guess what i saw today........

[cynthiafu]

so today i went over to stewart state forest park . walked all around . decide to sit for alittle while while there was a couple with a dog and they were walking up the road and then cut down a side trail. then 4 deer came towards me . one was a four pointer . they wandered around in front of me . then the four pointer mounted one of the does . i was like what the ...... i tired to take a picture but it was to far for a cell phone. i also saw a rub that looked fresh . the shavings from the tree were on top of the snow . what is you guys /gals thoughts on this . the baby would be born so late dont know if it would make it .

[silent death]

its a weird year so who knows. ive seen piss spots still be used on a rub line the other day. the rubs wer old but the piss spot was hit. we have also seen does with fawns during shotgun here in 4b

[sampotter]

My brother's dog brought in a sickly newborn fawn on 8/31/1998 when I was a senior in high school. She would have been conceived in January

[faust1578]

It's amazing that any deer survive in Stewart I live about 2 miles away and hunt there regularly. It is extremely over hunted!

[shawnhu]

Nice to see that there are some deer left in there. How far were the deer from you? Did they spot you?

Shot anything?

[erussell]

My buddy saw 3 bucks doggin a doe Saturday in a field. He said they chased her around for about 3 hrs before heading back into the woods.

[shawnhu]

Just goes to show there's not enough bucks to breed all the does in the area. 3rd rut.

[erussell]

DEC study of fawn embreyos show that NY Doe are bred any where from early Oct to end of Feb. With the vast majority being bred the 2nd week of Nov.

Edited January 15, 2013 by erussell

[landtracdeerhunter]

Not uncommon. New rubs and scrapes are showing up. Several breeding cycles go thru February. You witnessed something some hunters never see, good for u. Extra special, being this time of the year.

Edited January 15, 2013 by landtracdeerhunter

[cynthiafu]

i go out there hiking and looking for sheds we have found 2 so far . the deer never saw me . they were at a base of a hill next to the biggggggggggggggg swamp near 84 . i got a doe 2nd day of reg hunting . i go there alot be going there for lots of years . it has gotten worst in these last 5 or so years . they should of never let it go state . it was better when it was under dec .they use to wieght your deer age your deer . i was great then . we where there last year and a small bus with 8 people in it was there . not enough room in between hunting spots for eight people . liked it when it was 3 per car . the deer know when small game starts it is time to go to the airport . i see tons of them over in the airport . deer are smart .

[cynthiafu]

Not uncommon. New rubs and scrapes are showing up. Several breeding cycles go thru February. You witnessed something some hunters never see, good for u. Extra special, being this time of the year.

next time i should bring my camera .

[shawnhu]

It's still 3 per car.

[cynthiafu]

no it is not it is as many as you can fit

[shawnhu]

I saw the 3 per vehicle regulation posted right out front. This was just this year and was there last year as well.

[cynthiafu]

well i hate to tell you last year opening day a small bus was in front of us and it had 8 people in it we ask state ranger that was letting us in and she said as long as the are not without seat belts it was fine. and they let them in

[shawnhu]

well i hate to tell you last year opening day a small bus was in front of us and it had 8 people in it we ask state ranger that was letting us in and she said as long as the are not without seat belts it was fine. and they let them in

Very sad. We still obey the 3 per.

[cynthiafu]

we do to but it stinks when your hunting and you see five hunters walking by all day