Hock3y24

DEC already said this hunt has nothing to do with reducing the population.

Maybe, my kid just turned 12 so i gotta have him take the safety class and we will get out. Every though he's shot 4 deer and many small game animals in PA lol.

this is the first time I went out, I didn't hear another shot or see another person beside my hunting partner the last day. Deer were acting like they do in bow season again completely normal.

I hope they don't, it didn't really change how many deer id shoot, just made me want to save a tag for it. I actually enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. Probably because of the near perfect weather.

Cold water bluegills and perch are phenomenal, a pain to clean tho. Crappies and walleyes close second.

Elk backstrap, a friend had some and prepared it, blew deer out of the water.

Took 4 doe in Ny off 3 properties, got a nice buck in PA. Son got a big doe youth hunt pa. Dad got a small buck. Good year, not my best but freezer is full and we gave some meat to people, and had a damn good time doing it.

Jk not big lol

Big doe down

Heading out for one last morning sit

Sat all day just to wiff on a doe at 4:30. Knicked the blind. No hair no blood followed tracks a long ways just in case.

0% chance of rain… non stop rain since 8am lol

After last evenings wet hunt I pulled my breech plug and emptied the gun. Ran a few dry patches and reloaded this am with fresh pellets, saved old ones for range. Can the sabots be reused? Or should I keep those for range too.

Decided to go to mY blind cause it’s still drizzling here. Bout 10 deer in the field on my way in. They didn’t even move. Bout 200 yards from me. Semi urban area.

Gonna hustle to the blind around 315 this evening for the last 2 hours, never shot a deer with a muzzleloader so anything is is in danger the next few days.

Yeah I've been just going to PA, or shipping it to buddies house in PA. One thing I have noticed, is the shelves are full of ammo now in NY so I'm not the only one.

shedding in PA

NY S51001 First, the state redefines ‘rifle’ and ‘shotgun’ to not only include “common, modern” firearms, but also muzzle loading, flintlock, and black powder varieties. Typically excluded due to their outdated designs and limited use – especially in crimes and gun violence – the bill ensures transactions involving firearms of all types are protected by a background check. NY penal law 265- definition of a rifle. 11. "Rifle" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, andintended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned andmade or remade to use the energy of the explosive to fire only a singleprojectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the triggerusing either: (a) fixed metallic cartridge; or (b) each projectile andexplosive charge are loaded individually for each shot discharged. Inaddition to common, modern usage, rifles include those using obsoleteammunition not commonly available in commercial trade, or that loadthrough the muzzle and fire a single projectile with each discharge, orloading, including muzzle loading rifles, flintlock rifles, and blackpowder rifles. Nys NICS page states - More information will be provided in the upcoming weeks regarding a new mechanism for processing background checks for Muzzleloader sales. As of right now theirs no Legal way to do a NICS check on a muzzleloader since its not federally a firearm, and it appears NYS has no clue how to do it either. If someone enters the MZ as a rifle, that it also an illegal use of NICS system.

Muzzleloader delivered to my house yesterday, sighted in today. Nys law supposed to go to ffl but federal law it’s not even a firearm.

I just ordered a MZ online, what are the chances it will actually show up to my door lol. Taking a gamble. Got next day air ship so it would arrive tomorrow if it does at all and they don't catch it.

Heading out in am finally, been awhile since I’ve been out Sunday.

Saw piles of deer sat in pa, 11 doe and fawns, small bucks. All the guys were out in stands on the other side of property when they shoulda been cabin hunting lol. Will be out fri and sun in NY. Unless my son wants to hunt pa Friday, he still has a buck tag.

Looks like ill be in my pop up blind on the elevated platform in the morning, not my best option but I'm not in the mood to sit in the rain since I'm heading to PA camp after anyhow and its on the border so works out. Checked it yesterday and it survived our major wind storm last week.

Every butcher shop here is at Capacity, some done for the season cause the have so many deer. Never seen that in my life.