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Predate, running down a coyote with a vehicle was a tongue in cheek statement intended for sarcasm, nothing more. My statement about killing a coyote on my property on still stands. I also allow hunters to coyote hunt my property starting the first Monday after deer season. Feel free to travel up and try it out. As I said earlier, I don't blame the animal acting on its instincts. Done with this thread now.

Flush my credibility? Please... I don't hide behind a screen name and rarely post on here. I didn't lie or stretch a truth. How did my credibility take a hit? Long story short, if you have a farm with cattle that are in large pastures you will not be a fan of coyotes. I couldn't imagine having a deer farm knowing the nerves a whitetail has. I understand a coyote is only doing what his instincts tell him to do but that doesn't mean that I or any other person that has livestock (let me clarify that it is my father who has the livestock now and not me (credibility)) aren't within their legal right to take out a nuisance animal. The only bad apples I see are the righteous and judgemental on here who think they are Encon experts. Sometimes this site is as bad as topix.

Yeah, I bet you did. They will round file your complaint in a second. Encon has a whole lot more to worry about than the complaint from some rich city boy about a person talking about kiling a coyote on an internet forum.

Biz get off your horse. I am on his page with these animals. Kill on sight. If I'm driving down the road and a coyote is crossing it, I try to hit it. If I see one and I have a gun I shoot at it. They don't just take out fawns but will snag a newborn calf as it falls out of the cow. Killing a coyote to protect your financial interest doesn't make you a poacher.

3/4 look pretty sweet too.

I'll try.

I'm on the .06 band wagon here. I hunt with a .300 win mag but I alway reccomend the 30.06 to anyone looking for an all around rifle. Another nice thing is finding the ammo. You can get ammo for a 30.06 just about anywhere.

I helped a guy with a road kill doe a couple days ago and she still had an inch of fat on the hind quarters and seemed very healthy, if it wasn't for the truck that hit her. I figured the ice and snow layers was going to starve them for sure but they seem to be doing ok so far. I am relieved to see this thaw for sure!!!

Even though you recovered the deer the next day, you took the deer during regular season. You use your regular season tag. Along the same lines as you shoot on the last day of late season and make the recovery the next day when season is technically done. You can still legally tag the deer upon recovery because your harvest was when you shot it during a legal season. Although it may not be a bad idea to let the local DEC Officer know you are recovering a deer shot the day before to avoid confusion.

Paula, the thread turned negative the instance there was insinuation of bait when none could be seen. I know several hunters who troll this sight but don't unfortunately don't contribute because of this type of attitude. You don't do it but there are several that do.

And this type of thread is why I will not post a game camera pic on huntingny ever again.

I have no clue where my attachment went. Lets try again....

Your clover will most likely spread and choke out the grass and take the plot over next year. First year clover plots alway look sparse but really come on the next year with proper fertilizer and top it with a little lime too. Clover is almost like a weed and will spread and reseed itself for years. Your plot looks excellent to me. I posted a pic of one of my clover plots a couple weeks ago. It looked about the same as yours the first year.

Said it before and I will say it again... Encon Officers are not going to go wandering aimlessly through the woods looking for a mineral lick because of a picture posted on huntingny. There are tons of things more pressing than a guy with a salt lick or a couple apples scooped into a pile. I am never entertained by this type of thread because no doubt in my mind, half of the crusaders have baited at one point or another themselves. Note I said half...

Oats are an excellent cover for clover. Germinates quickly, chokes out weeds and allows the clover to take good root. Once you cut it, your clover takes over and flourishes. I covered a clover/chicory plot with oats last fall. I will try to post a picture of it to show how it came out.

I've used a Browning Lever action .300 winmag for the last 10 years. It is the best rifle that I have ever used. Flat shooting and accurate. I shoot a 150 grain round and have yet to have a red mist where the animal I was shooting at once stood. It does have a little kick which helps me save on ammo. I shoot it only when I have to.

If you don't get tested go with a 15-15-15 blend. But, I would strongly recommend getting your soil tested first.

I have always seen the most activity the second and third week of November. Not saying I disagree with the moon theory, but I think it is more reliable in areas with optimal conditions and buck/doe ratio.

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Mexican Cartels invading the ADK's for the growing potential.... Pretty sure I would have heard about that by now.

Exactly what I was going to type out. There is a reason corn is a core food for farms. As far as pricing for tilling and planting, check with Cornell Cooperative Extension. They breakdown the going rates for farm work. I'm thinking that the job you are looking to have done should cost you $250-$350 if you provide seed and fertilizer. Also don't forget to spray your crop.

http://bigcatrescue.org/mountain-lion-filmed-loose-in-ny/ I have seen this video. I have also seen a couple mountain lions in AZ when I worked down there and know what they look like. The cat recorded on the camera was the real deal. This was about 6-7 year ago, but if I can locate the actual video and convert it to be able to post it I will do so. I do not believe there to be a breeding poplutation of mountain lions living in NYS but do believe, as the CT lion showed, there are isolated incidents that occur such as pets being released, wandering males, etc... that pass through the area from time to very infrequent time.

The feeding ban law currently on the books has a Sullivan County ruling against it. It has been found unconstitutional based off the first amendment freedom of expression. The ban in Sullivan County is no longer in effect based off the ruling. The law is still on the books throughout NYS but now that there is a ruling against it he won't be posting from a jail cell and most likely wont even have a ticket in hand. In fact, I may throw a corn pile and bale of hay out this afternoon.

I run lithium batteries from mid November until they die, which I've found in most cases to be mid to end of January. I don't run cameras again until mid April when fawns are getting ready to drop, antler growth is just around the corner and turkeys are out looking for love. I don't find the cost of a replacement set of lithium batteries to be worth the pics that i get of fuzzy antler-less deer. But the biggest reason I don't run the cameras through the dead of winter is because of the frustration of having runways pounded through the snow back to the dirt with no pictures because the camera is froze up or batteries had died.

One reason for lower numbers is that St. Lawrence county is one of the poorest counties in NYS. Seems that everyone has a tag and usually every tag gets filled, sometimes twice. Not to mention all the southern tier doe tags that are filled up north also. Hard to build a population up when everything has a target on it from September 27-mid December.

As Wd said, I would have to work in stages. There would be 3 of us and could potentially be in 3 different places. I did 10 plots in about 10 days of work; granted 7 of them were already established. I think we could clear out 2-3 a week under optimal conditions. This is all research right now. Back in the mid 80's I was a little kid and remembered seeing deer in fields. I asked my grandfather and father why their hunting club didn't make their own fields specifically for the deer and I was told it was a crazy idea that would never work. Now close to 30 years later food plots are all the rage and multi-million dollar a year industry. I'm just looking at all the people who wish they had plots and don't have the necessary equipment to put one in. I know there has to be a market, just don't know how to tap into it. I'm not looking to become rich, just looking to start a small business.