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22 hours ago, Don_C said:
Have any of you Amherst guys seen this beast roaming around on Maple or Transit Rd??!!
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Jeez...someone had fun epoxying antlers on a cow....That's a lot of burger!
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5 minutes ago, Warrior15fl said:
It’s private land that my brother-in-laws good family friends own. Only about 20 acres but we’ve hunted it for about 25 years now. It’s a pretty good producer but we see more action there in bow season than gun because of the bordering properties in which some have gun hunters on. You hunt 3m?
Started to this year. My in laws are in 3M, and after a few years of family gatherings I smacked my head and said "Hey!, why don't I actually hunt 3M during thanksgiving and family stuff?!" Always a ton of deer in the developments there, but I'm doing public land (stewart) so it is what it is.
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4 minutes ago, wolc123 said:
The neck roast soup that my wife made tonight was so good, that it has got me wanting another neck roast. She wants to get some sleep before church tomorrow, so she is not letting me hunt from our bedroom window.
I am going to try and get out for the first hour, in my front tree stand. Hopefully, a doe will be bedded in the standing corn and get chased out quick by a buck, or come out to taste some turnips.
That's why you NEED subsonic .300 AAC
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2 minutes ago, manmathison said:
I’ve sat this property in various locations 7 times since gun opener and didn’t see a deer and thats after seeing deer every sit during bow. Dad whipped up some fried tenderloin for dinner too when we got home.
Yes, I was tucked in a hedgerow next to a big tree. Got lucky actually, I had just stood up and about to check the other side of the hedgerow when I saw him. Was able to get rifle repositioned on my tripod from a standing position and take a clean 120 yard shot.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkSounds like a perfect day to me. Always hard hunting still from ground, and in my experience, the deer ALWAYS come from where you're not positioned...
But getting him at the last minute and enjoying you hard work with that situation? That's gotta feel good! Plus fried up backstraps always helps
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3 minutes ago, manmathison said:
Got out for a couple hours this morning and again in the afternoon. Saw 15 deer in total, on the day, some I’m sure we’re duplicates. About 5 mins before last light a decent size 6 pointer stepped out and ate one of my hand loaded 308s. Slight quartering towards shot so the exit wound is a little far back. Surprisingly ran about 100 yards with tons of internal damage. Tenderloins we’re all cut up and one lung was was basically gone.
Not a huge rack but a solid bodied deer for sure. This is the first deer I’ve harvested with my new Savage 110 and the first deer I’ve brought home and hung up in my garage. My two girls were so excited to be apart of the process when we got home. Thankful for another harvest. May slip out tomorrow afternoon for a little doe patrol
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThat would be an awesome day for me this season, or any season seeing 15 deer this late into gun in one day.
Nice buck, and even nicer to have the family enjoy in the bounty! Sounds like you were shooting from ground level?
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3 minutes ago, wolc123 said:
No, but it is funny that you mentioned that. I told my mom that her chile was particularly good today, and tasted a little different than normal. She said she added a tablespoon of cinnamon to the pot.
I always got away with the shiny silver cider cup from my blinds, where it was hidden by the three foot wall all around. It didn't work so good from the hang-on stands or from the ground however.
This is why you need Canadian tactical hunting cup!
I haven't done cinnamon to chile (yet!) but my sister in law does cocoa powder to chili and holy smokes, it does taste better! Random and I didn't believe it until I tried.
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32 minutes ago, wolc123 said:
Does must not like the hot cider smell. None showed up today. Two, 3.5 year old bucks have approached from downwind, while I was sipping it, over the last 4 years. The last one actually came in on two consecutive weeks.
The first time, I had my cross bow hanging on a hook, and he got spooked by the shiny silver cup, as I was putting it down to grab it. I wraped the cup with black electric tape the next week, and shot him at 100 yards, on opening day of gun season.
I'm still loving your style though if all I have to do is camo my hot cider mug and bucks are still coming! As for the does...have you tried adding cinnamon to the cider?
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40 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:
Depends on the spot. There’s tons of DEP lands. Some have hikers but many don’t. Some of them have Antler restrictions and other special rules, so just make sure you read the signs. I think some of the Kent ones have the no bucks rule first 2 days of season and then have to 15” wide or something
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProJeez, I though AR were a bit interesting with pressure. Measuring width? I dunno, that seems...like we can only hunt them if they're socially distanced by 200 yards....
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42 minutes ago, diplomat019 said:
Lol. Well i had to explain to dog walkers that it’s hunting season and they cant let their dogs run off leash. Its a pain but part of hunting certain public lands. But theres a decent amount of public land available.
I love my dog and wife and make sure both of them wear blaze. That being said, I'm ok with off leash, gets the deer moving!
Would get REAL worried about my black 50# curly bear cub looking dog running around without it! Also, the most expensive retriever that I haven't taken out in the field. If only I could explain to him how ducks are REALLY tennis balls, I wouldn't have to hit up the meat tree (aka supermarket for the downstate liberals).
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1 hour ago, Warrior15fl said:
My brother in law and I went out this afternoon on the property we hunt in 3m
Wind was pretty brutal but right before sundown my brother in law caught this guy coming out of thick woods into the swamp by his stand. Small 7 but for late in the game he will add to the freezer. After passing on several bucks during bow I’m still after my target buck who made an appearance after the closing bell with 8 doe last week. So I’ll be back out solo tomorrow.
Public or private?
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2 hours ago, wolc123 said:
It was good. My wife's is never quite as tasty. My wife is making soup with leftovers from a venison neck roast for dinner tonight. That is usually spectacular. I will be happy if it is as good as mom's chile.
Check the new HuntingNY users! Make sure your wife didn't just join! #huntingwidows
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7 hours ago, Bionic said:
Probably shot it from a Yukon Denali with Jersey plates.
Honestly don't know which post was funnier...Bionic's or Biz-R-OWorld's
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7 hours ago, Robhuntandfish said:
You nailed it. If it wasn't for the trails you couldn't hunt it. Can't hardly walk thru it and when you do it's getting cut and scratched up and swampy. Lots of deer trails thru the thick but no way to shoot into it. And yes hardly any trees . We put up stands on the ones we can and along property line. It's all wetlands that have grown in. And can't cut any trails into it either. Biggest problem for gun is there is nothing to hold deer here. Once everything is dead no food for them and nearby are fields and a golf course. So they are just gone after the rut. Tough gun hunting . During bow there are some good ones about and it's ok hunting but gun esp after opening weekend is usually a bust. Haven't seen a deer in 10 days in daylight.
Ditto. Nothing like the 7's or 8's. It's hard hunting, lots of ticks (in my experience, unless in the catskills but the density, AR restrictions and private land make it...interesting). I'm looking at max 50 yd shots unless I'm in a climber...then I get maybe 75, almost never 100 yds.
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12 hours ago, wolc123 said:
Doe patrol is all about comfort and convenience for me. In the last 20 years, I have killed a total of one doe, after opening day of gun season. I had planned to hit my swamp edge hang on stand this morning, where I blew a good chance on one back in 2018, on this very weekend. Two little bucks chased a doe twice around my stand that day. My firing pin froze up on the first "chip shot", and I missed her clean, on the second lap.
The slight drizzle has me holed up in the lower level of my two story blind over in my parents woods. I have never killed a deer from the lower deck of this one, but did take what may have been my heaviest buck ever (43" chest girth), from up top back in 2016.
My sister's house is about 400 yards to my east, and she has been seeing a doe and fawn feeding on apples near dawn, each morning this week, in an old orchard between us. I will pour my first cup of hot cider at 7:30, legal shooting time. Maybe the aroma will draw them in for a shot. I certainly am dry and comfortable anyhow, and I will be warm and toasty after I start sipping.
Jeez Wolc, I've been hunting for years all wrong... Take me under your wings and mentor me!
Would love to know what it feels like being in a 2 story blind with hot apple cider when legal light hits. Would probably feel my hands & toes!
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14 hours ago, Moho81 said:
Headed out this morning with my youngest daughter who’s 7 years old. She finally had enough interest this year to see what she’s been missing out on. We will set up in the enclosed box crank the heat and have some fun. I expect this to be a short sit but you never know.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkGetting the kids out in the wild and teaching them, that's priceless for both of you. Enjoy every minute! Before you know it, she might be asking you to go hunting.
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On 12/4/2020 at 6:34 PM, Biz-R-OWorld said:
Lockwood DEP in 3N
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProHow's the DEP land in the lower part of the range? Would be nice to not have my spot blown by birdwatchers & hikers from the city...
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On 12/4/2020 at 7:46 PM, diplomat019 said:
Do you hunt 4s? I do majority of my hunting in 4s. I am fortunate to have private land access in Leeds. Not far from the Buddhist monastery.
3A, eastern 4R (colgate/elm ridge and others), and tiny bit of 3C. Done a ton of 1C, and started this year in 7's (which was a great opener).
Whenever I drive 4S I do see a decent amount of deer (and the farms that go with them!). But I'm limited to public land ATM.
Buddhist monastery on Rt 28 by West Hurley?
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Also, FWIW do it to all the windows and just wear dark clothing (assuming the inside of the blind is already dark). No black necessary and you can enjoy some movement!
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Assuming that you're doing gun (can't say about shotgun, but probably ok), take some black mosquito netting (fine synthetic mesh netting), apply over window and shoot through. Long range marksman approved...
It hides your shape and outline, you can still see through, and it won't change trajectory of a rifle round. Can be as easy as mesh cut to shape and stuck with duct tape, make sure it's not loose and doesn't flap in the wind, otherwise the movement will give you away. Approved for use in urban scenarios, hard for humans to make out so I'd assume similar for deer.
OTOH, if you want to go all out, get an IR reducing spray and spray that since deer "might" see in IR spectrum. But a bit overkill in my opinion...
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16 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:
Nice. What spot? My dad hunted Lockwood the other day
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProCairo Lockwood in 4S?
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8 minutes ago, Pygmy said:
I'm shooting a Rem M700 DBM Mountain Rifle that I bought in the early 1990s....It has always been very accurate and grouped around 1" off the bench at 100 yards with the two loads I have used in it, the first with a Nosler 140 BT and my current load with a Barnes 120 TSX... The only factory rounds it has ever seen was a box of Rem Green 140 that I bought for barrel break in and to get some brass....
All I can tell you about factory load availability is that before the current situation, I used to see plenty of 7-08 factory loads in the gunshops....It is a very popular round here in southwestern NY and central/northwestern PA.....Lots of folks here on the forum shoot it and like it...
Awesome! Gonna put it a bit higher on the list for when this thing blows over. After all, rifles are "cheap" scopes can be moved!
As for hunting, I hear nothing but great things about it for deer/black bear and similar sized game. But I came across a few places that said with heavier loads it does well with larger game (https://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2019/5/10/behind-the-bullet-7mm-08-remington/).
Any experience with something like that? Honestly though, I'd prob just get a 30-06 or similar if elk/moose was in the near future. How do you feel about it vs 7mm Rem Mag? I've shot that, and obviously it has more recoil.
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23 minutes ago, Pygmy said:
It has been my primary whitetail rifle for 20 + years....Shoots essentialy as flat as a .270 Win with similar bullet weights and burns less powder ( hence less recoil) while doing it...
I load my own, but back before the current ammo shortage there were lots of choices for factory loads and prices were no higher than other popular chamberings, such as 270-308-30-06, etc...
It first became popular as an accurate , light recoiling round for sillouette competion, which included shooting out to 500 yards..
Some consider it the perfect whitetail round, but the same could be said about numerous other chamberings also...
Yeah...that's what I thought...
What brand/model have you been running?
Also, I like having the piece of mind that I can walk into
wally world , dicks, field and streamor LGS to get my ammo and not have to resort to online. How's availability been in the stores before? TBH I haven't checked for that cartridge because it wasn't on the shopping list and asking the guys at the local stores...let's put it this way...I'm downstate and they are known for attitudes. -
20 minutes ago, Pygmy said:
That I did, , My Good Friend, using a reload with one of the casings that you so generously gave me....
Deer was at 250...Rifle was zeroed at 2" high at 100, which should put it right on at 250...Bullet hit right where I aimed....
Thanks again, Dave !!
How's the 7mm-08? I looked at the ballistics, and it looks like a great flat shooting round. Thinking about a larger rifle caliber like .308 or 30-06 based on availability.
How was availability (and price) for 7mm-08 pre-'rona, I mean, normal times. I do CMP so I can buy surp and keep cost low and I still have availability at normal (plus match ammo) prices so it makes it harder. But...7mm-08...? Sounds appealing...
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3 hours ago, Swamp_bucks said:
Deer are teasing me now. Just got home from work and theres fresh deer tracks in my lawn. One has a decent track. Wife said I cant go through the neighborhood tracking them so off to bed I go.
Funny, my mother in law keeps complaining about deer in her garden and I saw a 4pt I would have gladly taken this season in her yard. Of course it's a no go in... As she likes to say "too many city folk clogging up my roads"
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And you're saying that she DIDN'T complain about the caliber? I'm convinced.
Might try the solid copper .223 for the 2022 season. Figure it'll take that long to find them if this year's trend continues, or learn how to work liquid copper into a mold!