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Can't be hammening. members on here have said they will never come to confiscate your guns so we must be imagining this. Now how likely is a person that is in need of this type of treatment going to be to seek it?

Praying that the 90+ year old lady whose house I hunt behind doesn't pass away.<br /><br />Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2<br /><br />

The 2013 spring turkey season is almost upon us, and we are having our second annual turkey hunting contest, The HuntingNY 2013 Spring Turkey Classic! This year will be an individual contest, but with similar rules to last year. You can sign up for the contest by replying to this thread, sign up starts now and will end at Midnight on April 20, 2013. In the Contest section, each hunter will get their own thread. Entries should be posted in the 2013 Spring Turkey Classic section under your thread. Contest entries must be submitted by Midnight on June 3, 2013. Contest Rules -The Bird must be taken in NY during the 2013 spring turkey season (May 1 - May 31) -2013 Youth turkey season kills are NOT eligible -There must be photos of the bird(s) included in the post(s), they must clearly show the beard and spur length measured with a ruler, this year's turkey tag attached to the bird as well as a contest card (details below) -Entries will be submitted by each hunter -Each hunter can submit 2 bearded birds Scoring system -Each bird will earn 10 points -Beard length will be rounded to nearest inch and will earn 1 point per inch -If bird is double bearded, only longest beard will count -Spurs will be rounded to nearest quarter inch and will earn 1 point per quarter inch -Total score of each hunter will be added up at the end of the contest, highest total score wins Contest Card We will provide a contest card file for each hunter, which has to be printed and filled out upon harvesting of the bird. The card will show hunter name, date and location of kill and website logo. The card must be clearly visible in at least 1 photo of bird or that entry will NOT count. Prizes 1st place prize will be a Bass Pro Shops $50 gift card, Drury Outdoors Longbeard Madness 16 and 17 DVDs, and a Schrade 9" folding knife, engraved with a turkey scene 2nd place will be a Bass Pro Shops $25 gift card, and a Marbles 10" fixed blade knife with antler handle

It's a free country. You're free to do what ever they let you do. And they don't want to let you own 90% of the guns you currently own. They will soon be coming for those 90%, while they keep telling you they are not infringing on your 2nd Amendment rights! Gun owners that don't believe it, or don't join the NRA, are the ones who are to blame for it.

County clerks office will have info on who owns it. Unless it is unmarked public land, you have already trespassed in getting those pictures. Not being posted is not an invitation. I go by a simple rule - if I don't have permission, I don't go.

very awsome set of shed i hope he made it threw the winter hes a hog.

Thanks all - pretty good day. Telling everyone I'm 72 (rather than 62). They tell me how good I look for my age.

I may be the odd one but holes through paper @ 40 yrds. tells the truth. Bottom line is.... you have to take the time and $$$ and shoot several loads to see what works best for you and to know realistically how far you can effectively kill a bird. I've heard of guys killing birds out to 60 yrds. they are either very lucky or their guns are much more effective than what i shoot.

Wow!!! That's all I can say! Wowwww!

all land is owned by someone, public lands are almost always properly marked..but I know of instances where private owners like to remove public land signs to keep people off......DEC has a very good interactive map.

From the County Clerk's office. Start with the closest address you can identify on the road and if possible determine the distance from that property to the one you want to knwo about. It isn't that hard to do.

if you dont know who the owner is.. stay away.. pretty simple. Gotta put some effort in and research who owns it and try to make contact. If you have exhausted all avenues and are at a roadblock with, search for a new spot. its not worth the trouble associated with trespassing with a weapon

I had to pull over the other night on my way home from work to take a picture of this flock of turkeys...Sorry the picture isn't better but they were 300 yards from the road and I took it with my phone...There were more birds off to the left that I couldn't get in the picture!!...I sure wish I could hunt this place!!!

The value of scouting Feb-April cannot be understated. I just don't get guys who want to target big bucks yet don't scout at that time of year - it's mind boggling. I bet I put in more time scouting at that time of year than what I do in a treestand. Once green-up hits, you lose that ability to find what you need.

I try to get out scouting at least once a week this time of year. I'll be moving 2 stands slightly, adding a new stand, rotating trail cameras, more scouting. April and May are great times to be in the woods. I'll pull my cameras at the end of April and put them back out in late July. Early Sept is time put up other stands. >>>>------------>

Can you get one more straight down on the teeth please?

Nice looking rig .

Been doing prep work for two months now...still not close to "done."

I think I'll watch a see how the show is rather than jump to conclusions. It is soooo not my style of hunting, but might still be entertaining.. from what I remember that's all television shows are suppose to be.. entertainment.

WNY its all part of hunters helping other hunters...

tax maps are the way to go, most have an overhead of the town with boundries roughley laid out and the tax number in them. then its just a matter of looking up the number for the owner's address. If you don't own it someone does! take the time to figure it out and ask.. lots of people just want to know who's there and best to ask far away from any open seasons...

county clerks website. look for tax maps. Zillow is also a good source but not so much for larger plots.

Check Google Maps. It will show you where the public land is.

Irregardless to the yote. I guess my point would be if I was 12 and learning the ropes of hunting this thread would make me think that its ok to shoot a yote out of season and if it's ok to do that why not a deer and so on... Leads to bad hunting and life morals in a way. Just a bad look. But hey thats just me. I guess. This thread should just be deleted. Lol..