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  1. Nothing odd about a heart shot deer not bleeding. If you shut down the pump, there's no pressure to pump out the blood. I've heart shot deer with 8mm-06 Ackley Improved, (180gr BT @ 2960fps) 7mm-08, (140gr BT @ 2950fps) 280 REM (140gr Accubond @ 3150fps) & 8X57IS. (200gr Hot Core @ 2700fps) All ran from 15 to 50 yds & left little or no blood trail.
  2. Increased safety in deer seasons in recent years has been attributed to a greater number of hunters hunting from elevated stands. This holds true in states that have & don't have blaze orange requirements.
  3. I'm spoiled I live about 1/4 mile from my tri-pod.
  4. How would the timing affect deer numbers if all the does are bred anyway? Whether they are shot during early season or late season would have little impact. Only about 10% of the does are breeding at a given time anyway. Unless the doe/buck ratio is 10:1 or more, most of the does get bred. Why do you think the population explodes W/O doe harvesting? I think we should have a ML season like PA's late season. Flintlocks with iron sights only.
  5. I would give up that choice to increase the odds of taking mature bucks during the light pressure, long season hunting of the NZ eponentially by extending shooting hours. Not wearing blaze orange during gun season is a gamble anyway. I din't always wear it until a guy at my place of employemnt shot & killed his uncle. Now, I don't set foot in the woods W/O it.
  6. I would rather see the early MZ season in the NZ eliminated. Give the bow hunters a shot at hunting pre-rut bucks for another 7 days before the shooting spooks the deer.
  7. Let's dispell the myth of "high light gathering scopes" No standard optical scope "gathers" light. They ALL reflect light. The better the optics, the less light is lost through reflection. A scope has 8 lens surfaces that can hinder light transmitance. (reflection) If each surface reduces light tranmitance by 3%, that's 24% of the light that is lost or 76% light transmitance. If it only loses 1% for each surface it only loses 8% or it has 92% light transmitance. Well you say, I can just buy a scope with a BIG oblective lens to "gather" more light. Wrong! The relative brightness you see is due to magnification coupled with the "exit pupil" diameter. The exit pupil diameter is determined by the the diameter of the objective lens divided by the magnification. So you buy a 3-9 power scope that has a 60mm objective lens. That gives you an exit pupil of almost 7mm. That should be brighter than the same scope that has a 42mm objective lens right? Not really. The human eye can only admit light through a 5mm exit pupil. the 42mm objective lens has a 4.7mm exit pupil while the 60mm lense only takes advantage of 5mm of the 7mm exit pupil. Almost all of that extra weight & bulk of that huge scope is a waste. The scope must also be mounted higher to clear that huge lens so it is more prone to getting knocked askew & it doesn't come to the eye as quickly. BIG objective lens can not make up for poor optics. 2nd, the theory that blaze orange would case accidents because people would be shooting as long as didn't see orange is about as absurd as the crap about being trapped in a burning veicle by a seat belt. For every life caused in the later instances, many more could be saved by safety requirements. Another thing. How many of you can honestly say that if you were watching a trophy buck waiting for him to take one more step or change angle as the exact time of sunset lapsed, you woiuld take a shot 5 or even 10 minutes later when the opportunity presented itself? Would you reaaly pass even though there was plenty of light? As far as I can see, the restrictions on some of the best times to kill a mature buck are far more restrictive than requiring somone to wear an orang hat. What I am looking at here is a possible bargaining chip to convince the hand wringers in Albany to allow us to hunt during those most productive times like in many other states.
  8. Luck is when preperation meets oportunity. Don't let anyone tell you any different. You have to be out there to get the opportunity. Usually, you must be prepared to take advantage of the opportunity in a few fleeting seconds. Be alert, be ready!
  9. An oportunity to shoot a mature buck only lasts a few seconnds & you never know when it will happen. Most likely when you least expect it. The bucks are in the woods 100% of the time. The more time you spend in the woods, the more likely it is that you will cross paths.. There are 4 days left in the regular deer season. Why are you giving up so soon? Most of the does have been bred & the bucks are back on the prowl looking for one last shot at breeding. Some of the yearling does are getting close to their 1st eustrous. It ain't over yet.
  10. I have a tri-pod stand that looks over a 15 acre thicket that was logged of mature white pines in 1999. It still has some mature hardwoods & pines that are maturing. The brush has grown THICK & it is laced with deer trails. There are several shooting lane that run out from it like spokes on a wheel. Most deer appear anywhere from 75 to 250yds from the stand, most of them at the longer distances. My rifle is capable of hitting a 6" circle at any of those ranges with a dead center hold. I can enter & exit the stand quietly W/O being noticed. That set-up allows me to hunt that stand continuously without tipping off the deer as long as I don't hunt it when the wind is out of the East. The more time you spend in the same spot, as long as you aren't spooking the deer, the more your odds of success increase. Sooner or later that buck will appear if he is working the area. I usually go no longer than 3 days between sighting bucks, about once every 2 weeks or so I see more mature bucks. About once every 5 years I see a wall hanger which in my a rea is a 3 1/2 year old or older 8-point that scores 100" or better. If you had stuck it out in those 2 instances you cited, you might have scored.
  11. If he is seen W/O blaze orange he could be stopped & therefore caught. That's why my neighbors have been given the word. No blaze orange = tresspassers. The only way to "blend in" with legal hunters would be to wear blaze orange.
  12. Maybe if they were wearing blaze orange you would be able to see tresspassers that are sneaking onto your property. Now we are going to hear about how law breakers don't obey the law. At least they could be cited if they were caught. I think that's the main objection up here on the tindra. Tresspassing is a time honered traditioin here & when I moved in, many said that they would hunt on my property just like they always have. I played a little phscological game & bought some 00 buckshot & inqiured about an extended magazine tube for my 870 at the local gun shop. When asked what I was going to hunt with that combo I replied, "poachers". The perception that I am perhaps a little bit crazy has worked well. I have never seen a strange boot print on my place. The other argument that doesn't hold water is the relative scarcity of deer hunters in the woods here. That is the very attitude that leads to carelessness. If you are expecting hunters in the woods, you might be more cautious than if you assume you are alone. Blaze orange will usually tip one off to the presense of a hunter in the area long before a game identification issue might arise. I require anyone hunting on my place to wear at least a blaze orange hat. Furthermore, any time I am out doing chores during hunting saeson, I wear a blaze orange hat. I have informed the neighbors that if they see anyone on my place W/O blaze orange, they are to call me immediately as that means someone is tresspassing. As far as the safety of the extended hours? With good optics I can see antlers far beyond the 1/2 hour before/after scenerio at 250yds in one of the shooting lanes that is in the middle of a thick cut over area. With iron sites under some conditions the sights aren't really visable at the extremes of that timeframe. Any ethical hunter would limit himself to only taking a shot when he could identify the game and see his sights before shooting. As for the a-holes that would shoot blindly at a dark shape in low light? Whether or not the shot is legal or ethical doesn't hold much sway. As pointed out though, blaze orange stands out like the glow on the end of a lit cigarette under low light & it shows through some pretty thick foliage too.
  13. The legal hunting hours in NY for big game are sunrise to sunset. This eliminates some of the best times for taking whiley bucks under natural conditiins for moderately pressured deer. Most fatal NY deer hunting occurances happen during the last few minutes of daylight, often shortly after sundown. None that I am aware of involve hunters wearing blaze orange. Many states require blaze orange but they also allow 1/2 hour before sunrise & 1/2 hiur after sunset. Even with iron sights, there is still plenty of light to make a shot during those times under most conditions. With good optics it is even more practical. Would you support a blaze orange requirement if it allowed the extra 1/2 hour before sunrise & after sunset? I always wear at least an orange hat, even though 90% of my deer hunting is done on my own property. To me it's not worth the chance. In my area it seems most are opposed to a blaze orange requirement because it hinders their ability to trespass without being noticed. Indiana requires a hat, cap coat or vest of solid blaze orange. I have had deer feed for several minutes within 20 yards of me without noticing me when i was on the ground wearing a coat that was blaze orange.
  14. They're fairly common around Brasher Center. I've seen a couple myself & they had a Buck mounted full body at the local Taxidermist.
  15. This picture doesn't do him justice either. I'll have to get some better poses after I take him down.
  16. He has a beautiful, nearly perfectly symetrical 8 point rack with a bot fly hole in the right main beam. His neck was huge. The hand loaded .323 200gr Speer Hotcore at 2700 fps Mv destroyed the top of the heart, all of the major arteries, most of the lungs & about 1/4 of his liver. Very little blood trail as is usual when the heart & the major arteries are destoyed. After the shot I immediately radioed my son who was about 150yds beyond & to the left from where the deer was standing along the same trail that fishooks. The coversation went something like this. BANG "Big buck." "Did you hit him?" "Not sure, watch to your right, I'm getting down." I found a small splotch of bright red/pink blood in the light skiff of snow just beyond where he was standing whe I shot. "I hit him, there's blood" Walking along the trail I was finding small splotches of blood but not what you would call a blood trail. As I rounded the bend, I saw the buck lying in the trail. "I got him!" After looking the buck over briefly & taking PIX, my son returned to his stand as I went back to the house to get my Gilson tractor & cart.
  17. My son & I have been seeing this guy's calling cards all over my place since the end of October. I finally met up with him at about 3:30 this afternoon. He walked right towards me as he rounded a bend in a horse trail. I got the drop on him for about 3 seconds. He was looking in my direction, but not directly at me. I was in a 15' tri-pod. The shot took him straight on just above the heart. He was somewhat downwind & I didn't want to take the chance waiting on a better angle. He spun around & ran about 50 yards back up the trail & dropped where the picture was taken. Even after a month of rut, he dressed over 170# My son has a better picture of the rack on his phone. When I can get him to e-mail it to me I'll post it.
  18. The land is still available. I don't frequent the site much anymore but I will try to check in more often. You can call (315) 389-5103 to leave a message & call back number.
  19. FYI: This property is located in the NE corner of St Lawrence county just a few miles North of Brasher Falls.
  20. I no longer have anyone hunting W/me on my 94 acre farm & I do not have the financial resources to develope this high potential hunting property. The hay has just been cut & it's time ot start planning food plots. The property is a natural funnel connecting several large tracts. It is teeming W/Whitetail deer, turkeys & grouse. Anyone that would be interested in a free lease for themselves & 1 other hunter,( preferably a youngster or elderrly hunter) PM me.
  21. I always put the cut up & washed pieces in a quart freezer bag, filled it about 3/4 full W/water, squeezed out ALL the air & sealed the zip lock. Rabbits (& any meat) will keep a year or more frozen like that. DO NOT use the bags W/the slide clip as they WILL NOT seal completely & they can leak all over the freezer before the water freezes. They also let in air which is the cause of freezer burn.
  22. Actually, @ one time it was illegal to fire a gun (from a boat) hunting ducks if an outboard engine was still lowered into the water, but I haven't hunted ducks since the 1960s so that may have changed.
  23. That's not surprising. It wouldn't be the 1st time that different LEOs had differing opinions. Good luck arguing that before some local justice court. I'll err on the safe side myself.
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