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Pear trees are a great addition also. And they produce after just a couple of yearsSent from my E6782 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Movement with the Moon: White-tailed Deer Activity and Solunar Events http://www.moonguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Movement-with-the-Moon-White-tailed-Deer-Activity-and-Solunar-Events-2016-03-01-1.pdf?mc_cid=7230a92356&mc_eid=47ac238ef4

sunrise/sunset, moon phase, moon data http://www.solunarforecast.com/solunarcalendar.aspx

So the introduction of the 2016 version of this thread was all sparked by the realization of the calender date. This hit me like a freight train two days ago and sent me into a mass panic. Its too damn tough to bust away from a hectic work schedule and from lake fishing to walk the woods in the middle of summer. I always tell myself that I will but it never happens. In case you dont know... tomorrow is september! I need to get things done and the preseason panic has begun for me! So far this week i have hung 3 cameras (with 2 more to go) and I did my preseason check on 4 stands. I also relocated a set that wasnt quite right. The location seemed great but no matter the wind direction it was never quite right. Now 60 yards away, it seems perfect.

Hunting seasons= http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/huntseasons16.pdf Hunting regulations guide= http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/37136.html

wow. Crazy amount of work!

In a month or so, another fishing season will be behind us and it will be time to chase the ever elusive, Bambi! I started a season long hunting thread 2 years ago to give some "real time" reports of the happenings in the woods. Everyone loves reading fishing reports, so the idea was obviously sparked that idea. Its obvious that many of us fisherman are also hunters but to my surprise the 2014 and 2015 deer threads are two of the biggest threads in LOU history. When i started the first thread in 2104, I thought the thread would be me rambling on and on (which it is) but it became much more than that. Not only was i sharing information but many of you began to also and it really turned it into something huge. It goes to show that a lot of us are just as passionate about trout and salmon fishing as we are about chasing whitetails so the idea of sharing ideas and techniques is an easy sell. 2015 provided me the opportunity, for the first time, to harvest a buck that i had footage of and that was on the kill list. Its nice to see hard work paying off and was very cool to be able to accomplish this. As i go through my notes from last season, Im noticing terribly low numbers. Deer sightings and number of hunts are down significantly for me over the past couple of seasons. The DEC doe only season really put a damper on my season early in October and the muzzleloader season. Definitely a slow start to the season but by October 23 I was in high gear. My season in numbers Bow Season October 1 –November 20 (doe only first 2 weeks) 39 hunts (19 am and 20 pm) 86 total sightings (29 antlered bucks including 4 shooters) Best days- rut October 30- November 8 Opportunities= missed a good 8pt (November 1 Am), shot big 9 point (November 2 AM) Regular Season November 21- December 13 17 hunts (8 am and 9 pm) 32 total sightings (5 antlered bucks including 2 shooters) Best days- November 21 (opening day) & December 12 Opportunities= missed stud 10 point, blown chance at chocolate rack 10 point) Muzzleloader Season December 14- 22 (doe only) 1 hunt (1 am and 6 pm) 4 total sightings (1 antlered buck) Best days- HA! Opportunities= 0 (Doe only)

absolutely correct! Cloud cover distorts the information.

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