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1 hour ago, chefhunter86 said:


How much snow did you get? I won’t be up again till Wednesday


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For whatever its worth, I am in Eldred, bit south of your camp, we didnt get any snow here, just wet snow that melted on contact.  I know its crazy up here with changing elevations, but just figured I would add that.

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For whatever its worth, I am in Eldred, bit south of your camp, we didnt get any snow here, just wet snow that melted on contact.  I know its crazy up here with changing elevations, but just figured I would add that.

Thanks man, I appreciate it. My elevation is probably midway between yours and his so who really knows lol.


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4 minutes ago, UpStateRedNeck said:

Can't wait to get out tomorrow.  Cold front rolling in, nobody in the woods.....

Ya it’s putting a damper on my hunt tomorrow. Daughter is going in the afternoon , windchill of 12, that rules out a stand, and the hut with heater still will be a challenge,with the large shooting window facing the wind .

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At work. A machine was not doing what it should. So got a call to come in on vacation. No problem, easy fix. Should be out hunting by noon or so. Just hope to finally see a deer after three days of hunting! Grandson is on deck for tomorrow. Hoping the deer activity picks up for him. 

Fingers crossed and good mojo sent to WNY, fetch him up John!

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For whatever its worth, I am in Eldred, bit south of your camp, we didnt get any snow here, just wet snow that melted on contact.  I know its crazy up here with changing elevations, but just figured I would add that.
Eldred's Preserve!

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1 hour ago, chefhunter86 said:


Thanks man, I appreciate it. My elevation is probably midway between yours and his so who really knows lol.


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Haha yeah.  So up and down through here, that one mile its good, next is solid ice, its no joke driving this area in weather.  

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24 minutes ago, dlgerow said:

Between the melting snow and light rain one has to improvise. In the Army we would rubber band a sandwhich baggie or wrap a condom over the barrel. In the woods unprepared one must improvise. Glad I put the scope covers on.9000e5b42efae4b61c7f2108c6256000.jpg

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I carry a few of the kids unused water balloons in my bag just in case. 

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10 minutes ago, The Jerkman said:

Eldred's Preserve!

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Funny you mention that.  I live about 10 mins from there.  It's long out of business, sold, fly by noght restaurant reopened it, sold, bought, bulldozed all to the ground, and now being rebuilt as a new Eldred Preserve I am hearing.

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Funny you mention that.  I live about 10 mins from there.  It's long out of business, sold, fly by noght restaurant reopened it, sold, bought, bulldozed all to the ground, and now being rebuilt as a new Eldred Preserve I am hearing.
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I haven't been there in nearly 25 years. My grandparents used to have a house on swinging bridge lake. Sold it then right after it sold they drained the lake to the bone for a couple years to do the dam. Then my parents had a house that we used to rent out on sacket lake. Man I'd love to go up to the new Eldred's preserve. Brings back some great memorkes with my Pops (my grandfather)

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23 minutes ago, Steuben Jerry said:

Whoohoo! Daughter just dropped a buck. But after a minute it got up and stumbled off. Thinks she hit it good, but possibly high. Gonna give it an hour and go after it.

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Good luck ! Went through that exact thing with my daughter a few years back, nice buck dropped in its tracks. Got up and walked off with two does, while she was posting pics on line .... very little blood , had another good hunter with us , never found or caught up,with .

If you hit the bones rising off the spine they drop right there, sometimes never getting up , other times never found .

Hoping for the best .

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2 minutes ago, The Jerkman said:

I haven't been there in nearly 25 years. My grandparents used to have a house on swinging bridge lake. Sold it then right after it sold they drained the lake to the bone for a couple years to do the dam. Then my parents had a house that we used to rent out on sacket lake. Man I'd love to go up to the new Eldred's preserve. Brings back some great memorkes with my Pops (my grandfather)

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Small world, I am about a mile from  Highland Lake itself.  O commute through Glen Spey, Forestburgh, Oakland Valley and on down.  I used to call my Grandpa "Pop" I hunt with his Thermos he used to bring to work every single day, it has to be 50+ yrs old, and will keep coffee hot for literally the entire day.  I have had it still warm the next morning.  Not like today's garbage.  I will have to let you know when it is reopened.  

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Just got home a bit ago. This morning my BIL and I headed Out at sunrise. We got to the spot where the buck crossed the road and started sneaking in. About 150 yards in, my BIL says “there he is” and I looked Up just as he stood up from his bed. I btought My gun up and all I had Was a straight away ass shot. I moved To my left to try for a better angle and he started stepping forward. I raised My gun and fired and nailed a tree. I racked Another round and he started trotting, took a shot and missed again. We gave him a few and then went to look at his bed. Thrash marks and yote prints all over. No fresh blood though. We started tracking him and found no blood. We jumped him 2 more times in a couple of miles before the snow started coming down and we lost his trail. 

I’m just sick and pissed right now at all of the things that went wrong in the last 26 hours. I’m taking the rest of today off to rest up and wash all of my sweaty clothes and reorganize my gear. My kids come home tonight for the rest of the week. I’ll have Haley out tomorrow. 

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8 minutes ago, WNYBuckHunter said:

Just got home a bit ago. This morning my BIL and I headed Out at sunrise. We got to the spot where the buck crossed the road and started sneaking in. About 150 yards in, my BIL says “there he is” and I looked Up just as he stood up from his bed. I btought My gun up and all I had Was a straight away ass shot. I moved To my left to try for a better angle and he started stepping forward. I raised My gun and fired and nailed a tree. I racked Another round and he started trotting, took a shot and missed again. We gave him a few and then went to look at his bed. Thrash marks and yote prints all over. No fresh blood though. We started tracking him and found no blood. We jumped him 2 more times in a couple of miles before the snow started coming down and we lost his trail. 

I’m just sick and pissed right now at all of the things that went wrong in the last 26 hours. I’m taking the rest of today off to rest up and wash all of my sweaty clothes and reorganize my gear. My kids come home tonight for the rest of the week. I’ll have Haley out tomorrow. 

I 100% feel your pain man.  Still kicking myself 10 days later.  Only thing that eased the sting was that I spent the day tracking with my pops, and we got another story out of it.  I look forward to being able to take my daughters out like you're about to.  Sorry man!

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