Chas0218

Ready here are the dates you want to be in the woods for peak rut....Last 2 weeks of bow season bam, done, that is it, not a day before not a day after. haha Seriously though it is generally always around the same time each year. Whether it is caused by so many days after first frost, moon phase, or just their instinctual urges.

Haha alright stop over the weekend of the 27th if you get a chance. Sent from my thinking chair...

I almost bought a lifetime a couple years ago but generally I don't shoot that many deer where I need to go out with my muzzleloader. I'm usually good for a doe and buck. Generally I hold out all of archery season for that one wall hanger but end up using it on a doe otherwise.

I can see them doing earn a buck program but then I can also see a lot of guys that hunt as a group eating a doe tag to have a buck tag between a few of them. Their program would work flawlessly if everyone followed the rules (should use laws but we know how well they are enforced) but there are always people that work around the system. The worst part is the guys that do this ruin for those that actually follow the law.

Well in the northern zone they have bow season, then muzzleloader lastly followed by regular season. I always asked why it isn't like that all over NY basically giving the guys that hunt with the hardest implements first then then ending with the "easier". Now I'm not saying hunting in general is easy just the implements used get easier to use.

Legacy and others are you hunting 8f or some surrounding WMU's? Notice the doe only first 2 weeks of bow and all of muzzleloader? Why not first 2 of regular season? DEC has no clue I swear.

Here is a photo of the 4 no bands. Sent from my thinking chair...

I wanna thank the 3 guys that took time away from fishing to chase down one of our rogue geese. Can't thank those guys enough. We managed 4 geese with the 1 being a diver those stuck to out and managed to get her done. If you guys are on here I owe you guys a beer. Let me know when you guys want to collect I'll be up here until the weekend of September 27th. Sent from my thinking chair...

Yes there are tons, means the ticks next year should be less abundant. Can't wait to hear that crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch!

I shoot an even lighter arrow than the rest of you. My fixed blades don't have a problem penetrating even the shoulder. I managed to blast thru the shoulder with 67lbs. of KE. At some point it is all about how far in the dirt do you plan too shoot.

I have found where there are gobies there are bass. Take a small like #6 or #8 hook and put a piece of worm that barely covers the hook drop it to the bottom and wait. Use this setup to catch gobies, keep the ones that are 2" long or smaller use them as bait for bass. I have been catching the bass in the henerson area this way. I am catching around 10-15 fish in 4 hours of fishing I don't consider that killing them but pretty good results.

We have had our cameras out and I have been preparing myself with 30 arrows a night at varying yardages. I am looking forward to maybe getting a chance at some nice deer. I have to get out and scout a little in the area I saw a monster last year. Only 1 stand left to hang all my others are in same spots for the last 6 or 7 years those I just need to check straps and tree steps. Unfortunately some scum bag stole one of my stands and cameras on our private property so I will have an eye out for that SOB.