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Fur primeness is controlled by the photo period, not weather. Should be close.

wish you the best, braddocks is a tough nut. i struggled to have my son get his first duck yesterday . the youth hunt or private land is the way to go if you can manage. grinding it out on public land takes patience.

yeah , sat was the opener. For wny. The truck usually makes the rounds 2x a week. Haven't heard or seen of birds being stocked this week.

Bird numbers looked pretty thin at the local wma. Last year they were pretty consistent with restocking weekly. It doesn't look like they added birds since the opener. Anyone hear numbers , or rumors that they are changing things up?

I had about 25 hunters sharing 1000 acres by me. 6- 10 birds were taken give or take. 1of the 3 phez pointed offered a shot. One was shot by by another hunter, one went in the marsh. At least half the property was unhuntable . Hopefully they are going to spread the birds out over the season.

nice job, birds were pretty thin by me. pretty birds, even if they don't fly well

Ha ha my friend sent me pics claiming he shot the same buck this morning.

Shotl looks,pretty cool( purple). Costs $ 300 or so. Insurance wouldn't cover it.

Awesome! My boy lasted 20 minutes and we called it. He spent the remainder of the day puking .the kids duck hunting by me had some consistent shooting. Great photo. Keep it handy when young suitors court your daughter.

That's rough. Yote hybrids are here to stay. HS friends hit the same farms year after yr with hounds. They run almost every day of the season they can. Each year they kill more and more . As a sometimes trapper , i don't mind them as much. Getting permission to trap on deer property is near impossible . A decent trapper can put a dent in the population with little disturbance. Hard to compete w traps that operate day \ night 24\7.

I wouldn't beat yourself up. No shortage of tree cows. Coyotes got to eat. Its cool to have one for the wall. Sounds like you have a target rich area. Older buck rarely eat well. Western deer hunters routinely take deer in much warmer weather. Might have even did you a small favor IMO. Costana works pretty hard to make deer meat not taste like deer. For a couple of bucks you can make your own sausage. Doesn't take much skill or equipment . Plus you get your own meat back.

way to go ! chased mud bats and the boy took his first today. good day to be outdoors

Deer hunters have it made in ny. I don't have an issue with the temps. I shot antelope in aug. Don't really think it's fair to lock up state land with big game hunting. Small game , trapping, and waterfowl deserves its fair share. I preferred states like colorado. They make u choose a single a weapon per species. Archery elk might be month long. If u pick rifle, it may only be a week long.

lol... it was a sloppy hunt. borrowed my wife's car, forgot the drag. my friend drops my case on the ground before we walk in. ( later found out it was 5" off at 20 yds) . wrapped the deer in a borrowed kennel cover and jumper cables mafia style. wife is not understanding about blood stains in her car. 5 minute walk w a 60 lb deer is no biggie. the landwowner walks her dog back there. she's cool, but i try and leave zero trace . gut piles and bloody drag marks aren't her thing. deer went 30 yds, and i had it cut up in less than a hour. tenderloins were fantastic, the guts were easier to take care of at home. 3 days in my cant loose brine and diver ducks taste decent. punching my tag opening day lets me chase birds and fish in peace.

Dicks won't sell ammo to non citizens.

That's awesome. For some reason, i thought they had to use a longbow at 12 ?

give the kids first shot, let them use an legal means. holiday weekend is nice for kids in school. 12/14 is way to late in the game. try telling parents there kids have to wait untill they are 14 to play football.

Mr legg ... I'm appalled by the ignorance of your post.

congrats on a fantastic hunt and pics.

I tried sheds, fantastic if you don't pay for them. I found a nice 8 pt skull. It lasted over a month with 2 dogs

Snows are tiny. Blindsides are silly IMO. Square flies better than round ? Think about it. Sure you could stack more square pellets into a shell. Or you could just use a 2 3\4 shell and have room left over. They created a solution for a problem that doesn't exist. Money would be better spent on tungsten or the like. I usually used duck loads,unless i was hunting a full blown snow goose spread.

i took the boy out for some low hanging fruit. he knocked down his first bird ever, and shot a triple later on. i 'm seeing lots of birds. they just aren't where i can hunt them.

nice job, damn hornets .... i had 20 on each bird. wife made some fantastic burritos. peppers ,onions,and goyo green chili salsa.

I'm the first to admit, i'm not a great shot. That said , i have met very few people who are consistently great shots at 50 yds plus. At 50 plus , steel lacks kinetic energy. Its physics, plain and simple. A pattern that works well at 50 is going to suck at 20. You cant have it both ways. I focus on what i can hit. Under 40. At this range, round steel kills anything flying. A round pellet is going fly better than any other shape. A 1 1\ 8 easily fits inside of 2 3\ 4 shells. Nothing sexy about it.