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First year was great as you can imagine. Now it is just any other piece of state land. Guy on the NW corner is Amish. He and his two boys are always walking the hill. Like any state land if you learn your quarry and other hunters habits, you can score. I have been in deer each time there. The bigs are gone ( I shot one of them hehe). A big problem with state land is the loss of button bucks. They are vulnerable this time of year.

Nice! Jeremy, I will be down on your old stomping ground near Ellicottville tomorrow. I love tracking season in ski country.

Yep. Deer have been daytime feeding in the hickory nuts.

For what ever reason I have chosen to be super selective this year. I have passed on three nice bucks so far and it is eating at me. Bucks are waiting for the next estrous cycle and have resorted to moving only after the sun is down. Does have relaxed again as they are not being chased. The next reshuffle will occur when appreciable snowfall will knock down the goldenrod and condense deer into their winter ranges in the timber. Sleep in and stay sane and don’t bother hunting the mornings unless your group does deer drives or a cold front is approaching. The grind will continue the final week of the season. I am looking forward to a weekend of derby fishing for walleye then a week off to hit the second estrous cycle.

For ducks

Is that cranberry sauce?

Great buck! You northern county boys are killing me with jealousy on the quality of bucks you lay down every year.

I have visitors

Hmm.. ground hog or fisher?

Your camera might still be there

That is coach McDermot looking for a new offensive coordinator.

Saw one buck today. The good news is I saw a 25 bird flock of turkeys that lived under my stand for 15 minutes. I have awesome footage on my phone to relive the sounds of turkeys. I haven’t hunted turkeys in ten years due to low numbers so good to see them in that capacity

Derby fished today out of Marblehead. I booked with Ross Robertson’s outfit after my crew all backed out to deer hunt. I didn’t think we could make it happen due to 30 mph winds last night and 15-25 mph winds today but I learned how the bass islands really block waves from building and allow for fishing on the lee side on normal blow days. The water color was bad but the fishfinder was packed with hooks. First fish was 6.75 lbs which we released. The rest of the limit were 4 lb males which will find a grease bath one day. Nice change of pace from deer hunting. Going to try to make one more trip down before the derbies end.

I am sorry to say I witnessed a buck and doe in lockdown breeding in a nearby thicket. I have seen movement slow considerably from Saturday to today. I have been out for all day sits. Going fishing tomorrow. I am going to need a vacation from my week off.

That had to be the coldest 50 degree sit I can remember.

The woods were devoid of deer movement today. El sucko! On drive out some deer are already out in fields at noon. Weather pinch coming.

Spent a nice morning on the water off Buffalo today. One walleye, two smallmouth, and a handful of large perch was all. We never turned on fish. Mostly, exploring and enjoying the nice weather for November.

Buck number 4 came under stand. It is on!

Nice one!

Deep woods scrub buck came cruising at 9:30 and decided to hang out under tree for 45 minutes

Does anyone have any squirrel nuisance tags they want to part with? I can’t hear myself think.

Giant!

All day sit in store for tomorrow. DEC contact says bucks chasing does everywhere in Allegany County.