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58 lbs here. Keep the hunting situation in mind. Cold temps, stiff from sitting. When a shooter walks out you want to be able to pull the bow back with a minimum of movement.

Sadly, nothing is ever fair in NYS...

just need them to stick around....

Enjoy it while it while you can. I just dropped my "lawnmower" off to college today..............

I cook backstraps very simply: In a pan with a tiny bit of olive oil with Cabelas Mountain Man Bourbon Rub and parsley sprinkled on top. I use A1 steak sauce for dipping. I cook them on like low-medium heat, because they cook really fast and can dry out easily. They continue cooking even after taking them out of the pan. Regarding the hearts, I have no idea. I never brought one home. Actually, the last 2 whitetails I shot were right through the heart anyway.

Slice and bread and fry the heart, cook with onions also... mmmm

I don't see why it wouldn't help. After all you are using your back and shoulder muscles to draw and hold your bow, unless I am mistaken. Why is it impossible? I am 30, work out 5-6 days a week for 15-25 minutes. We do super sets of 5-10 x 10 sets pull ups followed by push ups (3-4 times a week). Every Wednesday we do 100 pull ups and 200 push ups with about 10 second brakes between, takes about 25 minutes. Just because you can't do it, doesn't make it IMPOSSIBLE.

I live so close to there that I rarely go in anymore. BPS either. Sounds like there are some morons working there though. Whenever I get asked if I need help I always say NO!

I said it before... If its illegal to use in nys it should be illegal to sell or ship in nys!

So I get to hunt at my friends again this year and this is what's hanging around. Not great since they were taken through window

I remember when I was a little kid My dad let me hold the weed wacker and do some wacking as long as he was nearby. ... Well as soon as I took control of that weed wacker I lost control. I pulled the throttle and the torque from it swung the business end back toward my dad and I weed wacked a good portion of hair and skin off the inside of his calf. After that I wasn't allowed to use the lawn equipment for some years later

that's similar to what I suggested...worked wonders for us.

I'm going to speculate that many of those knocking on Chief and Joseph are old and never worked out in their life. 300-500 pushups/pullups a week is very obtainable. I use to do 50 push ups non-stop each time I want a real workout. My max was 78 and I consider myself to be average. My friend who use to fight in martial art competitions competitively use to do 100 push ups in one set. Of course that was when I was in my teens and my 20's. Can't do that now as I haven't been back at the gym regularly in almost 2 years but I'll probably take me a couple of months of serious gym time to get back to the level chief described. The pulls ups would give me trouble as I could never do more than 20 at a time and right now, I have a tough time squeezing out 8 a set. Still, if I did 3 sets of 8 a day once in the morning, then another in the evening, that's 48 in one day. 7 days, that's 336. And that's at me right now in my worst shape. Note: I know this is a bad comparison but I also have a friend who has is currently locked up. He does 200 pull ups (5 sets of 20 wide grip and 5 sets of 20 close grip) each and every day and that's not even his work out. He hits the weight room when he wants to work out.

I wonder if I can record the neighbors kids screaming and play that back for them, I'd rather listen to a dog bark then kids scream, wanna trade?

Hey we might be weird but hunting isnt the only thing in our lives... its first of course tho! lol

Well I bet teh bird seed and feeder folks would be interested in seeing your back up.

good luck...one other option to give him a better point of view on whats happening....tape a day in your life with his dogs noise in the back ground......sometimes only a small brick needs to fall on ones head to get the point...lol

A KMZ file is a overlay file which Google Earth will open. Start Google Earth go to file, open, go to where you downloaded the file click on it. It will overlay the info onto the globe. As far as hunting on Long Island, Nassau is very very difficult but in Suffolk you can fare better except the season on Long Island doesn't start until October except for a tiny park way out east called Napeague State Park which as far as I can tell is squirrless but Bunnyful! Hunting with an air rifle now that it is legal seems to be the way to go, but then I'm not a bow hunter. Good Luck!

20,30,40,50,60 for me

Finally picked up my new bow and my bow guy recommended setting my first pin 25 yards and using it for anything 0-30. Thoughts??

NOT TRUE! i did 70 pushups last eve.. 1 set or 20 and 5 sets of 10... also did 140 situps in sets of 20 +1 wow your ahead of me in this game!!! AMEN bro!!!

I will remember this if you try to shoot me this year.

Lol

60# on a 60# bow

52 Lbs no reason to go higher. Friends / family use to shoot 65+, blew out shoulders. They all shoot 60 or less now.

My son's favorite... "the hoparoo"!!!

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OMG!! Great bucks, but that one is a monster!!

Good luck man , I'm jealous!!!

Ciao, Just a thought: I don't know Tug Hill, but since you live in Putnam and want small game why not hunt Cranberry Mt. They stock pheasants, and there's some small game including turkey... Aside from pheasants,I've shot some squirrels and even a grouse there. The only problem is that it can get crowded and at times all of the assigned parking spots are taken.(There is limited access) It only happened to me once, but it can happen, then you''ll need backup spots. I never went on a weekend.

Well I have 5 different groups on 274 acres. Its all about habitat (cover and food) . Some home ranges just touch a few acres of the property, some are completely on it it seems. I get more 1.5 Year olds on as we target the doe with button bucks ..no mom to chase them off so the only home the know is what mom showed them.

Face to face and a good handshake is a hell of a lot more personable than an email or phone call.

55-60 for me, good enough for a deer and comfy holding it for a while, they end up being dead the same... :-)

Andrew Cuomo sucks donkey balls ME

IMO with the speeds of the new bows going with a heavier draw weight if you plan on just hunting wht tail or even blk bear isn't worth screwing up your shoulder or having a difficult time drawing should "buck fever" start to get the best of you...that happens to ppl more than one might think...or anyone admits...I'm shooting 49#'s and having clean pass through s at 38 yrds...

I see some really funny things happening at Dicks and Gander Mountain.

My kids think it should be the dumparoo.

I just want to thank all the real farmers for all that you do. It's pretty cool to me. Seriously.

Bicyclists have the same rights to the road as vehicles and they are supposed to abide by the same traffic rules . Maybe folks should look in the Traffic Rules Book and refresh their minds to "hand singnals" . 3 abreast is a no-no and when traffic is approaching from the rear I believe the bikers are supposed to ride single file . Doc ---- Are you trying to steal the Curmudgeon Title from me ?

Its not a law, it would have to pass the senate, assembly and governors desk first, as well as go through all of the committees. Dont get your feathers ruffled yet, just start writing letters.

Shipping ? I assume that you provide squirrels to someone who likes to eat them ? Cool...They are excellent..I usually shoot between 30 and 40 per season and I LOVE to eat the little rodents..I devour most of them myself. I have a T-Shirt that reads... SQUIRREL.. The OTHER White Meat ...<<grin>>..

All pics taken from black bay outfitters in northern Saskatchewan. Lots more pics on our site if ur interested in ginormous bears. www.Blackbayoutfitters.com

Can't say that I have, Dom... However, I read in the newspaper police log a couple of years ago that Old Charlie Wackdoodle, who lives over on the Booger Ridge Road, got arrested for mounting his pet sheep.. I don't know of there was a taxidermist involved or not...