Traveling Circus

Considering the day, ....... WTMF!

very nice, thanks for the pics........ They're one of the most interesting critters to watch.... One year I discovered a den site that must have had 100 dead garter snakes littered around it...... the adults must have been bringing them home for "training"..... not eaten, just dead.....???

Spring fishing can be very good off NR / Wilson / Olcott, but don't overlook the offshore steelhead fishery in August....... World class .......... You really can't go wrong off Niagara County for much of the season!

Missd..... all the hounds had fun yesterday. At the end of the day, One dog was running a yote, but was too tired to bark...... I saw the yote go thru some thick, and then 15 seconds later saw the dog, but he wasn't open..... and I figured.... musta been 2 dogs...... til the shootin' started...... then you have days like today....... 1 red... still good exercise. I did hear the totals to date ..... as of today.... for the team..... 18 yotes, and 16 reds....yotes are up from last year , but reds are down......big fun.

No pics from today, but what a day........ The "gang" took 5 coyotes over the dogs! Every square that held yotes had more than one...... very exciting.

Jeff, I have a Browning Micro Midas II that is 17"- 22", 15 - 30 #......... $60. Mike

Dropped like a bad habit!

2 more yotes today, and 2 reds to go with them........ both yotes were mangeeeeee.... bad...... we left both of them in the woods..... and the one that got away? a monster with beautiful fur.........

Joplin, with her coyote, myself, and the shooter..... "country". Seems to me there are more and more coyote tracks (in pairs or groups) on deer tracks....... when I 1st started chasing them I never saw that locally........ I think they're learning to hunt deer more effectively. From what I've read, they eat alot of woodchucks, mice, moles, voles, rats....... and at times of the year deer.... like hunting season (wounded deer) and spring (fawns).... I'd be interested to know if others are seeing this behavior more also (coyotes hunting deer in groups).....

I've seen coyotes hunt a hedgerow for fawns in the spring..... one on each side traveling along, hoping to jump a doe & fawn.... or at least that was my guess at their behavior.... and a friend from work watched a red fox trying to attack a fawn with a doe.... the doe lowered her head, charged, and gave the fox a couple quick head-butts, and ran it off..... said he never would have believed it.....

Very nice Sir...... we expect nothing less!

I've called in feral dogs and cats at night..... the dogs always come barking, and cats approach with a very recognizable signature..... the eyes light up and go out, light up and go out...... they look at you and look down....all the way in........ fox and yotes don't do that.... We hounded up one yote this morning, and had 2 escapeeees......

whether calling or runnin' the fox / yote game has become my favorite kind of hunting........ I just wish they weren't so educated.

Chrome..... as long as you're answering questions..... Have you seen much lot to lot variability of ammo .... of any brands? how about year to year?

Happy B-Day BTK......... Killa.... Hope you get a new hat.

Northstar Sportsmans Club hosts an annual clay target "fun" event on Jan 1. Shooting starts at 08:30 and lasts pretty much until everyone has had enough.... Cost is $20 for adults, $10 for jrs (18 & under), and includes 50 sporting clays targets and a "spit roasted beef dinner"..... It's just for enjoyment, and no prizes are awarded..... but it's always a blast.... sometimes pretty cold, but always fun. So if you're not out chasin' coyotes & fox that morning, and you're vision's good enough to shoot straight......, stop by the club and test your clay target skills.......

While backpack hunting in the Cabinet Mountains last year, one night I heard a critter come close to my tent, and figured it was a bear........ but in the morning, tracks told another story....... Wolverine! I've been visiting that area for almost 20 years now....... and this is the 1st set of Wolverine tracks I've ever crossed..... very interesting critter indeed.....

That's a good looking buck! Love the hat!

I've been running coyote/fox with hounds for a few years now.... the group I run with mainly hunts the Mt. Morris area..... sometimes "a little" N/S/E or W of there.... We cover a fair amount of ground from the end of deer season to the end of March..... never seen a track or or heard a story.... there are "dog gangs" all over the state, and I'd guess that if there are cougars roaming around, somebody's hound would have put one in a tree...

We caught two of those fish last Thursday evening off Sandy........ I didn't know what I was looking at! They looked ready to run the creek, but were only 12 lbs or so......

Nice Job Foster...... and thanks for the report..... We didn't have the kahunas to try it..... maybe tomorrow afternoon it'll lighten up some...

Is that?????..... I believe that is.....THE SEPTIC SAILORS!!!!! Way to go Scottie / Gary / BH Congratulations Boys!

Some feedback to the teams who participated in the Sandy Shootout.... Tonight at the monthly Northstar Board meeting, the LOU Sandy Shootout teams made a $100 donation to the club to be used to help sponsor a local youth at the NYS DEC Camp Rushford at the Hanging Bog WMA. Each year, several local youths are sponsored by Northstar for a week at the camp enjoying outdoor activities like canoeing, fishing, and environmental studies. The Shootout donation was graciously received by the Board, and they thanked the Teams for the participation and the help with Rushford costs. Thanks for helping keep the outdoor mentality growing in our young fishermen/fisherwomen.

Fished the evening (5 - 7:30) out of Sandy inside for Browns for about 45 minutes but never moved a rod..... ccccCCCCold inside......then ran out to 375 off the lighthouse and fished N-S. There was scattered bait from 60 - 90 down and fish marking 30 - 60 down.... we wound up taking one 7 lb female steelhead on rubber meat behind a white Crush glo SD behind a diver out 150..... we had 50 F down about 50 feet...... There were a fair number of fish out there, we just couldn't figure out the ticket. Water was very flat......Where are the kings, and are they ever gonna show?

and Jeff Ignasiak (s)........ the chef and often teammate on Nuthin'But Net!...