[more older pics the old age debate]

these were in exact same spot on state land. the daytime buck was shot that year when it was bedded down in pretty thick stuff late gun by a friend of mine. night buck was a ghost i never saw him or heard about a compatible buck being killed that year. my backyard is 1500 acres of state land. that night buck looks older to me.

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[more older pics the old age debate]

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[deleting old photos sharing a few first]

1st photo was a buck i saw alot i dunno if he made it out alive that year or not. 2nd was on a frozen creek i was hoping for a bobcat or an otter but all i got was a coyote fox lots of coon and then a lot of turkeys wondering what the hell i was doing. the last was a strange dude in my backyard beneath an apple tree.

[deleting old photos sharing a few first]

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[nice bear]

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[Backyard bear]

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[Keuka lake trout]

Good day no need for fancy equipment. Used crankbaits and jigheads. Lake trout and landlocks.

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[Good trade]

About Christmas a co-worker asked me for antlers because he wanted to get back into making knifes. I had about 15 to 20 sheds and other antlers from deer I killed or found dead I gave him. I got my knife back and it's really nice. I know exactly which shed he used and I could take anyone right to where I found it because I hunt there regularly and it's about a five minute walk from my backdoor.

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[FISHER!!]

Caught in steuben county two years ago and released I've heard rumors of a season sooner or later I know a guy who said he shot one last year during a deer drive

[FISHER!!]

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[Thorn apples?]

The thorns themselves might be slightly poisonous it hurts when the poke you and they are sharp.

[Thorn apples?]

I have a couple that grow right off yard out back on state land. Thinking about it the deer walk right through them and even though I've seen lots of marble sized apples on them they are never laying around this time of year. I bet something eats them. It's a compressed old thicket and the vegetation beneath it is suppressed like underneath a black walnut tree would be.

[Mature NY Buck and Doe Take: Video!]

You can get them though sometimes I feel ppl overestimate them if that is even possible

[Mature NY Buck and Doe Take: Video!]

Yep I've only gone on 1 out of state hunt but hearing stories of those that have and being a nys bowhunter who hunts 80percent of the time on state land a 3.5 buck is a smart moth**fu****

[Mature NY Buck and Doe Take: Video!]

I bet most 3.5 nys bucks are harder to kill than most 4.5 Iowa bucks are.

[Breath in the cold]

Ask the ppl who kill deer with cigarettes in their mouths how its done. To kill a deer with a bow you must show lots of respect for their senses. But it is def possible to over estimate them too.

[Venison processor never again]

Practice makes better. I find a buddy helping to at least skin and quarter helps out a lot.

[Regon 8 State Land Hunters]

Im surrounded by state land in 8w. Own four acres and surrounded by state. Its been deer drive central. A camp down the road has shot 10 bucks. 6 were button bucks. Only one was mature. I love bowhunting out back but gun season has been a bust. Im near Bath.

[Big Bear Down]

I hate the pics must be true to the animal stuff usually but yea that pic is kinda rough. The bear looks sorta wierd lol.

[DEC: rg 8 we need more hunters.]

Public land in 8w was hunted hard lots of shooting. Deer drives and the whole nine yards opening day. 8r land of a million does and no access was quiet. I bet more than a few 8w does got a nice 8r extra drawing tag on them.

[Coyotes 8w]

It was borderline concerning the coyote sightings today

[Coyotes 8w]

missed two others today too

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[Crazy hunting tactic that has worked (or almost worked)?]

Later that same day i walk edge of nieghhoring 9 acre lake thats 100 yards away from 1st lake i kicked up nice 8 at. I crossed a rd and now on state land. I walk around edge of water and stand on beaver dam and cally my buddy to tell him muskrat sitiation. I kick up a wounded deer on edge of cattails it runs 30 yds away and bed downs again. I left my gun this timecuz i walked home and figured id not see another deer. I go home get gun come back deer still there shoot it. Buck that had lost horns the pedicles were still bloody. Front leg broken badly only tendon holding it on. Put a doe tag in it cuz it was an antlerless deer and cut up all meat on him except that broken front shoulder cuz it didnt look quite right. Interesting deer hunting day for a warm late day in late gun season when i went muskrat scouting as a favor.

[Crazy hunting tactic that has worked (or almost worked)?]

The cottage is uphill so dont think i woulda shot a cottage if id known who lived there it was great shooting on a sloped mowed lawn.

[Crazy hunting tactic that has worked (or almost worked)?]

Buddy asked me to check out 13 acre lake i live by for muskrats. Its 30 ft deep so ppl call it a lake. Blue bird day third week of gun season in soutgern tier.. I take paddle boat and grab gun cuz all dozen houses abandoned for season and there is a thicket on swampy side of lake that im checking out. Didnt think id see nada. Five ft from shore after paddling about pretty loud i kick up nice buck who up then cruises right across the nearest cottages yard. I have permission on this farm that owns thicket and if i was paying attention and didnt have gun laying over on other seat i coulda smoked him. I coulda shot him in front of cottage but dont know those ppl. Shoulda paddled about with gun ready.