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Oct 1 opener in SZ means a much better chance at catching a buck on a pattern. I'll more than likely use that extra time to take a stab at a few buck beds I have found and try to hunt them in the afternoons only during that time or in the a.m. when a storm or shift causes them to start their nightly routine later than normal the prior night. I really dislike the timing of the youth hunt, but it is what it is at this point. I'm planning on hammering a buck before that.

Really?? Where can I get one? Never mind . . . found it!

If you go with an iPad, Apple has an adapter for SD cards available.

Yup - getting ready to buy shorts and tank tops, in camo of course. LOL

Every reason I read is good and makes great sense to me. I would like to add that we the stewards of hunting need to pass on the traditions we have so much learned and enjoyed. More and more I read that the number of hunting licenses sold in NY State is on the downward slope. Maybe one can "Adopt a Hunter" in our communities. What do you think about that?

I went to a ducks unlimited dinner last night at rock hill country club the food was excellent . This was the first gun and gear dinner we did we had 9 guns and a table full of gear I was one of the lucky winners. I had won a Kimber 300 win mag with the 75 th DU logo on the barrel Papabear

I'm blessed not to live near a city and most ppl I know...woman included are hunters...but on occasion I do find my self in the midst of non hunters and the topic is brought up...The Wendy's Clinic is always full of bored woman waiting to be seen and I do get the I couldn't do that...but as Doc stated I tell them the good hunters do...like taking out the buck with gangrene from a car hit....or the fawn with that nasty infection that smelled of death...the starving Fox that couldn't sit still from the torment of mange long enough to catch food to eat...the deer that I put down after domestic dogs...ppls pets..... had eaten it alive from the rump up...That had I not been hunting to provide the food our family prefers I'd never been there to give these animals relief .... Yes that is nature and it should take it's course...but if one thinks that's truly right then there should be no hospis(sp) allowed for the elderly and dying...It is human nature to want to provide aid to the suffering..... just as it is to consume meat...having brought our children up in 4H....I have been to live stock auctions...I prefer to be humane in a quick unsuspected kill than what I've seen at livestock auctions and slaughter houses....I've never gotten an argument with that....

Fantail, that is a mature deer and will be a dandy this year! Hope u get more of him this growing season!