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Have you tried putting the large (back pain style) heated pads across the kidney portion of your back , its amazing how much they help ,not so sure if a medical condition limits the effectivness , worth a try to anybody who gets cold while sitting in the woods.

I like mine straight up!! John

Big fat doe. Dropped her around 3:45PM with the muzzleloader. This drag is killing me! Details to come.

Yes, the suspended coon is in a completely illegal set. Look I am an old trapper from way back, and I am proud to say so. However, it still is a good idea to use a bit of disgression when posting pics. You can pretty much tell what pics might be offensive to those that don't trap. There are times when you can be too graphic for our own good, and a poorly thought out picture certainly can convert a lot of non-trappers to anti-trappers. That's not something the activity needs these days.

I have shot a lot of game animals.....(also started as an adult and pretty much on my own) I still remember that first one everytime I go afield, and I can still get that pumped almost 25 years later. If it ever leaves I am done with it, but I actually think I appreciate it more now.

Well, I did some looking around. This is under small game hunting, general regulations: "In Wildlife Management Unit 2A (NYC), hunting is permitted by falconry only."

First, I want to thank everyone for their congratulatory remarks. I truly feel lucky to have so much support from this forum family. Second, I want to say that I met Shawn through this forum on a squirrel hunt get-together. While I don't agree with some of his tactics and he doesn't agree with some of my tactics, we agreed to a set of guidelines that we would both follow when we do hunt together. The result was my first deer. So rather than focus on each others differences, and focus instead on similarities, there would be less bickering (and more deer) in our hunting community. PS: We also save a ton of gas by carpooling.

I suppose it's time to fire up my annual shed season journal. Now that hunting seasons winding down, I'll be getting out to hike whenever possible. I'm not really expecting to come close to last years numbers but I'm gonna try like hell! I'm pretty sure I left off last years updates with antlers #39 and #40, but I added 2 more unexpected oldies to the list durring August and September that I'll start off with here. This first little 2pt side I found while helping my sister cut down some trees at her place over summer. I grabbed a bunch of branches and hauled them into the woods 20ft off the side of her driveway. Sis came along with an armfull and just about burried this little horn for good before I scooped it up in amazement! #41 was a late summer reward after a hard days work! This next antler I found while checking cams in September on a ridge I'd been down many times leading up to this find. It was hidden pretty well and dissapearing even more with the new falling leaves. Just one problem with this antler. After finding it and heading home, I stopped to break and snapped a few more pics. Once I got back on the trail, I realised I had forgot my antler. I turned around and looked and looked but still haven't found this one again,lol. It's high on my list of horns to find AGAIN before the snow starts flying! That leads us now to the first hike of 2013.... even though it's still 2012. I decided my first hike to check out a thicket close to home that greened up on me too quick last year before my final hike through it. I don't think I missed any but I did find my first dead buck of the season. Hoping to have frequent updates once the freshies start falling, but untill then, plenty of oldies and deadheads out there to keep me occupied! Good luck to all the shed hunters this season!

Passing on a link that was posted on AT originally...can't turn this one down. A decent stand and rails for $50. The rails alone are usually $60-$70. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bone-Colle...Rails/22018250

Congrats and congrats!! I went to my daughters ceromony last night and It was awesome . I know how ya feel and it is GREAT!!! Congrats to you and your daughter again, and god bless.

belo.You could have been more tasteful.To say that it is "noisy and dangerous"is along the racist lines.To stereotype like that is distasteful on a forum like this.

Have you ever tried a black trash bag on a stick stuck in the ground?Buddy used to turkey hunt and thats what he did.

Sorry, but saying that a Rage is safer than a cut on contact because the blades are closed, is pretty silly. They open up very easily and have a small blade on the tip. You can be cut by them just as easy as a cut on contact. Personally, Id use a cut on contact head, like the G5 Montec, they work great, you can resharpen them using just a flat sharpening stone, and they are an extremely strong one piece design.

The wife told me to get myself a christmas present so I went all out. I have never had a NEW deer rifle, every centerfire rifle of mine was either my father's that he gave me or I bought used. So I went to the local gun shop and picked out a new browning x bolt micro hunter in 7mm-08 with a Nikon Prostaff 3-9x40 bdc. I should be picking it up on tuesday or wednesday of next week and have to wait until christmas to actually play with it. I can't wait. Next up is an AR to try my hand at sniping coyotes and plinking but that may have to wait until my birthday unless I find a good deal on one or have some extra funds between now and then.

I'm never too generous in giving it away. One deer doesn't go a long way and then you end up with little or nothing for yourself. Some people think you get a couple of hundred pounds of meat from a deer, which is definitely NOT the case. It will go real fast, I can assure you if you are too generous. Your first deer especially, you should savor most of all for yourself!

Same sex marriage is legal in NY now.... I also remember my Dad's friend telling me he once shot a six pt doe, so maybe it was a doe w/ antlers.

My dog mounts other dogs and humps them. Except she's a girl. Other dog owners ask me if I'm sure she's a girl. It's embarassing.

Maybe the one just got out of prison and hasnt re-acclimated to life on the outside yet.

ive seen a 5 trying to do the same thing to a small spike. rainbow tail deer., oh btw, i shot the 5. lol

I think that's what most are complaining about ..... the fact that they do pass it off as real hunting. And there is never any disclaimers to indicate otherwise, so the general non-hunting public that happens to stumble across those programs assumes that they represent what every hunter does. So, when we talk about challenge and such in our hunting, they kind of look at you sideways, and then change the subject .... lol. Also, new hunters pick up on unreasonable expectations when they enter the sport because they have been raised on these phoney-baloney programs. Also, I see more and more hunters driving themselves crazy trying to grow huge deer in open lands that look something like the pen-raised deer that they see harvested on TV. Also the expectations and demands that many hunters are now pursuing are being influenced by what they see on TV. I do understand why they have to take shortcuts and knock a lot of the challenge and time out of their hunting process. Let's face it, they have a weekly show to do. They need results. They have demanding sponsors that want to see action and not excuses. If they are going to be in that business, they have to be prolific and can't be bothered by rules and fair chase and everyone else's versions of hunting ethics. No, there absolutely is nothing illegal about what the TV hunter-heroes are doing (most of the time), but there is a false representation of what most of us do as hunters. And that will always be true whether we watch the shows or don't. So, if some hunters get a bit bent out of shape over the deceit and fakery that goes on, I guess I understand some of it.

I love 150 grain Remington core lokt. They fly great out of my rifle and they knock deer on their a$$. I also think the 150's work better than the 165's I have used in the past. I think the Core Lokt bullet, itself is a good bullet (reloaders rolling their eyes now....I know). For the past few seasons I have been hunting with a 7mm-08 loaded with 140 gr. core lokt and I get great performance with that load too. Nice exit holes and the deer pretty much go nowhere.

I use the Remington Express Core-Lokt 150 gr.PSP. I was using the 180 gr., but the 180's didn't seem to expand enough, exit and entry looked like same size. Where the 150's expand nicely and seem to give more "shock" to knock a deer on it's butt. Both bullets are very accurate out of my Rem. 760.

I shoot 165 grain Sierra Game Kings in my handloads. I believe his was one of the bullet offereings in the Federal premiums I shot until last year.. Have always had apass through on Deer even through 2 shoulders. and on 2 bears and 2 Caribou.

Oh yeah, ditto!!!!!!!! FYI - The Stones were the true 1st GB rock band! As requested, this pretty much dates me. LOL Miss the days; When people would talk to one another w/o cell phones, texting, eMail, etc. When you could look someone in the eyes when communicating w/o them getting nervous. Putting $2 of gas in the car & driving around town all day. (Pre-1st gas embargo, $0.25/gal) When kids could disappear all day on their bikes & the parents didn't have to worry. Of course the obvious - High School w/sports, hangin' out with the buddies, chasin' girls, .... When the town's gang was a group of HS boys that didn't cause trouble - Duke, Shiek, Leaper, Boobie.. When Soul music was girl or guy groups, singing lyrics you could understand. No offense, but Rap sucks! When it was expected that you respect everyone. And the associated trust that has also disappeared. Bitter - Sweet since I lived there at the time, but the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen. Always though I'd love to have it all to do over again. But in today's society, not so sure!

It just tells me 56 million people like a free ride is all. You know why Romney lost this election? Pretty simple as soon as he said in his campaign "I will put americans back to work" 51% of the population said FOCK that!

Id still buy the T/C, Yes a cheaper model will do the job but its just that cheap and not made in the USA. They also make a cheaper no thrills model of T/C for $300 that is made in the USA. Keep Americans working and dump the spanish junk CVA's and Traditions. If you can save up $300 you can save up $600. Just sayin. http://www.tcarms.com/firearms/muzzleloaders.php

I happen to stumble onto that also....very cool the cops did the right thing by her.

Sadly this usually doesn't work, but if it does it's a bad idea. Now that we know that ticks carry disease (Lyme and other tick borne diseases), it's always a bad idea to put anything on them to force them to back out. It is a tick's natural reaction to being "attacked" to regurgitate back into the host before backing out. This is not only gross sounding, but greatly increases the risk that you will contract a disease if the tick is carrying anything. The same goes for using tweezers to pull them out. Squeezing them at all can force their stomach contents back into your blood stream, bad news!! In short, you should avoid any removal means that involves squeezing or putting something on the tick to agitate it. They both greatly increase your risk for disease. This is a bit fussy, but the BEST and safest removal system, if you don't have one of those little tools for removing them, is to use a bit of fishing line. Tie a slip knot in it, and get the loop over the tick's body, as close to your skin as you possibly can. You might have to have someone with good dexterity help you. Some people use a straw to do this. Tug the knot tight around the tick-- hopefully you are around it's head or neck area, between your skin and the thorax. Put steady, but gentle pressure on the end of your fishing line to slowly pull the tick away from your skin at an angle. The idea here is to get the fishing line tight around it's head/neck area, so that it cannot regurgitate, and pull it out. It sounds fussy, I know, but it really does work well if you can get it. I'd normally not suggest something so fussy, but you really don't want to mess with tick borne disease, if you can prevent it. A few minutes of goofing with fishing line can save you a lifetime of medical nonsense, trust me! Here's a video that sort of shows what I'm talking about. If you are not dexterous and don't have someone to help, you can make something like this using a straw (this person used an empty pen) http://cdn.instructables.com/F0O/VQOQ/GTO4OY57/F0OVQOQGTO4OY57.LARGE.jpg I hope this helps someone!

So.....Did ya guys fry up the tender loins yet?i always do as a reward to myself for the hard drag.

yuut, I'm in the Bronx as well. I'm planning to do some coyote hunting on my land lease up in the catskills. 2 hour drive if you dont stop for gas. You're welcome to join any time.

Look forward to following your journal this year wooly. I will start around January 1st. Hopefully it will be a good year for both of us!! John

This is a journal I loved folowing last year. I was just out on emery road driving toward center road at 430 this afternoon there were deer every were and a really big buck eating on the side of the road.

I cant wait to get back out there this weekend! I have yet to fill a tag EVeR, and I'm feeling lucky this weekend. Just me and my insanity in a tree.... sent from my carrier pigeon

That shouldn't have been an issue, Elmo.. You're obviously not Italian......

done, pending site admin follow through.

I hope you can join us for a fun and informative night. Thanks, Mike

Best story I forgot to mention. I had bought along on of those giant heavy duty garbage bags to stuff the deer into but it barely covered half her body. So I called my uncle, told him I about the deer and asked if he can drive up with more garbage bags. He said it'll take him hours to get there from where he's at and suggested I go to the nearest house and ask them for bags. I'm thinking...here I am covered in blood, knocking on someone's door in the middle of the night, asking for garbage bags so I can stuff a body into it. Visualizing that each time makes me laugh.

Congrats to your daughter! It's a remarkable achievement! Na sou zisi!

Wow, you boys sure know how to derail an otherwise great first deer story. Hope you're proud of yourselves. Happy holidays to all!

Was that refering to the rectum of the pronghorn or the hard to please customer..lol

There probably is no real official size limit when trying to define a "canned hunt". I generally figure if you can see prey species lounging around in the shade chewing their cud with their eyes half closed ....... you're probably looking at a canned hunt. If you see a guy walking out into a barnyard banging the side of a grain pan with a wooden spoon and calling one of the animals by name ..... you're probably looking at a canned hunt. If the prey animals are all congregated around a pan of food ..... you're probably looking at a canned hunt. If you see a deer that can barely lift it's head because of the weight of its antlers ..... you're probably looking at a canned hunt. If the animals to be hunted have ear-tags and collars..... you're probably looking at a canned hunt. If the ground is worn down to dirt because of constant animal traffic ..... you're probably looking at a canned hunt. If the animals walk up to the fence in front of you and stick their noses through for you to pet ... you're probably looking at a canned hunt. If there is a barn and stalls supplied for the animal's shelter .... you're probably looking at a canned hunt. If you can use the fence for a gun-rest while you shoot the buffalo next to the watering trough .... you're probably looking at a canned hunt.

Best of Luck on that Elmo....When our 180 invitations arrived....for the wedding we were paying for.....I turned to Mr. B and said sorry...I can't do this. I said how well do you know most of these ppl?....Not really well...How often do you see them?....Not often...save immediate family.... I then said invite your parents,,, grand parents... siblings and your favorite friend and aunt and uncle...I'll do the same...except aunt and uncle.... We took them all to a very nice steak house...told them to order anything they wanted and the restaurant gave us a private room and bartender...15 of us had a great time...surf and turf.... clams.... shrimp...lots to drink the wedding cake....nice music piped in... Used the invitations as scrape paper...lol Not one person complained about the wine... the food....music...ect.....Best decision I have ever made...

The wife said I'd be lucky to get a seat at the grown up table for x-mas dinner. ( for some reason she gets testy around hunting season)....what ever. If I have to sit at the little table, I still get dinner and I totally dominate!!!! Last time , I sat at the kiddie table, I scored a sweet hot wheels car and a pack of sour patch kids candy!..... Win ..Win!! Merry Christmas.

Very cool, and the fact that you still got one, WOW. EXCELLENT!!!

If they're running I'll look for the nearest opening and wait. If they're walking I'll swing with the deer until a good shot presents itself.

Half the fun of muzzleloading is the mystery of whether the gun is going to go off... one shot, one kill... powder, patch, ball.. I was so disappointed when things changed from a primitive muzzleloader season to allowing inline rifles that guys are using now. Not that the inlines weren't a good idea as far as a gun goes... but they are no more a true smoke pole than a sword is a pocket knife. The original TC Scout is probably the first inline, but at least it was loaded the same way as the older hawkin style side hammers... powder pellets, jacketed sabots, 209 primers, and scopes changed everything. All the muzzleloader season is now is just an extra 9 days of gun hunting... there are only a handful of us truly traditional type hunters left. I understand all the arguments for the inline, and they're fun to shoot like any other gun... just don't get why some fellas just are so resistant to doing things a little like they did in the past... lots of hunters talk about tradition, but few understand what it really is. It always comes down to having to kill a deer at all costs and making it as easy as possible to do so... IMO taking the challenge right out of hunt.

Take your highly unwelcome response somewhere else. It's not hunting, plain and simple. Sitting in a log cabin shooting house, in reclining roller chairs, in your plain clothes, with several bucks over 190" out in front of you is not hunting by any stretch of the imagination.

I doubt any head shooters would aim for that head and chance hitting that rack. What a terrible way to go.And what a very impressive set a bone.

You can't use your either sex bow muzzel loader tags during the reg season. You just have to use reg tags and doe permits and bow only. Can't use crossbows in bow only zone. That is how I read the regs.

Welcome to he world of arguing versatility!!!! I have a bunch of 30-06's. I also handload, here is 30 years of my logic,.... In bolt actions I use a 150 gr bullet of moderate construction and I load it up around 3000 FPS at the muzzle. You can get the similar results in Federal Fusion, and Hornady Customs. I would STAY AWAY from the SST Polymer Tipped Hornady loadings. They are too light construction and explosive at impact when speeds are too high (like they will be under 100 yards). Energy is shed too rapidly and there is very low weight retention. In other words, lost deer can be be an issue. The basic logic being in this simple rap (LOL) A BULLET HEAD WITH EXPOSED LEAD MAKES A DEER DEAD. Thanks for liking it, I just made it up. In a semi-auto where I am more likely to shoot in lighter brush perhaps in a deer drive situation I use a 180 gr Speer Hot-Cor and load it so that I am 2600 FPS out of the muzzle. The rifle cycles great at these velocities and the accuracy is exceptional. The negatives are that it has more of a rainbow trajectory but inside of 200 yards its just fine. The reason for the speedy, flatter shooting loading in the bolt action is my thinking that there is more time to be precise and I have the advantage in my favor. I can take a longer shot and usually have time to line things up better sitting in a treestand or still hunting, than you would driving where action is exploding around around you. A happy compromise is a 165 gr factory loading. Good luck and let us know what you settle on.