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Here are the first couple bucks that have showed up on camera. Looks like the one will be pretty decent, but think he is only a 2 year old. The doe I added looks pretty old (her ears look small on her head). She does have a fawn with her but didn't get any pictures of them together.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/target-massive-new-archery-center-open-gowanus-article-1.1824462

Found this guy trying to cross the road when I went to get the mail from the box today. I think he decided to take a nap half ways across, so I scooped him up to get him out of harms way. Not a very big one compared to others I've seen around here, but still a healthy snapper. I didn't see any obvious damage to him, so I tossed him in a recycling bin, grabbed my camera, and relocated him across the road down in the creek away from traffic. As soon as he saw the water, it was like new life sprang into him and he couldn't wait to dive in! Maybe the swarm of skeeters around us had something to do with that. You can see them in a few of the pics. I know a lot of folks around here make no attempt to avoid these "speed bumps", so I'm glad he I found him in one piece when I did.

Geneseo ----------

Ahhhh, after the day I've had, Friday the 13th makes sense! As I pour another shot of Jack................

it's a defense mechanism that have in response to antler restrictions...they hold onto their smaller antlers as long as possible.

I thought there was an archery range at Floyd Bennet Field? I shoot indoors at C&B Archery in Hicksville. It's maxed at 20yds. FYI- If anyone wants to shoot in Field Tournaments or 3D tournaments, you can shoot at Suffolk Archers in Dix Hills. It's an awesome archery club and they open their tournaments to non-members for a fee of about $30. There are tournaments nearly every Sunday. Check the Suffolk Archers website for a schedule of tournaments.

There's a difference between shooting through brush and picking a small opening in it to shoot through. I avoid it if at all possible. What I referenced before was a big heavier bullet and was still an effect. I think jack o'connor logic posted is sound though even today many years later.

Wish some of these ranges would have more then 20 yards. I have one around the block from my house, its nice to go shoot from time to time.

congrats pygmy! i now have 18 pts for co. i was hoping for 21 third season.

If you're "calling" him on the phone I think thats a big mistake. No one likes the phone, let alone someone soliciting them or leaving messages. I would only call well after I have an established relationship with the owner. I guess I'm also confused as to how you don't know the new owner but have talked to the wife and also know he lives a far ways away? I'm not picking on you, I just don't fully understand the situation. Bottom line for me, no phone calls, and at best a tactfully written letter if you can't get in front of the owner in person. Also, if the owner is that far removed about whats going on at the property I would expect several trespassers are probably hunting on the land.

Wow.........those turkey must be pretty close to be able to observe spur length and pass on a two year old? Targeting certain gobblers? You must have quite a turkey population and a heck of a way to identify them. Where is your camp?

Jack O'Connor wrote about the ideal woods rifle and shooting through brush. Jack favored heavier bullets and recommended round nose or flat nose bullets rather than spitzer or spire point types for shooting in brush. According to Jack, round nose and flat nose bullets have a center of gravity that is closer to the front of the bullet which makes it less likely for them to de-stabilize when they hit a small twig.

Very nice find

But it sure is awesome when the pendulum swings the other way!

Funny ----- that turtle is thinking piss on you wooly !

Great find.I bet he is gonna be a real nice deer...

Yup...drew a CO deer tag in unit 61 with 11 preference points... 3rd rifle season...

Nice find! Gotta love those big 6's!

Another nice recovery. Boy, a real nice length G 2 on that one with mass. He ought to make a beauty, come bow,

Very cool finds Wooly!

Great find wooly. Wish I could shed hunt all year long but i would get eaten alive by ticks in my area. Good luck finding some more. John

This will be a real short thread because there is only one chambering to consider; 30-06 Springfield. There is nothing it can't do. This oughta be fun to watch..................................

I just got into this bottle hunting stuff not too long ago so my collection is still lacking some desirables! Most of my finds are random as the dumps I find them in and usually coincidental finds while primarily looking for antlers. Like Pygmy stated, I also pass some of mine along to my 74yo mother. She loves the old colors and embossing for flower vases, and I think they take her back to the olden days,lol Here's a typical surface dump I'll dive into around here. Usually don't find anything better than a few old Ball jars if I'm lucky, but the thrill of the hunt is always worth it! I got quite a few of the old canning jars, but nothing of any color yet. The local beer bottles are what I'm always looking for as those are my favorites! This is the local closed down town dump that I'm sure still holds some old beauties. The glass is literally melting out of the earth here! My oldest bottle to date goes back to 1890's-1900 and was dug up from there. Few old metal trucks and jars I found on the edge of some farm field where all this junk got plowed over the edge. An improved Mason lid which was also a good find for me. These are just a couple of my other favorite bottles mostly because I never heard of them. Bear Springs water bottle in light blue glass. "Scuffy's" shoe polish. Every now and then I'll grab hold of some rusty metal and yank it from the earth! I only saw about a 3"x5" section of this lunker while out hunting one day before deciding I needed to see the rest of it. 2 man 5ft crosscut saw, but no handles. I passed this one along to my sister who's going to have it painted for display. ...and here's a group shot of my bottle finds thus far. I've still got some bigger items out there waiting for me to get the motivation to rescue them. A Western Flyer 2-man bicycle, and an old 10 gal crock that wedged between two trees.

Go to Gander Mountain; look around and then get back to me.

Most stores have one or two heads, with the rest, well lets say " less experienced help," to put it in a nice manner. The Cabelas stores I've been in seem to to hire good knowledgeable sales people. I would hope this new store will exhibit the same type of staff. I assume Red installed the flagging appliances. Good job! Very true to the corner of the building. I look for your footprint in the cement, as I tour the establishment LOL.

I learned that I am a horrible turkey hunter

Started last year in Iowa for whitetail. I would like to kill one of those average 150"ers.

Any projectile can be deflected by branches/brush/twigs INCLUDING shotgun slugs... Tiny toothpick sized twigs are probably not an issue..Pencil sized twigs might be... A lot depends on the distance of the twigs/brush from the target. The closer the target is to the potential source of deflection, the less the effect will be.. In simple terms, if the bush is CLOSE to the deer, the deflection might be negligible.. If the bush is close to your muzzle the deflection will be much greater, possibly enough to cause a miss or a bad hit..

I bought a Photo Share SD viewer a couple years ago for about $30 . It's a handy gadget but has to be charged regularly as the battery drains even when it is off . Shows the pics larger than my camera but is slow to go from pic to pic ..