I have spent 19 days in the woods this year (bow+gun) without even SEEING a single deer.
I have seen them on other days and have killed 4 total (1 bow+3 gun) but there have been MANY days when all I saw was the empty woods all around me.
Those 19 days are scattered over 4 counties, 250 miles and at least 7-8 different forests.
But as we all know...........we have a problem with deer populations in NY. There are so many out there that we just can't keep up......no matter how many we kill.
Maybe next year our brilliant DEC will give out 10 tags per hunter [
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