Letchworth Open For Business!

[TheTruth2]

Today Letchworth Opens to hunting for those who have permits. Where has everyone had success here in the past? Anyone getting a cabin the first week of November, if so, see you there!

[DanielT]

Been going there for 13 years now.....I have had more success at the mt morris end of the park.......

Will be in cabins from oct 28 thru nov 5.....c cabins....and u?

Interested to see if hunters are seeing the deer numbers improve due to mild winter?

We have seen bears 2 years in a row now....wonder if they will ever make shooting a bear in the park legal?

[TheTruth2]

ill be in the C cabins the same week brother. Ive seen bears a few times in there, always have good bucks on trail cams just rarely see them. the buck in my avatar pic we got on cam on the west side near the perry entrance. have you taken any good ones out of there? my personal best is a 121 eight point (east side)

[DanielT]

We have seen them....my buddy took a couple 8 pointers over the years that were real close to 120.....met a guy in mount morris....showed us at his house ...172" stud that came from the park .....and park police showed us pics of a 17 point slob (over 180" easily" that lived on safety zone but would venture over into castile farm fiields and woods at night...but poachers got him last year...hope to meet up and share stories...

[TheTruth2]

A guy I hunt with shot a giant in the old safety zone. Not sure what it scored but had to be over 150. They are in there.

[DanielT]

Wow ....that avatar is a big deer......I can only dream of a deer that big...

We are in A cabins....I was wrong.....

How many guys in your cabin?

There are just 3 of us? Where you from? I live in sackets harbor.....buddies from ogdensburg

When I figure out how to post a pic ....I will show you that 200 inch deer from castile....

GETTING PUMPED....coming up soon

[Nomad]

If I had to guess I'd say The Truth2 is from Monroe County

[phade]

Sacketts Harbor is nice...friend has a house up there a mile or two to the NW. Beautiful place.

Letchworth has some huge deer...huge.

[DanielT]

Anyone else hunt the park? Anybody driven thru...any hunters on park?

[genesee_mohican]

I was doing a little scouting the last 2 weekends ( I live nearby) and saw good sign, rubs. Oaks are raining acorns. I've yet to see a giant there, but I've only been hunting it the last 3 years. A few 110 ish bucks have showed up on the trail cams, but hard to see them broadside at 20 paces during bow.

[DanielT]

Lots of acorns.....oh boy

Last year I shot a beautiful 4 1/2 year old oak tree in the park......

Hopefully this year the buck fever doesn't eat me up and I harvest that 10 pointer

[TheTruth2]

Yep i am form monroe county lol. i was in on the east side this morning and saw a giant 130 inch eight point never came into range. two mintes later about a 100 inch eight point followed him on the same trail. We have four guys that stay in the cabins usually. there were hardley any hunters in there this morning i was kind of shocked. i also had a four point come right under my tree with giant forks he will be a huge six next year. They laid some gravel down on that off road on dygert so its much easier to get down there now which where i do my majority of bowhunting. check out a thread i posted a few months ago called "huge public land bucks" or something like that. theres an accumulation of trail cams pics form the park over two years!

[TheTruth2]

Larry302 i see your thing says "where life is worth living" are you form webster? i live off five mile lol

[ncountry]

Lots of acorns.....oh boy

Last year I shot a beautiful 4 1/2 year old oak tree in the park......

Hopefully this year the buck fever doesn't eat me up and I harvest that 10 pointer

Lol.. I have a "trophy" dead stick i shot a few years back , from Letchworth. It happened to be hiding in a little tall grass between me and a nice 8 point. We arrive Nov 8th this year in C cabins.

[DanielT]

You think deer numbers are back on the rise in the park?

Didn't seem quite as busy the last couple years....

I typically see more bucks than does.....which I don't mind at all

[moog5050]

Larry302 i see your thing says "where life is worth living" are you form webster? i live off five mile lol

I live off Five Mile also, just north of Baumans.

[DanielT]

Since we are talking Letchworth....

I always try to pattern the deer and to my best ......I would say these deer are feed at farm fields on top at night and bedding down in gorge all day....which puts travel at dusk and dawn.....

Are they really travelling that far every night?

Or do gorge deer stay down below?

[TheTruth2]

I usually get my best opportunities mid day. I say till ten yesterday and saw nothing but a huge porcupine. I walked out and came back in at one. Spooked two doe and a shooter buck bedded right under my stand. Sat the rest of the night and saw a lone four point. I'm starting to see more scrapes in there. And I live in the town homes behind hooligans lol

[Red]

i just picked up a fresh quart of tarsal from a deer farm ill be heading to the park tomorrow morning i cant wait.

[DanielT]

Hey Red....let me know how it goes....and is this farm near park....I would like to try some

[Red]

ill let you know how it goes for sure. opening day of bow i hunted 55 yards from the park line and seen a ton of deer and took a doe. the deer farm is in clarence off of main street. very reasonable prices

[Localqdm]

How crowded is it at Letchworth during bow season? Do you guys run into lots of other hunters, if so what are good areas to avoid? Or where do most guys seem to go into the park?

[Localqdm]

Seems like there are a lot of trails in the park. Do you run into a lot of hikers or bikers on the trails?

[TheTruth2]

Very rarely do u see anyone during bow season. Gun is crowded the first weekend. East side is less crowded

[buckordoe]

Are acorns all dropping in the park? I haven't been there since July. I got drawn for the southern zone and will hunt doe only on the first. But I'll hunt the other part of the park on the second