Jump to content

chrisw

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    3093

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    25

 Content Type 

Profiles

Forums

Hunting New York - NY Hunting, Deer, Bow Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, Predator News and Forums

Media Demo

Links

Calendar

Store

Posts posted by chrisw

    Sled or cart for hauling deer

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    DONT buy the Hawk Hauler !  You will bust your butt getting that in and out of the woods. The wheels are too small and get caught up in everything. Not to mention it weighs at least 40 lbs .Im sure it works fine tied to an ATV going up a logging  road but is horrible in any woods with undergrowth.  I used mine to bring a 20ft climbing stick and a hang on stand through the woods. It would of been 3 times as easy to just carry them in. The 2 wheel aluminum carts with big wheels that weigh 25 lbs do just fine. Not the Hauler
     
    I've had nothing but good things to say about this cart as have most of the reviews. As with most carts, they aren't overly suited to going through the woods, get the deer to a trail or logging Rd and it's a breeze. I get the deer to a suitable place then go get the cart. I hunt a lot of state land that has access trails, maybe in private land it's not as functional? To each their own...

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    Where are the hunters????

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    I think the hunters who aren't willing to adapt to changes are the ones struggling. The stump you sat on for 20 years straight and saw a deer opening day may be a thing of the past. Adapt, move, hunt new land, hunt new ways. I'm not sure why people think there has to be a bunch of hunters in the woods kicking deer all over the place in order to see one? Deer are still out there being deer, they will move more with less pressure therefore negating the fact there needs to be a pile of people walking around. I prefer quieter woods personally. It may sound selfish or blatant but I don't care if the guys that hunt one weekend a year stop hunting or not. They aren't true hunters anyways.
    The issue I see negatively impacting the sport is land access. There are a fair amount of state lands available but not really for the amount of guys that utilize them. The issue to me is the big money land leasing that is everywhere. It seems impossible to get permission most places that used to be easy to hunt on. You have 30 trucks hunting a piece of state land with 15 deer on it, while the big money lease next door with 3 guys on it has 40 deer eating in a field opening night. I know some of this is coming off as just complaining. I think the honest truth is the hunting shows have ruined hunting in more ways than one. But.... I'll adapt and continue to kill deer wherever I have to, I'm a good hunter, put me near deer and I'll figure out how to kill one.

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    • Like 6

    Where are the hunters????

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    I think it's very area dependent, certain state lands still get pounded (Montezuma) for instance. I've noticed since rifle was made legal in Madison County there are a lot less deer than there were before on state land after hunting the same area for 15 years. It's just a changing sport, like everything, it always changes. It's more about food plots, tower blinds, cell cams, trophy hunting and high power rifles now. I'm not saying it's all bad, just different. Traditions in all aspects of life aren't what they used to be.

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    • Like 1

    Hunter shot opening morning in Savanna ?

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    Still no new details on the shooting. I am curious about the actual time that the shooting occurred to see how it may have related to the new hunting hours.
    One account said, "The Wayne County Sheriff's Office said it responded at about 7 a.m. to a report that a hunter had been shot in Savannah, just west of Cayuga County." 
    So, depending on how many minutes it took to get to the body, and then report the incident to the police, and then the time it took the police to respond, the actual time of the shooting could have been earlier that the old legal hunting time. It will be interesting to see if that was a contributing factor.
    But I'm not sure that there will ever be more details reported in the news. 
    I heard the fire whistles going off right around 7AM. I'd assume it happened at very first light or thereabouts. People who shoot at another person aren't considering the shooting hours anyhow, if that's what in fact happened, I'm speculating. My buddy texted me pretty early on and told me about it before I could find anything online about it. I too would like to know exactly what happened.

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    Hunter shot opening morning in Savanna ?

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    It was near the corners of Cotten Rd and rt 89 in Savannah on the piece of state land there. Our lease is 3 miles away, shortly after light I heard the fire whistle blowing and assumed something hunting related had happened. I too am curious about the details. All I know is the man died, I believe he was 42.

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    The blood trail.

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    Some spots in the beginning were more. Beds had a football size area of blood. My thought the same on jumping him. I think he was hit in the leg. He was very easy to trake even without blood. He wasn't walking right. 
    Leg hit would make sense based on what you've said.

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    • Like 1

    Live From The Woods 2023-2024 Edition

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    I'm here til dark. Not expecting much but I'm in the ground blind out of the wind so, it's pretty nice in here at least. Watching the back corner of cut corn and clover hoping a buck decides to do something dumb, more than likely I'm the dumb one.

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    • Like 1

    The blood trail.

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    That is very little blood. That was the most blood you saw on the track? What did the beds look like? Blood loss doesn't directly equate to knowing if a deer will live or not obviously. The fact that you kept jumping him is strange for having so little blood. Could be a multitude of spots he was shot. Hopefully he lives, for the deers sake, but many don't.

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    Standing corn

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    Cutting the corn really doesn't pressure the deer hardly at all, it just slightly shifts patterns sometimes. Last year I was in my stand 30 yds from the corn while they cut it. You'd think with all of that racket the deer would be in the next county. I watched a few does run out of the corn, 50 yds into the woods and watch the combine then start milling around, they never left. 1 hour after the combine left, there were multiple bucks and does chasing and feeding in the field, literally 1 hour after it was cut. If it's normal then deer aren't too alarmed. My buddy shot a buck chasing a doe IN the corn 50 yds from an active combine, he had to stop the combine to go find his buck before it got ran over.

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    • Like 3

    Live From The Woods 2023-2024 Edition

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    Missed another Doe tonight. Right after that another Doe comes up with a buck 10 yards behind her. Locked on. He was a decent 8 but they turned and went out of shooting range. 
    I'm not being condescending here but... Have you tried to figure out why all of the missing? Missing 3 deer completely in a row would make me quit until I figured out what on earth was going on? Is it the bow? Can you shoot good at a target? How far are the shots you're taking?

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    2023 HuntingNY Bow Hunting Harvest Thread

    in Bow Hunting

    Posted

    Haven't hunted since I shot my buck but couldn't resist hunting in the snow this morning. 18 yds shot 10 minutes after light. She had a 6 pt and a 10pt dogging her, I waited 45 minutes to go get her and the smaller buck was still standing over her, he wouldn't leave. IMG_20231101_082019792.jpg

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    • Like 6

    Live From The Woods 2023-2024 Edition

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    Tell me it wasn't number1?
    No it wasn't, this was on state land so I know of a few real nice bucks around but never really planned on hunting those bucks. This is my doe spot typically, my leases are for bucks and man we're there some dandies all over my cams today. I'm now vowing to not shoot a buck until Halloween next year.

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    • Like 2

    Live From The Woods 2023-2024 Edition

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    Good luck to all of you out there chasing deer.  I can’t until the weekend. My wife sent me a picture this morning of our driveway and side yard. Guess what? 
     
    7 M.     SNOW!!!!!!!!!
    I almost hunted down in 7m this AM too, decided to sleep in and go fishing today. I do love bowhunting in snow!

    Sent from my motorola edge (2022) using Tapatalk

    • Like 2
×
×
  • Create New...