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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.

https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/epa-guts-clean-water-act/

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.

Let me know what you think about this topic. On State Forest land, you can get a camping permit during hunting season. Good news if that is your thing but I have seen the other side of the equation. At Sonyea there are groups that set up camp in the same spot every year and then have a misguided thought of what “their hunting spots” are. This has resulted in some conflicts, one of which I was witness to as a deer had passed by two parties each taking shots at it. The angst of another hunter being close to “their” spot resulted in an angry barrage of over 100 rounds (illegal 30 shot clips) in succession. This was during COVID and there was nobody coming if the altercation went really stupid. Thankfully I was at the other end of the property and represented the first and last time I hunted there. Saturday I was in the process of assisting my brother getting his deer out of the woods. The deer was way back in on state forest land and easier to drag the deer downhill than the 3/4 mile uphill. On way into the property I came into contact with a hunting party that had a permit to camp which included two walled tents and a portapotty. The camp site was well onto the property in the middle of a golden rod field right in deer central. I truly feel bad for any hunter showing up after having scouted the area only to find 18 hunters as part of a church group camping there. I wonder how others feel about this topic. This is southern tier location of 1200 acres.

Finger licking good! 👍

Wow 😮. What a way to get it done! I am sure your party was wondering what the hell is going on over there lol.

Buck pole

Three out of four guys in camp scored on state land eight pointers. Done son.

I think it is safe to say we are not getting another hatchery any time soon so perhaps the focus in the short term should be on figuring out how to get better imprinting/ numbers with pen projects. Others on this thread have proposed this approach as well.

Congrats! I have seen expandables plane off at weird angles after hitting a rib upon entry

Sorry for your losses.

Slow start. One scrub buck cruising at first light is all.

Good luck Rob. This morning has not met expectations yet. Started off with a flock of gobblers roosting all around me. How they didn’t take off when I came in to stand in the dark is beyond me but they stayed. As light came they made such a racket gobbling and yelping every 20 seconds that I had to stand up and flap my arms while making alarm putts to get them to leave. I must have looked like an ahole. One yearling so far. Not sure where the deer are but the blue jays tell me they are across the creek.

“……the waiting is the hardest part”

Arrow looks promising!

Nothing worse for deer movement than a warm south wind and approaching rain. Not seeing much movement. Two yearlings is all. Anyone try Conquest Scents doe-n-Heat bomb? I think I got hoodwinked into buying a $20 can of air. This stuff has no detectable odor.