NYDeer Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Best number I've ever gotten, 247.. Anyone else submit for it? I've like to hunt the montauk area properties for the gun season, I think those deer see way less pressure.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpteach Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Not going this year. However, every year I've ever applied has been in the 1000's. Good for you that is the best I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichZ7 Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I got 756. Pretty good for me. Usually I'm in the 1000's too. Good luck in January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno C Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 wow, didnt think it would be in the thousands. thats alot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longislandhunter Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I got 426. I never did it before. Do you think I will get our for opening week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYDeer Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 You should be able to, as long as you are willing to hunt somewhere new to you.. Many people have work, and miss making appts/reservations.. The numbers go up to 2500, but they never fill all appts. A friend usually hunts standby all the time.. The far eastern properties check in/out off Old Montauk Hwy in a DOT maintenance garage. You can make it there in 15 minutes from any spot out there, and usually the guys running the check station are a bit more 'casual' than some of the ridge folks.. and remember, any does, get you a bonus tag.. Check one, then go back out to the woods! If you choose a Ridge check in location, you'll eat more time up checking a doe and might not make it back out to the woods.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishwithfly Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 My son got 28, I got 67. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longislandhunter Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 wow you should play lotto. What spots are you guys looking to hunt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishwithfly Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I've only hunted LI a handful of times. Mostly at Hither Hills (East Hampton Cooperative). I've seen a fair share of doe out there but nothing worth shooting (just to be clear, I think a mature, healthy doe is worth shooting). However, I've repeatedly seen a dozen or more deer of all shapes and sizes right in the traffic circle near Montauk Point. I'm thinking about trying to hunt near there. I once hunted Rocky Point two days after a snowfall - after trudging all over God's earth I managed to see one deer track in the snow that was frozen (track was a day or more old). Perhaps not fair to judge a place based on one experience but I did burn a day off from work and it wasnt worth it. Any suggestions on other LI spots? I've never been anywhere but Rocky Point or East Hampton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longislandhunter Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Im new to hunting the state and DEC lands. I hunted a few spots at Otis Pike but didnt see much. I guess its hit or miss. That was during bow season. I have to imagine gun is different probably alot more deer movemnet due to shotting. I bet you will see alot more does. The bucks probablyget holed up in thick thick cover with all teh gun shots and hunters. JMO. Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYDeer Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 in 2003, I tagged an adks buck, and only had a dmp for suffolk.. Jan 15, 15 degrees out with fresh snow from that morning.. Wouldn't ya know, I'm sitting eating breakfast.. Gun against the tree, and a grisly grey snout old buck comes walking right up & passes me at 25 yards.. 8 point, couple inches wider than the ears both sides, but the tallest time was like 4-5 inches max. He just kept walking a straight line, never raised his drooped head, changed pace or direction, while I continued to munch granola, speechless.. Wound up taking a small doe I spotted off the trail going back to the truck.. but that memory was the prize for me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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