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No, I was too busy trying to decide if I wanted to shoot him or not, he had 4 on his right with short times and looked to be just a long spike on his left. I'll take my chances letting him go for now. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Just let a funky racked 2.5yr old go, hopefully I don't regret that in 2 weeks. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Little buck just came by and bumped up the bedded deer, it was a doe, she wanted nothing to do with his advances Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Haha I'm letting it make the next move, I'm sure it'll get up before dark Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Have a deer in the thick stuff above me, it layed down 75 yds away... Not sure what it is yet. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Back in until dark, windy day in 7M, spitting snow, seems like bucks should still move. The bucks have tore the woods apart in the last 5 days. Rubs everywhere now. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

So, you got the same answer as the last 30 page thread... Good job. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Wow, I missed a lively thread! Wolc, you are far more delusional than I could've ever thought. I can't say anything more than has already been said. You need help man... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Anyone ever see a red squirrel with the last 2 inches of it's tail pure white? Now I have. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

This fatty checked his scrape just after dark last night. Gonna sit back a few hundred yards from direction of travel and see what happens. Also brought a Hitchhiker up in the tree with me... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Awesome picture and great deer, trail cams can frustrate you that's for sure Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Just saw a Fisher and called it right in to 10 yds with lip squeaks, awesome critters Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I have no idea what you're trying to say with the slug/birdshot thing. Either it's your Kindle or you're grasping so far that I can't even draw a correlation between the two. I don't need to answer these questions for you because the birdshot/slug debate is already layed out in the current regulations, which you would know if read them. I wouldn't call it baiting. Because baiting can be effective. As has been repeated over several times now, it is almost pointless as to what the "law" states at this point. If you want to fight the DEC on your dime, knock yourself out. But it's unanimous that it is ILLEGAL or at the very least very highly questionable, by DEC official standpoint. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

They specify specific shot sizes that are legal. Slugs are not... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Because slugs aren't a legal implement for goose hunting, copper or not... You cannot have them on your person while hunting geese. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I wish I had the same problem, I haven't seen an antler in the woods yet. I may regret letting the last few does go, I killed one 40 minutes into my first sit but that may have took too much pressure off! Time to put another in the ice casket I suppose. Good luck to your guiding Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Awesome deer, I bet that takes the pressure off! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Here's the latest email. It's basically what we all agree on now. I asked him what you could/would be charged with if caught in this situation. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

The fact that you're still clinging to your original statement after all things point the other direction shows your inability to be in theory "wrong." I don't even care about what the statutes say at this point, we've come to a logical consensus on this thread. Now the part that bugs me is you can't just let it go with a simple, "it turns out I was probably in the wrong." Have a nice dinner Grow... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Not sure why it isn't properly putting the topic I'm replying to in qoutes or shadowed but... Grow, you're really reaching with some of this, don't you think?? Go goose hunting with copper slugs then, since your desperation is forcing you to seek any fathomable loophole to reinforce your original thought. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Commons sense could put a double edge on this ...The fact that they specifically mentioned no guns allowed and not no crossbows allowed would place common sense on they OK considering it actually is legal to hunt 2 different species at the same time...as the DEC said to me most bear are shot during deer hunting and most bow shot coyote are shot by deer hunters but yet here it is a gun is allowed in turkey season during deer bow season...Now with this gun allowed, never do they say and you are not allowed to be in possession of a slug while turkey hunting they say you can't take a turkey with a bullet: Oh.. did I recall something about goose and deer...They now have copper slugs Still reaching I see... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

It's not grey when you admit you're hunting deer while in possession of a crossbow also. There is no question in this situation. The whole point of this thread doesn't and isn't about how to decide what someone is hunting. The fact that people bring that up is trying to find a way around the specific situation by saying you're hunting something other than you are. (LYING) The only situation here is, CAN YOU HUNT DEER DURING THE BOW SEASON, WHILE IN POSSESSION OF A CROSSBOW FOR SMALL GAME (TURKEYS) BEFORE THE CROSSBOW DEER SEASON OPENS? Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

As mentioned several times earlier, there isn't a law stating this is what a turkey hunter is... It's up to the officer to piece together and decide if what you're telling them adds up... The reason it is so much clearer in the spring is because there is no conflicting hunting/weapon seasons during turkey. You're after one species, not two different species with different regulations at the same time. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I don't need/want kudos from anyone. You're turning this into something personal and you may be surprised to know I don't have some vendetta against you. I feel that if it were someone else to bring this to your attention (like was done in the live from the stand thread) you admitted you may be in the wrong by saying something along the lines of, if it is my bad, I've been doing it for a few years now. But since it's me bringing it up your going to fight it tooth and nail until there's no way out. Whatever. Like I said way back, it's your ticket, it's your fight in court, it's your money. If you want that hassle for flirting with the shady side of a law then have at it. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Do me a favor... Go back and read the response you got from the DEC. Your particular answer is right in front of you. It clearly states that you can hunt with multiple weapons for multiple species as long as they are both legal to take BOTH species. Yours are NOT. Therefore it is ILLEGAL. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk