The NYS Whitetail season in the Southern Zone of the State is closed for the year. Archery still continues in the Northern Zone through the end of December. The weather turned warm again for the majority of the special 9 day muzzleloader and late archery season, which kept the deer in their beds, not moving much during the day. In the case of yours truly, in 5 days of hunting during this late season, I did not see 1 deer, and only heard 1 shot!!
By past standards, I would say that makes for a VERY slow end of the season. It will be interesting to see what the DEC says the overall harvest was this year, but with the warmer weather that we had, I won't be surprised to read that it was a below average harvest.
We are still collecting pictures and stories of readers' hunts, we will begin featuring some of the responses received so far in the next few weeks. Send in your photos, your stories, your ideas on how to make this blog more interesting. Let us know about the seasons and action in your state.
With the end of big game season here, it is time to turn attention to small game, I certainly found an abundance of squirrels this year, and looks like the rabbit population is healthy too. If you want to try some fun, then take the spotlight and the rifle out and try coyote hunting at night, which will also help keep those populations of small game strong.
There will be a feature on Coyote hunting in the very near future, so anyone with advice/tips or pictures and stories please send them in.
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