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Had a great day, yesterday my grand-daughter was Baptized at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Life is good.

Anyone i know who shoots over 65 lbs has blown their shoulder out at some point. uncle, cousin, friends with todays bows and proper shot placement 50 lbs does the trick everytime. My neighbor blew his shoulder out last year and had surgery and is seriously hoping he can draw back 50 lbs by the time season comes... I guess its a macho thing "more power", I've even taken an elk with my bow at 52 lbs... I'll keep mine low and be enjoying it my whole life with out the shoulder pain my friends and family are dealing with..

I don't think this was posted before ......... Dealing with coyotes The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor's dog, then bites the Governor. 1. The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie "Bambi" and then realizes he should stop because the coyote is only doing what is natural. 2. He calls animal control . Animal Control captures the coyote and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it. 3. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases. 4. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged. 5. The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of dangerous animals. 6. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote awareness program" for residents of the area. 7. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world. 8. The Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack. The State spends $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with additional special training re: the nature of coyotes. 9. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit against the State. SOUTH DAKOTA : The Governor of South Dakota is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A Coyote jumps out and attacks his dog. 1. The Governor shoots the coyote with his State-issued pistol and keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point cartridge. 2. The Buzzards eat the dead coyote. And that, my friends, is why California is broke and South Dakota is not.

The last paragraph in Lawdwaz's post about sums it up. To do that first an education campaign must be started. Then involve the USSA (US sportsmans alliance), a national prohunting organization that has been succesful in establishing bear & dove seasons in a number of states. Then it is key to syncronize the intro of legistlation with other states; simply because the opposition from major national ant-hunting groups would be diluted. Regarding the survey: 5,000 is not an adequete sample size. The survey was conducted in an era of all time low participation in small game & waterfowl hunting. Why would it be expected to show different stats? The downward trend in biggame & turkey hunting is negligable; but the decline small game & waterfowl hunting is very significant, and is several decades old. Dove hunting would open up opportunities for youth, women, handicapped persons, and older hunters. Why? Its done in mild weather. There is no water, mud, hills, brush, long hikes, heavy or expensive equipment, low recoil, low noise ammo is used, you can hunt with or without your dog. Tradtional dove hunting is in harvested fields, however doves can be found about anywhere, and thats a big issue for many hunters. Even people concerned about the lack of recruitment of young hunters dont always agree with special youth hunts. The fact there is a youth hunt for many species, but not deer, makes it obvious. IMO, a dove season should have been implemented; not an early waterfowl, spring turkey, nor an early & extra release of pheasant for kids. Not with 4 million doves on the North American continent. The economic studies I have read have also shown that dove hunting is a disportionally larger revenue source then other forms of hunting. A large portion of that revenue is to local economies; and another large portion is put back into conservation mostly via excise tax on shotshells. Doves are quite sporty - hard to hit, and excellent tablefare. A dove season is win-win and its about time!

I have a Ben Pearson TX-4 set at just over 60# and a Parker Phoenix EZ Draw set at 70# . I alternate between shooting the two of them . Maybe when I get older I will change the poundage but then I am only 70 so hopefully I have a while to go .

Dang good idea, I think we should have this law for deer hunting in NY to. You wound a deer that tag is done. Bet it would cut down on the amount of dead deer floating around the woods. Yes im being sarcastic!!! What a stupid law!!

I always thought he looked more like this

new york has a law that limits your liabiltiy if someone gets hurt while tresspasing on your property posted or unposted...its about the only good law we have

Hey, aren't we a bitt overdue for a mountain lion thread?

I'm not one bit skeptical !

Throw him in the clink and take his guns and hunting priviledges away for life.

wow bet you can find shed there easy

what about a hudson valley meeting, lots of eager x-bowmen down this way!

My Father was My favorite hunting partner, but He passed at the age og 85 back in 2006. He was a great hunter, shot His last deer at 83 and boy was I Proud of Him that day, I have so many memories of Hunting with Him that I often think of while Im sitting in My stand. Now I Hunt with My oldest Son and hope He will feel the same one day. Also My Wife of Many Moons is going to start to hunt with Me again, and hopefully My Grandsons if I live long enough. This is a great sport and has done much for My Family for Generations. Thanks for this site Ron

Tactical has completely jumped the shark.... Whats next, a tactical muzzle loader?

here i am

Waiting for deer :-)