I have a lot of time on my hands now that the golf season is over and I'm on vacation. From March to November I'll have about 2. Plus I'm trying to catch up to Taz.

Wow, I can only hope that we get a storm here in North Dakota like you guys in NY are getting It's almost Xmas here and we still haven't got a decent snow. Nothing beats hunting right after a good snowstorm.

This year was VERY tuff.The weather was off,,and depending on where you hunt,the deer #'s seemed down,,very DOWN.I hate how "mother nature" is putting a pounding on our deer herd already.I'm thinkin,"very low DMP's next year".

NYBH< you run a golf course? My brother in law is on one of the mini tours. Matt Abbott, just graduated from Penn State a couple years ago.

Charlie, NY BOW,

Can ya'll mail me some snow? We don't get that much down here.

I'm the GM/part owner of a small 9 hole course here. I also play as much as I can on a couple different mini-tours.

Not a very good start again for the deer herd. I heard rumors of another nor easter wed. night.

I'll scrape it back to the grass and send it to ya. It's about thigh high already!!

Droptines, I hear ya. I'll be very surprised if Encon doesn't drop DMP's drastically in some areas next year. Where I hunt in Columbia County I had about a 60% drop in sightings as compared to last year. It might be tough hunting the next few seasons.

Yeah it was a bad year for most of my friends. I cant say the same for myself. I ended up with two deer and two other recoveries for somewhat lazy hunters. I harvested a spike with my bow this year. FIrst ever bowkill. I also took a doe with my shotgun. Like everyone else mentioned mother nature is directly affiliated with PETA. I am thinking about a class action lawsuit for deprivation of quality hunting weather. Im in talks with JUDGE JUDY as we speak.

Well, having drawn blanks on the DMP 4 of the last 5 years, I could really care less if they even have them. In fact, I think they over did them for years and still are. There used to be a lot more deer but the state got used to the extra money. They should just give us a tag for each weapon, doe or buck... take your pick. I'm getting tired of paying $250 for a license and then not being able to apply for a DMP in the areas I hunt.

Amen davidmil, could not agree more. Up in NY they are handing out way too many DMP's. I saw many bucks in these parts but very few does.