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If you want venison, I'll sign you over my 2 3N DMP's that I throw out or sign over to someone else every single year anyway.

If you haven't shot a deer in 3 years, why are you passing up a 120" deer? I only hunt the 3 week shotgun season and pass up smaller bucks the first weekend in the season, but once Thanksgiving comes I gladly take any buck I can get. I only live once, and my goal is to shoot a buck every year if I can. I was plenty happy with my 3 pointer last Thanksgiving morning.

Luck you. Here's my hitlist so far.

fcuking monster!

DMP Quota Setting The math involved in setting DMP numbers is actually quite simple, though the process of determining several of the variables in the equation is complex. Here is the essence of the permit setting process: Step 1. Projected Buck Take X Removal Rate1= Total # of Adult Does to be Harvested Step 2. Total # of Adult Does to be Harvested - # Adult Does Taken by Muzzleloader Hunters and Archers and on DMAP tags = Necessary Adult Doe DMP Take Step 3. Necessary Adult Doe DMP Take ÷ Proportion of Adult Does in DMP Take2= Total Desired DMP Take Step 4. Total Desired DMP Take ÷ Success Rate of DMPs = Total # of DMPs to Issue 1 Desired ratio of adult female to adult male deer in harvest 2 This accounts for fawns in the DMP take. The first two variables (projected buck take and removal rate) are the key places where analysis of deer population trends and management action come into play. The other variables are essentially derived from previous harvest data (for example: "Success rate of DMPs" may be a 3 year average), but we can alter these variables if we anticipate some change in how deer are harvested (for example: "#Adult does taken by muzzleloader hunters and archers" could be impacted by a regulation change). The real art and craft to deer management in New York comes through interpreting the data to project the buck take and in determining the appropriate removal rate. The process of projecting the buck take involves studying trends in buck harvest relative to previous levels of doe harvest and age structures of previous buck and doe harvests. We incorporate several population indices (bowhunter sighting log, damage levels, winter severity) and evaluate herd health and productivity through yearling antler beam diameters and ratios of fawns to adult does in the harvest. Similarly, determining an appropriate removal rate (ratio of adult does to adult bucks in harvest) requires analyzing trends in buck harvest relative to previous levels of adult doe harvest. We examine this relationship to identify a removal rate that produces stability at a given population level, allowing for neither growth nor reduction in population. The stability-level removal rate is different at different population levels and is strongly influenced by herd productivity. In some high quality habitats of New York, the deer populations can sustain high removal rates of one or more adult doe to every adult buck. In the poorer quality habitats or areas subject to harsh winter conditions, removal rates may be as low as 0.2 adult does to every adult buck. Once we identify a stability-level removal rate, we relate the current population level to the desired level. If the population is currently greater than desired levels, we prescribe a greater-than-stability-level removal rate, and if the population is less than desired levels, then we prescribe a less-than-stability-level removal rate. The magnitude of difference between our prescribed removal rate and the stability level removal rate depends on our management objective. Typically we manage for conservative changes from year to year, trying to minimize dramatic fluctuations in population levels. While our intentions usually are for conservative changes, severe winters can have dramatic and rapid impacts on deer populations. In fact, the history of New York's deer population is punctuated with periodic winter mortality events, most recently evident in 2003 and 2004. Though we account for the impact of previous winters when setting DMP quotas, we unfortunately cannot anticipate the severity of the upcoming winter. Other mortality factors such as predation, poaching, and deer-vehicle collisions do influence deer populations, but their impact tends to be fairly constant from year to year or at least the variation in their impact is minimal compared to the potential impact of winter mortality and hunter harvest mortality.

High in 3N, but I dont shoot does. I don't see many deer (many a handful through the shotgun season), but when I do its usually 50-50 chance its a buck.

I know some people down here in Putnam County (3N) who would love to see the crossbow allowed during archery season. PM me on how we can help!

crazy....how far from your property?

crazy!

with the new 10/1 start is it possible anywhere in NY for an achery hunter to get a buck still in velvet or not?

Awesome buck! A friend of mine shot a 210lb doe in Putnam County a few years back. It was weighed on a 300lb scale at the butcher. Butcher said it was the biggest doe he ever seen. Also, this was my friends first ever deer. He couldn't get it out of the woods alone and had to call his Dad. He had no idea it was big for a doe until he got to the butcher and was informed.

Thanks all, I mis-read the "Fast, one-second trigger speed". Oh well, already bought the one below...it is 10 seconds, now I have 10 and 15 second ones....not a waste, as this one was pretty cheap. Can't hurt having 2. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunting/Scouting-Feeders/Trail-Cameras-Accessories%7C/pc/104791680/c/104767380/sc/103867380/Wildgame-Innovations-2MP-Red-2-Enhanced-Trail-Camera/1355116.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fhunting-scouting-feeders-trail-cameras-accessories%2F_%2FN-1100176%2B4294755690%2FNe-4294755690%2FNs-MIN_SALE_PRICE%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104791680%26WTz_st%3DGuidedNav%26WTz_stype%3DGNP%26recordsPerPage%3D108%26WTz_srn%3DSeeAllItems&WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104791680%3Bcat103867380

Maybe a bait site from the winter to hunt at night for coyote's, bobcat, fox, etc.

Honestly, I dont want to introduce any new smells to the area. I never use scents.

So I checked my trail cam today. First time ever putting a trail cam out where I hunt in Putnam County (3N). I jumped 2 fawns on the way in, both still had spots. Trail cam was there from 7/15 - today (including that heat wave). Nobody stole it, so thats good lol. Anyway, I wasn't expecting to see much since It's not watching a food plot or anything like that. I have it setup watching a trail that I know deer use in the fall, but unsure about the summer. Got 10 pics. A few pics of a fawn (1 pic was 3 hours after I setup the cam), and 1 small buck (looks like a spike). Also, caught something else, my best guess is an opposum? Caught this animal on 4 separate days, each time it was moving quick and at night so the pics are blurry. I would think its either a raccoon or opposum, but since there is no distinct tail, im thinking opossum? I'm hoping with cooler temps to come, more pics will surface. Also the cam I am currently using can only take a pic every 15 seconds. Since the animals aren't eating or anything in the view of the camera I am probably missing out on a lot more pics. I just bought another trail cam that can take pics every 1 second. Should have that one setup by mid august.

Nah, im good. I've seen it once.

No, but I been to Pulaski, Buffalo, etc....where the female population is definitely pretty scary

I pray to god that picture is fake. There isn't actually women who look like that in the world is there? Also, who still smokes? didn't that fad end in the early 2000's?

Oh ok, now I know who she is, based on all of your descriptions.

Leupold rules all!

Many men tried, many men died.

Thoughts on this? http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunting/Scouting-Feeders/Trail-Cameras-Accessories%7C/pc/104791680/c/104767380/sc/103867380/Wildgame-Innovations-2MP-Red-2-Enhanced-Trail-Camera/1355116.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fhunting-scouting-feeders-trail-cameras-accessories%2F_%2FN-1100176%2B4294755690%2FNe-4294755690%2FNs-MIN_SALE_PRICE%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104791680%26WTz_st%3DGuidedNav%26WTz_stype%3DGNP%26recordsPerPage%3D108%26WTz_srn%3DSeeAllItems&WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104791680%3Bcat103867380

Looking to get one of those trail cams that takes a pic every 1 second if movement is detected. I currently have a Wildgame 6RED IR, it works great, but the shortest setting is 15 seconds. I dont have food plots or anything so my trail cam is on trails that I think deer use, so those 1 second setting trail cameras would probably work better for my use. I am looking to spend $150 or less if possible, since there is a chance of it getting stolen. Let me know! Thanks in advance.

Yea, man. Good Luck. When I hunted in PA there were 4 separate football field like food plots, fairly close to one another. One guy would agree to do the coyote howl at a certain planned time and I could hear it in my plot and all the deer in all the plots took off. It worked great, and they were all back the next day anyway.

Yikes!