Ive hunted 2 weeks of archery , 1 week of muzzle loader and now going on my 6th week of rifle . Hunting Northern NY ,
Will admit I,ve seen deer , at least 3 different bucks ( to small ) and have 3 other ( nice ) on camera .
I have also observed fewer deer sightings not to mention there coming out of bedding much much later .
If I watch a food plot its abought 1/2 hr or less when they enter the fields .
I hunted 80 % of the days so far and most both am and pm .
I have also been to 8T Steuben Co .( Howard) and normally see plenty of deer , this year I only seen 4 in 3 days of hunting .
Last 8 years I manged to easily fill 2 or more of my tags .
This year was zero ???
I think NYS needs to come up with a much better way to calculate the deer population numbers ..
I will admit I had a chance to fill my buck tag but did pass on a 5 pointer , I do try to manage my lot . Weather it makes a difference or not ,,
I have not seen a buck chase a doe in the last 2 seasons ,,
Coming to an end so good luck to all tag holders ..