Recent content by jerseyguy

We always did it when I was young (and presumably long before that). We still try to. But as you say, people with fancy hunting clothes aren't so eager to let you chop it up. But there's a t-shirt under those clothes somewhere, and we'll cut whatever we can get our hands on :) The ones from...

wow, seems the norm here is to hang a week or more. in warm weather, we typically shoot, skin, and bone the same day. then trim and vacuum the same day if possible, maybe the next. may I ask why everyone hangs so long? do you really notice a big difference? we process all our deer...

I well know the "love em or hate em" legend of Rage. And until this year, I've used Rage successfully for at least 5 years. This year I lost a doe, after my shot went wide right and gut shot her. I was ANGRY, and it was a 15 yard shot! I shot some practice heads afterward, and they were dead...

I have a 7 year old Barnett wildcat. Never had an issue, and finally just had the string changed this year (only because it was starting to fray). A buddy has a newer ghost which did have a string snap early on. He thinks the bolt wasn't up against the string properly, just like you say (his...

Already open here in NJ. Last weekend. Runs until about Valentine's day. NJ has plenty of down sides, but bow hunting season isn't one of them. And they're giving us a week of bear this year for a first time also

In the North (at least Northern New York), it is not only illegal to feed, it is strongly discouraged by biologists. See here: http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7205.html for a good short read. I listened to a couple discussions of biologists at Cornell discuss how winter feeding to deer of grains...

I've planted LC's grain mix (with slight variations) for several years with very good success. This fall though I am dropping the oats and doubling the rye. It's a test, really. But my hope is to increase the field cover in the spring for fawning. The expected downside though, is that I...

For dtabor and those of you in the Northeast, check this out http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7195.html It shows the common trees, from most preferred to least. If you live in other areas of the country, look for local state lists with similar information. I have looked at others, and they vary...

dogdoc - Actually, the population is pretty low. With mostly natural woods and pratically no farm fields, the population isn't high. The plots we maintain have been our effort to bring the numbers up. But as dtabor says, our plots are getting little winter action. So I don't feel like I'm...

It's not that we gave up on brassicas or corn, it's more that we have poor soil (although getting better) and limited space. We plant about 4 acres of the grain/clover mix, as a soil builder and easy growers. They produce well, and the deer keep them mowed for many months of the year. When we...

Colton, about 90 minutes NE of Watertown. Snow is variable, but I'm not up there enough in mid winter to give accurate details. But it's not unusual to get 2'+ on the ground at times. We stopped planting brassicas and haven't tried corn. We mainly plant the LC grain/clover mix (or variation...

My family has a large parcel of property in the far North of New York State. I've been planting plots now for about 8 years or so. The plots are great. Deer feed there heavily most of the year. However, despite what I read from others planting around the rest of the country, our fields do not...