WNYBuckHunter

Someone posted this on Facebook this past weekend. Looks like a pretty good size bear. https://www.facebook.com/matthew.garrity1/posts/10153766362316538 On a similar note, the farms I hunt arent all that far from Hemlock Lake. We have been getting a ton of reports of bears in the area this year. Had one walk between my hunting partners house and his neighbors place last week. Maybe Ill get some trail cam pics of them this year.

I know, so is the shiney hiney

I got down to the farm this past Friday to look things over with my hunting partner, and start coming up with plans for what we will be doing. The landowner just bought 150 acres adjoining the one farm, so we will have lots to do over there this year in addition to our other plots. We came up with a game plan for what to do on Saturday and called it an evening. Saturday morning, we headed to the farm early in the morning and started by looking for a break in the pasture fence. Next, we got the tractor and 7 foot brush-hog and started clearing out a plot we had begun clearing last summer. We had to cut out a few large thorn apple trees, so we did that and then started discussing how we want to shape the plot. Once we got things pretty much done, we turned our attention to a new horse trail that we had been wanting to put in. We spent the next few hours carving that out. By the time we were done with that, it was time to call it a day. This week we should be getting our herbicide and start spraying the brassica plots, which I would like to till and plant the last weekend of this month. Heres a few pics from the day...

I eat them all the time. One of my favorite pieces of meat actually. I "charge a fee" to the guys I hunt with of the deer's heart for hauling deer out with my side by side.

Would be perfect for using with your squatty potty http://www.squattypotty.com/

Lots of them

Beans are great early, then once the leaves turn yellow, the deer seem to back off of them for a while, then they pick back up again after they get harvested if there are beans left on the ground. If the farmer harvests, and then plows or discs the field under, it becomes a wasteland.

I just had to clean soda off my desk

Buckwheat is another option that is cheap, easy to grow and will break the soil up and shade out weeds.

August 2nd was when we planted last year. The pics are deceiving, the plants were pretty tall, but the hogradish tops got mowed down almost immediately. If you look behind my daughter in the one pic, youll see some hogradishes poking out with their leaves nipped off about 2 or 3 inches above the top of the radish. They grew back, but the deer hammered them right away and kept them low. The turnip tops didnt get heavilly browsed until after the first frost.

The first thing to do is decide where you are going to plant, which needs to be based on available sunlight, or where you can clear the trees and brush to open it up, deer travel routes, bedding areas, etc. After that, do a soil test to see what you will need for fertilizer, etc. We usually start new plots out with Winter Rye for a year or two. It is great for feeding and attracting deer, but the best parts are that it allows time for the brush and tree roots to die, it breaks up the soil a bit, and it grows anywhere so not a ton of fertilizer or lime needed to get it going. Oh, and its cheap. Year 2 or 3 after clearing is when we start getting into other things like brassicas, etc. Thats just how we do it.

Early on... Some of the results...

I used that last year. It grew great. Turnips the size of volley balls and lots of greens.

It is fun to watch them grow. Heres one I have been catching on cam. Similar dates June 22nd for the first one and July 7th for the second one.

I actually like them. Ive shot a couple and they are very smooth. Maybe one of these days Ill buy one. Looks as though they have found a niche with the bow fishing crowd.

Ive seen a bunch of them at different properties. I also have some trail cam pics of hens with no poults on those same properties.

Same here. Southwest as much as possible.

Are you talking about Oneidas? If so, they still make them. http://www.oneidaeaglebows.com/

He left the site

Yes. Been the same weekend since it was established a few years ago. Youth Firearms Deer Hunt 14-15 Year Old Hunters can hunt Deer with a Firearm over the 3-day Columbus Day weekend The Youth Firearms Deer Hunt will occur Columbus Day weekend Resident and non-resident Hunting license holders aged 14 or 15 may take 1 deer with a firearm during the youth deer hunt. Junior hunters may use a Deer Management Permit (antlerless-only), Deer Management Assistance Program tag (antlerless-only), or a regular season tag. During the youth deer hunt, junior hunters may use the regular season tag for a deer of either-sex. The youth deer hunt will occur in both the Northern Zone and Southern Zone, except in bowhunting only areas and Suffolk County. During the youth deer hunt, mentors may not carry a firearm or bow to pursue deer. Rules for 14-15 year old junior hunters and their mentors outlined below, including blaze orange requirements, also apply during the youth deer hunt. The antlerless-only requirement for the October 1-15 portion of the early bowhunting season in several WMUs does not apply to junior hunters participating in the Youth Firearms Deer Hunt. 14 and 15 Year Old Hunters Can Hunt Deer and Bear with a Firearm Here are the requirements for junior hunters to hunt big game with a firearm: Youth must have completed a course in Hunter Education and Youth must have a Hunting license. Adult mentor must be a parent, legal guardian, or a person who is 21 years or older and is designated in writing on the Mentored Youth Hunter and Trapper Permission Form (PDF) (24 KB). Adult mentor must be licensed to hunt big game and have 3 years of big game hunting experience. Adult mentor must maintain physical control over the junior hunter at all times while hunting. This means the mentor and junior hunter must be close enough to talk without the aid of a radio and must be able to see each other. Both the junior hunter and mentor must remain on the ground while hunting; you may not use a tree stand or hunt from an elevated platform. Both the junior hunter and mentor must wear hunter orange visible from all directions: shirt, jacket or vest with at least 250 square inches of solid or patterned orange (the pattern must be at least 50% orange) OR a hat with at least 50% orange.

I used Cornell one year. Whitetail Institute is a bit nicer with the report you get emailed to you. Doing it yourself is faster and cheaper.

I still have a late 60s Ariens tiller that will not die. Its too small for using in most plots, but it works great for around the house doing flower or vegetable gardens.

Gingers have no souls, thats why they are crazy.

Same results here, dated 4 or 5 of them in the past.

As long as you follow the instructions, the kits you can test with at home are just fine. We tested our plots with them last year and compared the results we got back from Whitetail Institute and they were very close. Just make sure your mixing cups and whatnot are clean.