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Ohio update... I was hoping to do a play by play while I was there but cell phone signal was awful. Long story short... 11 guys in camp and one shot fired. The very first day one of the guys had a shooter chasing a doe at 1130 in the am. He believes he shot the deer really far forward. They spent the afternoon along with the next morning searching for the buck but no luck. All in all, everyone at camp witnessed very little deer movement. Personally I saw 6 does/fawns total over the course of 4 days. Day 1 am/pm and Day 2 am/pm I spent in a box blind overlooking a cut bean field on the end of a big block of woods. Day 3 am/pm I spent on stand on the top of a ridge/ pinch that was a travel corridor. Day 4 am I spent in that same ridge/pinch stand. Day 4 pm I spent on stand on the edge of a cut corn field. Each of these sites had an additional corn bait pile within range and some also had a mineral site. Overall very impressive hunting ground but deer movement was minimal. The hunting ground reminds me of 9H area in our stand. Rolling hills, and agriculture. The deer are there but they were as nocturnal as they could possibly be. To put it in perspective the ridge/pinch set was baited with 150# of corn on Thursday afternoon. By the time I hunted there Monday morning you could barely tell that corn was ever dumped there. Overall I have no complaints about the trip (minus the deer activity). The lodge, the guests, the owner, the guides, they were all great. Of course I would have love to see more deer and of course that is a huge part of the experience.

I believe in my neck of the woods, deer numbers are way down and its all because of the DEC strategy. I blame the lack of deer in my hometown on nuisance permits and doe tags. The DEC issues almost unlimited doe tags for 8A and I was issued 4 tags for the area. They are literally encouraging the decimation of the herd in 8A. Our winters are mild on the lake shore and there is plenty of food and browse no matter the season.

Awesome recap on your season. Thanks for sharing. These guys in here need to step it up if they plan on sharing their recaps!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

December 22 PM- Last sit of the NY season 40 Degrees W wind 20 mph partly sunny Well the season end is here and one more opportunity to get my kid a shot at filling another tag. Wind was brutal this afternoon and I elected to sit on the North side of the field for some protection. Of course most of the deer came from the south woods. After 4, the big 8 made an appearance on the other side of the field from us. I told my kid to sneak across the field until the deer was in range and hope he can get close enough to get a shot. He crawled across the field. Got within 90 yards of the buck but when he tried to get in a position to shoot the does blew and spooked the buck closer to the woods. Being the last sit , It was worth the gamble. Looking forward to late season in Ohio in less than two weeks!

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December 21 pm 40 degrees SE wind 5 mph Cloudy skies Lots and lots and lots of deer tonight. Handful of bucks including the big 8 that is a master of elusion. No bucks within range. One sit to go! Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Back at it with the kid again this afternoon. Deer already on their feet. Fingers crossed! Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

December 19 pm 37 degrees SE wind 5-15 mph Cloudy skies Back at it this afternoon. With the SE wind I elected to change up where we have been hunting from the ground and sat on the opposite side of the field. Deer movement has been pretty late and today wasn't any different. First deer of the day was a tiny buck that walked right by us. Second deer of the day was that stud 8 pt that we keep seeing but unfortunately he was on the other end of the field. After that does started pouring out into the field. I saw some deer in the adjacent field so I put the binocs on them and realized one was a decent buck. I sent my kid on a mission to cut across the field and sneak up on them through the hedgerow. Well surprisingly he got within range and took a shot but missed clean. Ugh. Three days to go. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Just had the smallest buck off the year walk by. 2-3" spike.. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Impatiently waiting the whitetails to arrive! Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app