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Somewhere there must be a chart. In dairy cows we can estimate within 2 days based on fetus measurements down to 25 days, so it should be similar with deer.

Shot a nice doe yesterday afternoon. Turned out I killed 3 deer with one shot. The blood clot looking things on either side of the tip of the knife are the fetuses (slightly less than 1cm each). In cows this is about 30 days gestation. Not sure exactly in deer.

Just dropped a nice doe with my new Savage smokeless. That load has been in there since the 1st day of ML season. I've hunted in the pouring rain in the meantime. No prob Bob. Phade- that really sucks. I know the feeling and I don't have a good solution.

Actually sounds like a good place to hunt for exactly the reasons you listed.

16 degrees. Light dusting of snow.clear. moon overhead. Perfect.

7- 1+2 yr old bucks together in a group this afternoon. Spikes through 8pts. Bachelored back up. 19degrees back at the truck.

I agree Culver. Its also amazing what a little intensive genetic selection can do. Look at dogs.

My girlfriend's family owns several hundred acres of farmland in Houston County. Maybe some of the escaped deer will end up there?

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Good luck with that guy. Sounds like a real ghost buck in the making. Bucks surely get smarter with age, but I'm pretty sure most mature bucks were born a little skittish and the less cautious ones were picked off while being dumb, leaving nothing but the smarter ones to mature.

A lot of times bucks have a summer range, a rut range, and a winter range which can be the same as their summer range. I have some bucks that stay in an area all year, and others that I have when in velvet and then return in December. It took me awhile to figure this out. I read an article in NAW about a buck called "Moses" I believe. I think it was in WI. Anyhow, a guy killed this huge nontypical during the rut. Afterwards another hunter came forward with trail cam pics and sheds from the last 3 years! All of the pics were in velvet or the winter, none during Oct-Nov. The 2 locations were SEVEN miles apart! Stop and chew on that for awhile. I found the article. I don't know where the pics went. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+legend+of+old+moses%3A+neither+hunting+skill+nor+accuracy+nor+the...-a0271893620

NT 1.bmp Albion is reasonably close to Rochester. I am doubtful it was old age that killed him. Between the trail cam pic and the dead pic I think the deer may have only been 3.

I might have called it "Crazy Buck". Where did you get your copy? Are you still hearing the Rochester area story?I am still trying to get more info on my end.

Anybody have one of these spotting scopes? Has a built in digital camera that can take stills and video. Sounds cool, but wondering about actual field performance.

I saw that buck pic on the NEBBC website last week saying Mass. This is the second time this week I have seen it saying NY. I know its dead anyhow, somewhere. I guess the NEBBC website is slightly more credible.

Anyone truly put a Garmin Rino through its paces? In the Adirondacks? How do the various features perform?

I still have 6, 3 DMPs, 2 bow/ml, and 1 reg season. Passed well over a hundred deer- younger bucks, and then does because I didn't want to bloody up a good spot. Now its ML and the does better watch out.

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Give it up. Why do so many threads turn into a 2 person argument? If you are going to start personal banter- please, for the sake of the rest of us use the personal message option. Good threads gone bad.

In Connecticut, which is where I grew up, you are REQUIRED to carry a standard permission slip if you are hunting on private land and are not a direct descendant of the owner. On it are the landowner's name, address, acreage, what species you are allowed to hunt, and weapon- also the hunter's name and license #, signed by both the landowner and hunter. This helps the landowner control exactly who is allowed on their property (no tag-along buddies), at least initiates communication between the landowner and hunter once a year, and also makes the landowner not liable if the hunter gets hurt. I have had CT game wardens check all of my permission slips, so it is enforced. Its been that way my whole life and I never thought it was a big deal. I actually wouldn't mind the same thing in NY.

The biggest reason people want to manage who is on their land is the liability issue. Everyone is afraid of getting sued.

It specifically says in the DEC booklet that a hunting license does not give you the right to go on private land without permission, posted or not. The end.

5 pt chasing does

Ever use 5744? Also- why is it a problem if the petals on the sabot are long?

Nah. They just smell bad. Even american wildlife can't stomach dog.