to get off the path and look for areas such as bedding/cover and food sources. I often find tons of tracks also however dose not guarantee they will pass by as I learned last year in an apple orchard. All movement was done under darkness, at least during the 5 full days I waited nearby. I hardly find rubs on trails/roads. Bucks more often do rubs in areas they feel safe, not where people like walking through often, so find ridges and look around swamp edges if you have any. Would be great to hook up with someone that hunts, or a club. Maybe someone will offer to teach you the ropes. I already have a few rookies I am teaching while still learning myself. Not easy these days, I know, none of my friends ever hunted and less hunters all the time. I had to use jedi mind tricks to get my friend to hunt. Keep at it though!

i get the funny look also but hope to be as successful as you someday. i too will be scouting again in late sept and plan to get out there for a week on the last 3 days of bow and first 3 days of rifle this year. haven't seen anything with the bow the last couple years, except a bear, which was nice. hoping if i am not successful with bow, maybe ill get lucky with the rifle.

Hunter = Provider to me

I checked out the website for Alone in the Wilderness, and they have a VHS! Love it! http://www.dickproenneke.com/ On a side note, anyone catch American Colony TV Show? The last one featured hunting season. Holy cow, they were chasing them with pickups and shooting left and right at running deer... shooting from inside the pickup too... crazy

Interesting, I did not have a clue about that one. Reading up on it now thanks. Here is one quote so far I found: Ten years after the incident, New York State Health Department Commissioner David Axelrod (not to be confused with presidential advisor David Axelrod) stated that Love Canal would long be remembered as a "national symbol of a failure to exercise a sense of concern for future generations."[2] The Love Canal incident was especially significant as a situation where the inhabitants "overflowed into the wastes instead of the other way around." I know solar/wind/water will not run everything we have in place, but that is where the problem lies. We are still running around using fossil fuels for antique machinery that hog it all up. I'm gonna go watch Back to the Future now... flux capacitors recycling garbage give me hope

I may not know everything there is to know about fracking, but seen enough documentaries and read articles on it and the idea of inserting hundreds of harmful chemicals into the Earth, breaking through the Earth and ending up with toxic water that has to be taken somewhere, is something I am %100 against. Scientists/Government say its safe and 50 years from now we will be drinking manufactured water only. They also do not think about the eco system and wildlife and how easily those toxic wastes can spread. You would think by this day in age you wouldn't need a Doctor to probe your anus to check on you, and we could harness energy from wind/sun/water... Money runs the world, and will end it. Think about the future, your children's children and so on, not how much you can make now and retire with. Enjoy the natural beauty while it lasts.

LOL dude, you always find something hilarious to point out. Seriously, that buck and mount is gorgeous! Did you just get the mount back now? I am still waiitng on mine and when I called last week it was still in the freezer. It is my first mount, does it usually take a year or less to get it back?

Wow, I just saw the first 2 episodes and gotta say, not only is it funny, but they also give out a good message with hardwork and living off the land. Great family values and the Grandpa Willie is great. Two thumbs up!

It's real tough, whether you are experienced with many under your belt or not. I find it hard every season, never gets easier. My motto is to hunt real hard from the first day to as long as it takes. I do like NKF ADK, I stay in the woods all day and eat fruit in the stand or something. I don't like coming back out. I did that once last year and payed for it. As I walked back to the stand a big buck was under it and gone. Midday mind you. I expect a deer anytime, not just morning or night. Some years I get them early. Other years I get one last day of the season under 6 inches of snow on me and frostbitten hands just before dark, where my only option to warm them up is to put right into the stomach cavity, oh yea, its happened. You know never. Luckily I've never had a season without at least 1, and I hunt a mountainous area of the Catskills with no farms or doe permits ever freaking given to me. I expect every season to be tough from the start and am prepared for it. I get so warn out, kind of like a Buck after the Rut. All I wanna do after I am done is sleep/drink/eat. Challenge is what keeps me going other than the meat. Now I'm doing the crazy like NFA and trying to get a buck in the Adirondacks public land. I thought I had it tough before... With this extra time needed big woods, I'll probably aim to get doe in Orange county public land come the opener or at least hope to fill the freezer. Keep at it Elmo and Brkln. Learn from your mistakes and ask ask ask questions, read books. Just stay away from those tv shows or videos where you see 10 bucks together and the hunter is trying to pick the biggest. That is the worst thing you can watch before starting the season. We just do not live in that part of the world. I grew up with 'if its brown its down'. Every once in a while, if you were lucky, it would be about how many points the deer has. I am definitely clueless as to inches classification though. I like old school hunting. Just keep it simple and spend every minute you can in the woods. From dark to dark. I have a feeling this year will be the year for you guys and can't wait to hear the story!

Odd, where I hunt in 4P, I spent 12 full days turkey hunting then hiking and didn't see one tick. I was running all over and sitting on the ground running and gunning. I also did not wear any spray even though i purchased some, kept forgetting. But not one tick...

I think Defrazzle is now everyone's best friend Adirondacks... beautiful camp... 100,000 acres of woods... you gotta keep that on the DL cmon, making us city boys jealous here!

Nice intro. I come from the same boat as you, started out with the wrong crowd. I'm still looking to take my first ADK buck. This will be my third season trying. I hope to be out there 1 full week this time. Congrats on your ADK Bucks! Its a challenge that has become obsession for me... As long as you eat the meat or donate it to the hungry its all good. I go for meat first, then try for a mature buck. I just couldn't imagine not having deer in the freezer for the year. Too used to that precious meat.

Never saw one in person but that's a Bobcat if I've never seen one! Get those birds before he does

oh yeaaaaa!

Not an expert by any means but what worked for me is hearing them gobble deep in the woods. I cut the distance down and listen, call and see if they gobble again. Usually further away so I keep cutting the distance down and eventually get close enough to the gobble sound to plant myself down and do some calling. Had them sneak in on me a few times, you do not always hear them gobbling right to you. I don't have a spot for turkey, I just cut the distance down from where I hear them gobble.