idn713

With the advent of TSS, this is now the dumbest law in existence.

I have the 410 for light packability and versatility on state land. I got a patternmaster code black choke and I have several shot sizes that I will be trying soon. I will report back on the results soon! Watch the Blue Collar Outdoors boys on Youtube, they are an incredible resource.

Another one smoked. The turkey better thank me for this 😂

Got on my first coyotes ever this season! The first pic was an alpha female that manny called in for me! That was a great hunt and I dropped her like a rock at 100 yds. And last night I scored a double over a bait pile! Was a boring wait for the pack to come out but once they were on the deer I put 2 good shots on them to smoke two yotes from about 200 yds out. Sidenote, I am shooting a Ruger American Predator in .204 and I gotta say not only is this rifle crazy accurate, but everything I’ve shot with the 40 grain v max bullets has not taken a single step. Foxes, yotes, whatever, once they get hit with the bullet they go straight down. I love this rifle.

Hey guys, when do you typically start to hear gobbles in Western NY? I am actually going to be serious about scouting some public for turkey and wondering when I should start. I would like to be able to actually try to get some natural or shock gobbles if I could so I’m not just strictly looking for sign. Any ideas of when they start to fire up so I am looking for less of a needle in a haystack?

Put a roadkill deer out for yotes and foxes but today crows were all over it. I had nothing better today so what the heck, I’ll do a crow shoot. Got to the spot, hid in the hedge and fired up the icotech call with crow gang calls. In ohhhhg roughly 2 minutes I had a gang of crows all over me, I folded one immediately and missed like 5 others lol. In the future I’ll need to figure out the scouts first cause after I opened up they boogied pretty quick. I gotta say, crow hunting is pretty fun! Fast and furious is an understatement!

Hit a new parcel last night. Conditions with the wind were not great but Manny called in this beautiful fox for me!

Crazy how far they can still go with a perfect shot on them.

You come to predator threads to complain often? Don’t look if it offends you.

Got access to a new property that has loads of fox and yotes. So far we haven’t closed a deal on a yote but there is one less fox out there.

My veriflame system has been nothing but consistent and perfect. But yes, the smokeless builds are the best. I was referring to a great over the counter option.

Only issue with that is travel. Not all states will allow it. I would sacrifice the extra yardage to be state legal on future hunts.

I have the CVA paramount .45 and it’s incredible. Easily the most accurate production muzzleloader available. The accura doesn’t hold a candle to it. The only thing better is a true custom smokeless and that will be another grand.

Kind of can't believe people do this. Never getting hit with consequences usually makes this a lifelong behavior in people. Makes you rethink letting people go and then becoming much more forceful about imposing penalties

Oh agreed, I hate gun season and love Muzzy, but every opener you can potentially luck into a giant......

Getting stoked for opener, hopefully some early morning magic is in store for us!

Sheesh man. Glad you are ok. That’s some scary stuff.

Welp bit of a long story here. Background is that I hunt my fathers Brockport property primarily and I am also a part of the Irondequoit Police Department Bow Hunt program which aims to control the deer population in the city and prevent car accidents. The Bad - With all the rain lately the property in Brockport is flooded which has drastically altered travel patterns along with doe entry points. This has been coupled with the fact that my Dad decided to put up a metal barn on the front of the property (about 200 yards away from one of my most productive spots) smack in the middle of the bow season and rut. This means the construction crew is banging away and blasting music at 8AM sharp (I know cause I observed this from a stand over said productive location). So all of this has combined to more or less squelch the daytime movement of several really nice bucks that I have on camera. With construction likely continuing through gun season I reset my goals to allow for a bow buck that's reasonable, - if not up to my typical standards. So today I had my hunt in Irondequoit and I picked out a prime spot, that I know from past years, that really has a good crack at some rutting action. Today as soon as sun broke I was treated to a cavalcade of wildlife with fox, racoon, falcons, squirrels, and songbirds of all type all around my stand. Combine that with pleasant temps and a doe coming my way, I was a happy camper. The doe fed around in the same spot for half and hour (long time for a deer to loiter) and then fed away with me. I figured that a bit later a buck could come through but it was such a comfortable, life filled morning that I was unconcerned with anything else happening. In the next moment the bushes to the right of me rustled at 18 yards. Well a big bright beautiful Cardinal appeared happy as can be. This was significant, because in May we lost my Father-in-Law (his name was Tom) to liver cancer. He was one of the most amazing men I've ever had the privilege to know and every time we have spoken of him since his passing, a cardinal as appeared as if to say, "I am right here!". Well I smiled at the cardinal and said "Ok Lord, send me a buck this morning, but make sure it had the Tom stamp of approval". A half hour later 70 yards behind me I hear grunting, I turn back and see a smaller but mature looking 9 point walking toward me and he is harassing a doe. He is coming right to me but suddenly the doe has had enough of him and jumps the opposite way and quickly moves off. I figure the hunt is done and the buck will follow but the buck whips back around toward me and starts thrashing every bush and tree in sight. I grunt at him to get him to commit but I see him bristle every fur on his body and start stiff legged challenge walking to something that certainly is not my call, its a 6 point buck! He starts fighting the 6 and then a 4 point runs in directly downwind of me reacting to my grunts. Well the 4 sees the two bucks fighting and wants in, so it walks directly under my stand and back 60 yards behind me to meet the bucks and then all 3 bucks square off! Quickly the pecking order forms where the 6 spars the 4 and the 9 spars the 6. At this point I say "Alright Tom, if you bring that 9 into chip shot range, I'll take him". Well what do you know, the three bucks fight their way to 30 yards to the left of my stand behind brush. At this point I assume the hunt his done, they will continue on forward and I wont get a shot. At the last moment, the 6 rakes the 4 with it's antlers and the 4 jumps the hedge and runs to the base of my tree. Well the 6 was bristled like a mad dog and sprinted over to the 4 with intent to keep the fight going! As they set to square off again, the 9 comes walking in on their trail and he is also bristled and angry! The 9 walks directly into my shooting lane at 18 yards (EXACTLY WHERE THE CARDINAL CAME OUT) and gives me the broadside. I whispered "Thanks Tom", and let it fly. Perfect double lung with the 2" Killzone. He jumped twice and fell over dead. Had a bit of an emotional moment when I watched him fall a mere 50 yards away. So, while not the biggest buck in the world, it's one of the most memorable hunts I have ever been on. National Geographic stuff with a fair amount of God's providence mixed in. It is a morning I will not soon forget.