In-season bucks at the zip-tie scrape

[Buckstopshere]

A few good bucks starting to show up at the zip-tie scrape setups. And tons of smaller ones too. I really like the one with the split G3. 

[BizCT]

Yes, the big clean 8 too!

[ncountry]

Dang! I want to hunt there..Nice collection of bucks!!

[Steuben Jerry]

True studs right there!!

[TreeGuy]

Beauts. Looks like they aren't going far as it's almost light. I guess bedding close by. The rut is gonna be a great time for you !!!

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[Buckstopshere]

This guy finally showed again. Got him in velvet...and then the other night at the same zip-tie scrape setup...First photo is in the fog when he was in velvet. Now...he's hard horn...and a good one for my neck of the woods. I'm not in his core area because I have not seen him since. But there's always hope! 

[mowin]

Just curious, what unit are you in?   Nice looking bucks, and choices you've got. 

[rob-c]

Nice .....

[Engraver99]

What is a zip-tie scrape?

[Buckstopshere]

Yep...keep enhancing it. More overhanging branches from other scrapes.

[dbHunterNY]

29 minutes ago, mowin said:

Just curious, what unit are you in?   Nice looking bucks, and choices you've got. 

one not far from PA with antler restrictions or Stuben county. Definitely not in Eastern NY. Many of those bucks have age though and it shows.

[Buckstopshere]

I’m in 9Y. Wellsville. Just a bit north of the Pa. border in the Genesee River valley and surrounding hills.

[Buckstopshere]

39 minutes ago, Engraver99 said:

What is a zip-tie scrape?

You can google it. But it’s snipping the overhanging branch off a hot scrape and transporting it to another mock scrape. Zip tie it to the mock scrape's overhanging branch.

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[mowin]

22 minutes ago, Buckstopshere said:

I’m in 9Y. Wellsville. Just a bit north of the Pa. border in the Genesee River valley and surrounding hills.

Definitely have a great area. Looking forward to seeing what you end up taking. 

[Buckstopshere]

23 minutes ago, mowin said:

Definitely have a great area. Looking forward to seeing what you end up taking. 

I've passed on a few good ones, bigger than some of my mounts. Can't pull the trigger yet with some of the top level bucks I have on cam...20 yards from my stands. The best is yet to come! Soon the big boys will be running in the daytime.

[Buckstopshere]

1 hour ago, dbHunterNY said:

one not far from PA with antler restrictions or Stuben county. Definitely not in Eastern NY. Many of those bucks have age though and it shows.

Nah. I disagree. North central Pa. is a wasteland for deer hunters. Sure, there are a few big bucks. But having hunted Pa. since 1970 every year until recently,  with bow and gun, the buck population there is a joke. If anything, NY bucks flood into Pa. and increase their stats. Pa. doesn't want deer, it wants timber. 

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[nyslowhand]

1 hour ago, Buckstopshere said:

.......  Soon the big boys will be running in the daytime.

Promise...? 

[dbHunterNY]

Nah. I disagree. North central Pa. is a wasteland for deer hunters. Sure, there are a few big bucks. But having hunted Pa. since 1970 every year until recently,  with bow and gun, the buck population there is a joke. If anything, NY bucks flood into Pa. and increase their stats. Pa. doesn't want deer, it wants timber. 

You disagree yet just proved my point. You think north central PA is a "waste land" for bucks yet PA WMU 3A that spans the whole border south of you still take almost 4 bucks per square mile. That's more than practically any WMU in NY's region 4 where Mowin (whom I replied to) and I are. In NY it's even better in Stuben county just east you, and to the north you is good too. I think you should just except how well you have it. lol Hope you get a crack at one of those bucks this fall.

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[Buckstopshere]

More in-season eye candy. Things are gonna pop soon and I'm getting itchy to let an arrow fly!