genesee_mohican

If that's the biggest buck you have seen in the area then it would be a shooter I'd say. He looks fairly young to me, but has great potential. I'd like to see what he'll look like next year, but if the area is heavily hunted, we'll most likely will never know.

All day sits are not easy but can be rewarding for sure. It takes some planning. I see a lot of deer and have the most luck between 11am and 2pm. The last few years I got nice bucks at 11am and 1:30pm. If I had a 4 hour window to hunt each day, I'd be out mid day, especially on state land.

Yeah, I walk in 2 miles from the closes access point on the east side of the park, then work my way down to the bottom in a spot that is barely manageable, only to find a tree stand and have other hunters show up on trail cam there. It's frustratingly hard to find a good spot where you won't have company.

I'd be out hunting somewhere if I didn't have to work today. ( I'll keep playing the lottery I guess ).

Anyone hunting the park this weekend should be pleased with the weather forecast. Looking at a cold front to pass through Friday with a big drop in temps. High winds Fri, but it calms right down by Sat am showing light south winds. On top of that it's the first week of Nov so daytime movement should be picking up a lot. I plan on heading to my best stand near the bottom that I save for this time of year and will prepare for an all day sit. Bringing lots of hand warmers and food for staying power. I seem to see the best action mid day and don't want to miss that.

Rain and high winds, day off. Have rain gear and will make the best of it. Great day to sneak around, swap out some trail cam cards and scout. I may put up a stand in a new area that I have my eye on as well.

If they are way down in I de bone /quarter where they drop and pack them out. I've been blessed with good friends who come to the call for help getting them out. It ends up being a great celebration and a very memorable hunt. I have a couple large back packs with rope, bags for meat, folding bone saw, water, rubber gloves, paper towels, knives, camera and a couple cold ones ready to go at all times.

I was out two weeks ago to sit the mornings and check some trail cams that had been out all summer. Saw some doe fawn groups through mid morning both days. Lots of red oak acorns this year, no white oak that I've seen. The river is low so far this fall, lots of deer on trail cams and some nice bucks as usual. I hope to be back in the park this coming weekend sun up till sundown. Good luck to my Letchworth friends. >>>------>

I hooked into this 15" wild brown while on another trout stream adventure. Ultra lite and hit a small garden worm. Man they sure fight.

Oh, I thought you were comparing apples and apples. I will say a well balanced shotgun across your knee or shooting stick vs a clumsy feeling crossbow is quite a bit different. I'll also say, I don't care if someone bags some venison with a stick bow or crossbow . I'm glad they are able to get out and enjoy a successful hunt. Together we stand, divided we fall.

So a small stick won't deflect a broad head tipped bolt and the wind will have little effect while one uses a crossbow and it will be like shooting a shotgun with a big shot pattern? I wonder why the woods isn't over run with hunters the last two weeks of bow season? I see fewer hunters out then and have to wonder what could be going on. No offense bud, I just do not get your analogy here. Good luck out there.

It's listed as a wild trout stream by the DEC and it's not stocked. This area is blessed with some high quality trout streams with water quality and temps that allow the trout to reproduce and flourish so no stocking is needed.

Had a nice morning of fishing along a quiet wooded section of wild trout stream that I never fished before. The water was low and clear but I found some nice holes and landed a few wild browns.

Nice job putting that together. What program did you use to make the video?

The grackles and red wings showed up here a couple of days ago too. We've had robins around all winter but the resident birds are just starting to return. Hearing those red winged black birds reminds me of trout fishing. I may need to find some worms and head to one of my favorite streams soon to try for wild browns.

I would start out by studying the topographical and satellite maps for the public land you are wanting to hunt. That will show you the terrain, some boundaries and help pinpoint spots of interest. youtube has a ton of informational video's on scouting and hunting public land as well, and not a bad idea to watch some just to know what to look for. Nothing beats boots on the ground though, and as others have mentioned, this is a great time of year to scout. Fresh rubs still show, all the scraps are still in place and to me, it's just a fun time of year to be out in the woods and keep the deer thoughts churning. Walk the area as often as you can and take notes. There are apps out there now like scoutlook that uses GPS so you can see where your at when out there and mark spots that you wish to return to. You could set out a trail cam or two just to see what deer are out there, but use caution on public land with that or you may lose them quickly. Placing them in more remote areas far from the road, up out of site and having them locked in are all highly recommended. S0 get out there to check it out and enjoy the time in the woods. Good luck.

Main use was for hedgerows to keep livestock in, fence posts, wagon wheels and bows. If I wanted to make a bow, I might use osage. It takes a tree 10 years to start producing the 'hedge balls'. We have a local farm here named after the tree. You can also buy the seeds or even the trees online of course. https://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_mapo.pdf

4F with crunchy snow on the ground. The deer will hear us walking into our stand a half mile away, and that's just from our teeth chattering. Happy Thanksgiving!

That looks like a fisher. Mink and marten will have a shorter tail and are smaller animals. This fisher has a summer coat here, but will look much larger now with a full coat.

I will watch the weather and pick n choose a few days to take off from now till end of Nov. This Fri looks decent, and I'll be out next week a few days.

Great pic, looks like he's posing. Or wondering where you are. Hope you see him.

Same here with All Free & Clear. That is all I use in my washing machine year round and we use nothing in the dryer. No drier sheets. HS shampoo, that green stuff and baking soda to brush teeth. Pretty low cost for a base to start at.

I run Browning's as well, and all are set to take 1 minute of video. You hear the deer crunching through the leaves as they walk by in the fall, bucks grunting, antlers clanking as they spar. But the best part by far is seeing what's taking place in the woods with a one minute video. Instead of having the cam trip and take a photo of one deer passing by, then pausing for how ever long before the next picture fires off, missing all the action, you see that a bunch of deer just walked through single file. You see when bucks are chasing hard during the rut and there's just more details on all the wildlife that pass by. Having a trail cam set to video is far more entertaining and valuable as far as seeing what's happening in the woods. I'm so glad I switched. The pics are nice and easy to send, don't get me wrong. But watching the videos makes it feel like you were there. Try it on a cam or two. I think you'll like it.

That doesn't sound good or fun! I hope things heal quickly and you're on your way home in a short time.

I like to scout right after the season and then through shed hunting season. I'll do some stand moves during that time too. August is spent observing deer in fields and seeing what shows up on trail cams. It's interesting to see how the deer patterns start to change a little towards the end of summer and how each day has me thinking more and more about the fall woods . Bow season opens in 42 days.