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Super interesting. There is research and stories about deer migrations in Maine and the Adirondacks. Deer will get cues and just go. Bucks typically follow buck trails and does follow doe trails.

You should have backed tracked them and find out where the hell they have all been hanging out!

El cruncho today. You were not going to be sneaking up on any deer. I played the only hand that made sense by walking in the water. Some deer moved late but tracks and deer seen were all young. Haven’t cut a mature buck track in quite some time. I would love to know where they go. Their rub lines tell me I should be seeing more evidence. Three miles of trekking today.

For those that enjoy hunting in the snow, you have to love this year. Saturday we were treated to 6” of fresh snow overnight and another 1’ fell during the day in Catt County. I spent the day tracking deer, logging about 3 miles in deep snow. As per usual this time of year, deer moved during the night and didn’t leave their beds until late morning. This meant following old tracks to their beds in the early am then hopping on fresh tracks when the deer started to move. All told I had my ass handed to me. Four track jobs resulted in the same outcome. I would get to within 50 yards of the deer and the swirly winds would give me away. Amazing in hill country how wind can reverse course so easily and deer will take full advantage by bedding in those swirly spots. I could have dropped the hammer on moving deer but with a muzzleloader, not a great percentage play. The tactics espoused by the East Coast deer track legends on YouTube don’t always hold water in WNY with our heavily pressured public land deer. In the Adirondacks, if you bump a deer, there is a good chance that deer has never seen a human and probably will settle down. My experience in WNY public land hunting is bumped deer run as if they got a hot poker shoved up their arse and run 1/4-1/2 mile before slowing down. They don’t go right to bed either. They will stand in cover and watch their back track. Love the challenge…..and the exercise. Maybe another go in me during the holiday hunt. Happy Holidays folks.

Sounds like for Christmas you need to ask for an ice fishing sled to drag your deer out.

Lots of deer out there plus still seeing bear tracks. I am happy to be off the sidelines and back in the game with the new season. Love tracking in the snow.

This one is worth listening to a few times repeated due to wealth of content and myth busting.

Dream season. Congrats to the young lady!!

Best use of harness

Tons of state land that goes quiet after opening weekend.

Doe n’heat drag rag from the park to your property?

Maybe the answer is plant more apple trees?

Take a walk though the park regularly and bump the deer back over to your side. Take your dog and a loud whistle

Another kick at the can today out of Buffalo. Made a big circle starting at Seneca Shoal trolling down just past 18 mile creek then out along the line back to South gap. Three walleye and a bunch of huge bass. The bass guys look like they were having fun. There were a couple of musky trollers inside the breakwall. Might be the last time out if winter sets in. Great day to be out.

Great buck! That doesn’t look like a NY deer.

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You saw 12 bucks in one sit …..Were you at the zoo?

Great week!

I would love to know what your trail camera AP data is showing during November. From anecdotal experience of being in the woods in daytime hours during November, full moon means bucks up late chasing and cruising, bed at dawn and don’t get up until 10-10:30 for a quick cruise and back to bed until dusk. New moon means harder to see at night so the theoretical pattern might be inactivity at night with more daytime movement.