Chris B

You'll need a shotgun for turkeys, preferably a 12 gauge with either a full choke or extra full choke tube for a tighter shooting pattern. As for bear and deer, I like the .270, like I said, but you just need to check and make sure you are allowed to hunt them with a rifle in your area. Otherwise you will need a shotgun for that too

It all depends what you are hunting. I assume you are planning to deer hunt? You need to check and see if the area you are going to hunt is "shotgun only" or if you are allowed to hunt deer with a rifle. As for a deer rifle, I have always been a big fan of the .270. A lot of guys like the .30-06 as well.

I always said I would use my CCW to put it out of its misery but the more I think about it, the more trouble it could get me into. I would just call the police or DEC and be on my way. I personally don't have any desire for a roadkill deer, as being stated above... seems to be more work than it's worth most of the time.

lol classic move.... gotta love it

If he was in my location, I would shoot. Let us know how you make out!

Broome county my uncle shot a 2.5 year old 8 point last Friday that was traveling with his head down. I got nighttime pictures on my trail cam Sunday night of a 1.5 year old 6 point with a 2.5 year old 4 point that was chasing a doe around

In my experience, I thought the acorn crop last year was better than this year. In my area it's a little spotty. One place is completely loaded and another empty. In my case and yours, I agree that the deer are probably hitting a different stand of oaks closer to their bedding and don't need to travel as far. There is also a major abundance of apples this year, could also be a factor.

Put signs up on the edge of your property on the trail that says "Trails closed October-January for hunting season" or something like that. That is was what the landowners do on the trails I ride and it seems that they do not have a problem with guys riding on their land during hunting season. This may not be the case for everyone but I think it's a good start. Maybe you can talk to the other landowner where you hunt as well and see if they will let you do the same thing on their land. I will add that I hunt my family's property behind my house and we have had problems with quads and bikes riding on the land while we are hunting for many years. This past season we put signs up on all the trails that come into the property and I did not witness a single person riding while I was hunting last year.

I'm more of a grouse hunter than a pheasant hunter and I run a beeper on my dog because when she's hunting in the thick cover I can rarely see her. It also changes tone when she's on point. When I grouse hunt on state land, I try to hunt from 11-2 so I don't bother the bow hunters (Seeing as I bow hunt really hard and I like my peace and quiet in the stand as well), but will go a little earlier or stay later if I'm having a lot of action. I also try not to hunt an area if I see another car parked. I will occasionally hunt the afternoon until dark if I decide to run my dog after work. Unfortunately on state land everyone has the right to enjoy it, and all the money and time we invest in our bird dogs, we deserve to hunt too and we owe it to the dog(s) to get them out as much as possible. I have talked to some other bird hunters and I have heard them say more than once "we don't bother the deer when we hunt". I'm not sure if I agree with that but some of these guys bird hunt exclusively and they might not understand things from the bow hunters point of view. Either way, it's just one of those things to be expected on state land.

I noticed he had a large lump on his left rear knee, which I think caused the long spike on the right. There was a 1.5 year old the winter before that was injured on the property, we think this is the same deer

Taking November 3rd - 10th

I would definitely take off 2 days after. I'm planning my vacation around November 5th

Carry in your bulky outer layer so you don't overheat walking in. Give yourself enough time to take multiple breaks as well. I take 4 breaks walking into a spot that only takes 15 minutes to get into if I casually walked the entire way. Don't wear anything cotton, don't wear your hat until you are on stand, and you need to make sure you have a layer a that blocks the wind. At least that's what works for me. My hands and feet still get cold though, can't quite figure that one out.

It can't hurt to call and explain and see what happens. Worse case they say you are SOL, then you are in the same boat as you are right now

Area: Binghamton Area, 7S Phase: October Lull Description: a couple trail cam photos in the past week of a couple yearling bucks in food plot the first hour of daylight, the rest of the pics are all at night. Smaller bucks doing a little light sparring at night. Almost zero sightings while hunting. Not many rubs this year, annual scrapes opened up but not well maintained. Planning on letting my stands simmer this week since its going to be warmer again, hoping by the weekend or early next week to start seeing at least smaller bucks out in the daylight.

I have a monopod (don't know which brand) that I use for night hunting coyotes but am looking into a trigger stick. Don't know if I should go bipod or tripod..... does anyone have any experience with the tripods and if they are more of a hassle than anything for maneuverability, etc?

I only have a 10 minute walk out so my situation is much different but I would definitely sit tight from now on. I don't even plan on seeing deer until 6 o'clock lol

Awesome, congrats!! I have a buck very similar to that at my place right now

I hear ya on that. Most of my stands seem to be better for the afternoon so in the morning I have a hard time sitting. By 8-830 I'm ready for breakfast. I try to sit until 10 if I can make it. The afternoon, I have no problem getting in at 1 and sitting until dark though. It's just mental for me but I feel like in the morning, the hunting is getting worse by the hour, but the afternoon I feel like it's only getting better as the time passes! For the rut I sit dark to dark tho

I've actually had a little bit of an uptick in grouse this year. Missed 2 yesterday and had 3 flushes in a different area Saturday. I'm finding them either in the brush around crab apple or apple stands, or where young thick sapling areas and open hardwoods meet.

IMO FoxPro is the best, bar none. I've had a spitfire and recently upgraded to the crossfire. Go to Foxpro's website and join their forum, lots of nice people with great advice. Don't know if you have coyote hunted before or not but they are no easy animal by any means. It's a hell of a rush though!

How low do you cut your clover plots down when you mow? I have about a half acre of ladino clover and I never really know how short to cut it. I also have a lot of weeds in my plot but didn't want to use herbicides if I could help it. From a distance, it just looks like a regular field. I planted it in may of 2012 and have frost seeded every april since. Also, how many times a year do you mow it? I mow it in early june and in late july.

Like Pygmy said, Run in and bust them up. The faster, louder, more obnoxious the better. You want to get them to scatter in all directions and not just run or fly away all in the same direction. Sit down in the (approximate) middle of where they all scattered. Sit and listen and then after you hear them start softly calling to regroup, mimic what they are doing. You'll hammer one

I always went with #1 and passed the does early season. I figured if I had does comfortably around me often, when they went in heat they would bring a buck with them. But now, I'm starting to look at it from perspective #2. Maybe a doe or two less in the area may make things a little more competitive when the rut comes around. We will see if I actually bring myself to take a doe if the opportunity arises this time of year though.... Would probably have to be a "gimmee"

Just a trespasser, blonde lady walking right to left.... that "deer" you think you see in the same pic is just a stump. Look at the day time pic to compare.