catskillkid

Grow Wow, great idea! Sure beats erecting an eight foot tall fence around each plot. Maybe the little windmills will keep the critters out just long enough to get the plots established? And thanks for the info.

Growalot, What brand soy bean are you buying this year?

Growalot, Great pics by the way, did you just broadcast the corn seed or did you use a corn planter?

Hey Growalot, thanks for giving me your experience with soy beans. I had a hard time believing that beans wouldn't do well in my area. Eagle Seed has a variety that is supposed to hold up well to deer browsing and stays green well into the fall. I think I'll give it a try. I have 3 plots that total 2.5 acres that I want to plant in beans, just have to wait for the ground to dry to turn over. Alot of rain this spring. Thanks for your help Catskillkid

I'm looking for a little advice. Has anyone tried planting soy beans in the Delaware County area? I have been told by my local Ag store that soy beans do not do well in my area in the Catskills. I hunted my buddies farm in Ohio last year which had areas of soy beans and they got hammered by deer all season, right into the late muzz. season in January. Turnips or rape was a great addition to my plots until last year when the deer didn't let it get above 6 inches tall. It was wipped out before the bow season started! I'm looking to try something different in a couple of my clover plots that need reseeding as they are about 5 years old now and are starting to peeter out. I'm thinking about soy beans and hoping that maybe they will grow fast enough to stay ahead of the heavy deer browsing. Any thoughts? Catskillkid

Good one! I have already used it

Me too! I'll just go to another site if this one becomes anymore of a downer. I really enjoy most posts and the education and lifetime experience advice given by most members. Let's keep this upbeat

Pygmy, "Ditto"

I don't care how long the guy has been in business. Look at the quality of his work and then make your decision. Unfortunatly some guys don't know what to look for in a quality mount. I know of a couple of taxidermists that have been around for 30 years and their heads look worse than a taxidermist that is just starting out on his own. Price would be my second factor, because hopefully the mount and memories will be with me for a long time. By the way, I also have Kurt Fox do my work, has been for 15 years.

Bigtom, Great looking calls, I'd like to hear how they sound. Do you sell them too? My best way to locate and scout toms is to sit on my front porch and listen to them gobble on roost in the mornings and evenings. On a good morning, I can hear about 8 toms in a couple of different directions. Either I'm spoiled with a great hunting area or maybe just getting older. It seems that the older and slower I get the better hunter I become.

Buster, I can not remember for sure but around $300.00 sticks in my mind. The good thing is that you don't have to buy all of your tags up front in case you don't have a shooting opportunity. If you shoot a doe on the first morning, you can go and get the deer checked in and then purchase another doe tag. We bought our does tags one at a time after we filled the prior tag. I think you are allowed up to 3 doe tags for the late ML season. Also, I believe Ohio only allows one buck per year, no matter what season or weapon you use. Also, be prepared for cold temps.! We got on stand before sunup and shivered through 5 degree temps. before it warmed up. But who cares about the weather if your deer hunting. All is good in the world when hunting!

Some friends have a large lease in south central Ohio and they invited me to hunt with them in the late ML season in Jan. 2011. The farmer was complaining that there were too many does and asked that we cull some of them. I guess they did alot of damage to his soy beans the prior summer. Five hunters and we took 12 does. We all could have taken bucks in the 120" range but my buddies are trying to grow them larger for next season. One of the guys took a 176" buck during the early ML season, WHAT A BRUTE. All I had to do was go to the local sports store and buy my license and tags over the counter. I think I just had to show my drivers license. I would say, go if you can, there are alot of big deer in Ohio!

I guess I always dug them before they leafed out?

nyantler, I do not think you are looking at leeks. Leeks look more like a scallion or green onions. Look on the north facing slopes in wet terrain.

Cool video! I really liked the audio and listening to the deer walking in the dry leaves, I think my heart skipped a beat.

One problem is I am the only one in my area that is planting food plots and we are sucking alot of deer from neighboring properties. Maybe that is not a bad issue for me during hunting season. :-\ The other is I think there are more deer in DMZ 4O than the DEC knows about. Last Saturday, I counted over 30 deer grazing in the open fields between my neighbors house and mine which is only 1/2 mile in distance. Over the last few years, it is very hard to get a DMP unless you are a land owner or a resident with pref. points. Maybe not too many people hunting anymore also?

It is a turnip, Dwarf Essex Rape. The deer didn't touch it the first year I planted it until the first frost. Now I can't keep them out of it when the greens reach 6" tall in early Sept. The deer and turkeys will wipe it out before bow season starts. I guess the secret is to either plant more or find a way to keep the critters out until the turnips mature. Anyone have any suggestions?

We own 209 acres of pure heaven at the end of a one mile long right-of-way. Also my neighbors have 210 acres and do not hunt, they don't allow anyone but me to hunt thier property. I skid about 10 cords of logs to them every year. Great people!

I tend to find them on a north facing slope in wet areas

My family camp is in Delaware County, been hunting there for over 30 years. Catskillkid

My cat bought a small game mole hunting license last week. Now she is ready to go. But she does not know what the daily or season limit is. Anyone know?

Biz, Awesome wolves, congrats! When I was in BC last October, one of the guys in camp shot a male grey wolf on the first evening while looking for elk as he just sat overlooking a river bottom. I almost had a shot at one on my third day. While riding horses back to camp after hunting mountain goats, four different wolves started howling all around us. What an eerie feeling! We got off the horses and my guide started howling back to them. I set up next to a evergreen tree and waited for one to appear. I felt like I was turkey hunting. I saw glimpses of one at about 40 yards, sneaking through the dense evergreens in the fading light. Just couldn't get a clear shot. They all circled down wind and must have caught our sent and vanished. Shooting one wolf is a great accomplishment, let alone two. What are you doing with the hides? Congrats again.

Great NY bucks!

Sorry for the sarcasm in my last post. I hunt Delaware County, all of the state owned land that I know of has a good population of turkeys. Catskillkid

Here is another nursery to purchase trees from, they are in PA. http://www.musserforests.com/ I bought 100 Norway Spruce seedlings 4 years ago for cover and wind breaks and most are doing excelent. Some are over 4' high already. Catskillkid