Kevin J Legg

Great buck and you earned it!

Hunted out of my friends boat blind and got a mixed bag on the Canadian side of the river.

From now until ice up is generally the time we catch 10#+ trophies. Might want to check Quinte Fishing Forum for up to date information. Remember much of that area only allows one rod per person.

Very nice time that you'll always remember. I can remember doing the same with my son who is now 28! He was actually a great help as I am somewhat red/green color blind. He helped me blood trail several times.

I found this TC 240 grain shockwave under the skin of the far shoulder on a neck shot. I was using 3 power pellets(150 grains of powder. No wonder she dropped like a rock.)

Although no trophy I shot a doe with my muzzleloader this evening. She will be great eating and will allow my family to partake in a 50 year family tradition, Venison for Christmas dinner.

Sounds like a great kid. My son (now 28) never really became passionate about hunting or fishing but we still have many great memories of days in the field and on the water. He occasionally makes it home from out of state for a day outdoors. I did buy him a lifetime license. Perhaps I'll get a chance with my new grandson. You might want to take him for a couple rounds of sporting clays. I bet it would really help his confidence and reactions.

That must be an awesome. I probably would pay for a guided hunt if I could experience a show like that and I'd love to film it with my Go Pro. I've heard they can be so loud they don't even hear the shooting.

Good luck with the snows. I've been seeing more of them in my area the last couple years but have never hunted them or shot one. I've already got to many toys to invest in a bunch of snow decoys. We hunt Canada's a lot so maybe I'll get a crack at one sometime. I saw hundreds votexing down in a corn field last spring and it was an awesome sight. Imagine it must be incredible to have them dropping into decoys like that.

Blockhead, That will make it that much sweeter when he does connect. At least he's out in the field and not playing video games!

There are always some ticks on the dog after hunting. The grouse had purple berries and green leaves in it's crop. Flushed the bird along an edge of thorn apples.

My brother got a limit of woodcock this morning which makes 13 so far this week. I also got a cottontail and Slash retrieved them all.

I've never tried for musky on my home water as I generally switch over to hunting in the fall. I took my wife and brother for a river tour yesterday packing a picnic and bottle of wine to celebrate my wife's birthday. Trolled Td 11 for about a half hour and caught three pike and I may have to put in some time to try for a musky. Lots of floating weeds and loons.

Hunted Fort Drum yesterday and saw one grouse in the road and flushed one that my brother shot. Also jumped a few woodcock and got one of them.

Had another slow duck morning 1 teal but did get a couple more woodcock. Will try the ducks again tomorrow morning.

I've hunted three times this week and haven't flushed a grouse but we have flushed many woodcock and taken 7. As you said plenty of apples, berries and wild grapes but I didn't hear many drumming this spring and have only jumped a couple putting up tree stands. I also have seen very few traveling the back roads. Perhaps the wet summer had an affect, as there seems to be fewer young turkey also. The last several years numbers seem to be way down.

Pretty quiet morning on the ducks only got 2 woodies and a teal and then got 2 more woodcock but it was a beautiful fall morning to be at the marsh.

My brother came up last night from Cape cod for a week of hunting. We took his springer out this morning for a short hunt and we flushed about a dozen woodcock. I was fortunate in going 3 for 3 and got my limit.

Great post Justin. Hope it quiets the complainers. People don't realize that if we thought harvesting the fish were hurting the resource we love we'd be the first to want changes in the regs. I also believe fishing a lake often over many years gives you a good idea of how the population is fairing and further leads to good stewardship. Your reports are super informative and I'm sure many people have gleaned a wealth of information from them. I should be fishing as I haven't had any luck with the deer or turkeys but duck opens tomorrow!