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If it ever comes down to killing livestock and calling it hunting, I'll opt to shoot either beef cattle or a hog.......more meat and better eating.

When will this ever stop. It is annoying to see this posted over and over. This site is really nosediving.

I'll see you the day they slap the quarantine sign on your place. I will be out front with the megaphone, a chair and a cooler of beer.

Oh No... That ought to throw him into a tailspin. Blows all his BS right out of the water.

4-7-14 Another quicky hike this afternoon turned up #10! It's also the mate to #7 making it my 3'rd set! It wasn't laying only a few feet away from the mate, but it was still not melted out for me to see it then. I don't know if I'm just getting started, or if I'm too far disgusted to put much more effort into this season right now........ check back later with me on that. Adding another dead doe today. Antlers- 10 Sets- 3 Dead bucks- 4 Dead doe/fawns- 12

I've got my first 3 small plots staked-out totaling a little less than an acre. I've decided I'm doing all my work with leg-power so I've gone ahead and gathered-up some old and purchased some new supplies: -4 gal backpack sprayer -Round-up -Soil tests -Pelletized Lime -Backpack broadcaster/spreader -Spade-fork -Rake -Hoss Lil Double Wheel w/4Teeth -Hoss Disc attachment -Hoss Seeder/Planter attachment -Egyptian Wheat (spring/screens) -Buckwheat (spring/green manure) -Turnips (late summer) -Clover mix (late summer) -Peas (late summer) Going to grab some soil samples tomorrow and spread a load of lime. I surely will hit it again with lime after I check my soil results. I am holding off until then to pick up fertilizer. Looking forward to my first round of spraying next week. Gonna document my progress here for my own sake more than anything else so my apologies if this thread is boring. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The cameras have been working overtime at the fox den. I've got 1000's of pics from this cam, and 100's of video to go through yet from my Moultrie I have set up from another angle here. It was tough to narrow it down to my 10 favs!

Snuck out this morning to do some scouting/photography. Got in close to a huge winter flock but they went the other way onto posted property when they hit the ground. Eventually a few hens drifted back my way and past my blind. They brought their boyfriend, but he wasn't quite as cooperative about having his picture taken. Peek-a-Boo

We need more real men with the courage to say, "Give me Liberty, or give me death!".

I get a kick out of you always believing you have "schooled" someone. The only thing I have learned is that the high fence industry feels extremely threatened by conservation groups.

Hey remember that time you spent arguing with FSW and then realized you'll never get that time back? Lol

As a weapon enthusiast some of these posts really get to me and for that I normally stay out of the argument. But the 2nd amendment is not here to protect hunting rights but to allow the citizens of this great country to (try) and protect themselves from threats foreign and domestic. Ars are a great weapon along with AKs and SKS and ruger 10/22 with stock mods high point cabinets and many many other firearms. It's not just about ARs there is a lot of history being lost from this ban and what goes along with it. A M1A if I am correct is the longest duty weapon to this day and if anyone has done any stock conversions on this it falls into a assault rifle category. This law is a menace to law abiding citizens like I believe we all are and should be repealed. If a country was ever inclined to invade the USA trust me you would benefit if you and all your law abiding neighbors and friends had assault weapons. Sorry for rant but this hits home and really bugs.me. Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk

Actually, what I said was this nonsense is repeating like a bad song. Its annoying that you are the broken record. My time here has dwindled since posters like you and papist have went on these rants about political tin foil topics and personal for-profit agendas. I understand why growie doesnt come around here anymore. People like you ruin it.

Made it out for an hour before work and picked up this nice little 8pt set...

Hard to get the true facts from any official of any states and as one post here says numbers are great in one area. Fact is they may be great in one but they are not so great in the many others. It would be nice for all of us to get the real truth. Slim chance on that one.

Look at Fort Hood - no weapons allowed on military base, except to MP's & security staff. Still had a shooting via a personally owned handgun (not an AR [armalite rifle] or an actual assault weapon). Just shows how the law banning something really works for those intending to break them. Even if the worst happens and they manage to ban all guns in civilian hands, the career criminals and gangs will still be armed and running rampant everywhere. Then need more funds to train and hire more police, purchase more police cars, build/expand hospitals, hire doctors, nurses, and ER staff. As a result taxes go up even more. Tell those who live off the land and have to deal with grizzly bears roaming around their home and taking out their cattle, sheep, and goats to turn in all their guns. Tell anyone who lives on our country's borders and have groups of illegals crossing their property to turn in their guns when help is not measured in minutes but hours away. Disarm the gem dealers, so they can be robbed constantly with no defense. The Second Amendment is there for all of us. If the 2nd goes, before you know it we will not have any rights left and now way to get them back.

A5 is nice, but the delay settings are what handicap it.

I never mentioned high fenced hunting at all, I mentioned livestock...which as far as I'm concerned is anything being raised to be killed............and I'm gonna have to go back and check, because I don't remember ever "always" bringing up high fenced hunting.

That everyone on here already knows it is at the root of every one of your posts?

I don't have experience with the Primos one. However, whenever I or someone else has used inflatable decoys they end up getting a hole in them or the wind takes them too much. I've seemed to stick with the collapsible rubber ones. they take a beating and the wind doesn't push them too much but still a enough not to be still. the sun heats them right up and gets rid of any un natural bends in the rubber from being stowed away.

What the heck are you blabbing about? Eating crow, spitting lies and bashing? Nonsense. I just think you are annoying. Go post this drivel on the QDMA forum site and leave this one for non-profit hunting/fishing topics.

I'd rather see a youngster hunt with a crossbow than not get into hunting at all.......

I am going off the beaten path here ------- Making things easier for newbies is not a good thing in my opinion . People don't learn to accept failure . It's part of the "dumbing down of America" ! Examples : 1) T-Ball --- Scores aren't kept . Kids run the bases . There are no losers . Everyone is a winner so little Billy Bob doesn't cry when he strikes out . 2) Daddy takes little Billy Bob gun hunting during the Youth Hunt . The kid hunts with a gun while others are using bows . Because it's warmer weather than during gun season he doesn't suffer the cold and is made to think that's what hunting is about . Plus he isn't in the way when Daddy deer hunts 3) Tests are too hard so they are simplified so more students get passing grades . Stupid kids don't know they are failures until they enter the Real World .. 4) Schools do away with Honor Roll Lists so little Johnny isn't embarrassed because his name isn't on the list . Making things easier doesn't prepare people for failure and that's probably why so many turn to drugs ! I doubt that some youngster that starts out hunting with a crossbow is going to switch to a Compound later on .

But the crossbow is not new technology... it is older than old technology.

looking at what you bolded and the other age classes •adult males from about 8% to nearly 18%, (225% increase) •adult females from about 3% to approximately 7%, (233% increase) •yearling males from about 2% to about 6%,(300% increase) •and yearling females from 2% to about 5%.(250% increase) Based on the post you made it appears the younger age classes has the greatest increase

Introducing wolves would be a huge mistake. First off, they would most likely be in the Adirondacks were deer numbers are already low. Most of these areas don't give out doe permits for that reason. There are plenty of tools available to the DEC to control numbers that don't involve increased predator numbers. Other states have been successful at this. How about unlimited doe take in areas that need reductions? Maybe an earn a buck program? Maybe a couple more months of bow season after regular season as doe only?

That kind of sums it all up doesn't it? As long as you've got yours, the hell with anyone else. Well, I would suggest that you look at the prime thrust of the so-called safe act and other gun laws past, present and proposed, and understand the fact that their attacks on the AR style rifles was really only part of it. The rest of it was intended to make the use of any weapon or ammunition in private hands more expensive and more difficult to obtain. If you think for one minute that the constant march of gun and ammunition laws are only aimed at the specific guns that terrify you so much, you are one very deluded individual. Gun control advocates have but one goal which is the complete elimination of all guns in the hands of private citizens. They are very focused on that goal and making annual progress each year and are beginning to get support from those who believe that none of that could ever possibly happen to them and their guns.

I don't understand what anybody's problem is with a .ar15 the gun itself is harmless...it's the person behind the trigger That matters and there decisions that they make... saying a Ar Looks scarey is stupid...society today is becoming brainwashed And our kids are suffering from it... it's all about control. remember when you wer a Kid and you could play cowboys and Indians at school at recess Well guess what not in today's world either. Gotta be careful how they hold their pencils and what shirts they wear..and god for bid they make a hand gesture in a shape of a gun everything is so Pc today....sorry for ranting

Blah blah blah....keep sticking your head in the sand. You better hope there are enough people fighting for your rights for you seeing as you do nothing. No banning of normal looking hunting weapons you say? How about semi auto shotguns with thumbhole stocks? How about some versions of Ruger 10-22s, etc. Please, trampled your rights...you cant help but try to turn every thread into a deer farm discussion can you?

This to me is a very interesting story. I have been thinking very hard about issues like this recently as my wife and I are looking to buy a home in Rockland. One of my requirements was the ability to safely shoot a bow. I had thought long and hard (maybe not hard enough) and determined that I would need to build an 8'x8' backstop out of rough cut 1"x10". Even with that I realized that there could be no house within what I called a "safety cone" so that if I did mess up only trees were at risk. This makes me rethink it again. As a kid I learned how far an arrow could go out of a modern compound. 400 yds is nothing at the right angles. When I was a kid(10 or 12) my best friend and I would try to shoot arrows across a meadow as far as we could. Not very smart, but we could see everything from where we were to where the arrows landed and knew no one was there (the awesomeness of Greene Co.). Even with a 40lb dawn the distance was amazing with 65 to 70 lbs the distance is frightening.

Is the requirement to be in charge of the DOJ that you must prove you are an idiot ?

If a manufacturer is producing firearms for the military, They may push the look of the AR's. Some of the externals are probably shared with the civilian models. Economies of scale. Less different parts to produce = more profits. Home defense weapons tend to have the military look. They are designed to allow a greater range of body types and strengths to shoulder the gun. A gun that is designed to fit a 6' 3" 230 lbs guy will not comfortably fit his petite 5'6" wife/girlfriend. So it is a buy 2 or one that its adjustable on the fly in an emergency. If money is tight, which would buy, 2 or one that has an adjustable stock? You also need to remember that in past wars, you could bring home a souvenir gun and sword captured from the enemy. Lots of people have these old German, Russian, and Japanese military rifles that grand-dad or great grand-dad brought home from the war. Younger persons may want that military look, but with a modern gun and caliber. I am not into these AR types, but they have a rail/multi-rail system to make is easy to swap out scopes, lights, etc. that other groups have interests in. I prefer the look of a nice wood stock, not the synthetics. But that is my choice. A look is a look. Just because a kit car can look like a Ferrari or an SC Cobra, doesn't make it as fast as the real thing.

The fact of the matter is that NYCC accomplished Something and the real crime (aside from the safe act) is that there are people on this site as well as the general Public whether for or against crossbows that are looking down or are not in support of the accomplishment made by NYCC. Crossbows cannot and will not ever take the place of what we lost with the safe act and nobody is asking anyone to reelect Cuomo because he "gave" us an inch.the victory which needs support whether for or against is that together people made a change and fought for what they believed in for the hunting sport. By saying NYCC lost your respect because they said thank you to Cuomo, and not wanting to fight for the hunting sport is telling younger generations if you lose just give up on everything. You should be ashamed of yourself The fact is that crossbows will pave the way for future hunting for SOME new hunters it may not bring in a lot, or more revenue or dramitically increase license sales but with every new hunter hooked on the sport, it's just that much longer we can call hunting a sport and that is the ultimate goal everyone should be in support of... That is all Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

When I saw the pic , I thought it was Grizzley Adams !

the picture on its own is in poor taste, I don't believe any animal that we kill should be displayed like trash...........there's no doubt that coyote need to be controlled, but no need to put them on display for everyone to see. Deer hunting is legal as well, but would probably draw some negative reactions if that was a truckload of them.

An 60 lbs bag plants 3 acres for me on 28 in rows at heaviest seeding rate. If your broadbroadcastig 20-30 lbs per acre. Depending on your dragging covering method. The ad vantage of a row planter is your seed is planted a a set depth. 1.5 Inches for me. Broadcasting, then dragging /discing/;cultimulching into three ground is possible with Practice and good depth control. But shallow seed may be more succeptible to drought, predation by squirrel, birds,rodents, ect. If you can find a planter whose fert hoppers are rotted away... as long as it plants you can brodcast your. Fert over it.. my planter is from 1948..and it is wore..i have very rocky ground and every 5 . Years i weld new skids on it . But it only cost me 150 bucks out of a hedgerow....

Definitely greening up: Took some soil samples...very loamy and easy to dig. Just gonna have to clear some dead stalks, gonna do that tomorrow afternoon and then spread some lime. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What gun did you get in that caliber?

Simple words what a jerk Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

Lights mounted on the roll bar of a jeep?

Here's the problem with that line of reasoning. When gun owners start to accept subjective reasons for banning weapons (such as "gee, they look dangerous"), it is only a matter of time before any of our weapons can be deemed "dangerous looking" and be banned. Frankly that style of gun does not appeal to me either, but that really is irrelevant and certainly should not be allowed into the arguments of gun banning criteria. The anti forces must not be allowed to dictate what we buy based on appearance. And we must not be falling for that either.

I hear that out west it's the norm to shoot deer and elk out to 50 or even 100 yards with archery tackle......us easterners are selling ourselves short.........

The benefits for me is I dont have to buy a corn planter and I have very rocky soil. Rocks are not good for planters. I have planted corn 5 times in the past 7 years and have had great results. If you are not harvesting the corn, no need for a planter..... using one is fine and nothing wrong with it, but it may save you $$$ on equipment. Here is a thread that describes my method, in a few posts... good pics too http://huntingny.com/forums/topic/17454-pics-from-around-the-farm/

This is actually in the works....stay tuned.

Freekin' Awesome! My heart was racing, like I was there with you! Have you guys considered doing a "How to video" for our NY coyotes, maybe during the off season? Like what works best for you guys, tricks that you've learned, best places to call, etc... I must suck, as I've gone out many times over the years, but have only called in 1 coyote (that I know of). I've only gone out during daylight hours, but you guys seem to have no problem calling them in during the day!

Thought I would share some pics from around the farm... Clover, 21 tree apple orchard and 4 acres of corn should keep them happy Another view of the corn plot. I broadcast my corn and wouldn't waste my time or money with a planter! This area was planted in Spring Buckwheat, yesterday I planted it in Brassicas just in time for the rain yesterday. I am trying WI Winter Greens for the first time. I don't use Buck on Bag seed usually, but wanted to try this for my own after hearing some good buzz on winter greens. Doubt I will notice a difference Close up of the orchard. These trees are 4 and 5 years old, fence came down this year. Clover is king, this is on the opposite side of the corn plot. This clover is SPRING planted last year... yes you can plant in the Spring if you have the tools and knowledge. This is a enterprise 5th leaf on b118 5th leaf means this summer is it's 5th year in my ground Crimson Golds 4 year old tree. 4th leaf on M7 This is a little 1/3 acre plot tucked in heavy mature woods. All day sits here are productive.

Corn, I bush hog the corn in Feb/march depending on snow depth etc. Soil test when I can get a shovel in the ground Plow Disc Drag with a drag harrow Spread fertilizer usually 300 pounds per acre of triple 15, then broadcast corn, usually 20 pounds per acre Then I re-drag to cover, at week 4-6 after germination I spread urea, I like 150-200 pounds per acre, you must do this right before a heavy rain otherwise you are going to lose the N to the atmosphere. Week 4-8 I spray generic round up... I base my timing on the weeds. I just run over the corn to spread urea and or spray weeds.... it doesn't effect your crop.

WOW!!! And I wonder why Western deer grow such nice antlers!!! Truly Awesome... What fun stalking on that farm must be!!! I bet rainbows end on this land, a true pot of grown gold!!! Epic and still growing, NICE!!!

Just for sit in trees lol

Grow.... hard to see but I put the main T post as the tree support and then I put in half inch conduit around the tree to prevent buck rubs.... it should work. I also use aluminum window screen at the bottom to prevent voles, etc from girdling the bases and prevent apple borer damage.