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  1. 29 minutes ago, HB2 said:

    It is extremely important to know the dive rate of the lures you are fishing  of each lure . Unless of course you like snags . That is if you are fishing 15 ft or less 

     

    I find that my jointed Rebels dive the most least followed by straight original Rapalas . 3 to 5 ft . 

     

    Smithwicks seem to dive 5 to 7 ft 

     

    Jointed raps dive the most 

     

    9 s. 7 ft 

     

    11s 10 ft 

     

    13 s 12 ft . 

     

    The bigger the bait in     the deeper it dives generally. 

     

    Also tuning is critical IMO . 

     

     

    Having fished extensively in the tribs, regardless of dive rate (which I know) the rapala lips are trash. When they are running good, they certainly catch out there on the spring bite. Just not worth $8 a fish IMO

  2. Little more fox action on public. Watched a skunk come in to like 30 yards and then decided to scan the field again and to my surprise a fox was just sitting and checking the call out at around 80 yards. Nice bang flop on this one! 
     

     

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  3. Made it out for a quick session last night. Shot a fox between 240 - 260 yards out. Initially dumped it and thought I made a perfect shot but the fox did end up getting up and making it a ways. We never recovered it. But this is why I love the thermal and recording, if I analyze the shot I believe I held just a touch too low and forward. Probably took his lower right shoulder out. I’m sure the fox isn’t long for this world, but gosh darn these predators are tough. 
     

    My buddy later touched off a shot on a coyote and same story. No recovery but lots of blood at the shot site. I’m sure that coyote expired but he moved all of 80 - 100 yards before we could no longer track on the property he went to. Again, shot was touched off near the shoulder. Bit of a rough night recovery wise but two (most likely) less predators out there. 
     

     

     

  4. 13 minutes ago, rolmops said:

     

    that should have a pm. Now it is in the public domain and any fire on your property will be seen as susupicious.

    lol. Good thing I don’t do things that are illegal. It’s a joke, and I’m not gonna start any illegal fires. 

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  5. 5 minutes ago, LazyRiver585 said:

    Would you be devastated if some stranger went trespassing on your land and accidentally dropped one of his Newport cigarette butts in some very dry grass and brush… that just so happens to be exactly where you wanted burned?

     

    Aw, man! Right in the middle of my carefully laid out block! Hopefully, those very carefully prepared firebreaks to control it! Who could have seen that coming?

  6. Ugh I was afraid of this answer. I was getting the feeling that around Monroe County it is just not something that is allowed or done. It is stupid as on private property, you should be allowed to do what you can for your land management. This seems to show a massive amount of ignorance on the states part for just how effective of a conservation tool fire can be, and it is becoming wildly popular again down south.

     

    I would just go ahead and do it anyway, but I have a feeling the neighbors would be making calls about the smoke and I have to imagine the fine I would get wouldn't be minimal.

  7. Hey all, quick question, my family owns 60 acres in the Town of Sweden (outside Brockport) and I was thinking of adding prescribed fire to my management strategies. I want to create better diversity in my CRP and get the understory going in my hardwoods. Do you know if prescribed fire is a possibility in NY? Is there anyone on this site who does it? Just trying to learn a little bit more about it. 

  8. 3 hours ago, Roys Boys said:

    What type of thermal is that? Gonna hunt some coyotes the next few days and see what happens

    The scope I run is the AGM Rattler TS35-384. For the money, it is a really good scope for what we do around here (shots inside 300).

  9. I tried to upload my thermal recording but the site will not play the video. Does anyone know if there is a trick to uploading a video here? It is a .MOV file. 

     

     

    Figured it out lol.

  10. So I will say that I’ve been at this for a while and utilizing no till as well (with the exception of establishing a new plot). 
     

    My soil is pretty good as it was farmland back in the day and it’s pretty neutral. 
     

    I’ll tell you that I have beautiful clover and the brassica comes in awesome as well, I do believe you have something in that I need to tweak my fertilizer strategy but as far as the crops I’ve established, I have no issue and the deer hammer them. I just want something that will PULL deer from my neighbors and establish that coveted late season draw. 
     

    It may very well be that there are just too many brassica plots nearby as I know of at least 2 neighbors doing the same thing. 

     

     

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  11. 2 hours ago, 13owhunter said:

    I see the same thing and my farm is also in the Brockport area. (Sweden)  I have a couple of clover plots and do a half acre annual plot. I have tried several varieties of brassicas and other blends and the deer seem to prefer the clover in the winter.  I tried "Winter PZ" 2 years ago which was a mix of oats, clover and peas.  The deer ate almost every single pea plant in short order.  Oats came up great and the residual clover came up so well in the spring, i didnt mow it and let it go to seed.  I am planning on spraying in the summer and trying all winter peas this fall.  Would be interested to know if anyone else has any recommendations.  Maintaining all perennial plots would be a lot easier and I may go to all clover if i cant find anything better.

     

    Edit: May be worth noting that my food plots are in different large fields where corn and beans are rotated. (we lease to a farmer)


    I’ve got a half acre brassica plot I put in this year along with another 1/3 acre brassica plot that’s going on year 3 and two 1/3 acre clover plots on year three. I’ll tell you I adore clover plots but I do find that come December they really aren’t much of a draw. Everything I read really brings you back to brassica, but I feel like a fenced acre of corn could be a game changer. Then again I have so many raccoons I could run a petting zoo. I trapped 7 in a week one time and I could have easily gotten more. 

  12. So anyone out there have this issue? You plant several brassica plots for archery and late season, they get hammered all archery but then get very light use during late season? Seems like I always have thousands of bulbs that just sit all winter. I’m right in Brockport and I’ve seen plots with brassicas get absolutely upturned by deer trying to get to the bulbs during late season. Just seems like it’s never happening on my parcel. Again the bow season use of the plots is absolutely perfect, just not in December/January. It’s getting to the point I might just do winter rye plots if all they want are the greens….

     

  13. This is a John Deere Backhoe attachment that is brand new. Was purchased more out of want than a need by my Dad and subsequently never used. Listing this equipment for $2,000 LESS than the purchase price, again the item is BRAND NEW. My Dad passed away this year and my mom wants these implements gone. They will not be used and are taking up space. As such we are willing to deal with anyone interested in the implement. Great opportunity for someone to get brand new equipement for a great deal. 

     

    Backhoe was purchased for $10K - we are asking 8.

     

    Give me a shout and let's make a deal. Just want my mom to be able to clear some space and get things tidied up.

     

     

     

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  14. 1 hour ago, Chromeslayer said:

    You can shoot the pittmans, furys, arrowhead xld, parkers, etc..... buy them in the 40 or 45cal (depending on what cal you plan on shooting them out of) version and put them in a sabot... theres lots of options just depends on how much work one wants to put into getting the best results possible... me personally if i had a gun that i could only get powerbelts to shoot out of it id sell the gun


    Haven’t tried a whole heck of a lot just because I haven’t had to. The ELRs shoot great  ( for me) and smoke deer. I don’t feel the need to chase a ghost that isn’t there. That said, I certainly would go with the Fury 250 grain yellow tip if I was gonna smooth size. 
     

    I just invested in a Woodman Patriot as well, to get back to mild smokeless loads. 

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