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Wayne County is slow for me too. Not a deer yet.

I 2nd the summits. But with any climber I recommend getting the third hand archery stabilizer straps and bow holder. I added them this year and the straps lock the upper portion in so tight it's like it's connected by a ratchet strap.

Then when you dismiss the noise as the squirrel that been there all day one gets in close before you know it.

Matt, I used to think that getting your "own" big piece of woods would give you a deer utopia after a few years of selective harvest and it will definitly will without a doubt give you better chances of hunting mature deer. However if the deer in your area are not active there is nothing you can do to make them active. My buddies and I have about 10 properties between us from 15 to about 200 acres that we have access to, only a couple of the smaller ones we have sole access. The furthest properties are maybe 15 miles apart. With this number of properties we have many options based on conditions and deer activity. I would say that our single best scouting tool is late night or early morning spotting. We start in August and if by hunting season we have not seen what we feel is a quality buck on a property most likely that property will not be hunted much that year or may be used to harvest some does. Prior to the 2015 season we could use this early season spotting to put us on those summer feeding patterns to get our chance at a shooter. Once the pre-rut and rut kick in we use it to find where that activity is strongest and hunt those areas. Then late season we use it to find the late season feeding patterns. Shooting a mature buck in New York with archery gear requires patience, luck, skill, luck, hard work, luck and the attitude that you may not fill your tag if your personal minimum does present itself. It sounds like you are on a good piece but my advice for next year would be to find a few more spots even if they are only a few acres to give you more choices when your goto piece is not producing. Most likely its just a matter of time until they turn on in your area and this cold front may be what triggers them. Good luck and keep posting your results

I also feel the same way about single pin sights.

I went to the QAD this year and love it. I have also used the trophy ridge revolution, I never had a problem with it but some people have. Definitely not the quality off the QAD though but not the cost either. Both rests have arrow containment so it can fall off.

My daughter has had good luck with the magnus stinger buzz cut 2 blades. She shooting like 43 pounds with a 27" draw length. You want cut on contact and definitely not mechanicals.

They are starting to fall like dominos. I was fortunate enough to harvest this 8 (once a 9) point last eveing. I know of 2 other good bucks shot yesterday as well. I chose to go to a set that is in a small 20 yard strip of hardwoods between a hay field and a thicket with a few apple trees in it. This guy came down the edge of the thicket around 5:15 and 10 or 15 minutes behind a pair of yearlings. I have hundreds of pictures of this buck and not one of them in daylight, he was definitely in seek mode. The pictures I have show he lost his kicker sometime between the night of 10/23 and 10/24. I made a good shot on him and he ran straight into the thicket, I gave him just over an hour and went after him. When I found him 50 yards from where he had been shot the coyotes had already eaten a hole into the entry wound and opened up a hole in the stomach and started gutting him for me. They have now moved up my hitlist to just below focusing on helping getting a buck for my daughter. Good luck and safe hunting. Greg

Only thing that is still available is the auger.

Prefer local pickup Rochester area.

Getting ready for hunting season and cleaning out my end of the basemant. Local pickup. I live in Macedon and work in Rochester. Text me at 585-943-5274. Thanks Dave Genz Fish Trap Pro $175 StrikeMaster Ice Auger Mag 2000 10" $200 Todd Boat Seats (2) swivel base, (1) pedestal. $100 (2) Eagle Claw 10' Diver Rods (like new) $30

A guy shares a pic if a good buck and is crucified for it. You guys are a tough crowd. Dylan thanks for sharing I am one who appreciates viewing a good buck. I don't care where it was shot it's dead now and I can't go after it. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Last season 2 of my buddies got the ozonics units and they were very impressed by what they were seeing. I had made some comments about it to my wife and daughter, well Santa must had been listening because there was one under the tree last year. I have used it every sit this season and I must say the technology does seem work. I have had both deer and coyotes approach from down wind without being winded. I have always practiced being as scent free as possible by wearing scent-loc, showering with the soaps, using the clothes wash, and using the sprays. I still follow those practices. I am not a fan of scent attractants (unless I'm using a decoy) because I feel these scents put the deer on alert even if only looking for the source of the smell. I would rather every deer simply walks past without any idea I am there. The unit is expensive and adds one more thing to bring to the field and more setup when getting on stand, but if it gives me a little more edge against the nose of a whitetail I will use it. All that being said I know guys who go to field smelling like cigarette smoke and score a good buck by simply hunting the wind. There is nothing better than good stand placement and only hunting them when the weather is right. I am a firm believer in not over hunting a particular stand set. Another thing to mention is that bumping a mature doe from an area can do just as much harm to your chances as bumping the buck especially as the rut approaches. There is my 2 cents. Greg

This is my third season hunting with my daughter Lily and I have never had as much fun in the woods as I have had this season. Last saturday she got her first bow kill on a mature dow then tonight she got a 6 point with her shotgun. With each season I have seen her grow as a hunter and I could not be prouder. The patience she has shown me sitting on stand is better than most adults. Making memories that will last a lifetime.

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After chasing deer with her bow for the last 2 seasons and the beginning of this season, and having some very close calls. My daughter Lily was able to harvest her first deer this past Saturday with her 20 gauge. What an exciting morning for the both of us. I not sure who was prouder. This 6 point came in to some light rattling and grunts. He was traveling with another small buck and a doe. She made an excellent shot and no blood trailing was required. She had me back out that evening with her bow trying to get a bigger one. She is definitely hooked now if she wasn't before.