4O

[the blur]

What's doing with 4O ?

I used to hunt 4O,  but then a few years ago I couldn't get doe permits anymore.  So I dropped the lease, and I moved futher west to state land, in zone 3.

The land owner wanted me back, & told me to get 4S permits.  I politly told him no thank you;  as I hunt meat,  not trophy's.  It was bordering the PA boarder anyway.

The doe population must have taken a hit for the DEC to stop issuing DMP's.

Did they start issuing 4O DMP's again ?

[letinmfly]

They never stopped issuing DMPs in 4O.  They did cut back the number of permits because the DEC is not at their target number for the herd.

[magnumhunt]

I always hunt  at 4O. Near Sanford RD state land. They have been cutting on doe permits. Ive noticed many home owners to be feeding them. This cuts the luck out alot.

[catskillkid]

Only landowners and residents with at least 2 pps have been getting antlerless permits over the last 3 years. I do see an upswing in the deer population in my area in Sidney though.

[Dad 6424]

I hunt 4o in allmost all towns and this has been the worst season in my almost 39 years of hunting

[letinmfly]

I hunt 4o in allmost all towns and this has been the worst season in my almost 39 years of hunting

I agree. I hunted opening weekend and didn't see a deer and shots were very few and far in between. This was the worst hunting season we've encountered in 35 years of hunting. Matter of fact this is the first time that we've gone without a deer.

Hopefully next year will bring better hunting.

[pistolp71]

I hunt in Meredith and it sounded like Vietnam opening morning. We shot 2 bucks and another buddy down the road shot another. All opening morning. Guess it all depends on where.

[Dave]

Only landowners and residents with at least 2 pps have been getting antlerless permits over the last 3 years. I do see an upswing in the deer population in my area in Sidney though.

Same thing going on in 4W.

[tmarble]

I agree. I hunted opening weekend and didn't see a deer and shots were very few and far in between. This was the worst hunting season we've encountered in 35 years of hunting. Matter of fact this is the first time that we've gone without a deer.

Hopefully next year will bring better hunting.

Some years are like that ...We had success, 2 opening morning bucks.

Mine was this monster.

[CJBeav]

Tmarble Nice deer...

[NFA-ADK]

Wow Tmarble nice buck!

[sweet old bill]

I hunt 4o in allmost all towns and this has been the worst season in my almost 39 years of hunting

well Dad6424 I am down the road from you on Swart Hollow road, I got to say it was not the best for me as well. Being a older hunter (70), I go out for the first 4 hours in the morning and then the last 4 hours till dark with the bow, when gun start I hunted just about every day the first two week for about 6 hours a day. I never saw but 2 doe's and one little 4 point buck in the gun season. During the bow had 3 mom doe, and a total of 4 fawn's go by me several times, saw one spike buck that I think was about 85 lbs, and the small 4 oint buck, also several times during the bow season. Now for yotes, we found in the pasture in June and July 3 fawn skins and about 10 turkey bones/feathers from the Yote's. I did get a shot at one with the bow but missed he was running across at about 20 yards in the brush and I hit a small branch. My grandson did get a few coyotes in his trap line this fall/winter. But sure seems that somehow the deer herd is very damaged in our area. I do think to many doe's and also I would like to go back to one buck per person and take it with whatever you want to hunt with i.e gun,bow, BP and or crossbow. but only one per hunter.