Kevin J Legg

My brother got a limit of woodcock this morning which makes 13 so far this week. I also got a cottontail and Slash retrieved them all.

I've never tried for musky on my home water as I generally switch over to hunting in the fall. I took my wife and brother for a river tour yesterday packing a picnic and bottle of wine to celebrate my wife's birthday. Trolled Td 11 for about a half hour and caught three pike and I may have to put in some time to try for a musky. Lots of floating weeds and loons.

Hunted Fort Drum yesterday and saw one grouse in the road and flushed one that my brother shot. Also jumped a few woodcock and got one of them.

Had another slow duck morning 1 teal but did get a couple more woodcock. Will try the ducks again tomorrow morning.

I've hunted three times this week and haven't flushed a grouse but we have flushed many woodcock and taken 7. As you said plenty of apples, berries and wild grapes but I didn't hear many drumming this spring and have only jumped a couple putting up tree stands. I also have seen very few traveling the back roads. Perhaps the wet summer had an affect, as there seems to be fewer young turkey also. The last several years numbers seem to be way down.

Pretty quiet morning on the ducks only got 2 woodies and a teal and then got 2 more woodcock but it was a beautiful fall morning to be at the marsh.

My brother came up last night from Cape cod for a week of hunting. We took his springer out this morning for a short hunt and we flushed about a dozen woodcock. I was fortunate in going 3 for 3 and got my limit.

Great post Justin. Hope it quiets the complainers. People don't realize that if we thought harvesting the fish were hurting the resource we love we'd be the first to want changes in the regs. I also believe fishing a lake often over many years gives you a good idea of how the population is fairing and further leads to good stewardship. Your reports are super informative and I'm sure many people have gleaned a wealth of information from them. I should be fishing as I haven't had any luck with the deer or turkeys but duck opens tomorrow!

Now I have to see it during shooting hours.

Caught his buck on trail cam.

Justin, I've also been accused of taking to many fish even though I release a bunch of big fish and fish many different bodies of water. As long as someone is staying within the legal limit it is their choice to keep what they please ( I'm sure they are well utilized). Hopefully the DEC would adjust limits if there was any concern with overharvesting. I'm not ashamed that I keep a lot of fish and we eat many meals of fish and game. It's the epitome of free range and wild food. .

GREAT JOB!

Yep, I'll be hunting Canada this Saturday.

Even though I could hunt tomorrow I decided to end the early season on a high note. Many geese around today and we ended up taking a four man limit of 60 birds. The birds worked well and often we had birds lite in the decoys and many others dropping in. At one point we had about 75 walking in the decoys and 200 dropping in and circling. An exceptional day in the field. I believe we had a good bunch of flight birds arrive in the last few days.

Very nice Love the chance to get some venison again. Good luck On the guiding I'll send some business your way

Justin, I was really into the deer and the turkey for a long time but lost access to some nice properties I use to hunt and since I don't have very good areas left I've got into the waterfowl more. A couple years I took deer with bow muzzleloader, pistol, and rifle. I also like the camaraderie of water fowling and my back doesn't bother me as much from sitting in tree stand. Sounds like you've got them wired not much time for bow season up here. I'll probably sit a few stands! Good luck.

Finished product came out great I like it better than jerky and much faster and easier.

Yep, pulled goose is also good and I have made corned goose as well. 15 breasts are now in the smoker.