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Remember this WHEN YOU DO YOUR TAXES IN APRIL) ! Remember this WHEN YOU DO YOUR TAXES IN APRIL) ! ! ! ! ! ! In case you didn't notice. Here is what happened on January 1, 2014 : Top Medicare tax went from 1.45% to 2.35%, an increase of 62 % Top Income tax bracket went from 35% to 39.6%, an increase of 13 % Top Income payroll tax went from 37.4% to 52.2%, an increase of 52 % Capital Gains tax went from 15% to 28% an increase of 87 % Dividends tax went from 15% to 39.6%, an increase of 164 % Estate tax went from 0% to 55%, an increase of infinity . . . Remember this fact: These taxes were all passed with only democrat votes No republicans voted for these taxes. These taxes were all quietly passed under the Affordable Care Act, aka OBAMACARE. . And THEY told you it wasn't going to cost you anything AND you could keep your own insurance. Silly people, you'll believe anything the anointed one will tell you.

My daughter sent me a picture of another moose terrorizing the skiers at our place in vermont

Health and happiness for me and my family and friends, and peace on earth. Material things I can get whenever I want or need them.

I am hoping to be alive and physically fit enough to hunt next year... No plans beyond that... I made it through this season, and even killed a few...<<BIG smile>>...

Right now I'm planning on some very serious turkey hunting in 4 short months.

Happy 50'th Birthday Lou! Thanks for all the great youth turkey contests over the years on this site!

Anyone that didn't see this result coming in NY was kidding themselves. What I find more humorous is the lack of attention being paid to the timing of the decision. I would guarantee that this "report" was all set to go well before November 4th. Funny it had to wait until after the election. Also, you would think Cuomo would have had the balls to put it out there himself rather than being delivered by his lacky.

Oops I better get going. walmart has lives on sale. I need ot get down there before they sell out.

I'd like to find a newbie or two to introduce to the sport..., or take a really crappy experienced hunter under my wing,lol. I probably wont even do any hunting/killing myself, but I would miss the preparation, scouting, seat time, and encounters, so I could never give up hunting without still being involved in those aspects of it.

So, my big buck dreams went unfulfilled for the late ML season, but I did manage to push a HUGE doe past my wife, who slipped an arrow into her and ended up with another bow deer for the year. This makes three for her with the bow this year, a ten pointer and two does. Not bad for her second year bow hunting. I did manage to sneak up onto more bedded does in the last week than I ever have in the past, and could have had three more does if we had freezers to fill. So all in all I count the late ML season a success, even with the weight of a buck tag still to carry in my pocket.

I've developed a simple motto over the years, if a corporation tells you its good for you and its what America needs "WATCH THE FUG OUT".

On another site I visit there was a thread about your first turkey harvest which brought about some good turkey stories...thought I would start a similar thread here with the NY turkey season getting closer... My buddy and I were and still are die hard bow hunters...we both live for hunting the whitetail rut and after a few years of bowhunting, more years ago than I like to admit, we decided to try some turkey hunting. The birds were becoming more prevalent in NY and we would actually see some during deer season. Well our first year was a bust...in fact we didn't even hear a gobble the whole season. The following year we seen some birds at a distance and heard some distant gobbles but that was it. So first two seasons we didn't even work a single bird. The following year I was determined that I was going to get my first gobbler. I read more about turkey hunting in magazines and books (Way before the days of computers) that off season than I did the previous two years combined. I bought a slate call and practiced incessantly with it until I was satisfied with the turkey talk coming from it. Then, finally the season was approaching - about a week away. I walked in to scout an area I planned to hunt and found what I thought could be a roost site. I prepped a tree in the general area that I would use to sit against, clearing the ground of leaves and debris and cleared a quiet path to make my way to the tree in the dark. When I was done, I figured what the heck, I'll crank out the crow call just to see. I about crapped myself when a gobbler hammered back. I quickly snuck out of there. Opening morning of the turkey season about a week later, sitting by my tree in the dark waiting for daylight, I just kept thinking of that gobble and prayed he was roosting nearby. As the day dawned and the songbirds were waking up the forest I finally heard some gobbling off in the distance, way off in the distance, but I remained hopeful that they would head my way at some point - afterall, the gobbler that I heard a week ago was in my area later in the day. As it got lighter I let out some a series of soft yelps and some clucks. No response. I repeated the series again with no response and then I decided that I would just call about every 15 - 20 minutes. So, as impatient as I was, about 10 minutes later I did another series of yelps and clucks. Again, no response. Then, as I sat there I caught movement to my left. My heart jumped out of my chest when I realized it was a turkey, then I saw a short beard sticking out of his chest. It was a jake and he was coming in quietly looking around for the hen he had been hearing. As he walked behind a tree about 20 yards away I brought up my gun and leveled it on the other side of the tree waiting for him to step out. A second or two later his head appeared on the other side of the tree as he stepped out. I steadied my bead on his neck...BOOM! He dropped and flopped around. I jumped to my feet and ran to him. I stepped on his head and grabbed his feet as he flopped around a few last times. Then, I hoisted him up and FINALLY had my first turkey! He was a jake, but I couldn't have been any happier with him! I was a turkey hunter, hooked for life.

First you failed to mention the pro open carry rally that was going on outside the Target store led by Open Carry Texas at the time of this photo... everyone in the store knew why the guys were in the store with their weapons... the only opposition to the rally was the group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense who were not at the event... planned event.. nobody walked in unexpectedly carrying an AK47.. Target was aware of and notified of the rally... I'm surprised a gun owner would take a stance based on a photo without telling the whole story. I have no interest in owning an AR... but who are you to tell anyone what they need to protect themselves?... If you're going to argue that we all only need only 45's when an AR, or any other weapon of choice, can handle the same 98% of situations... then maybe you better bow out .. your stance is getting to sound a little pro gun control anyway.

This shows what happens when you let the little deer go. http://whitetailoverload.com/watch-spike-buck-turn-into-monster-boone-crockett-buck-pics/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is only a guess, but maybe they put them on private land because they could find more fields and open spaces on private land in comparison to state land that might be more wooded?? I would also imagine that one could get access to private land at a lower cost than paying a money hungry state like NY. There's always someone desperate privately that's willing to allow use of their land for little to nothing. NY would probably charge a windmill or fracking company thru the nose for the use of it's land, thus they rather go the private route.

Do you believe these same folks could apply that logic to say, Voter ID's? It is our right to vote but should take some responsibility to prove we are who we say we are? I have heard the argument that that would unfairly put burden on the poor or urban population. The same clams could be made for things like pistol and gun permits and those have real costs but one could argue are more needed by the urban poor than any other demographic. I am just so sick of all politics that is done under the cover of night and behind closed doors. I would have more respect for the "Anti's" if they laid out there proposal, tapped one of their "bought and paid fors" on the shoulder to sponsor it and changed the Constitution, rather than side stepping it. If the support they claim is there, is really there, it shouldn't be a problem. THAT is how our government is supposed to work. (OK, I interrupt my delusional fantasy with our regularly scheduled posts)

A moose tag in Maine..and maybe a cure for all diseases...but mostly a moose tag in Maine.

I have yet to actually shoot a turkey but I will never forget the first time I went out. I was about 15 years old. I woke my grandpa up about 45 minutes earlier than necessary and he laughed at me... I had a diaphragm call but didn't know anything about different types of calls or anything. We walked out and found a place to sit, and I called a bit. And a bit more. And a bit more. Finally I decided to be quiet for a bit so I leaned back against a tree and the next thing I knew, I was starting to drift off. Out of nowhere, I heard a gobble! My head jerked up and without thinking I whipped around to where my grandpa was sitting and said "Was that a turkey??!" and he laughed at me and nodded. I never got to see the darn thing but I was so excited to know that at least they were there! My grandpa has since passed away and he will be on my mind when I go out there this spring!

Here is my stance. It is Constitutionally guaranteed. There is also a process to change the constitution. If they want it changed then go through the process. PERIOD. The constant sidesteps around the constitution are what I really have an issue with. Lay out what they want in detail and set it as the new standard. Let the people decide.

I sure hope they recruit from outside the area.........

I do. In fact I worked at Honeywell in Buffalo for a number of years. The very company that partnered with DuPont to replace the CFC's with HCFC's and is now attempting to replace the high global warming HCFC's with HFC's. which cost more and don't work as well of course a great success story really.

I'm having a hard time understanding where you are going with your arguments. Are you just generally against all guns or some guns or what is all this talk about how much evil that is perpetrated by guns. I think we know that, but what is your point?

Democracy is three wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for dinner. We live in a Republic, not a democracy. "Majority Rules" is not always the case, and many times for good reason.

NOT that kind of experienced you dirty ol' man!

They don't have a problem with background checks as much as the information required by the person who is being checked... I have no problem with checking my background... I have a problem with having to give up anything other than my ID so they can check on me... they don't need to know what gun I'm buying or how many... they just need to give the okay or not that a gun can be sold to me...

LMAO!! Where the hell did that come from???

NY open for business....

My soon to be bother in law is very high up the law enforcement ladder on a national level. He also takes his job extremely seriously. If he was to see a post like that, there is no doubt in my mind that he would investigate who these three LEO friends are. You should be careful boasting about such things on they internet. That being said, I believe the old saying runs true, empty cans rattle the most

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or what if your neighbor says "hey, let's go for a drive", and proceeds to do 60 mph in a 55 mph area, chances are it wouldn't even phase you.....same neighbor says "hey, let's go for a drive" and then proceeds to pull up to a field, whips out a rifle and spotlight and proceeds to look for a deer to kill, my guess is you would have a much different reaction, would you not?

Being out voted by the anti's is not my concern... having all our votes cancelled out because other gun owners didn't think it was important enough to vote is the real problem... flaunting my right to openly carry is a statement of protest.. the same as holding up a sign... and won't turn off the smart people who get it, only those that will never be on my side anyway. My pride tells me to stand up proud and defend my 2nd amendment right as big and loud as those standing up against it. Passivism has never worked for making a point.

OPEC has the resources to out last low oil prices . Thats why they did not cut their production to bring the price of oil up. All their oil investments have been paid for 30 years ago. They have very little or no debt, just profit. But Frackers have extreme amounts of debt. and the low price for gas and oil will bankrupt them. OPEC will be the last man standing and up comes the gas price again. They are smarter than you think.

You do realize this isnt a democracy, right? We live in a Democratic Republic, and you would be well served to learn the difference.

Yes. Also, most all purpose game loads are lead

Save a cape from another big deer (can be a future buck) or look around for one and have a shoulder mount made would be my recommendation. I just caped out one of the bucks I shot early in the season this year that had big head neck and shoulder measurements and am thinking of using it mount bigger deer I shot a few years ago when I didn't save the cape. Good idea! Good luck.

Hey stoneam2006, you forgot your Squatch shot man,lol

whoops.

Why universal background checks won't work By C. D. Michel, adjunct professor, Chapman University School of Law There are three basic problems with universal background checks; it will have no effect, the numbers don’t prove the case, and the only way to make the scheme remotely effective is repugnant to the people. Those are three big hills to climb. That’s why few politicians seem ready to take the hike. Most important is that criminals disobey such laws (and according to the Supreme Court in their Haynes vs. U.S. decision, criminals are not legally obligated to). In a report titled “Firearm Use by Offenders”, our own Federal Government noted that nearly 40 percent of all crime guns are acquired from street level dealers, who are criminals in the black market business of peddling stolen and recycled guns. Standing alone, this shows that “universal” background checks would have an incomplete effect on guns used in crimes. The story gets worse. The same study notes that just as many crime guns were acquired by acquaintances, be they family or friends (this rather lose category also includes fellow criminals, who are equally unlikely to participate in “universal” background checks). Totaled, nearly 80 percent of crime guns are already outside of retail distribution channels (which are 14 percent of crime gun sources) and outside of transactions made by the law abiding folks who would participate in “universal” background checks at gun shows (0.7 percent). When 80 percent of the problem is not addressed by legislation, even if the law was enforced it would be nearly useless. In the rush to do “something,” bad legislation is proposed and then has to be justified. When public support for “universal” registration started slipping, politicians brought out statistics to bolster their case. Unsurprisingly those statistics were as weak as the legislation itself. “As many as 40 percent of all gun purchases are conducted without a background check,” was President Barack Obama’s assertion concerning the National Instant Check System (NICS) which is exercised by every licensed gun retailer in the country. Aside from problem that 80 percent of crime guns come from non-retail acquisitions, the president’s 40 percent number is horribly mangled and completely inaccurate. The quoted datum (which actually totaled 36 percent, not 40 percent) came from a survey conducted before NICS came into being in 1998. The 1994 survey, reported in the 1997 study “Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of Firearms”, 36 percent of transfers (not sales just simple transfers of possession) were outside of background checks. “Transfer” is another very lose category which include gifts, trades, inheritances, and loans as well as sales. Indeed, 17 percent of all those transactions were non-sales, and 27 percent were outside of normal retail channels. So “universal” background checks would only extend to an additional 9% of firearm transactions under the most favorable circumstances. Though 80 percent of crime guns already bypass the new system. To achieve any degree of success, the “universal” background check system would require universal gun registration. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has already acknowledged this, which doomed the bill before it was drafted. Despite denials by some politicians, registration has already led to gun confiscation in the United States – in New York, California, Chicago, District of Columbia. Voters are wary of repeating the same process in their home towns. National registration to support “universal” background checks is almost universally repugnant. This is the insurmountable hill representatives and senators face. Universal background checks aren’t the answer. Voters are anxious and willing to control violence. But controlling guns doesn’t control criminals and lunatics. Cops and counseling do. Michel, an adjunct professor at the Chapman University School of Law and a senior partner at Michel & Associates, P.C. If you can't understand this, you simply choose not to.

Great hike for you today! Awesome that you were finally able to catch up to that bucks remains. You can learn so much by where those old bone piles turn up especially in this case where you know what lead up to his demise, and him going unrecovered for so long. Looks like he's still in great shape. Nice score on the first antler of the year as well! Definitely a super "opening day" haul- congrats!

I believe it would be nice if I had some steady employment building housing and other commodity structures to support an economic upswing in this state. I guess I'll look into opening a pawn shop wherever they decide to open the new casino instead.

I got out this afternoon with some light snow falling. Some bluebirds flying branch to branch floundering my arrival. It was very nice to visit some spots that I haven't seen since April. I have had a certain buck, that I had 3 encounters with during the 2013 season. Two in archery; the last, the opening afternoon of firearms season which had me at a head on stare down that lasted at least 45 seconds. Staring him in the scope as he, staring up at me in the stand. He turned broadside, and I sent lead his way. No blood sign anywhere. We searched hours, day, weeks, months for this deer in hopes of a recovery, but to no avail. I was sick to my stomach. Many emotions going through me during the rest of the season. Well today, I found him. Thank you God!

Gee, The ACA, modeled after Romneycare in Massachusetts, (a Republican idea no less) didn't affect my rates at all since I'm not a dead beat & have had health insurance for ages. What it did do was allow my son to be covered under my wifes policy for a small additional fee, so he could get treatment for a pre-existing knee injury. All the ACA does is regulate the insurance industry. What really pi$$es them off & the reason they are pumping the ill informed with their propaganda is the 80/20 rule. That mandates that they spend 80% of their revenues on actually providing health care. What a damned socialist nightmare! No more writing off exorbitant executive bonuses & corporate jets used to fly them around on trips to the Caymen Islands & such. The nerve of those damned liberals expecting the health insuarnce industry to spend money on health care! And are you really naive enough to think that if Robme & the Aynn rand deciple had been elected we wouldn't have the same damned thing being sold as the best thing since sex by the GOP?

If phade were sitting in that stand, the correct answer is, heck no he shouldn't shoot. He texts his buddy to get in position a bit further down the ridge cause a big one is coming. Kinda obvious! Remember that phade.

I only wear it on public land in SZ. I don't wear it on my land nor do I in the ADKS

Nope not even the one who took an illegal deer off of private property. Our fines do nothing to deter people..

Heres a better picture..wasnt able to get better pictures till this morning.

well since there are so many out there who want to take our guns, posting my name and address I feel puts my family is danger. Posting a list of dec violations and fines puts no one in danger. Huge difference there

the difference being that one list committed crimes.

These four bucks are mounted on Ohio Taxidermy Supply forms, been using them more and more and they look tremendous when finished. The are bulkier in the face and neck and fit our deer and Midwestern and NY, Pa, deer a lot better then Mckenzie form, IMO.