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Verizon options are expensive to operate. More cost to operate than they are probably worth for most people. Look to see if At and t will work for you there and go that route if possible. You do not need to have matched companies between your cell phone and the cam itself. Neither Verizon or At and T are allowing additions to cell plans, so they will be separate regardless. M2M with Verizon or Dataconnect w/At and T. Most of the time I've had people say "at and t" doesn't work here, are making assumption without actually checking. I've only had one place not get at and T service and it's more geography than service being in a narrow steep valley (ie 100 yards wide about 100 feet down)...and the Verizon phones have trouble in that spot, too, due to it. Move about 200 yards out of that valley, and both Verizon and At and T are there for the taking. Covert Code Black (2015 model), Spartan Go Cam, and soon to be released USA Trail Cams are the models I would look at. Don't bother with the others. Again avoid Verizon if you can in any way, it's a rabbit hole. The companies will need a few years to iron out alot of issues and plan costs with Verizon.

Real time doesn't have a definition in that law does it? Is 90 seconds real time? I'd call that near real time. It's a poorly written law, especially for the hunters using these cams to monitor private property for security, trespassing, etc.

Grass fed beef...had it a few times and can't say I like it. Again as you noted the prep is different and probably not done as correctly due to unfamiliarity.

In the Rochester area, and would strongly not prefer to deal with shipping. I will provide pictures later today. I have a never fired (other than the factory tests) Remington 700 ADL in .243, black synthetic stock/blued barrel. No rings/scope. Gun was subject to the trigger recall and it was sent in and fixed. I bought it with intent to use in rifle areas for deer, but bought a 30-30 since the recall took the gun out of my hands for the deer season. Would like $410 and split the background check fees. I am not in need of getting rid of it, so I am not interested in offers lower than $410.

Can't say I've ever tried them on. Probably the first fashion statement where I realized I am comfortable being older, because there is no way I will ever wear them.

Some people just want to rehydrate with water. I mean PBR.

There are places where there are too many deer just based on observation. No real way to prove it other than our equivalent of "circumstantial evidence." The problem is that WMUs, even broken relatively small, still house big variances of population density. One area can be high and a few miles away could be really underpopulated. One thing to remember is that carrying capacity and the tolerance level of stakeholders in that area are different sometimes. Just because a high ag area might support 30-40dpsm (just throwing a number out there)...doesn't mean the stakeholders believe that range is acceptable. Most hunters want a fair number of deer, some want alot, but most other groups within the stakeholder premise want lower numbers than the hunters who want a "fair" amount. Carry capacity is a great measuring tool for hunters, environmentalists, etc. Not necessarily so for homeowners, insurance parties, farmers, etc. As much as I would support OBR, I do like the idea of making the second buck tag "active" after shooting a doe and reporting it - IF we could use that tag in bow, too.

Been a while since a thread went into the crapper like this. Good times.

Great hunt and read. What an adventure, too. I am sure you really felt "alive" in the moment. PS...that Larry guy isn't too bad, either.

Nice catch...hot dogs will work in a pinch, too. I've caught my fair share with them and chicken gizzards.

Good thing there's plenty of does to keep me busy while you guys are still chasing your bucks. Zinnggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg. October bucks are a blessing and a curse.

On our hunting properties, we have about 7-8 apple trees. Only produced fruit last season for us and that was maybe about 25% of the prior year production.

I know people are really talking about the comment period, and that we must believe in this process. We should all do what we can. However, changes for the 2016 season are merely a formality according to the language I have been shown - and all of it really isn't bowhunter friendly, especially when you consider the sources. A gentle paraphrase would be - Access will always be an issue...bowhunters should be careful about making noise on the current regs proposed as the next step is early muzzleloader. We're in an either/or proposition at this point. Very small chance this gets in for 2015, minimal at best, because of timelines being pushed back. 2016 is it, however. Good thing Iowa is looking like a potential 2016 trip.

Going to stink if the apples don't produce this year...it'll be two years in a row of less than good production.

I'd like to do this...Saturday is booked for me, but Sunday....maybe.

I did Wayne when it converted first year and Livingston last year and it was REALLY quiet shot wise. Alot of single rifle reports.

Ever see two of those puppies with a little black powder in between? Holy cow.

Hopefully you don't open up any ways for the apple tree to die...I cringe at having to open up apple trees this time of year.

Core ranges are small...about 5-10% of the deer's overall range in most cases. Alphas will tolerate peripheral lapses in the core range, but will act out toward does trying to set up shop within a core. With the deer density you have in Gen. Co. there is alot of overlap, and I would expect the average core to be small acreage wise because there is alot of cover/food/water. For example, a soy bean field might be 40-50 acres and shared by several doe groups and a bachelor group as a destination food source, but they're not necessarily all going back to the same house after dinner.

Slick Trick standards are my first choice for fixed. Look at the 1 3/8" GR razor tips if you don't have enough energy to push the 2" GR...very effective. I only use these two heads (ST and the GR) exclusively now and see zero reason to change.

1 out of 20 indicates 95+% breeding rate, which is probably par for the course down in your Wellsville area. And that was with you targeting the older does.

According to the DEC, we have does coming our of our rear ends. It really is a shock to find a dry doe. I've never come across one (of breeding weight and age) and I honestly have no idea how many doe I have shot in Region 8, beyond that idea that it may be more than triple digit now. Also never seen a friend/family member shoot a dry doe when I've been around. My assumption is Grow unknowingly or knowingly took out one too many alpha does in her area (either core range on her ground or peripheral core range) timed just right with all the BS that is going on around her, letting the bucks move in. I'd still target the younger does and let a few alphas come into play this season and maybe even next, to create the environment where they might push the bucks back out. Prime fawning ground isn't always the best buck bachelor group ground, but when the habitat is suitable to both, alpha does can and will push those groups out.

Belo, grab some cheap stakes and trellis the beans with netting or twine so they don't start growing out of the raised bed. It'll keep the beans cleaner and healthier.

I totally get what you are saying, but the idea is that DMPs are issued really in response to populations within the WMUs. When fewer DMPs are issued in big sweeping amounts (ie double digit %), that means the overall herd numbers are likely MUCH lower. "Small conservative changes" is the DEC quoted verbiage on how they manage the DMPs - a few % points here or there, not 10-20% (some units were cut in half or worse) or more from one season to the next. There's a difference between maintenance of a herd and wholesale reduction of herd numbers. You are not recovering from maintenance with that type of reduction. You're recovering from too many tags being issued and filled. Flip your question around: If we're consistently at 240k or so as we have been the past few years, why is this dire straits when the population/DEC allowed for a 308k harvest and several years of seasons well above the 240k we ballpark now? If we're putting in deer that we're taking out - the DEC would tell us that the herd size should be X number and that we're targeting to keep densities to that point. I don't think there is a clear target of what the statewide or WMU herd numbers should be. The dirty little secret is that they DO NOT CARE; all they manage to is overpopulation and under-population extremes. They don't care if we harvest 200k or 300k as long as the ends of the spectrum are attended to. Hunters do care, because that's a big difference in success rate and its really the basis for the disconnect between the DEC and hunters. The old adage - I have no idea whether this has changed because I haven't seen anything on in it 10+ years was that 1/3 of the state's deer herd needed to be harvested to maintain it. But again, I haven't seen anything from the DEC on herd numbers, etc. in such a long time because they're really not focusing on it any longer.

Does in Grow's area are bred with a 90+% success rate - typically high 90s. Dry does here are about as rare as Vince Lombardi trophies are in wNY.