Windsorhunter

Great job. Any deer with a handgun is a trophy!

It depends on the temp. If it is a warm South wind, get some things on the honey do list done. If the temp is down, say in the 30's I like to stay put. Not sure why, but I have had good luck hunting thick stuff in the wind. Take this past opening day, I saw absolutely nothing from sun up until 2:30 that afternoon. The wind was howling in the afternoon and I saw 2 doe, one small buck, a spike (all passed on) and a real good buck (could not get a clean shot on) all before I harvested this guy at 3:15. That's 6 deer in 45 minutes. It may not sound like a lot to some folks, but in some portions of Broome County, that might be all one sees in an entire season.

Ohio is nice. You will be surprised how they hunt out there. They push small pieces of property all day long. I went out 2 years ago and hunted the shotgun season. Shot this 8 on the second to the last day. Colder then hell that week! One other thing, the taste of the meat is unbelieveable. All they eat is corn, winter wheat and soy beans! Heading out the WI for a rut hunt this year.

If there is any question about Cuddeback's trigger speed check out this photo. Kicked up these ladies while checking camera (usually do this in the early afternoon but plans with the fam today) this morning. They were haulin! Cuudeback all the way!

My only concern and I don't know for sure, is an over abundance of bear hurting the deer population? I guess we'll see in the next month.

Your time in the woods is short and precious. If you can, spring as much as you can for a better unit. I purchased two stealth cams last year and waisted a bunch of time. Both have since gone back. I run three cuddeback captures (flash model) and have had nothing but great luck with them. You can pick them up now for $199 with a $25 mail in rebate. My brother swears by the Moultie brand and I have heard good things about the Bushnell's too.

Believe it or not, every pic I got (except this one) and another with two cubs in it, they are right up next to the camera. They seem to be curious and very photogenic. You know how it goes, you never see what you are hunting.

Great job. I got this guy on camera last year and actually saw him twice during archery season. I heard he did make it thru the winter but now everyone has gotten a glimpse of him. I now lost the permission to hunt the property. It seems now the owners brother wants the place to himself :'( No worries though, loose one get three!

The scrape pics are AWESOME!

Set up two cameras on a new piece of property. Set up on trails with no feed. returned 5 days later and was excited to see 24 pics between both cameras. When i checked them out, to my surprise I only had two deer. The rest were bear. After some careful examination, I determined there are 5 different bear. The brute with the ear tag proceeded to rip my camera off the tree (photo included). I have since purchased steel boxes for all three cameras. Looks like I will be bear hunting in a few weeks.

I got my permit in Broome County about 14 years ago. Waited about 4 months. Just upgraded to a CCW 2 years and it took about 1 1/2 months after I sent my letter and certificate in. The judge hear takes anywhere between 1-3 weeks. I should mention our judge is pro-gun . Things have gotten better since the Obama gun buying craze has eased up.

That's one way to "factory test" your gear?

I burned wood for 15 years. Our house is roughly 1600 Sq feet and had it in the basement with an oil furnace for heat upstairs. I remember cutting, splitting and stacking wood for the better part of every Summer. Not to mention bugs and critters in the house when you bring wood in. I went thru about 5 full cords per year. Two years ago I purchased a Stoker coal stove. Burn 2 tons of rice coal per year (about $215 per ton), takes me a half day to buy it, pick it up and stack it at the house. Fill the 100 pound hopper once every 3-4 days and empty the ash bin 3 times/week. Runs on a thermostat and provides consistant clean heat. Fire it up in late October and shut it down in Late May. Good bye to wood. Only draw back is the system is fairly expensive. About $3500 fully installed.

I shoot mine about a month before the season. I use up the previous years slugs and buy new. The other thing I do when buying new is to make sure all boxes of slugs are out of the same lot. Call me paranoid but when you get the shot of a buck of a lifetime I want to leave nothing to chance. Also, if my gun gets bumped, will make sure she's still true.

I'm kind of on the fence with this issue. I myself are in favor of antler restrictions and currently practice it. I do believe PA is enjoying the benefits of antler restrictions. On the other hand, you buy a supersportsmans and pay around 90 bucks and have limited time to hunt. If the only deer you see is a spike or Y buck, you should be able to harvest that deer. I have been hunting for almost 30 years and the deer population (at least what I see) has definately decreased.