ORIGINAL: Coalcracker

My son purchased 90 acres last year and built a home on it. We posted the land and didn't even bother to hunt it, all that was there were spikes and tiny Y bucks. This is located in Newark Valley, which isn't far from you, I met another hunter on one of these sights that was so helpful to us that he is the only one that has been hunting it for the last two years. My son put a three points to a side limit on it, this year my friend from up has seen a six pointer with a wide rack and he knows of an eight pointer and also a few other bucks around. He didn't shoot the six because it was first thing in the morning on the first day of rifle, he also doesn't want to harvest doe, with is a big plus as far as we are concerned.

I see your sportsmen up there are no better than anywhere else, last year this friend of mine had to chase the local off because they always hunted there. As he is from Newark Valley he knew most of them, they hunt everybody else land and save their own land for later in the week. This year I had a camera stolen from on top of the hill, my son told my friend to arrest anybody he finds on the property.

I'm reallynot too please with the numbers and quality of deer up there, I've already invested over $15,000 in equipment, plus seeds, fertilizer and expenses travelling the three hours up there to work on the food plots. There is nothing in that area for the deer to eat, most if not all the fields are weeds and grass, which they seem to bail for horses and cattle.

Based on what i see,it is no wonder your brothers came to the N/C to shoot a deer. This friend of mine came down to my place last year, shot a nice eight pointer and said it was the biggest bodied deer he ever had gotten and thesecond largest rack. He'll be coming down again tomorrow and will have a great chance of harvest a nice buck,rack on this one will put last year buck to shame.

Moral of this story is, doe hunter aren't welcome at my place in PA or my sons in N.Y.