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My Town Clerk wouldn't sell me a Super Sportsman this moring due to what you are referring to. Computer glich at DEC that didn't dole out the correct # of tags for that specific license. Suggested I check back in a couple of days!

3 mass shootings within a months time. Some thing strange is definitely in the air.

If you research wanton waste laws you will know your legal obligations for eating or using harvested game. If someone wants to maintain a higher level of ethics than the law requires it is of course a personal choice. In the first paragraph of the position statement of The Wildlife Society on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation it states: "Wildlife Should Only be Killed for a Legitimate Purpose". Since The Wildlife Society does not oppose hunting or trapping for fur they must consider it a "legitimate purpose". When we discuss predators, we tend to confuse two different issues. One issue is whether it is ethical to kill them and not eat them. You can eat predators, nobody is stopping you. The meat has relatively more toxins but that doesnt stop people from eating tuna. The other issue is if killing them to increase prey species is ethical, especially when we turn around and say we also hunt that same prey species for population control. Predator control is part of many restoration efforts for birds, turtles, and other small animals which have become endangered - its not all about deer and elk. Trophy hunting was one of the anti-hunting lobbies most common critisms, until trophy hunting fell out of favor with hunters. With renewed interest in trophy hunting and the use of AR and QDM the anti-hunting lobby will surely ressurect those arguments.The arguments claim culling the fittest animals is a result of trophy hunting and is not sound. That off course does not account for doe permits allocatted based on data from population inventories. If you dont want to trophy hunt, you can still hunt other legal deer or small game...

Hunting for beer after 5 PM only makes you a drunk. Hunting for beer before 5 PM makes you an alcoholic.

I dont hunt bear, but come across them twice. Once when hunting deer, and once while having a beer. lol. (True)

Nice 155" + 11 point (taken on July 19th so he still has some growing to do). This is the biggest one I have on my cameras so far this year (nothing compared to "super wide" from last year). Enjoy.

Thanks Doc. Yea the trip is fun and full of anticipation. One day my camp will be my home and I too will miss the trips.

I like to plant labor day weekend for my cereal grains.

And some hunters and gun owners in NY are stupid enough to vote for people like her.

I am saying...he is old enough...lol. Brisket...Belly...hams...at least 3.5.

Dynamite?

Sign a blank check & forward it to an excavator with a dozer... LOL My property was an abandonded farm that wasn't worked for probably 50 years. A thorny, multiflora rose infested, thicket or jungle would be an understatement. You don't want to hear this, but all my ATV paths, open grassy areas, stand sites, etc - done by hand. Cut trees & left stumps cut off as flush to the ground as possible. Piled brush & either left as-is or burned in winter. All 1.5 miles of ATV paths are mowed by hand. Sure, been at it for 7 years, but anything short of a magic wand requires either money or sweat. A good chainsaw, HD weedwhacker with a blade, leather gloves & plenty of cool drinks. This is where a large family with 2-3 teenage sons comes in handy.

Mountain lion, no doubt.