Nautitroller

How is your season of tracking going? I have had over 15 calls for tracks,unfortunately not able to respond due to dog. Over the years we usually found about 15-20% of the deer. Most guys are great trackers so the ones you are looking for are most likely alive.

Awesome old buck! What happened to his nose? Fighter?

Neil Lewis 607-343-6479 Owego

What a buck girl! Great shot!

What a buck girl! Great shot!

I'm in the same boat, I think it's the hardest time of year to shoot a doe. They are on pins n needles or getting chased. And they change patterns to stay away from bucks.

It was gorgeous, 53 degree water on top, bait was deep but not winter deep, most fish came off rigger 50' down, thanks Alex

Mutant buck! Awesome my goal is to shoot something like that someday!!

Fished out of Taughannock about 8:00 am (only boat) tried south with one small Laker. Ended up finding some active fish North of boy scout camp, ended day with nine small Lakers one under sized bow and two salmon that just didn't make 18" hot lure was paddle with Iron duke uv extravaganza and purple alpha alewife They called for wind but it turned out calm, lucky I didn't have my wife with me, sorry babe !!

First few doe are in estrus big boys locked down for 48hrs. Next round all heck will break loose. Chasing will peak Friday thru mid next week depending on weather. On average a mature buck will only breed 3-5 doe max and most doe have fawns with different fathers. The big boys take the girls to their secret hole away from the rest of the herd.

ALERT! Reports are coming in that now is the best time to be out in the woods... The liberal deer are committing suicide, you can tell which ones they are by their dropped jaw and gaping mouth, go get em guys!!

Great buck L spurs!! Congratulations!

Nite,nite nice buck!

Congratulations! He is a hog for sure!

Spot on with your assessment. If you have mature bucks on your property they like to corral the doe and keep small bucks out, the doe like it because they get harassed a lot less, when sparks fly between two big boys thats when it gets fun. Hunting the transition zones now and down wind of a good bedding area can produce big. Each buck is an individual but catching him making a mistake is key to killing him. Start mid day hunting your transition spots it will pay off. A doe is in estrus for 48 hours, the big boys get the early ones, when a big boy is looking for his next hot doe he may not have to travel too far, bad for us, this rain today and the shortening of the daylight (weather related) will put a few more into heat. These mini peaks in the rut we observe are due to the reduction of available light, (photoperiodism ) so think out of the box, pinch points, down wind sides of bedding areas or that little spot that the old buck likes to hole up with a doe. Also my opinion on calls, use only as a last ditch effort. No blind calling ! Move if you don't have action.

That's a beauty! That's close to our hunting area, tons of character, love that dagger on right main beam

Another photo frost n sunrise in the alfalfa

Thanks guys!

Lucky enough to be in the right spot this morning.