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    Rattlin'

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, Robhuntandfish said:

    Rattled in my first buck last year.  I rattled and hit grunt tube a few times while doing that. Right after in the thick brush I see a small tree moving all over that a buck was raking.  Pissed him off for sure.  He came out down the trail 80 yards .  He started going the other way and I grunted again and he came on a rope to me.  A big body buck and was a short tine 7 point.  I passed on him but shouldn't have.  It was really cool.  

    A week later rattled an 8 point to within 50yards . He was chasing and snort wheezing at a 4 point.  So tried rattling to get him to come over after he disappeared in the brush.  He came back out 20 minutes later but too far away and he saw me move to turn in stand. 

    What time of year was this? What time of day? How long did you rattle?

    seggested reading for sitting in the stand

    in General Hunting

    Posted · Edited by nybuckboy

    13 hours ago, steve863 said:

    It's easy enough to have a deer sneak by you if you are fully engaged with your surroundings, if you distract yourself by reading a book it will be even more likely to happen.  And having your ears plugged listening to music is even worse than reading in my honest opinion.  There have been literally scores of deer that I heard well before I ever caught a glimpse of them. 

    Steve - then you haven't tried it. As I stated, the volume is just cracked on at the very lowest it can be possibly on and I can still hear my surroundings.  Windy days and rainy days it doesn't matter as you can't hear a buck anyway. To each their own though. 

    seggested reading for sitting in the stand

    in General Hunting

    Posted

    I never would read a book on stand.  You can't read a book and watch the woods.  That being said, I have found that an iPod with music and even better yet, loaded with a few books on tape (CD) work great as you can listen and look at the same time.

    As we all know you cant kill them from the house so I sit as long as I can til I'm so bored I can't stand it. Then I put in some ear buds. Turn the iPod volume all the way down and then play a song and just barely turn on the volume. I can still hear the woods even on quiet days.  On rainy or windy days it doesn't matter.

    Try it!

    Which hunting weapon and season do you like the best ?

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    I don't golf and I gave up the scooter after nearly 40 years of riding so hunting is really my only passion these days. I really only hunt deer and to a lesser degree I also enjoy spring turkey season.  I first bow hunted around 2001 or 2002... not sure.  Since then bow season has me addicted.  I still enjoy gun season as well but hunting the pre-rut from Halloween til opening day gun is what I live for.

    best buck so far

    in Trail Camera Pictures

    Posted

    This is our 5th season here at the new place and have been letting the little bucks grow.  This is proof that even when it's not perfect and only some of the other  land owners also practice the same plan it can work.  The first year nothing but little bucks and each year it has gotten better.

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    fawn deaths

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    I was thinking over 50% would make it for sure.  Based on the PA study above and the less bears we tend to have in NY I'd think 65% probably make it through the first 6 months or til they lose their spots.

    fawn deaths

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    What percentage of fawns born each year make through their first 6 months?  Reason I ask is I have seen numerous dead on the road this year.  Made me wonder how many succumb to coyotes and cars in their first 6 months.

    Do you think it's 50% - higher or lower?

    Same bucks?

    in Trail Camera Pictures

    Posted · Edited by nybuckboy

    2 hours ago, Lawdwaz said:

    No they aren’t. 

    There'd be dramatic growth difference in almost a month.  

    This was my thought as well and the reason I asked the question.  A month should produce a lot more antler growth.  

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