RE: NYSDEC is a joke
Sorry to hear about your tough season so far. I too hunt in Steuben over by Bath - Savona. All people in my camp hated the Saturday opener. Alot fewer shot than normal too (and we border 6,000 acres of state land). I guess we were lucky as most everyone saw deer on opening day and many got shots - myself included but I hammered a maple tree instead of the doe. Only 2 doe tags for 7 hunters too. Only 2 guys saw antlers all weekend - small spike and a young 4 - left em to grow. We did find a beautiful 10 pt. skull (squirrels chewed the bejezzus out of it and 2 other buck skulls a nice 8 and "stumpy" a deer head with nice thick horns busted off about 2 inches from the skull as a result of a fight with a Pontiac we think. All in all a blah season so - we usually have alot more hanging in the wood shed by now.....