nybuckboy

Last year onSept 28th, I had a visitor to this Full Rut buck that had only been up a few days. I came out in the morning and looked off the deck and thought WTF and sure enough you can see the force he hit this decoy as it turned the legs about 45 degrees to release the body and note the digs in the close up of the replaceable target section.

I made one last Monday evening. I used a big stick to scratch a garbage can size area up and as mentioned by others I used some tree snips to clean the leaves and tiny branches off the main branch(s). I then used some orbital gland lure by dipping a small stick in the bottle and brushing it on the couple of cleaned off branch ends. Check the camera last night and the scrape and noticed the scrape looked wet. On film I had a doe backing up to it and squatting to urinate in the scape at 9:45 am Thursday. http://smokeysdeerlure.com/product/pre-orbital-gland-lure/

I have all the respect in the world for you wanting to ride and I can tell you are no where near my age. It's the way you insulted me that pissed me off. If you climb into a tree stand w/o a harness you're not too smart. 6 hours ago, stoneam2006 said: If you can give up riding that easy your not a biker I'm sorry...

You know nothing about me and what kind of a motorcycle rider I am. Biker is a term for someone who rides a motorcycle but has no indication of how they ride, where they ride or have ridden, how safe they ride or how many miles they ride. I have logged over 150,000 miles all over the northeast and Canada. I've ridden in all weather conditions but I don't have to defend to you or anyone whether I am worthy of the term "biker" because I've never referred to myself as a biker. I always wore a helmet and full leathers with boots. Giving up riding was not a decision I made lightly or without much thought. The reason I gave it up was because I found that I no longer had the interest I once had but even with that in mind I still would have enjoyed going for a ride once in a while. It was really 2 things other things that made me decide it was time. They are: 1) deer - there are a lot of deer around my area and I hit one back in 1980 and went down but that didn't stop me then and I did not get injured. I've had a few near misses since then as well. The second one is the deciding factor 2) distracted drivers - the way it is with people talking on their phones and texting was enough to make me think long and hard about it. In 2012 I had a near miss by someone who pulled across my lane while talking on the phone and it almost cost me my life. Now with the texters that I have seen come across the center line into my lane on several occasions just this year only solids my decision. The best of luck to you and I hope you never have an accident on our scooter. Ride safe!

You must be a youngun. Actions like this will eventually catch up w you. I hope not but overtime it is a step closer overtime you take the chance. Like riding a motorcycle (which I did since I was 16 til 58 yo) the longer you ride the chances of an accident get closer and the odds of the accident increase. I was lucky and never had one but la few friends and acquaintances over the years.

Link to 2016 rut predictions on this forum https://huntingny.com/forums/topic/34161-2016-rut-predictions/?page=1

We don't seem to have any or very few oaks in and around the 7M. I was just in the Woodstock, Hudson Valley area this past weekend and they have a lot of oak trees.

I have quite a few beech nut trees on the land and they are dropping. I understand that second to acorns, beech nuts are a deers' favorite mast. Is this true? Anyone else have beech trees and are they dropping where you are? Also will they have all dropped by the time the season opens?

Sept 5 at 9:23 am Madison County 7M

This will be our 3rd season on our new property. We live on the property. My son and I have been passing on all the small bucks since day one. The first season I had nothing better on camera than a decent 6 and many crotch horns and spikes. The first season I saw a nice 9 pt with a split G2 twice during bow season but no shot. The 2nd yr we had 4 nice 8's on camera and many other smaller ones and last year I saw 2 big bucks on Sept 9th, both shooters chasing a doe right across the driveway in the small patch of woods that borders the road but I wasn't hunting (figures). This buck is the best buck I've had on camera since we've moved here and I think it is one of the small 8's from last year.

had the same thing happen twice to the same stand site. About 10 yrs ago on the land we used to hunt. First time they took the whole ladder stand and the next time left the top section because it was chained and locked. The first time not locked. That was on me. Hate thiefs!!!

Binos - I never leave home w/o them

What's wrong with those pendulum types. All I've ever used. https://www.truglo.com/archery-sights/pendulum.asp?catid=14EF030088AA44CBAC06E6F08F4B71C1

Only sight I've ever used. Perfect! Dead on at 25. Hold at the top of the back behind the shoulder for 35 and that's if it stating still and relaxed. Nothing farther. https://www.truglo.com/archery-sights/pendulum.asp?catid=14EF030088AA44CBAC06E6F08F4B71C1

Only sight I've ever used. Single pin pendulum sight. Works perfect! https://www.truglo.com/archery-sights/pendulum.asp?catid=14EF030088AA44CBAC06E6F08F4B71C1

kinda what I as thinking

When do you open up a mock scrape? OR open up an existing scrape from last year?

Thanks for the info

All good points here. I never intended this to used the morning you climb into the stand and start hammering in the screw in as per my post. Also never intended to leave them in years after year. This was intended for folks that have stands they put up for the season or who have their own land that they can leave a stand up and check before season. I can assure you this method has had much testing between my son and I. There is no way that a 250 pound man who were to fall would have more force than my loader lifting with a chain attached but to each his own. It works for me. And to Culver - if you feel heating and bend it changes things just used the step upside down as is w/o heating and bending This is the way I have used it for a few years now. I've had a fellow engineer approve this.

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I have been working on a way to make it easier to hook up my tree stand harness. I’ll admit I never used a tree stand harness at all until 2009 when I went on an Illinois bow hunt and it was mandatory or no hunting. After I got back I used it now and then but because I use a lot of ladder stands I just never felt the need. I also never liked bear hugging a tree in the dark and trying to slide the belt through loop and the buckle did make noise some times as well. Then I did another Illinois hunt with my 18 yo son and a friend and once again (same outfitter) no harness, no hunt. It was the first day of this hunt that I happened upon an easier solution to harness hook ups. I had forgot to bring the belt for around the tree to attach the harness too and after climbing up into this hang on stand I was like “Ok this great I’m 16 ft up and no way to tie my harness.” After dawn and it was light enough the thought came to me. I had a screw in step with me in my pack. I screwed in the step at eye level and left it upside down and just looped my harness loop over it. From that day on all my stands, even the ladder stands that I have were outfitted with this screw in upside down step. The only drag about this whole thing is it really difficult to get the step in all the way without a hammer. It hurts my hand trying to bang it. Then recently I began to think of a modification to the screw step. I used a torch and bent the step 90 degrees and now I use a 12” long, ½” ID pipe as a handle to turn the screw in all the way and it’s way easier. I taped the pipe with duct tape as well and use it as a hammer to start the screw in. Works like a charm. I have 11 stands and every stand has this set up now. I climb up and immediately slip the loop over the device. Also for those that wonder if they will support a 200 pound man if he fell… I screwed them both into a maple tree… the original step and the modified one into a tree the opposite of the way they would be above the tree stand. I then hooked on with a chain attached to front end loader bucket of my New Holland tractor (The bucket can lift 800 pounds) and lifted up and the only thing that happened was the back of the tractor lifted slightly but the bucket could not pull either of the screw ins out, not even a little bit. Below are a few pics and a video. IMG_0811.MOV

Look for someone selling swamp land... nothing better for deer and cheaper than ag land.

fast eddie... will this happen a video as well?

Not to hijack and send this somewhere else but I too love living in NY State. Regarding deer and BB's. I'm not ashamed to say I am a horn hunter first. Call it what you want but it is trophy buck hunting. I will and have passed on many smaller bucks over the past ten years and since I have purchased the property we have with nearly 100 acres I have practiced this even more. My 22 yo son and I have seen the quality of the bucks go up since the first year we got here by practicing "let em grow". So we are horn hunters first and meat hunters second. We can always take a doe near the end of the season for meat but until nearly the last few days we are hunting horns.

how bout videos... same thing?