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    That's fantastic! Great shooting! Awesome that you can make memories with your daughter like that!
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    Two calls for tracking bucks today, had to refer them to another tracker, my 14 yr old girl can't do it any more. Also hearing about more car/ deer accidents , officially out of October lull??
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    Gut shot deer become very thirsty and often die in a pond. Close exam may show arrow hole.
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    Basically taught her as a pup to " find it" she started out with shed antlers then the first blood trail she was hooked and could care less about some stupid bone. I have a few friends that would have an easy track and we would go on that. One main indicator for her to know we were tracking was her collar. Dragging hides, leaving fake trails ect have their usefulness but either your dog will figure it out quickly or not. She loved small game especially squirrels, once a squirrel came across the track right in front of her she totally ignored it, she had her collar on she was after a deer. She also got a treat of a piece of the heart for reward. Truly we worked as a team finding the deer, recognizing what she was smelling, how she pulled and the small details of the woods like the exact size of the deer track, freshness of blood, crows, hawks, direction of wind, air checking vs. ground checking, confirming blood, arrow placement and finding it post hit. I've got many stories of tracking, mainly we try to assess the situation and decide how long to wait or to track at all. One thing she did that amazed guys was she marked "peed" if coyotes were on the track in front of us.
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    I have had my tracking license for years now, my dog is turning 15 next month( now outta service) we tracked on average 25 times a year for the last ten years. What you do is great for the sport and very needed. I haven't the heart to get a puppy yet but I'm leaning towards a Walker/ red bone that wants to chase deer instead of coons.
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    The week before stuff really starts happening...Its officially the " October Lull"
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    Those didn't come out of Cayuga, it was Cayuta I've tried lots of different small spoons for these eyes and they prefer the small sticks (2"-3") bottom bouncer should work, speed was key last night they wanted it at 2.5 and that was as slow as I could go with the wind. The water was very murky.
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    Nice bulls, ole!! Well edited you havve a talent!
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    Pics in Australia
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    Trolled a local lake tonight 4-6:30, beautiful sunset and nice moon rising. Caught two eyes one 28" the other 25" happy to have some tasty filets. Two and four color cores with small rapalas in 18' of water. 60 temp
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    Rollie, wouldn't want to give up a guys " hot spot" or tell anyone your secret lure with a guy fishing like you did this year must feel like you were at your "Apex" lol!!
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    Rollie, congratulations and great job this year, you sure put your time in and fished hard. Your rig and gear is top notch and you fish the finger lakes as good as anyone. Have you thought of joining the FLTA? Not sure I'd want to compete against you but it's a lot of fun out there.
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    Sorry we missed ya Les, the group of guys n gals that fish in the FLTA are skilled to say the least great folks and always fun. Canandaguia was really fun for us, any one of the finger lakes can take years to learn, I look forward to learning more about each lake we fish, gotta say that the trolling bite was tough Sunday but worth the trip. Thanks for all of your insight!
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    Canandaguia was great for us today even though we were only able to weigh in one small bow. I had a chance to pre fish this past week and found a active group of larger bows in the middle ( North end ish) on some large bait pods. Caught 4 bows that day with the biggest being just under 5 lbs All released.. Today we ended up landing 8 bows and losing two that were toads. The biggest we lost hit a pink FLT alpha alewife down 55' over 222' he jumped 3-4' out of the water twice and thrashed his head throwing the spoon back at me like to say nice try!! I'd estimate that fish at 9 plus pounds... The other we lost played like he wasn't hooked til he got to the net the flipped out and said goodbye! 4 lber or so. Also picked a nice 6lb Laker. Overall the screens showed a healthy amount of bait and tons of arcs. Canandaguia has always been tough for us but today it was a lot of fun, just need to learn how to land the Tasmanian fish devil!!
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    Browns usually go in early November during rut... But they are shallow, usually where thermo hits bottom, 40-60'
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    Bad deal breaking down! Nice job fishing and I like the reports!
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    Gotta say it's just the opposite, the current in Cayuga current runs North the fish have their face into the current and are much easier to catch headed on a North troll because they see it coming. You can disagree but every time out of T- falls the mud line runs North. And every creek also follows the same, inlet on south end outlet North. Once in a while you will find a strong west- east current but not typical. Wind will roll in cooler water but overall s to n..
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    Nice job getting out, any favorite colors on the flies or spoons?
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