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We are getting out of the predator gear and switching into the turkey gear. For Andrew this is a gear he has never experienced and it shows in his great reaction after dumping this giant strutter.

LOL - it was the formal clothes - deer don't think you are hunting when you dress like that. The camo always tips them off. I am going to try a suit and tie this season.

If they have no intention of giving up theirs, I'm not giving up mine! They outlawed my firearms, proving they have no respect for me, nor the many decades I've spent in the service of my country and state, or my years in law enforcement and emergency services, which proves I'm no criminal. I've never been convicted of any crime, even a misdemeanor, but since my firearms are now outlawed, I'll become an outlaw if they push me hard enough. If enough firearms owners reject this law, more LEO agencies will stand against it, more of the public will learn why it's a bad law and begin to support us, and Cuomo will be exposed as the little tyrant he really is. Don't go quietly into slavery my friends. Cuomo is counting on us having no balls. Don't prove him right. "If you don't have the troopers and you don't have the sheriffs, who have you got? You've got Andrew Cuomo pounding on the table in Albany."

In no way shape or form are people that shoot animals in a pen sporstmen.

Had a few hours to kill this morning.Started getting a feeling a shed was close by. Sure enough, this little guy laid straight ahead, not 20 minutes into my hunt. Darn deer sure are tame this time of year, LOL. Guess maybe next year, I'll start a journal.

B&C said I can hunt with dogs, but not in playpen. I'd rather continue to shoot wild whitetails under 100" than shoot a bottlefed 200"-300" deer. I am fortunate enough to be able to afford to shoot a monster penned buck, but I have too much pride to stoop to that level. If I was going to shoot a farm animal, it would be a big Texas cow for some huge steaks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And if you eat game that eats this..do you glow as well?

My views are the following and I doubt they will change anytime soon: Fair-chase to me is legally hunting an animal that was never and is not currently enclosed by any fences. Therefor, I'm OK with the following examples: Deer hunting over bait in NJ (or other states, where also legal) Bear hunting with dogs or over bait in Maine (or other states, where also legal) Hunting Mt. Lions with dogs in Colorado (or other states, where also legal) Using electronic calls to hunt coyotes in NY (or other states, where also legal) Hunting birds with dogs in NY (or other states, where also legal) What I am not OK with is any shooting of animals that are penned it. Whether the enclosure is 1,000 acres for deer or 50,000 for african lion, it's all the same to me. Again, this is just my person opinion. I know others disagree and thats fine. But for me personally, I will never hunt an animal that is penned in by a fence.

Interesting, now what happens if you don't and you are caught. I unfortunately don't have time for nor want a felony record.

I'm a firm believer that the quality of pizza coincides with the quality of water. Florida water taste like crap, as does their pizza.

There have been more than 4 posters downing you FYI, and just because no one cares about you enough to post their dislike doesn't mean they don't dislike you. You alone have done more to hurt your industry than you will possibly know, so I thank you for that.

Do you think he could be the first terminal case of Cranial Rectumitus?

It is sad to say, but today is the last day of the coyote season here in NY. We are still trying to get out some videos from earlier in the season. We love when we are able to capture footage of dogs sneaking through the woods like this big female. Enjoy!

We started DWO with the main goal being to try to produce the highest quality videos on the internet. Over the years, we haven’t strayed far from that goal and we hope you agree. We decided to never make our passion for hunting about money, instead keeping it just a fun hobby. We have thought about coming out with a DVD collection but were unable to due to all of the hidden costs and no guarantee of breaking even. Since then, we have had some TV hosts come out to film with us as an alternative. Down the road you will see DWO make some TV appearances, but for the most part, we will still just enjoy putting our footage on YouTube. In upcoming news, we plan to release instructional videos, so stay tuned for those. Overall, we want to say thank you to our fans for the great words of encouragement on our work.

Nothing like finally a sure sign of spring, sunny sky, and a new PSE Drive model bow to sight in. I was able to sight in out to 35 yards. The bow shot like a dream, it is to replace my 2007 Hoyt. But the Hoyt will stick around as a great bow for hunting and backup.

That rule was washed up with the inclusion of inline muzzleloaders to the primitive muzzleloader season years ago... and if we're honest, inclusion of the compound into archery season.

Made it out for another quick hour walk before work today and snatched up a cute little 8pt set. Wish the big ones would fall this way. Any ways,my 8th set of the season and overall sheds numbers 27 and 28.

And on a side note. Exactly where in the Constitution or the Amendments (specifically the 2nd) does it require "need"?

No... But why didn't you just set up a poll?

I don't think it's mink. Pine martin or fisher. I'm leaning to fisher.

I bet more than 50% of guns out there are no longer possessed by the original owner, and may very well have passed through several owners at this point, all undocumented private sales...........they're lucky if they know who owns a small fraction of what is out there.

Just stopping in to say hello from Long Island. I have been hunting NY for 35 years and run a guide service here on Long Island. We mostly hunt waterfowl on the salt marsh but also have a great bow season for deer and other small game inland. Over the last 3 years I have been running up to the Oswego area to visit and hunt with my daughter who is attending SUNY Oswego. So, I have been scouting out many areas in between LI and Oswego. I always like hitting a new spot off season to see what is around. We are planning to do some turkey hunting next month but I have not found a good spot close to Oswego. So we will probably hit our usual spots farther south where I know we will have a chance at some nice birds. During the non-hunting months we do a lot of spearfishing for Striped Bass, Mahi-Mahi and Blackfish along with other species and go shipwreck diving for lobsters. In between seasons I restore and build award winning duck boats. Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Happy hunting

I have no problem what Four does, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to raise deer. Venison being one them that are sold to restaurants. I know of another popular farm up state, I think its northern whitetails or something. They are super popular int he deer pee business. Conservation is a stretch, especially if you are genetically manipulating the deer essentially. But I dont know what he does with the deer. As long as he is following the law there is no real problem in my book. I'm not one for high fence crap, but if someone wants to drop 5G's who cares, its not my money? What does bother me is the guys that high fence and try to push it off as true hunt. We had that thing happen last year, until he was busted both by the DEC (illegal tagging of a deer) and others when he tried to get it scored officially.

You are making zero sense. Zero. Didn't have answers to what? Your lunatic ravings? Having discord with you has been compared to a three year old, a hypocrite, a used car salesman, a fluffer, and more on this thread. Oh wait, that was just what I thought, minus the three-year old part. Your self perception doesn't appear to reflect what the masses here believe. When that happens, I usually re-assess my POV.

LOL. I've been around xbows for a while. When I lived in Virginia several club members used them and I got to shoot them alot. Plus, my FIL uses one when we go to Ohio. I bought one more or less just for the sake of owning one. I can see myself using one on turkey (once legal) or when in a ground blind. For some reason, I get annoyed using my bow in a ground blind. Don't know why. Xbow will probably see action in those situations. That and when going to Ohio with a buddy, this can serve as the back-up bow for both. Instead of bringing four bows (yes, I'm not getting caught with a busted bow and no hunting), we bring two and the xbow now, I guess.

English Bulldogs are a shell of what they were. They can't even birth naturally now. And yes, you are a hypocrite on multiple levels in this thread alone. Any disagreement on anyone but your view is wrong regardless of input. Face it, you aren't even remotely any better than anyone else in this thread. Just come back to earth space cadet.

I forgot to add I always set for three pics per trigger. Cams equipped with standard burst or fast burst need to be experimented with to see what works best from an exposure and timing POV and also illumination. Some models in each mode will either have the IRs fire and stay on or blink on and off. Faster, shorter blips are better. No blips even better. Black Flash FTW!

Animal that are domesticated and bred for certain traits do have a multitude of problems, look at dog breeds hip displasia,certain dogs are bred for aggression/protection although they may be fine around their owners, some are bred to go down a rabbit hole and chase it out or chase deer or fox, horses ..thoroughbred for speed are snapping weakend legs in races and yet the breed them afterwards to pass on that speed to another generation making it weaker.genes are complicated a mutation that is selected naturally is much different than one bred for. Deer are not domesticated. Perhaps cwd is more prevalent in older deer same as alsheimers in older people. Fact is game farms do not have domesticatd animals in them but creatures that if escaped can and do pass on genes to wild herds. And I may be wrong but looking at domesticated vs wild animal issues cattle vs buffalo for example.. a game farm that is breeding for profit is in fact a threat, if you were breeding to keep an endangered animal alive, or for scientific study I really wouldn't have a problem with it. But to profit from wild game and provide a hunt to a "sportsman" who maybe hunts wild game as well does not make you a sportsman or the hunter a sportsman or concervationist either.

Did you just type that? Guess you can add hypocrite to your list of characteristics as well.

Are you sure you want to go down the insult path with me? There is zero sport in killing an animal inside a fence, period.

Tell that to Jimmy Houston !

If legal, OK by me, but keep the pictures private amongst the group responsible. Don't post this stuff. Spreading this stuff around gives hunters/hunting a bad name.

It depends is indeed the correct answer - trails, fields, scrapes, crossings, etc. Also, the camera can be a factor. It's a very in-depth topic, which I'll try to avoid getting into. And, that's the problem, because most people don't really think about the implications of your trail cam sets and cam settings. With that said, here's the relatively short (not short at all, but shorter than the long version) of it: 75% of my cams are set between 10, 15, or 20 second delays when inventorying. Remember, this doesn't include refresh time. Rarely does a camera with a set delay actually re-arm itself in that time period. Usually you have to add some time to it. The delay in theory starts after the pic series is taken, written to the card, and the electronics are ready to go again. Then the countdown begins. Some cams are better at this than others and cams within the same manufacturer can vary greatly. My cameras take between 8,500 and 13,000 for the cheaper model I use and my workhorse model takes between 35-50k on lithiums. Generally I use Utilitech alkalines and average around 20k. I'm no longer worried about battery life or pic count. It's just not a worry for me. Therefore, I opt for more pics at a higher frequency. Situations where I stray from that time: Fields - 30 seconds to one minute are fine if it is a field where deer graze. Reduce pic series to two to save battery life or card space if need be. Scrapes or fruit trees - I really enjoy scrape sets. I'm a user of trail cams for hunting 95% of the time - the other would be enjoyment for scrape sets and crossings (such as a creek). Still, scrapes are the best place to really get info on the buck's particulars (age, rack size, etc.) because they spend a bit of time there. I like to use a 10 second max. Lower if possible. More pics gives me more information on that buck. Same goes for fruit trees that are well hidden - bonus points for scrapes under fruit trees. Buck trails - ones you know a buck is using. I'll do zero or 5 second settings on my cams. Usually they are comforable here, moving slowly but with purpose. More pics = maybe an added clue, such as seeing the buck's walking trail from afar and all the way across the field of view. Direction of travel and time information can be critical to start mapping out when and why the bucks uses the trail. Doe trails - I reduce to 20 to 30 seconds. Occassionally you'll get a decent buck here outside of the rut. But you'll get the up and comer bucks on these sets. The 1.5s and 2.5s. Good to know long-term. I reduce this when seeking starts. Trails between doe beds or scrapes along bedding. I prefer to use my Code Blacks which require a one minute delay for transmission purposes. In reality, it's 90 seconds to 2 minutes. I'd do lower if possible, but that's technology right now. I value the ability to get pics in this manner without the need for intrusion. I only need one pic to tell me the bucks are crusing doe bedding. This setup does have its limits - it can work so well it is scary. But it also can cause you to miss a deer if not careful. I learned a valuable lesson at the cost of "Bases" the large non typical that we let slip through our hands this past year because of that delay. It was a tough pill to swallow to let a lifetime buck slip through because of a perceived confidence in the cam set. We had all the clues from the cam, but we failed to recognize it, unfortunately. We mapped out an encounter with "the resident" darn near to the day based on cam info we had the year before at this spot. He started showing up in late October on the cam in the afternoons. Historically, he was really active Nov. 4-8th in this spot, checking does. Nov. 4th rolls around and the wind is right. So, a friend hunts the set. I get a text of the buck at the cam, a mere 40 yards from the stand. A poor shot at 20 yards kept that buck alive, despite some bloodloss. Fast forward to Nov. 6 - the day after we spent hour and hours and hours tracking the above buck in that area. We totally disregarded a doe moving super fast across the cam an hour before light. I looked at my phone, and we all said, let's go elsewhere since we stunk up the area. I should have known better. Bases was chasing that doe all around that area for several hours. I had hung a second regular cam set at a 10 second delay about 20 yards from the Code Black and I got some magical chase sequences of this giant bumping her all around that morning. Unfortunately, every pic triggered by the Code Black was of the doe as she would trigger it and him trailing, was never picked up. We literally should have known better. But, that's life. It's a prime example how delays can be your worst enemy. We never got a pic of Bases on the Code Black because of the delay. Some day I will post the pics when I am bored. Magical to see and frustrating at the same time given what happened to the buck. Hope this helps.

I have gone after and before work in work attire. I do atleast put a camo fleece on, let me tell you dress pants do not hold in the heat or slow down thorns at all.

I'm cool with that then our tax money wouldn't be funneled upstate. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Pulled a camera that had been out for about 35 days. Approx. 400 pics and most of them were critters! Fox, coyote, deer, rabbit, hawk, squirrel, skunk and turkey. I think thats all of them?? Here we go..........

The poachers' wet clothes and firearms were later recovered by police, but the two fled the area and were never captured. Hamilton, N.Y. -- DEC environmental conservation officers and other dignitaries gathered at Woodlawn Cemetery in Hamilton Wednesday to pay homage to Samuel S. Taylor, the first environmental conservation officer killed in the line of duty in New York State 100 years ago. Samuel S. Taylor(Courtesy of the DEC) Taylor, a game protector (now called an environmental conservation officer) was fatally shot with a double blast from a shotgun at age 38 on April 5, 1914 after attempting to apprehend a couple of poachers who were illegally hunting birds on the shore of the Mohawk River near Rome. Wednesday was the 100th anniversary of his funeral. "Every environmental officer who has ever put on the green uniform and has been sent out to protect this great state's vulnerable wildlife is his family," said Major Scott Florence, acting director of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Division of Law Enforcement. The ceremony included speeches, a bag pipe rendition of "Amazing Grace," a 21-gun salute and the unveiling of a plaque set in stone honoring him that was donated by the New York State Conservation Officers Association. The plaque was placed at the Taylor family gravesite, which includes grave stones for Taylor, his mother and sister. He never married. Lt. Ric Warner, a DEC officer from Region 7, researched the incident that led to Taylor's death and tried in vain to locate any living family members to inform them about the ceremony. "I even went as far as knocking on the doors of Taylors in the Bouckville area, which is where he was from," he said. David Figura | [email protected] Warner, who researched newspaper articles on the incident, said Taylor was out that day with another game protector, John Willis from Oneida County patrolling along the Mohawk River looking for unlawful waterfowl hunters. They overhead shots and worked their way through the woods, coming across two men who were shooting songbirds. "One was shooting them with a shotgun and the other was picking them up. They were robins, which believe it not, people ate back then," he said. Taylor confronted the two men and the man with the shotgun turned and fired both barrels at him, knocking him down. Willis returned fire with this revolver and the other man (who was picking up the birds) pulled out a revolver and fired back. The poachers escaped. Willis, according to newspaper accounts, then carried the wounded Taylor about a half mile to the Oneida County Hospital, where he died of his wounds the following day. The poachers' wet clothes and firearms were later recovered by police, but the two fled the area and were never captured, Warner said. In honor of Taylor's death, the DEC created a special award and named it after him. Beginning in the 1990s, DEC recognizes environmental conservation officers, "who by a conspicuous act of valor, courage, integrity, resourcefulness and bravery in the protection of natural resource or public safety, have clearly set themselves apart in performing their duties." Several past Samuel Taylor award recipients were present at Wednesday's ceremony. Finally, in addition to the plaque, Taylor's name will be added to the fallen officer's memorial wall in Albany during the Police Officer's Remembrance Ceremony on May 6. This distinction was previously denied, but was finally approved as a result of the DEC's Division of Law Enforcement's persistent lobbying. "It's good to see Game Protector Taylor is finally getting the recognition that he deserves," said Capt. Matthew Revenaugh, who heads the DEC's Region 7 law enforcement team. "For many years, our guys weren't recognized as being members of law enforcement. It wasn't until the 1960s that we were officially police officers in New York." View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog

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Not as annoying as a windstorm.

Makes me think I'm doing it all wrong Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Love your videos! You got the $ for those cameras, you got the $ for DVDs! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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DWO, it's a lot like the music business. Generating enough cash flow to maintain the gear and upgrade now and then keeps you interested and moving. Jumping in with both feet can turn you off in a hurry. Burning 500 dvd's to put in local shops and on the web shouldn't be a whole lot of money. Heck, a bored high-school kid on summer break might do it for a chance to hunt with you next season. Next year it's a few more copies, or another short run of a new one. You could probably sell a few dozen right here. The Grateful Dead wasn't started as a money-making venture, it just turned out that way because of the passion they all had for what they did. I'm not a huge fan of their music, but they sure got the business end of it right. Grassroots marketing. JMO, good luck with the venture. Mark

I would perfer to live in 'New New York'....a new state we formed when we expel Westchester, NYC and Long Island!

Make me think they need a thicker cross pole.

That is alot of skinning and fleshing and stretching.

Lots of forage. It is just 50' up. Lol. Would be great if NY ever decides to stock giraffes lol