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http://www.13wham.com/media/lib/16/a/9/a/a9a36059-2cef-4029-ae2b-e41845b0e81a/Gov_Cuomo_24jan13.pdf http://www.13wham.com/media/lib/16/4/3/c/43c2add0-5f5c-4d95-a14f-c81236f0f52d/SAFE_ACT_24jan13.pdf Nice to see the Sheriff's Association views on the Safe Act are very fair and sensible.

Big Lots has the "Tin Foil" hats on sale !

I think that is about the most level headed response i have seen yet.

I keep my own logs, but figured I'd try this...I'll start off warning that there is no kill at the end so you may not want to waste your time reading it. It's calling with mouth calls only, kinda catch and release. Today's location is in a no hunting area, but the fox here don't know it and are always very cautious. I enjoy hunting red fox, but I don't shoot them. I have no room for trophies and don't want to spend the time skinning them.I have journals documenting all that I have called in and have many memorable and close up photos. the hunt : This month I have called in five reds and decided to try for a few more today. I headed out this morning around 9 a.m.( i NEVER GET OUT EARLY). The temperature was in the 20's and it was overcast with a very light breeze.. I arrived at my private/secret location and headed into the woods. I have called this area through the years and am very familiar with the area. Today, there were a number of fox tracks in the areas where there was a coating of snow.. The woods were mostly dry and leaves crispy and good for hearing incoming fox.. Many times when I scout this area I can smell fox and set up for calling, but that did not happen this morning. After many unsuccessful locations using what I can best describe as a a flat bite call, I decided to try a bite down variable call. I started wailing like no animal in this area would do, but it sounded like some sort of tortured creature. Almost immediately, I heard the leaves behind me and as I turned I saw a red bearing down on my location. At less than 10 yards from me, after seeing my movement, it stopped and turned as if it had hit an electric fence and took off back into the woods. I have called many fox from this location and they had never come from that direction before.(fox #1). I moved off a little further and came to a field where I had never been successful, but looks promising, and I try it often. I saw three whitetails grazing at the edge of the far end of the field, well over 100 yards away to my left. I quietly took a stand set back into the woods a few yards from the field. The deer had observed me, but since they could not smell me, and I sat still against a tree to break my outline, they cautiously went back to grazing. I started low volume calling with negative results so decided to try my louder , more raspy, call. I began playing my tunes of torture and by the third set I noticed the whitetails turn their heads abruptly looking towards the woods directly and at least 150 yards away from me. I continued calling and looking where the deer were staring when a beautiful red came charging out and across the field towards me. It got within 75 yards when it slowed almost to a stop and turned. If I was a shooter and this was a shooting area, this would have been my shot. It then began to trot off to my right and I could not get it to return. I don't know why it spooked, the wind was perfect , I was masked, and didn't move. (fox #2). I decided that I would pick one more spot before I left, so I found an old area that I had success on previous occasions. I set up with a fallen tree behind me to break my outline. I began with the raspier call this time and almost immediately heard movement, possibly 50 yards in front of me, and to my right. I focused my old eyes on the area and a big, dark, almost maroon( I'm exaggerating) colored fox came out about 30 yards from me and stopped for a period of time apparently looking for his meal. WHATTA perfect shot that could have been !! It began walking away, almost confused, so I changed back to my flat call and used it as a coaxer. It turned on a dime and charged towards me until it saw me (I stupidly had taken off my face mask). It stopped abruptly and turned and circled me into the briars. I could hear it as it walked almost sounding as though it was pacing, and then it walked away (fox #3). I backtracked to attempt to find sign and although there was no visible sign in this non snow covered spot it left the unforgettable odor of fox (EAU Du Fox). I'm really getting to like that smell I have now educated quite a few of my red friends in this area so will probably not return until next year.(sometimes I even skip a year) This spot is one of my few spots left to call where I don't have to be concerned about educating fox and ruining for the predator guys. I found my piece of fox heaven in the 80's when I used to train my coon hounds there and it was then that I discovered the ancestors of my current quarry. It's location is locked in the vault of my brain and never disclosed even to family.

What a Joke!! I guess its easier to shift the blame rather than answer the question "why is it that Chicago has the stricktest gun laws in the nation yet their gun violence/ murder rate is through the roof?" To ask that question would bring too much attention to the real problem which is inner city career criminal gang banging scum shooting each other, and innocent people caught in the crossfire, with their illegal guns.

I am very happy with this letter. I dont think it could have been said any better, however I dont think the govoner will change his position

bottom line... stop being bums, go out and get a job for your money instead of stealing from people that actually work hard for the s@!# they have

just couldn't get on him.

And a bunch that didn't..haha.. My hawk Moka has turned out to be an absolutely amazing hunter. We're up to 35 rabbits for the season so far. This was one lucky bunny.. And some not so lucky Our first and only triple for the year so far.. A buddy of mines Harris Hawk took a liking to my truck Here he is hunting from a T perch. Still working on getting some good videos..That has turned out to be harder than I imagined it would. Take care Dave

We already can. Its called High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. Its in Alaska. There is compelling evidence that the Alaska HAARP facility, and the other HAARP stations around the globe, are more than expensive science experiments set up to innocently explore the ionosphere. HAARP Conspiracy theorists contend that the HAARP antennas are used to aim concentrated high frequency radio waves into the ionosphere to control weather, trigger earthquakes and exert mind control over the population. Disclaimer: I DO NOT believe this crap. Just posting it as a joke. But some people believe it. lol

So if I put on my POLITICIAN thinking cap... It is the warm weather that causes murder. Ban the summer, ban the sun.

Something that works! Funny that the city with the most restrictive gun laws in the country is surprised to go 9 whole days without a murder.

I grew buckwheat years ago for pancake flour, 30-40 acres. Didn't have turkeys around at the time , but the pheasants sure loved it. Makes some nice strong dark honey for baking too.

+ 1 They took it and ran far off into the sunset.

Nice, he's a smart guy still moving around at night. Let's hope he sticks around.

Very well put. Glad to see that the Sheriffs are still using their brains correctly.

Well written but I don't think that the governor or legislature had any interest in anyone's input other than the left wing anti gun mob. If they were, this bill would not have been slapped together in a back room closed door middle of the night deal. At the very least we would have had the standard 3 day comment period if they were truly interested in considering sensible measures.

According to their website they had an annual meeting this week. And this is right on their website. Seems to say a similiar thing to that link. The Governor did his job and presented the Legislature with his ideas for dealing with a serious problem. What we do not understand is the Legislature’s willful abandonment of the regular legislative process to rush through a very complicated and controversial bill without giving even the members of the Legislature, much less the citizenry, time to analyze and respond to the proposal. Usually passing a law is a long and laborious process, often painfully so, but for a reason. When citizen’s life or liberty is to be affected by a proposed law, those citizens should have the opportunity to make their views known to their legislators. Even obviously meritorious and non-controversial proposals often languish in the Legislature for years because, the legislators say, it is necessary to gather input from all affected parties. As frustrating as that may be for some, out of such a deliberative process often come amendments and improvements to the proposal. Did the Legislature not think that any of the 19.5 million New Yorkers might have something of value to contribute to the debate over solutions to gun violence and the proposals in this legislation? Fortunately, the Governor has shown himself open to working with interested parties to address some of the problems that arose due to the hasty enactment of this law. We will work with the Governor and the Legislature on these problems. The New York State Sheriffs’ Association takes the time to express these concerns now because many other measures on many other topics of importance to law enforcement and to our citizens in general will arise in the coming year. We will be disappointed and alarmed if this steamroller approach to important legislation becomes the norm.

Some very good points made in my opinion. How much 'power' does this association have? Also, hate to be skeptical but is anyone able to confirm the source/letter is authentic? Seems like most of the puppet law enforcement leaders on TV are just saying what their superiors are telling them to.

I heard chufas are tough to grow & are better down south. Just hear say tho

Here's hitting the nail squarely..... and didn't he disarm his ppl before this as well? When we ignore we are doomed to repeat....

Got this in an e-mail a few days ago Perhaps the U.S. should pull out of Chicago? Body count: In the last six months 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago. 221 killed in Iraq and,Chicago has one of the strictest gun laws in the entire US. President: Barack Hussein Obama Senator: Dick Durbin House Representative: Jesse Jackson Jr. Governor: Pat Quinn House leader: Mike Madigan Atty. Gen.: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike) Mayor: Rahm Emanuel The leadership in Illinois - all Democrats. Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago . Of course, they're all blaming each other. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any! Chicago school system rated one of the worst in the country. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any! State pension fund $78 Billion in debt, worst in country. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any! Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any! This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois. And he is going to 'fix' Washington politics for us??? George Ryan is no longer Governor, he is in the big house. Of course he was replaced by Rob Blajegovitch who is...that's right, also in the big house. And Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned a couple of weeks ago. That is because he is fighting being sent to...that's right, the big house. The Land of Lincoln, where our governors make our license plates. But you know what? As long as they keep providing entitlements to the population of Chicago, nothing is going to change, except the state will go broke before the country does.

Rahm Emanuel was Obamas chief of staff i believe. He is a crook. One of the most corrupt politicians there is. What do you expect from someone like that?

Unconstitutional laws are not laws

Everything Greybeard says is true, and that is why it's called the "Legal System" and not the "JUSTICE System". It's all legal, but there is no Justice! Jury Nullification of any prosecutions under this law is our best hope if it isn't overturned in the courts.

To the OP the last I heard was senator Marchione was writing a bill to repeal the unconstitutional parts of this law but she is still looking for cosponsors. As of yesterday morning she had 112,323 signatures on her petition. The NYSRPA and the NRA announced that they were filing a notice of claim to sue NYS which they legally have to do in order to proceed. They also released a statement that their lawyers have gone through the entire bill and most of the bill was unconstitutional. It is pretty much a waiting game right now. Wait for the next press release. Wait to see if marchione's bill goes to the floor. If it does wait and see if it passes. Wait for the lawsuit to start. Wait to see if we get our rights back. And wait for the next election to get these people that voted yes out of office.

Even if it's true that it was a BB gun (and I haven't heard that verified in fact last I heard they hadn't even caught the guys or found the weapon), the AR 15 was unloaded. So I guess they are even ...... lol.

Personally, it doesn't matter to me in that situation. As long as it was a gun or carried the realistic similarity, the intruder runs the risk. Intruder is still in the house and the owner has no egress, even in NY.

Im serious. Watch...."No one needs a high powered, military style sniper rifle to kill a deer!!!!" It may take a while but it will happen. The King has already declared that no one needs more than 7 rounds to defend him/herself and family... Boiling the frog.