1075tech
.338 Win Mag
My brother had a bear cross the road in front of him yesterday morning. Talking to his neighbor, apparently the bear's name is Carlos. He keeps Agway in the bird feeder business
2021-2022 Hunting Season
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Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
No deer but walking back to grab lunch and to take a piss a rabbit ran into the brush about 20 feet away from me so I said why the hell not. Crossbow bolt right through the neck and dead in an instant. Skinned out with no meat damage at all. I wanted to see if I could and the bolt was going through some fine brush and wanted to see if it could handle it. Of course I’ll eat it, but not sure I would shoot every rabbit I crossed paths with.
The DEC gave me a bonus this year.
I ordered my tags online in August.
During checkout it asks for what WMU you want you DMP in. Sinse I only wanted one, I choose 9J. Then it asked me for an alternative in case they weren't available. Because I only wanted the one, I tried to just proceed but it said I MUST pick another WMU. So I just picked 9J......because I didnt want anything else. I live in 9J and its huge.....I dont want to go anywhere else.
I went through the checkout, paid for my license and 1 DMP....no problem.
A week later my tags show up......2 DMPs.
Im not going to worry about it, they never sell out around here. And I will fill it.
Hey @Saltwater60 we have plenty of DMPs in 9J. Its not too far from you.
I ordered my tags online in August.
During checkout it asks for what WMU you want you DMP in. Sinse I only wanted one, I choose 9J. Then it asked me for an alternative in case they weren't available. Because I only wanted the one, I tried to just proceed but it said I MUST pick another WMU. So I just picked 9J......because I didnt want anything else. I live in 9J and its huge.....I dont want to go anywhere else.
I went through the checkout, paid for my license and 1 DMP....no problem.
A week later my tags show up......2 DMPs.
Im not going to worry about it, they never sell out around here. And I will fill it.
Hey @Saltwater60 we have plenty of DMPs in 9J. Its not too far from you.
Carlos Hathcock
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Big bodied 4 point milled around behind me this morning. Nothing else.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
Mine walks by my stand in the middle of the night. A few walked in the creek on the otherside of the brush. They were heard, but not seen. Maybe next weekend for both of us!!
1075tech
.338 Win Mag
For your $10 you apply for 2 DMPs. They can be in the same, or different, WMUs. This year I got 3M and 7S. If you want more, see if they have any available for your area and you don't have to pay for them again.
A couple of years ago, I ended up with 6 for 3M
Well that would be why I got 2. Thus has never happened before....I usually order 1 but this this time they forced me to pick an alternative and sent me two. My receipt says 1 DMP.....but I received 2.
Anyways, our area....9J always has plenty left.
I only need 1 deer but I do take 2 some years.....this year I will only get 2.....I dont need 3.
SmallGameAddict
.308 Win
Show'em what you're made of kid
Bustedknees
.308 Win
Never had a bow licence, don't think I'll get one either. Just another money grab by NY.
SmallGameAddict
.308 Win
As for me I saw nothing today but gray squirrels and the flick of an ear just above the stone wall.
Cold this morning 30 degrees. I sat as still as a stone til 10am, home til 2p then back out til sunset .
I've seen the same 3 bucks on the trail cams, 1-8 point rack nothing to write home about but still an 8 point, 1-6 point nice tines, and the same spike buck 4 point wanna be for the 3rd year running. Starting to show his age. Ugliest darn rack you ever saw. Looks like a pronghorn antelope.
Cold this morning 30 degrees. I sat as still as a stone til 10am, home til 2p then back out til sunset .
I've seen the same 3 bucks on the trail cams, 1-8 point rack nothing to write home about but still an 8 point, 1-6 point nice tines, and the same spike buck 4 point wanna be for the 3rd year running. Starting to show his age. Ugliest darn rack you ever saw. Looks like a pronghorn antelope.
SmallGameAddict
.308 Win
Don't need one for xbow, just a muzzleloader stamp.
Dang all you bow hunters!!
I havent been bow hunting in a few years....I did for 25 years or so and loved it.
I really dont know why I stopped....I have a couple bows.....older (mid 90s and mid 2000s)....but work great.
I just dont have the time to do it right anymore.
But I still always fill the tags I want during regular season.
The last couple years I have got 2 deer with handgun which is almost like using a bow.
I havent been bow hunting in a few years....I did for 25 years or so and loved it.
I really dont know why I stopped....I have a couple bows.....older (mid 90s and mid 2000s)....but work great.
I just dont have the time to do it right anymore.
But I still always fill the tags I want during regular season.
The last couple years I have got 2 deer with handgun which is almost like using a bow.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
You need a muzzlerloader license for a crossbow. I just went through the regs.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
I saw no deer yesterday either except a flick of the tail of the one I spooked walking it. It was 24 Degrees by me and the ground was super crunchy and loud.
I did see some grey squirrels, tons of cool birds, and I shot a rabbit with my crossbow. It was a beautiful day. The stars Friday night were superb.
Bustedknees
.308 Win
The more I think about it, the dumber it sounds. Why wouldnt they keep xbow with bow tags ? The only reason is to soak more people for more money buying another tag. Wonder what it cost if one was to buy every sporting tag they offer ?
1075tech
.338 Win Mag
Bow, muzzleloader, regular license and DMPs is $62. Other than that, add fishing, turkey, waterfowl, trapping. I'm not sure what else there is.
About the only good thing NY has going for it, is it's hunting. For that $62, I can take 6 deer and a bear and have 3+ months to do it. If you think it's expensive, talk to some people in other states.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
I have a plan. I was walking out of the woods a different way to try to not spook deer out of the cover just before my tree stand and I found a deer super highway of sorts. The ground was so traveled the vegetation was stuck into the ground and the tracks were not even identifiable except in a few spots.
I'm going to walk in a different way one day and hit the super highway another day.
I'm going to walk in a different way one day and hit the super highway another day.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
I also forgot that at the end of the day I was walking out of the woods on an old logging road and heard some rustling. I determined it was two bucks going at it locking antlers. I was able to walk up stealthy, but never got eyes on them. The sun was in my face and I just couldn’t see. I’m kind of pissed since it’s pretty clear and open there so I probably could have had a shot. The sun was setting right in my eyes and no way to circle around the other way.
SmallGameAddict
.308 Win
For the Xbow, NYS differentiates between a bow and a Xbow because an Xbow has a trigger (and not to mention a rifle stock).
$15 muzzleloader 'privilege' gets you a Bow/Muzzleloader either sex tag. With an Xbow in the Southern Zone that allows you to hunt the last 2 weeks of Early Bow season and the late muzzleloader season, plus the new "holiday hunt'.
You wanna play you gotta pay.
For the record, NYS hunting license fees are cheap compared to other states.
SmallGameAddict
.308 Win
Absolutely.
KY is pricey in the hunting license dept., but a saving grace for me is I qualify for a senior sportsman at age 65.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
I’ll bet it’s better hunting though.
SmallGameAddict
.308 Win
Truth
The bucks have very large racks
Boatloads of black bear
Elk hunting by lottery
Kent Goldings
.357 mag
I was out walking in the woods with my shotgun and I saw an anterless deer. I thought it might be the same forkie from last week. So, I quietly pursued it through the woods to confirm. Much to my surprise, she was set upon by a mature buck. It came to about 39 yards. A had enough time to set up my camera, but the buck busted me the moment the video started recording.
I ran off about 100 yards and begin grunting at me. I marked the spot on my GPS. I’ll set up a blind early on Thursday, and see if I can poke a hole through it.
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I ran off about 100 yards and begin grunting at me. I marked the spot on my GPS. I’ll set up a blind early on Thursday, and see if I can poke a hole through it.
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Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
That’s a nice deer. Good luck.
Kent Goldings
.357 mag
Thanks. I’ll probably never lay eyes in it again. But, I was trying to figure out where to set my blind.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
I’m in the same boat. I’ve got a heavily traveled path at a creek bend I want to set up on. It will 100% depend on wind direction. One side has cover the other is wide open so I bought a blind. I just want something, anything to walk by. My mom took a walk and saw more deer than I did in 10 hours.
pjzwtl
.308 Win
Unfortunately it is silly but that’s a result of politicians. Crossbow hunting was a law passed by the legislature not a reg from the DEC and thus subject to extra dumbfuckery
Got a look at my first shooter buck tonight.
He waited til dark and walked directly under my stand sniffing the doe estrus. Surprised me as I was taking an end of the hunt pee in a jug .
Pissed all over my leg trying to get a better look at him.
Murphy is a bastard.
He waited til dark and walked directly under my stand sniffing the doe estrus. Surprised me as I was taking an end of the hunt pee in a jug .
Pissed all over my leg trying to get a better look at him.
Murphy is a bastard.
Kent Goldings
.357 mag
I have a small spring steel pop-up blind that works pretty well for turkeys. But, There’s not really enough room inside to draw a bow in all directions. I had a plump doe come in to about 20 yards and started browsing. She was just over my left shoulder and I couldn’t turn around in the blind to draw the bow. I tried to slowly slide the bow outside the window to draw it. But, she caught me as soon as the bow was outside the blind.Got a look at my first shooter buck tonight.
He waited til dark and walked directly under my stand sniffing the doe estrus. Surprised me as I was taking an end of the hunt pee in a jug .
Pissed all over my leg trying to get a better look at him.
Murphy is a bastard.
I’ve logged around 40 hours bow hunting since October 1. I’ve had deer come in 12 times. But, I’ve never had a good shot. The one shot I did take is embedded in a tree branch 12 feet above the ground.