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    2017 Hunting Photo Contest- Winners!

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    Thats my point there is no way to tell from mass or body size. You have to see the teeth. And why I say doubt 6 and half is becauae that is a old ass deer. by 7 years old there is no teeth left wore right down to nothing

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    Teeth are a good way to judge age, I shot a doe that my sister n neighbor rehabed after being caught in a fence as a fawn. it had a broken back leg. They wrapped the rear leg and it survived for 8 more years. The bone healed and I still have the leg is was obvious that it was put into a splint and healed. This doe was 8 1/2 years old the rear teeth were worn but still fine. I think a lot depends on how many acorns it eats over it's lifetime. This deer had beautiful alfalfa to eat and plenty of corn but not as many oaks as other areas.. truly the only way to tell is by sending out a tooth.
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    2017 Hunting Photo Contest- Winners!

    in Big / Small Game

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    The 6 1/2 or 7 1/2 year old droptine buck I've been hunting for 3 years and still have never seen in person.  Only 2 daytime trail cam pictures ever and he walked through my foodplot on the 9th this year while I was at work.  I think he called my office to see if I was there before he came through[emoji38]

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    Nice buck but doubt its 6 or 7 years old

     

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    I dunno that's a hard picture to judge age. If the buck has been on the property for that long no doubt. He is blocky, bit of a belly, hard to see a sway back, but the part that makes it possible is the mass around his bases.. could be 6-7 yo buck imo...

     

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    Muzzleloader question

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    Another question for you more experienced ML guys: Between hunts if you have not fired a shot, how do you store the gun? Do you just take the primer out and leave the powder and bullet in, or do you completely unload?

    If you bring the gun inside unload it. The change in temps and humidity creates condensation on the inside of the barrel getting your pellets or powder wet. If it stays outside you can get away with it but it's a good idea to drop the breech and unload it after each hunt only takes a few seconds and after unloading and bringing up to inside temp run a swab or paper towel thru. Dry dry dry.

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    Cayuga 11/24

    in Finger Lakes Discussion

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    Stay away from Sheldrake. Theres no fish there... LOL...

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    Sheldrake... I meant to say Milliken, lol! But seriously the fish weren't there like usual, bait was pasted on the bottom in 175' and most of the big fish were suspended in the middle of the lake. One great thing about not having to winterize is the next warm day I'm headed out again, lol!!

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    Cayuga 11/24

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    Friends in from Florida hunting with me wanted to fish so we hit Dean's cove at about 8am. Headed south seeing little on the screen shallow headed out to find the big boys suspended out deep, dropped a nine plus pound fish behind the boat.. dang.. picked a steady amount of fish out deep a few mixed small salmon in. The usual UV wild child iron Duke trolling fly put the fish in the boat. Lots of fish were down 135-150, it's setting up the for their winter mode. Fished down to Sheldrake and found the best screens in 175' worked shallow to end the day and lost two very nice fighting silvers in 45'. Total for the day 19 Lakers lots of little salmon and a baby rainbow..
    Water was crystal clear and dark spoons and small spoons were the shallow ticket. Water temp on top 47 degrees.
    Only one other boat launched outta Dean's that am.. perch guys!! IMG_20171124_132419238.thumb.jpg.bc018682f8bac62691c79faa99c9ce37.jpg
     
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    8J Ten point

    in Big / Small Game

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    I've never heard of deer search. that's great. I've never thought of a tracking service either. I have a flunky beagle that likes to trail deer while rabbit hunting (that's now a house dog) that I have used for a few friends that have lost the blood trail to retrieve their deer. maybe I should advertise Here in Pa.?

    Nice save.  Great buck!

    It is Illegal to track a deer in PA with a dog.. we tracked for 10 plus years in NY and got plenty of calls South of the border. PA should get on board with this service. My dog is turning 15 this month and she successfully tracked and found many deer. Soon there will be a puppy but until she passes I will have to hold off on tracking because of her old hips. I miss doing it though.. You get to meet a lot of great guys n gals and the reward of knowing if your shot was fatal or not is very satisfying.

     

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    Dark water report 10/15.

    in Finger Lakes Discussion

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    I knew we should have just thrown a grappling hook on the back of your boat and following you instead of wasting all that time running south John[emoji38]


    Lol! I prefished South of Sheldrake with only a few small fish earlier in the week. That area we were in always seems to produce. Fishing should get better here for a few weeks. We may get out again soon for a fun trip!

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    Dark water report 10/15.

    in Finger Lakes Discussion

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    What did you guys have for water temps north of deans cove?

    66 degrees.
    Two of our Lakers had huge sculpin or gobies in them, 6" and chunky, fairly digested.. pink n purple blueish ladder back, hammered custom FLT spoon took both our silvers 45 and 55' down on rigger, 4.5 lb male salmon and 4 lb rainbow. Deep rigger 115' took suspended Lakers hot paddle, sd was a Seneca special n UV wild child.

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    Legacy- 2017 Deer Season

    in Big / Small Game

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    Nice article!
    I've never been a fan of introducing new scents to an area of a mature buck, it would be like putting a pile of be dog crap on your living room and thinking no one would notice..
    Even if you have the best scents out there they are foreign smells. The only ones I have had success with is freshly harvested tarsals and bladder from a doe.IMG_20141112_093750.jpg

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    Cayuga Lou All final results...

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    Ah heck! So close to that pretty trophy!! With the experience of Joe, Josh, Nick and Butch that was a tough team to beat! Can't imagine how many hours each guy has on the water.. Great job guys! Imagine how many pounds you woulda had if Josh hadn't made you guys "quit" early [emoji23]

    Joe Joe your boat is looking good and you have it dialed in! Great job team, why couldn't you have dropped one more fish, lol..Next year..

    Big thanks to Mike you are the one that sacrificed a day of fishing. Good job and the key to catching those fish was the flies you make, if y'all haven't checked out his flies please do so, he makes a great fly at a great price!

    https://www.ironduketrollingflies.com/

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