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Just finished 4 day hunt down in 7R. Hunted private property and Connecticut Hill state land. I saw a total of 13 doe and one button buck. Buddy In our camp shot an 8 opening day. He was walking by himself. Saw no chasing at either spot. Fresh scrapes and rubs appearing daily. Made it home just in time to sit for last hour at the farm in 7A Mikes 8 Tonight’s view Congrats to all those who scored so far. Some great deer have been taken ‘Bout Time Mike

Lol. Got it. I hunt and live in 7A and was just curious what town he came out of. Beautiful animal for sure. Congrats ‘Bout Time Mike

Nice!!! Where is oswego county ? ‘Bout Time Mike

Do you find that you have to tune the broad heads to align with the fletchings on crossbow bolts? I do this on my compound with fix blades and they shoot great. Just curious what everyone finds on their crossbows with fixed blades ‘Bout Time Mike

Estrus can / grunt tubes? Just started to get fresh scrapes showing up Anyone try one with success yet ? ‘Bout Time Mike

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Get a crossbow with a assisted cocking (crank) device. There are many in the market now where it makes it so anyone can cock them. As far as compound bow goes start with a cheap kids bow or something like a Diamond SB1 where you adjust draw weight all the way down to 7lbs and just continually build strength. As it get easier to draw increase draw weight slowly and continue. It is like Physical therapy all about getting range of movement and building muscle memory again. You may never be able to pull 70lbs but dont need to in order to kill a deer. ‘Bout Time Mike

Not a great picture but any ideas ? Trail cam pics from down in 7R on the border of the arnot forest. Pretty decent size. Too big for a household cat ‘Bout Time Mike

Down south by the arnot forest ‘Bout Time Mike

This time of year you can find a lot of decent 2 year old and steelhead offshore (450+). It is more consistent to normal (temp) fishing. There are also staging salmon moving into the bays and around the piers. These are normally the more stubborn fish to get to go ‘Bout Time Mike

Fished the FHC today with friends from camp. We were greeted with solid 3-5 foot waves as we cleared the chute this morning. That quickly changed my game plan of running offshore. With a huge pack of boat to the East I decided to run a touch west and work the inside waters. I set down in 85 feet and ran a simple 5 rod spread consisting of 2 riggers, 2 dipsies, and a chute copper. Screen was solid in 100-120 FOW and it didn’t take long before we moved some rods. It turned into a slow grind for the rest of the day as the fish were just plain stubborn. We averaged one fish every 45 minutes to an hour. Our first 4 fish were all meat fish and then things went silent. I changed out the meat for flys and we started moving rods again. With 5 decent fish in our box we needed one more 20+ to add if we were going to be in contention. At 12:45 I started to pick up lines and while bringing in the copper our Port side dipsy fires and knew it was a solid fish. Once we scooped into the net I felt confident we had a decent box of 6 fish to make a good showing. We ended up in 6th place out of 59 teams with a little over 119 pounds. Tom Allen and Stephanie took the win with just over a 131 pound box ‘Bout Time Mike

Fish are spread from 100-500 right now. If you can find the pockets you will do well. Saturday we fished from 6am - 11am and ended 10-14. We started to set lines in 150 and took our first fish around 220. We hit fish all the way to 500 before turning around. Multiple doubles. Out of the 14 bites 10 were on meat. Mix of riggers, dipsies, and coppers all taking fish. ‘Bout Time Mike

Went 10 - 14 today. All fish came from 48* or colder water for me. Mostly meat bite for me with only 4 being flys ‘Bout Time Mike

A great day on the water. Started slow but the midday bite was insane. Worked waters from 130-220, 75-90 down on riggers and dipsys out 240-280 plus a 400 copper. Meat and fly bite for us. Ended 13 for 17. Biggest fish was just over 27. ‘Bout Time Mike

Had a very similar issue last year. Mine turned out to be “crud” that was stuck in the pickup tube of my gas tank. I got a bad tank full of fuel (probably right after it was delivered) ‘Bout Time Mike

Have a team looking to possibly join (last minute) wheres the best options for a dock ? ‘Bout Time Mike

Had another great day with the Wounded Warrior fishing event out of Fair Haven. Just about everyone was able to get fish for their veterans. Some did better than others. For myself I worked waters 100-160 straight out of the chute. No real temp was setup and fish were spread out. Marked Very little bait and just a few hooks. We were able to put 5 in the box for my two Vets. Green Jean spoon off 85 rigger was good for 2 fish, UV 2 Face paddle / Stud meat took biggest king for us off 98 rigger. 290 dipsy pulling custom paddle / meat rig was Good for another nice king. Custom Blue/purple NK spoon (free slider on 95 rigger) took our last fish of the day. Another great experience and the weather and the lake cooperated for us just long enough for these men and women to enjoy the day. ‘Bout Time Mike