NY opening day, who dropped one?
11-22-2009 | 03:35 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Orange county, NY
Yankee doodle , yeah Im w/ ya bro, they pulled that stupid AR crap down here in in OC in sterling forest too, what do these idiots think theyre gonna acomplish by this? they just dont get it, dont give up though, NY still has some of the best deer hunting in the NE.
11-22-2009 | 03:35 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: YewNork
Spent the opener in Sullivan County, NY trying to deal with the newest stupidity that they have shoved down our throats.
In the WMU where MY land is situated, bucks now need to have at least three point on one antler, and a minimum of one point on the other. Doe tags available only on a preference point basis. Using a typical deer as a model, this means that anything under 5 points is illegal.
To make a long story short, in 5 hours we saw, withing easy shooting range, 3 spikes (one really big), 2 four pointers, and at least 12 does. Saw 1 "legal" buck (at least 8 points) go by, through the woods at about a gazillion miles an hour, no chance for a shot.
Now, I don't have any problem with "trophy" hunting, but I am a meat hunter. I utilize the entire deer, and antler stew tastes like crap.
It looks like I will not be hunting in New York any more, and this really stinks. New York's deer herd is taking over everyones land, mine included, and the dopes in Albany are making it harder to thin the herd.
All I can do is to try to hit them where it hurts, in the wallet. I will spend no more license money in N.Y.
My rant has come to an end.
In the WMU where MY land is situated, bucks now need to have at least three point on one antler, and a minimum of one point on the other. Doe tags available only on a preference point basis. Using a typical deer as a model, this means that anything under 5 points is illegal.
To make a long story short, in 5 hours we saw, withing easy shooting range, 3 spikes (one really big), 2 four pointers, and at least 12 does. Saw 1 "legal" buck (at least 8 points) go by, through the woods at about a gazillion miles an hour, no chance for a shot.
Now, I don't have any problem with "trophy" hunting, but I am a meat hunter. I utilize the entire deer, and antler stew tastes like crap.
It looks like I will not be hunting in New York any more, and this really stinks. New York's deer herd is taking over everyones land, mine included, and the dopes in Albany are making it harder to thin the herd.
All I can do is to try to hit them where it hurts, in the wallet. I will spend no more license money in N.Y.
My rant has come to an end.
11-22-2009 | 04:01 PM
#13
Fork Horn
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Snydersville PA
There was six of us hunting opening day in 8Y, 3 people saw a total of 6 deer, 3 of us saw nothing. Had gun shots and people all over the mountains around us but we didn't get any shooting. Today 4 of us hunted and one person saw one doe. No shots fired on our property, but two in neighboring properties pretty close by. Good luck guys, I'll be back up to my "camp" Tuesday night to hunt the rest of the week, then back home to PA for the opener all over next Monday, I love these two weeks of the year!
11-22-2009 | 06:09 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Connecticut, Central NY
I saw 5 deer yesterday, all does and fawns. My nephew got a 4 pt just after first light. Today it was really quiet in the woods here in our area of 6R. Didnt hear any shooting from surrounding properties, only far off shots in the distance. I thought today would be good but I didnt see anything.
MIKE
MIKE
Next year I'm gonna attempt to make 2 small foodplots by hand. One for spring and one for fall.
11-23-2009 | 04:13 AM
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Spike
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From: NY WMU 6R
We saw quite a bit of activity in New York 6R. Mostly does, but my buddy saw a mature 8 pointer. He was hunting with a shotgun so the buck was out of range. He was hoping it would move in closer but, no luck. I saw tons of does all day long. Took a shot at a big one that was a clean miss.
I can't get over the number of coyote we saw!! I don't know if it's good or bad. Perhaps they keep the deer moving, but there's a sh*tload of coyote in Herkimer county!
I can't get over the number of coyote we saw!! I don't know if it's good or bad. Perhaps they keep the deer moving, but there's a sh*tload of coyote in Herkimer county!
11-23-2009 | 05:54 AM
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Spike
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From: Steuben County, NY
Pretty slow for me too. Saw one little spike first thing and a few does over the weekend. The camp up the road from my house did pretty good though, so the deer were up and moving, just not near me..... We heard a lot more shots than last year.
11-23-2009 | 12:49 PM
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Spike
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Our team ended up with 4 for the weekend in Otsego County. Jake took his first 8 pointer ever, his 75th whitetail on Saturday morning. Doug and Bruce both scored on Sunday and Brent took his second biggest ever, a nice 8 pointer. Still waiting for pics of Brent's deer.
