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  1. 15 minutes ago, mlammerhirt said:

    Let's stop wondering and lobby the DEC to allow hunting year round! No better time than the off-season to push for it!!

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    Live jn amish country and it àlready is....

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  2. 4 hours ago, WNYTRPR said:

    I’ll be putting in my vacation for 2 weeks in early November for the rut .Too soon ?May grab a PA and OH tag in case I get bored or tag out early here .

    I have to  have my vacation in Nov 1st for next year so I'll be 

     off 1st week of May and last 2 of Oct and 1st 2 weeks of November... 

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  3. Sounds like you have a good neighbor, found a buck on mine years ago muzzleloader season knew it had to be one of the neighbors a d tracked down the shooter and gave them the head.  Was her best buck ever.  Really helps neighborly relations .  Would of looked good on his wall but really could he be proud of it when he knew you killed it ??  Imo  did the right thing and I'm sure you respect him more than you did before

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  4. Here is way I see it , the hunters that have been successful  will also be the ones out hunting this late season.   Fortunately the weather has been very mild and the herd isn't stressed. 10%  of hunters are kill 90% of game.  If they continue to do so one limited acreage yes this will impact herds.   

    Unfortunately the dec doenst look at small properties they look  at wmu..  9f is over populated why?? Lack of access, wiĺ this hunt give more access nope.. so it will continue to be over populated.    If instead they made a requirement to  kill  2 or 3 doe to get a buck tag for these areas you would see the desired reduction of the herd in these areas.. the early muzzleloader had little effect in these areas as well as access is limited.  

    Herd  population is the goal that's it.  If you take 12 doe off your property this year you probably won't have that many next year..  then we ca n hear the complaints of dec sucks ar managing deer .  Just be abuse you have tags doenst mean you need to fill everyone. 

    There are many write ups / articles on the stages of a Hunter, not ever hunter makes it to different stages.  So  are simply stuck in filling every tag they can get their hands on.   

    Personally I had much going on thru bow and some of gun , freezer was full , took  a buck in gun.  Filled it again. Will I hunt the holiday hunt ? Absolutely  but I will be doing it with friends and family enjoying the time afield with them.as some were deployed overseas and are home for the holiday. My traditional grouse hunt on the 1st may now be a deer hunt.  

    It comes down to this manage your own hunting spot as best you can weather it is private or a public land, you  don't need to fill every tag and you may need  to move to or have alternative spots to go if you still need meat in your freezer, if the local herd population is down already, fortunately there are millions of acres available  to move to on state and a new piece may simply be a knock on a door and a polite conversation away

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  5. 30 minutes ago, Four Seasons said:

      So to be fair they have no idea where they hit said deer?  Tuft of hair could mean a total graze and there would be no fat or blood involved and even the best of shooters can get a touch of the “Fever”.       Had a buddy that was a great shot take a long poke from a tree with some pretty good wind drop a buck at a couple hundred yards, dumped him and he spun around on the ground in the wide open field a few spins and jumped up and ran right to him. After him dropped him with a close shoulder shot and cleaned him up we went to move him and found the first shot split the beam right above the burr on that buck, you could actually move the antler.               All with a 243. 

    A tuft of hair that matche did body hair tells me shot was back a bit,   proper bullet for range would help, I've seen to many bad experiences with 243 to condone them as a great round  including 5 rounds shot at 30 yards at a black bear that never penetrated the body cavity all rounds were recuved against ribs after going thru hide and 4 in of fat.. yea they were deer rounds..   all in all a larger caliber tend to give more forgiveness on a less than perfect shot

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  6. 3 hours ago, Pygmy said:

    Good luck..Hope you recover the deer...

    Don't be in a big yank to change chamberings.....44 Mag is definitely going downhill from a .243....30-30  is OK out to 150 yards or so....There are several chamberings  that outperform  any of the above without producing a lot of muzzle blast or recoil..A couple of them that come to mind quickly are the 7MM-08   and the 6.5 Creedmoor....LOTS of reasonably priced rifles are available in these chamberings..

    No luck not a drop of blood to be found ,lot of fat on big doe and by the tuft of hair it was a little back.  Problem with a close shot and small bullet , hole can plug a lot easier  especially if it didn't expand.   Shot was 30 yards.   At least with a larger caliber the holes are bigger.  2nd deer lost to a .243  both for same reason  lack of blood to trail  1st one was a nice buck dropped in tracks and when hunter was climbing down it got up  and took off not a drop of blood (  the hunter was a national shooting sports champ on cover after magazine several times so I'm sure shot was good. 

    Swamp and no blood makes poor tracking .

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  7. 9 minutes ago, ddk68 said:

    So someone on here talked with Nick Mecca from the Eden Trail Blazers? Well, it wasn't the club's decision. The Erie County Federation of Snowmobile Clubs decided to stay closed until January 2nd no matter how much snow comes. The DEC doesn't decide when trails can open. When I started riding in 2005 trails opened December 15th. Since then, we have lost over 2 weeks of riding and hunting has been extended a month in the Southern Zone. How long do you need to hunt deer? About 3 months apparently but I'm sure one day it will be longer. I also like the threats that if the holiday hunt is opted out of the landowners will shut the trails down in retaliation. That's classy. 

    Perhaps the owners kids come.home from service or school  amd.want to hunt ,  trail.can be open now the clubs use intelligence ro keep them closed to not tick of.owners .  And as a trail rider using other people land  it shouldn't matter to you when the open them   want land to ride on buy it pay taxes on it..   trails maybe lost to this I've seen them lost fornpeople.just.leaving them.   Never take anyone's generosity.for.granted  land owners are funny  when you can't ride at all then maybe people will wise up. Had idiots out on a trail by me.last week with 4 inches of snow on unfrozen ground..   we never rod  unless ground was froze with 4 info snow or 12 in without..   love to know who got paid off to even bring it up to try and cancel it

  8. 5 hours ago, dbHunterNY said:

    A deer can't see or hear me hundreds of yards away but they can smell me.

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    Deer can hear you over a mile away easily mature bucks keep an area under survalence  over 1/3  of a mile .. sound is 360 , scent isn't  can make a deer miss you simply by hunting down wind.. 

  9. 1 hour ago, DirtTime said:

    I'm trying to figure out the skeletal connection. Drawing the heavy weigh of those bows would build up muscle mass, but I don't see how it would cause bones to grow or contort leaving evidence on the skeleton. Maybe I'm over thinking it.

    By building muscle the ligament and tendon attachment points would cause compression of the bone and added growth in density ( thickness to hold arm straight against the weight of bow

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