Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting Deer season over before it began.....

Pretty country. I have a small plot that I had hoped might be close to you but it is a couple of hours away.

rodell...thank you, and thanks to all of you for your concern. I contacted NYS DEC and all they told me was to check their website to find out huntable state lands...their website is a joke... I refuse to give up... there has to be something somewhere....

Don't give up. I had a Mule deer tag in western KS a couple of years ago and had the same thing happen. Ground my family had hunted on for 50 years went away and that was three different property owners and three different situations that went south on me two weeks before the season.

As of opening morning I went ahead and went out to hunt public ground I had never been on. I called a buddy back home who gave me a number for his wife's cousin and at 10.am opening morning I had private land permission and by 11 am I had bagged a nice 5x6 mature buck.

If you are that bad off, maybe you should give up hunting. I really tire of hearing guys throwing out all kinds of excuses to avoid public land. You think you are the only one with health issues? It usually comes down to "I want an easy deer issue". I can name over a dozen guys that quit hunting because they lost their private land spot. The biggest excuse is "There are too many nuts on public land". I would like to know where, I barely see anybody once I step off a trail. We have good years and bad years as far as getting a deer. That is just the way it is. If you were serious about hunting you would actually be looking at some of the public spots you found on the internet.

Shhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Don't tell everybody.

Hasn't happened to me.
Yet...

All of my best deer hunting, at least close to home, is on my wife's parents ground. And no, that aint' why I married her...

Her dad passed at home 3 years ago, and the arguing of today started off as civil discussion. 6 sisters and 3 brothers can sure do a family feud up right.
And their mom is healthy as an 87 yr old woman can be... Hope she lives forever...

A New York State Gazzeteer is worth it's weight in gold to you right now $20 on Amazon .

This guy to my left was shot on public land, as have the last half a dozen deer I've shot with a bow. I enjoy the challenge! And I take the week off prior to gun season.

efw....much appreciated. Will definately give it a try.
Do we have another Boxer in the making with mr bunplummer?