NY'ers, seeing many deer out now?
I took a ride down to my camp in Cortland today. I was kinda surprised to see there was still a good 2ft snow in the woods yet. Had heck of a time drudging in through the deep snow. Stuck a stick in the ground, and bet measured good 20-22". Quite deeper then up here in Pulaski area. Anyways I enjoyed looking around on the drive down & back for deer in the farmers fields where snow had melted exposing the grass. I saw several deer, but not quite as many as thought I might. Only couple groups of 4-5 deer. Most areas only had couple out feeding. These spottings were mostly in DMU 7M. I did see a large group turkeys which I counted 65 total, about 20 were fullsize toms supporting 6-7" beards. One double bearded bird. I was curious what kind deer numbers others are seeing now that spring has arrived, and the snows melting away bringing the deer out to feed. More or less than usual, or about same??