Kevin J Legg

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.

Nice going Justin. I have been chasing geese and visiting grandson so I haven't fished in two weeks. I took my wife for a brief evening cruise and she caught one and dropped one between 5:00 and 5:30 pm which is encouraging. With early goose ending Wednesday and I plan to fish a bit more this week but Canadian duck open snext Saturday and NY dick in two weeks

I had another walleye on that we lost on the way up and I wasn't fishing very seriously with my wife. Trapper I thought that was you by Cherry. Next time I'll swing over for a chat. I'll likely be out there mornings or evenings this week. Trapper let me know if you want to get together to fish while you're up.

Spent the evening picnicking on the river with my wife. It was a beautiful time and she even managed to catch a walleye long lining a TD 11.