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I have a skyline apparition suit from cabelas made from micro-suede dry plus I bought 15 or 20 yrs ago that the deer just never see. Absolute favorite, and still fits....mostly

I call all season long, with the fawn bleat call working well in the early season. In early bow hunts, I use either vanilla extract or anise extract - the pure extracts, not the diluted with alcohol or imitation extracts. Deer seem to be very interested in finding it, and haven't seen any spook from it. Had a doe pick up a vanilla scent film canister off a tree branch and mouth it a bit a couple years ago.

Getting ready to catch some walleye in the lower river over the long weekend and needed more bait. Looked online to see how to catch night crawlers the easy way, since I'm not a kid anymore, and hate bending over the yard with a flashlight, and found this. Didn't think it would work, but tried it, and wow, bait just got cheap, close to home, and easy. Fill a 5 gallon pail with cold, clean water Add ~ 1/3 cup dawn dish soap, and stir, careful not to make sudsy water, as the suds hide worms. Pour on the ground in ~ a 4 foot circle After ~ 30 sec worms will start coming out of the ground worms will continue coming up over a period of time (30 min for me, when I stopped watching, but more were still showing) I kept a strainer and the hose with me to rinse the soap off the worms, so they don't die from it. In 30 min, I made 4 circles, I picked up over 4 dozen night crawlers with almost no effort, and the 1 1/3 cup of soap cost less than $1.00. Plus no drive to a bait shop! If I knew how well it worked, I'd of stopped after 2 circles. Hope this helps someone out!! BTW, also saw folks used laundry soap with similar results

For that price range, I'd check out gunbroker.com or another auction site and look for a beretta semi-auto. Several A302 or A303 models around that price. I have a Pintail ES100 (one on there for 550) , bought from that site, that is perfect for waterfowl and small game. Pintail is inertia operated, the others are gas operated. I love those Italian shotguns. If your set to get new though, I love my rem 870 almost as much....

I've used the gun broker site many times, although not for a firearm in several years, to buy shotguns, a rifle, a couple scopes, trap shooting equipment, and a rangefinder. Had to have guns sent to a FFL holder, I used the Niagara gun range to receive firearms the last time, was pretty easy, only charged $25, not sure if he still does that though.

I've been a 20-25 ft high hunter in the big, open hardwoods. Hunted A.S.P. many years with a climber with a lot of success. In thick cover, I've been lower, usually due to the canopy not letting me go higher and still have a shot. When I first bought a climber, started practicing with my bow from it just shooting from 2 ft up, just to let me get used to where my feet could go, how stable it was, where I could move in it etc. Once I got comfortable with that, started shooting from higher and higher, until I got used to shooting into the block from 25 feet up. Slow and steady, like Phade said, will reap a lot of benefit when the deer shows up. Practice also will help you get used to judging tree taper. I've been in some pretty small trees that had a 30 degree in tilt at the bottom, to a 10 degree away tilt once I got to hunting height. If your climbing, and need to make an adjustment, just climb back down to do it. It only takes a couple of minutes, and then we won't have to read about you in the paper, after they find you...

Not the busiest day, but we boated 9 walleye, and kept these 4. Were getting them on harnesses, and 2 on a smelt plug. Joined the caravan of boats trolling the US - Canadian border, 56 - 59 feet deep Perfect day out there! Time to start grilling these fillets for dinner

we'll be on the water by 7:00 or so. I like fishing, but not enough to get up at 430 am

Twice we've been out with good luck, been using worm harnesses, with a nightcrawler. They seem to prefer to have gold on the spinners, either solid, or tri color gold/silver/orange / red. Tried dipsey divers on 2 rods, just the harness on 2 others, and the dipseys didn't catch as many, but will try them again tomorrow. Most fish were in ~30 ft and hugging the bottom. Needed a 3 oz sinker to get the setup down to the fish, trolling at ~ 1.5 Also didn't seem to matter which direction we went, caught fish going in all directions. Was crazy hot out there, almost no wind, sunny Truckers, good comment, I do always check the water regs for where I fish, keep em on the phone actually. We were on lake Erie so it seemed appropriate to link them Will let you know what rods / reels we have. Is my buddie's boat and gear, ( the best kind!) so will have to check Since the freezer has a lot of fillets now, will only be keeping 24" and bigger tomorrow! Hope I get some pics for you!

15" and 6 / person http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/31419.html

sure did! have to work on my fish pictures techniques, usually only shoot deer Brought these 9 home, 17-23 inches, and 2 perch, since they're just sooo tasty! Got ~ 16 in the boat, and had 3 or 4 spit the hook boat side. Gotta work on slowing the reel-in down Back out to the reef on Sunday!

I hunt the 'bama swamps as well. I walk in early, climb a tree where I can get a 30 yd shot in at least 1 direction (that can be tough, but now I know a couple spots) and do what I can to bring the deer to me.Stay scent free, use the appropriate buck lure for the time of the season ( I do like the buckeye scent gel Erway makes), grunt and rattle occasionally. I've found in really thick cover, you can see the trails the deer use going across thickets, and I'll set up near those. There are a lot of deer in there, and on weekends, a lot of hunters as well. Plan your hunt right, and they do a great job driving the woods for you.

Well, I bought the bow! Shipped today so should be ready to start shooting by next weekend. Only 12 weeks till the opener! Thanks for the feedback. Once I get the bow, check it's condition, I'll post how my experience went with Ye Olde Archery Shoppe.

Well folks, I finally broke down and decided to get a new bow. I love my High Country split force, and have taken many, many deer with it, but the technology today has convinced me to upgrade. I'm looking at this http://www.yeoldearcheryshoppe.com/martin-2013-prowler-package-p-14395.html?gclid=COCwoYb-kLgCFcs7OgodNWQA0Q The martin Prowler pro package. I've wanted a fast, short bow for a while. Looked at PSE ( Sinister RTS), Bear(legion RTH) and Diamond(core RAK) models that are similar, but this package seems to be the best, on paper anyway. Will replace their rest with a whisker biscuit, and probably put my zero peep eliminator on it to get rid of the peep site. Anyone have this bow already? Know someone who does? Anyone like it? Hate it? Sleep with it at night ( please don't tell me if you do) Also, has anyone bought from Ye Olde Archery Shoppe before? I bought a release from them once, and transaction was fine, but this is a bigger expense. Thanks for any feedback you have, will probably pull the trigger next weekend, unless someone changes my mind. Cheers

Haven't frogged in a couple years as the population has disappeared in the creeks around the house. Used to use a .22 (never miss an opportunity to hunt something, and can pick off an occasional woodchuck) or air rifle. Put on the hip boots and wade in the center of the creek, and shoot back into the shoreline, under the bushes and overhangs. Always carried a pair of gardening shears, blade on one side, flat on the other, and snipped the legs off right after I shot them. Carry an old fly fishing shoulder bag with me, with a gallon zip lock with a couple frozen dixie cup ice chunks in it to keep them cool until I get home to skin them. Always left the feet on, just to make my wife grimace when I fry them up She calls them hands! I've cooked them like chicken wings, both breaded and not, with hot sauce, and have made chinese legs, with teriakyi or a general Tso's-like sauce.

We gave Strawberry about 2 hrs, was slow, lots of weeds. Did get one 20" and a 16". Drifted the rough spots from just upstream of the tip of the island to past the cove to the buoy with soft shell crabs. Tried some artificial baits, but not much happening with us or the other 3 or 4 boats we could see. The Egrets on the island were catching more than us. Moved over to the channel, drifting the red buoy line for a couple more hours and caught quite a few, but most were too small, the 8-12 inch kind. We were out in my buddies boat, 18 1/2 foot tracker , he has a nice set up. but looked like the lake would be a little rough for a boat that size last Sunday I like launching at the SBH as well, and they have the cleaning station, which keeps the flies out of my garage! The city docks in the Falls are free too, we put in there to fish sunken island, if the moss isn't too bad btw, did catch a MASSIVE.....sheephead out there. Wish they were good for something besides fertilizer

For the second question ( I just couldn't say #2 without laughing) I believe if you are on the US side, it's NY license, upper river / great lakes regs, Canadian side need Canadian license and must follow their regs. No fishing privileges across the line without the other side's license and so special considerations for being in a border area. Your GPS ( if you have one) should show the border, or a state fishing map will. Most bait shops should have them if they sell licenses. I've heard stories of big fines and potential confiscation if caught fishing without a license on the Canadian side, but have never had the pleasure myself. I don't have any reference links for this however, but we've fished this way for some time, and have had a few checks over the years by the sheriff boat for licenses and safety equipment without any problems. Also, Ontario street launch ramp is free, put in there Sunday to fish by Strawberry Island

Big woods does have terrain and the deer will use it. My first choice is a steep short point off a ridge running down into a valley. Deer will usually cross the end of the point more often than the more open valley bottom. Also look for saddles on ridges, as deer will cut through the saddle rather that the open tops, usually. One of my best big woods spots has a saddle that cuts into a point on the back side of the ridge, shot many deer there. Get a paper topo map and mark where you see deer, and what direction they are moving. After a few scouts or hunts, you'll be surprised by what routes they generally use. Big woods deer may not have a specific trail they always use, but they definitely have preferred routes through specific cover / terrain they feel comfortable in. Like the previous posters have pointed out, internal edges where different covers meet are good places to watch as well. Big woods have food sources as well, and you should find them. On your map, ID where the white oak trees are, and any apple or other fruit trees. I hunt Allegany state park often, and have found several overgrown homesteads that have apples still producing. Deer will use these food when they are available, and you should be ready to hunt them when acorns or fruit are dropping. In some areas I've hunted there are so many red oaks (less preferred) it's ridiculous, 40 acres of acorn dining, so look for where they enter that area to eat. Hunt from a tree stand! At least initially. This will increase your view tremendously, and allow you to see if the deer prefer to cross a ridge 100 yds from you. Big Woods usually means more open, and you can usually see pretty far in you climb. Not implying to move after every deer you see, but if you watch 8 deer cross, and they are all in the same general area, you should probably figure out why. Once you know where to go, ground blinds can work pretty well. So, big woods deer are tougher to hunt, but once you figure out the woods, can be pretty rewarding. Unlike the farm land deer they are dispersed, more random, and usually fewer to be found, but put in the time to scout and find the terrain and food sources, you can do pretty well.

Great advice so far guys! Can't wait to try some of these ideas out! Thanks!!

Hey folks Have been a bass fisherman for a long time, and decided to try for walleyes on purpose this year. Read some articles, have a buddy with the boat, and we gave it a shot Friday, but was verrrry slow. Caught a 22 inch and had another similar size spit the hook boatside, but that was it for over 5 hours. (excluding bass, sheephead and a goby) We trolled worm harnesses, a couple minnow and perch looking rapallas, and trolled with a jig. Spent most of the day off Hamburg in anywhere from 15 - 30 feet of water. What pointers do you guys have for newbies? Any places in lake Erie we should try for early season?

some of these deer really love to get in tight and check out the camera. Then this one looks like a little guy just about to start growing antlers. Can see the nubs pretty well and this is the smaller of the 2 I've seen with some nice growth already

Nice pics, hope he's around for you in October. We got our 1st buck pics at the end of april, still waiting to see fawns though.

FYI it's a tax deduction, not a credit. deductions come off your taxable income, reducing the amount on which your tax bill is calculated, where a credit is taken from the tax bill calculated from your taxable income. tl;dr your income will be reduced by $1200 for determining your tax bill, you will not save $1200 in taxes. big difference

this is a good summary, may help you decide. http://www.orangepippintrees.com/articles/fruit-tree-age-when-fruiting-begins I've always thought tree care, i.e. fertilizer, water, sunlight, etc was the most important piece of making sure the tree grows well, and haven't worried about plucking blossoms. Only failures I've had came from lack of water or people being stupid and running it over with a 4-wheeler. I've planted apples (regular varieties, not crabapples), pears, peaches (for me, not the deer) and black oak

I have a birdhouse mounted on a 4x4 next to the house, that hasn't gotten any birds in it yet, so went to check it out. Moved the post it's mounted on to straignten it out, and this guy hopped out, jumped and glided to a tree and climbed up. He's the 1st flying squirrel I've ever seen. They are nocturnal, so I probably work him up, but am setting my wildgame camera across from the birdhouse, hope to get some new pics. Took this pic with my phone, not the best contrast, but better ones will (hopefully) be on the way.