HT- Sounds like your crew is having a banner year.  Must say this is the most deer that I have seen on my buddies farm in a number years.  That goes for turkey as well.  Lots of longbeards should make for a promising Spring 2013 hunt.

My yesterday hunt once again took me on 767 acre play ground at the top of the Mountain.. All shaded area..

I left the phone away and used only to communicate with my fellow hunter..
Sat in a tree, walked up hills, sat in brush,walked down hills, pushed a swamp,and finally walked in the rain... Man I covered 5 miles of woods and did not see a single deer, nor person as we never do.
My partner (bro-in-law) seen them all.. 14 in total and the Big One again.. I think he was afraid to butcher another one tomorrow, lol .. No shots fired nor any heard.. The woods were Quiet yesterday..
So looks like I won't be fishing but hunting again next week..
Hope for snow :)
 
 

Ya know ya got life all figured out in a good way when the big decisions are weather  to fish or to hunt  - good luck.

lake effect show now there and calling for a 7" drop tues with another inch each day.. Looks like the tracking will begin :)
 
The tough decision is , do I really want to go run a bulldozer on a stone pile for 12 hrs tonight ?? Don't got that one figured out yet Trev..
 
 
 

Ya gotta love central NY when that lake effect turns on to bring a little (sometimes a lot) of snow each day.  It certainly makes hunting & tracking a whole lot easier.

HT-
 
Work sucks, but not as bad as no work.  As RG says, if you can still get out for the hunting and fishing, and pay the bills, keep on keepin' on!
 
Hope you fille the freezer  before the first good ice!
 
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I'll be filling my freezer, but not with a deer.  We are sending 2 of our cows out next week.

    Thought my spot was drying up with a second year of no mast crop after the Skipper on the first day but noticed an old trail with some new rut sign a day or so ago- Took a nice 6 point this evening- no base tines and thought I was shooting at an 8-who cares- VERY large bodied critter. Long dark drag.
 NOW- whats that about Steel ???
  Hey- good luck on the snow fellas- think its the most fun when the tracks are there and ya can see in the woods better- love it- cant wait for muzzel season in a few weeks.

well in 2 more full days hunting the Great Woods some brown did go down but once again no shots fired by me.. My good friend was able to tag out with a very nice doe today.. I'm really pleased as he hunted many years without firing a shot and 3 seasons ago I told him he will get deer here.. In his first year he seen more deer then all previous years combined.. Second year he shot and missed and 2012 he tagged out, buck & doe..
 
So what has become of my hunting troubles of a skunk so far ??
LOTS of mountain hardwoods and NO pressure.. The sign is there and so are the deer.. More die of old age then get shot on that property thats for sure.
They know we are in the woods, & they know there are plenty of places to just lye and wait for dark.. 
The snow never really happened.
The 3" that was up at our 1800' elevation all melted away later afternoon yesterday.
Not much moving during the day and without driving them it becomes a stalk and hunt game with them wiser then me..
Pulling 3 (others were not from there) good eater deer off the property is by no means a skunk to me.. I had a blast !!
 
Still busy as all heck and need to cut the hanger tomorrow evening then todays harvest hopefully Thurs (weather depending )..
Not sure if I'll just bag the season or give it another 2 days next weekend.
No worries however as I have gotten proceeds from every deer processed..:) Nice collection in my freezer for sure..
 
Great reports on the fishing front and good luck to all that venture out..
I need ICE  !! Looks like at least another 2 weeks for me.
For now it's shower time and fall asleep to football..
 
Peace & Tuna
 
 

Nice hunting report HT,  I only went out twice, saw a few no horns.   We just butchered 2 cows this AM before the rain and got them sent out.   Freezer will be FULL in a few weeks.
 
There was a good skim on stuff yesterday here, but most is melting off fast.   Going to start looking at my ice stuff this weekend.   It aint much , but it will get the job done.   I think Santy Clause got me a new auger  so I don't have to borrow my buddies.