G-Man

Looks like a hickory, shell bark or shagbark bark. Pignut are usually smaller..

Damn squirrels. .

Without messing up the harvest threads Glad to see so many doe in posts! It's good to know some hunters are in it for the hunt,meat,enjoyment. Without antler less harvest the population would be a mess!

Kind of late to clear that much, hope they come back in daylight for you, I see the same thing happen when guys,clear brush for food plots, destroy a great area and make it a desert except at night when deer come to feed...

You can get dmp anytime during season in areas that they don't give out enough 9f for example. They cut off on a date and if you were turned down you're enter a lottery where any not given in application process are given out to those that were denied. So if you were turned down you may still get one in the mail..

4 or 5, mature won't ever get bigger at this point stop watching and shoot..

Buy a muzzleloader stamp, gives antler less valid anywhere in state, no reason to sign over doe tag yet..m

Yep it sucks go pay big $$ to hunt another state, I'll stay here and hunt these runt ny deer.

I never worry about not seeing a good deer they shoe up in october, the only buck I want to see is when I have my bow in hand, can't eat a photo

If there was a minimum antler size law in effect of let's say 8 points, in a few years we would have 8 pointers roaming around for the take. In other words, give the young bucks a chance to get to the 8 point range. In a few years, instead of taking the young bucks you would be taking 8 pointers in almost the same numbers. So if you shoot only 8 pt and bigger, especially in high hunter density areas you will promote very large 6pt and smaller as they are un touchable, it's called highgrading, we even do that to our timber, take out the good lumber trees and leave the junk, eventually all you have is junk, it's big mature but will never be a top dollar lumber tree. 90% of nys is hygraded timber., Instead, let people who are happy with "junk" kill little deer and you can keep.passing up the perfect litter 8 and 10 pt and let them get bigger and then shoot one when it reaches your size minimum....

I had a friend come out few years ago and he got a beautiful 10 pt with bow on the day with the worst weather possible, we took lots of photos and won a contest or two. We went to a sportsman meeting and he was happily showing pics to everyone, I didn't really.look as I saw it and help.get it out and spent night drinking with him in celebration. So i was just sitting at bar, whe n another member sat next to me and says wow that's the last time he will be hunting your place huh! I looked at him kind of puzzled look, and he then said well he he took that big buck of my place I wouldn't have him back.. I looked right at him and said, I didn't invite him out not to shoot a deer, I hope he gets a world record off my place next year! I'd still invite him out to hunt! He looked sheepish at me got up and left, That was the first time in realized some people are just jelous antler crazy I don't have anyone like that in camp and I wouldn't hunt with someone like that either.

I always hunt escape routes opening day or two, then thanksgiving and weekend, after that no,one seems to hunt, being thanksgiving week, I expect the whole week to be escape route hunting,

Congrats!

To grainy, 8pt? 120's maybe looking at mass and beam and spread, can't judge tine legnth to be sure, bUT does score matter it's a mature buck shoot it!

Fortunately I have quite a few other that are still producing ,but this is 2nd tree I've lost to blight, they grow back readily from roots but my 2 best trees both gone. In 2 years..

Nice

To the guys who want a minimum.point , how many deer have you shot in your career hunting that would.not make a point policy if it was in place then? How may deer did you shoot where you counted the points before you shot? Just wondErin as I know I have shot most of my bucks without counting points and have a couple dozen that would not of.made a point minimum or given me a chance to count before I shot, each of them hold a fond memory for me though, I would hate to deny the chance for someone to make a memory for themselves because I wanted something bigger....

A lot of farmers got.crops in this year in April, that winter grain will be a hotspot, as will the hay field regrowth.

Yes my nephew went through samething last year, licence year starts sept 1, valid for year.

Really going to miss this american chestnut, at leat a bushel of nuts every year but you can see one side is dead already from blight, and rest is soon to follow, can't beat it for attracting all kinds of game. From.grouse to deer...at least I think I'll be able to get 1 saw log out of trunk 12 in x 10 ft. And make something nice out of it..

Well farming practices have changed, gone are the big farms that had few hunters, Habitat,is the most overlooked factor in harboring deer, allowing them to make it through a season has grown up and is now open woods,gone are the hedgerows that let deer escape and live another day, ownership of property has become smaller and smaller pieces, and pressure has increased, I pay over 9 grand a year in taxes for my hunting property, I manage my own property within the dec laws. I have no problem for ar's on public land, but private? No way, thousands of good bucks are taken every year, so my question to you is what have you done to better the habitat you hunt to hold, attract, and allow safe areas for bucks and does to mature???? Passing up a small buck in an open Woodlot is not helping and the attitude that it will change hunting for the better is a misnomer, how many small buck have you taken in your life? I get you want bigger d bucks now, I do as well but I matured into that as a hunter and constantly make it harder on myself ,using flit lock pistol, traditional bow, I would love to try a spear but it's not legal. Every animal I take is a trophy to me regardless of points, age, or color variation.

His Jr is valid

Just a couple showing up with plenty of shooting time.

I love open sights, I have a vernier tang pep on a 54.cal great plains rifle., ca n keep.it on a plate at 200 yards

I'm hoping apples start.falling and.they.back off brassica a bit ,crazy hitting them sonearly.,perhaps it's lack of water here