[Wolvie]

fast * eddie,......
I am not sure wether you are saying that farmers would agree or disagree,....but in the west part of NY deer are said to be more abundant then here in the North Country,.and some Southern Tier counties.


And Duffy,.I am not sure where Chautauqua County is,....but if it is west of Warren County ,towards Rochester NY or Syracuse NY ,.....then deer numbers there are said to be abundant as well.
I am talking about areas from the Adirondacks south to parts of Albany County.

This is where I have been studing the deer herds,......and now that I have a better truck and recently recieved a raise at my job,...I now have a little more cash and trustworthy vehicle to get to some other places.

I take pictures of the areas I visit and I record on a 3 to 4 hours bases for which I sit (as if i was hunting), and watch for any deer,turkey and even beer traffic.
Basically I am looking for all types of game,....small and large.

Then i write in my log what I seen and how much and at what time of day it was.Then I go back to this area(s) again within a day or so,.....and do it all over again.

During the off months I get into the woods alot,.....about 3 to 4 days a week.Depending on weather and my job.
After I have written in my log ,I then get on this thing(computer) and I enter all the info and pics into it and save it all on CD or floppy.

At this point since Dec 21st 2004 I have only logged about 3 deer in 1 county and 5 more deer in 2 others.

Again,........deer numbers are low in this area,......and the DEC needs to change the bag limits on deer in this area, and reduce the gun season to only last a couple to 3 weeks and increase the archery season and to include crossbows in the archery season,.....

By only allowing 1 to 2 deer per yr would increase numbers for the next season,....
And allowing crossbows for everyone would get more people involved in archery that dont have time to devote to compound bows.
Reducing the gun season also helps in increasing the deer herd and gettin more people to take advantage of the archery season.
Also making the archery season last from the 1st Sat in Oct to the last Sat in Jan. would also get more hunters involved and a better chance for everyone to fill their tag.

Later All
SAFE HUNTIN~