LI-BROWNING

cold front coming thru friday night into saturday morning with a little leftover rain. afternoon should be dry with winds coming out of n/w 5-10 mph temps in 40's. woods will be quiet. nice weather not too cold. best of luck to all.

keep them closed like hillbilly stated... keeps the weather out.

heading to Pennsylvania for their opener tomorrow. good luck to everyone.

OPENING DAY RIFLE SOUTHERN TIER.. NEXT SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20TH... POTENTIAL NOR'EASTER.. WEATHER MODELS GOING BACK AND FORTH ON BLOCKBUSTER SNOW OR RAIN TO SNOW MIX. EITHER WAY COLD AIR FOLLOWS IT.

Seen a few bucks chasing does. A lot of road kill deer here on Long Island. Hoping for same activity next weekend upstate.

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!

on long island (Suffolk) I saw a 8 pointer following a doe nose to the ground on Saturday. also a lot of movement (does) late morning thru early afternoon.

bovine tuberculosis... disease in Michigan.. contiguous to humans

there is a lung disease in deer that was found in Michigan... not sure if this is same.. it is contagious to humans fyi.. I will try to post article.

she needs to fart....

yes... it should still work.. my opinion buck bomb works best.. I have had better results.

I hunt upstate but, I live in Suffolk. There are plenty of huge deer because the hunting pressure is limited. They are not tame at all except the ones on Fire Island. I have seen antler freaks because of the amount of farms and neighborhood gardens that they feed in. Some of the bucks rival the "bucks of tecomate" and I am not exaggerating. The only real threat they have is getting hit by a car. You have to apply to hunt a certain area of state land. You can not just walk into public land and move around anywhere you please. Unless you are friends with a farmer. The old Grumman grounds let you hunt by permit only but, they want you to thin out the herd and don't let you keep the racks. Yes, in the past when I would come home from a 4 day hunt upstate with a spike and down the road on someone's front lawn was one of these freaks waving at me drove me nuts!!!

I have also built a stone fireplace when it is real cold. I use field stone and light sternos. Keeps blind warm and never seemed to have a problem with spooking off the deer with the sterno scent. Maybe just the dopey ones came in.

I always hunt from a ground blind. A lot of times I set it up the day before opening day. I have had deer walk within 10 yards of me several times and never noticed me. Build it with keeping wind direction in mind is key. Read weather reports for upcoming day(s). Using pine needles helps in my opinion. Helps to hid your scent.

saw this only once when a unusual big bodied spike buck challenged a 6 pointer. spike was bedded down next to me about 20 yards away. I had a ground blind too. I was just watching him the whole time. I knew he would know when another deer was approaching well before me. about 20 minutes past and he stood up. I assumed it was a doe coming in from behind me but, then I heard the grunting. heart began to race. the spike moved towards the 6pt and began sparring. 6 pointer won and began to walk away from me but, all I saw was his ass. he finally turned broadside when he was approximately 30 yards away and I dropped him. when I looked to my left the spike was till standing there staring at me. he did run off until I waved my hands at him. it was one of many hunting days I will remember forever.

i say doe..

this is state land..

Took these pics last week. The deer are rutting on Long Island..

weather update...the more north and west you go the more snow you will see. i hunt Chenango county could see up to a foot by Sunday night.

have the next 12 days off. heading north around 10am. good luck to all..!!!

LMFAO!!!