reeleyz
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Same here. First blood. Great job Hunter! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United -
Thanks Ryan.
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Thanks everyone. It was a day I won't forget. It was fun re-tracking out the bucks with my son. It was hilarious when we got really close to the deer and he just kept tracking and looking at the ground. He was 10' away before he realized the deer was there and his reaction was priceless.
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Pap, A lot of these guys hunt in Western NY where there is a lot of agriculture. However, the passing on small bucks has really caught on over the past several years. I feel like it started mainly in WNY and is working it's way throughout the southern zone. As success builds the bar gets raised from 2.5 or older to 3.5 or older and so on. I hunt 3 different parts of the state. I hunt WNY, the southwestern part of the Northern zone, and Otsego County. I can tell you that there is a HUGE difference in the quality of the deer in WNY. Where I live in the northern zone people just want to shoot "a buck" so it is tough for them to get old. A 3.5 year old buck is rare here. So my thought is it has less to do with what the NY DEC is doing and lot more to do with the influence of hunters on each other.
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Wow that is an awesome buck. Congrats to that young lady.
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What a day yesterday was. I took my mom out with the rifle in the Northern Zone to try and get her a shot at a buck. So at daylight a small buck goes by me, looked like a 4 point. Then at 7:30 she shoots and it sounds like she had a good shot by the way she described it. So I told her I would stop over at 9 and track him out. At 8:30 I catch some movement and then I see nothing for 10 minutes. Then out steps a nice 9 point. He gave me plenty of time for a good shot and I thought long and hard about filling my last buck tag. Since he was about the biggest I have ever seen on my land I decided to shoot. He went just out of sight and crashed. I tracked him out. Then I went over to my mom and tracked her buck out. It was a 4 point, not the same buck I passed on though. I was proud of her for making a good shot. It was such a nice day I decided to go back in and get my 4 year old son for a little tracking. He helped me load them up. It was an awesome day. Just perfect weather, 2 clean kills, and a fun time with my mom and son.
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Congrats again Scott. Great pics. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United
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Pap nailed it. You won't regret the time you spent with that child. My wife had our second child this spring and it put a cramp in my walleye fishing. It is worth it though.Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United
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Tasty Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United
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Congrats on the little one Esox. Good luck in the woods. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United
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Me too. I take my burger meat to the local market to get it ground. I am thinking about getting a few things made this year like kielbasa and maybe hotdogs. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United
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Cool story Pequod1. Sounds like that buck was looking for love in all the wrong places! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United
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Good call Gambler. Not sure if they process whole deer or not but Scriba Meats in Scriba NY. http://www.scribameats.com/deermeat.php Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United
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Nice job LS! Good eats right there. -
Nice job! I was racing the rain Monday evening too. Shot a doe with the MZ at sunset. I got lucky and found her fast. -
Congratulations on your first bow buck! -
Nice!
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how to piss off a king
reeleyz replied to hard knox's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
A fast lure zipping by their face. Sometimes speeding up helps. -
Oswego
reeleyz replied to Irish 1-3's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
100' of water is about 2 miles out. I don't think you need to go that deep right now though. I fished out there in a 16' boat for 25 years. Just play the wind. -
Dipsy Vs Downrigger
reeleyz replied to Dr W's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
I catch more kings on dipsies than riggers. Why? I have no idea. I run 2 riggers with tight set backs maybe 15' and 2 dispies on 2 or 3 setting. When I used to run 2 riggers and just 1 dipsy I would catch half of my fish on the dipsy. -
I agree BSMaster. I have seen what happens when too many details are posted. I actually enjoy working for them. -
I guess we can't take pride in our catch without blowing up a body of water. Sorry for sharing.
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Thanks! The smallest is just over 18" and the largest is 27".