Catskill Hunter

So aren't more bigger bucks being taken really the result of hunters not being able to shoot the first buck they see ? Most who shoot these bigger bucks would have been tagged out already and out of the woods with a smaller buck, Leaving the bigger bucks around to grow bigger ?? The argument can go both ways I guess.

I bring up my wife to camp with me and she's an anti hunter lol. I just fixed the place up to where she can enjoy it. When I'm hunting she cooks and bakes :-) cabin sure smells good when I come in and yes I'm spoiled!

Where about in the Catskills ? I'm heading to 4W tomorrow morning for the weekend. Good luck to you, I hear there is some snow on the ground :-)

I'm with you Bubba, We have turned hunting into all about numbers. The more deer we shoot the better our season. I hunt NY by my camp because I love getting away and the woods in the Catskills. If I had to shoot a deer to enjoy my hunt I would be pretty grumpy up there.

Not interested in that kind of " mount "

I have walked within 10' of him already and he just watched me, then went back to eating. I figured with the rut that was close enough lol

Before everyone gets on the " baiting deer in NY " bandwagon, this is at my home in NJ

He's been coming back. seems to have taken a liking to the birdseed my wife puts out for her birds before hitting the shrubs.

Agreed

Rtgobbler, I too have hunted the Catskills for over 35 years and have experienced the same as you. back in the day any buck was an accomplishment. however in the last 3 to 5 years I have seen a big difference in the quality of bucks I see, mostly during bow. I actually have a lot more bigger bucks on cameras than small ones. I actually had a nice 8 in my field at night right after dark the day after the opener. that was unheard of by me to even see a deer in my field after opening day. I am not sure what the reason is, AR's have not been around long. I have not seen the pressure like back in the day either. bucks are growing bigger by me for some reason. back in the 80's the dmp frenzy pretty much wiped out the hunting by us for many year's. the hunting is getting good again and I would hate to see a lot of does killed here especially with our coyote problem. up in Cooperstown where I have family its a whole different ballgame. lots of does so this discussion is WMU specific and shouldn't be statewide. I think a 1 buck rule in the Catskills will get a lot of does killed and buck's won't get tagged in a lot of case's. Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Forum Fiend v1.0.1.

Antler soup!!

We used to be at camp for Thanksgiving every year but that tradition kind of went away

I butcher my own but I know of them

I would like to hear the reasoning behind this lol

About 4 miles from Downsville off Rt 30

Very quiet in 4W however I see a lot of sign so not sure what to make of it. Only hunted first 3 days so far so they were probably still nocturnal. hope to get to camp on Friday.

Sorry to hear that

Good job, congrats! That blaze orange glows :-)

Yup thats the one. PM me let me know where you are if you want :-)

Last time I was up I saw a sign for 50 acres for sale on rt 206 just outside of Roscoe.

Little guy has been hanging around a lot. Broken right side and missing an eye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj6-nPjyVps

Why ??

Enjoy the moment and don't sweat it!

So much for deer not moving in the wind :-) nice buck!

good job, congrats