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I started out a little slow but I'm starting to get the hang of it now. I don't think I need to set this up any more than that,lol Damn it smells good in here!

we are slowly reversing polarity...there will be changes

Maybe we should carry copies of the last paragraph of this article and hand them out when asked any of the "WHY" questions ..... lol.

Then throw down that crappy old crossbow and stay with modern rifles. The rifle is still the "most effective weapon available". You can't have it both ways. Those of us who take up the limitations of archery hunting do so with it in mind that we want the challenge of a limited weapon. That is the whole point to the "special" archery season. Bow season was initially established as a way of handicapping the hunter with a weapon that requires rigid technique and exceptional hunting skills that require the ability to operate in close proximity to the prey. Since the day of it's inception, people have been working diligently to destroy the intent behind the original season and slowly evolve it back toward some other version of "gun season". Almost all of that evolution has been done in the name of using "the most effective weapon available". If you are serious about that statement, then you must believe that the introduction of bow season was a real bad idea whether you are using a longbow, recurve, compound or crossbow.

Good for her!!!

All the points she made were spot on!

Common sense is so simple... that woman just proved it.

Yeah I am with you about getting to old to lose sleep over any of this... and yes the future of hunting will be what it is in spite of me... I really am having too much fun hunting lately to really get all rapped up anymore in the ongoing arguments of the ignorant NY hunter. All hunter's have opinions, but most hunters form those opinions on baseless hearsay... it's like looking into a Kaleidoscope with your ears just listening to all the crap sometimes. It's getting so old.

That paragraph could be used frequently on some of these threads as well..LOL

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Probably more like strawberry shortcake! Nice to see that you've combined a couple of hobbies wooly.

-17 last night. Blew the old record out of the water…or should I say off the ice..

Smell like burning leaves?

Very cool ! Even your indoor pic's are fantastic wooly !

Yeah, we are warming up nicely, here in the Helerberg hills. Wind chill is only - 25 today! Just got done snowblowing drifts again and a lot warmer out than yesterday. Took another snowshoe hike out back, very little deer movement seen the last couple of days. The deep snow and cold temps will make it a bit hard on them. But they are amazingly tough animals. And I gain more respect for them every year!

Very nice!

Nice stuff right there!

Thats why I prefer the instant kind. Just add bottle opener...

In case any of you are not aware, the New York State Big Buck Club published it's first ever magazine last year. From the website: "This collectible, full color, magazine is loaded with photos of this years whitetail and bear record book entries. We have also highlighted the top bucks from this year with the biggest gun typical and archery typical featured on the front and back cover of the magazine... complete with their score sheets on the inside covers." I would like to add that it was put together by nyantler. http://www.nysbigbuckclub.com/nys-big-buck-club-magazine.html

I've adapted it haha

Although I have much respect for a traditional bow hunter, and man using a flintlock, hearing the crystal of modern compound bow hunters with fiber optic c sights 80%letoff,release Aids. complain about a crossbow is like calling the kettle black. That is what you are shooting and the difference is negleable between the two. I would love to see a,week for modern bow an a week for crossbow, znd the rest of archery season for traditionalists. The same with muzzleloader. if your going to use a scope and in line ignition it's the same as a rifle and not useable in regular muzzleloader season. Sick of hearing the whining about legal hunting impliments being unfair or unmanly to use. Get over it.... should there be a course or an addition to a couse for hunting with a crossbow,yes definitely, how is that done within current laws, more time is needed using crossbows before enough instructors would become available.....

Just saw this on Facebook, Senator Patrick Gallivan (Elma, NY) is sponsoring 7 Senate bills that would amend , reform or repeal the NY safe act. Bills # S-3373 - S-3379. He is also the co- sponsor of 6 other bills to do the same. I for one will be in touch with his office to show him my support. Hope others here do also.

Public land in Rensselear Falls area in Canton Ny Black Lake Area, Ft Drum has a great population of birds. Thats if this winter lets go here sometime soon. They are spending half the day on the roost in this weather and the other in the standing corn. I believe this year that is the only field keeping the 100 plus birds alive!

With statements like that, you just continue to reinforce just how delusional you are.

Sounds great!!! Have all the stoves firing on all cylinders! -8 outside cabin is 67, that works!

The fact that the crossbow may be loud compared to a compound is not as big an issue as you may think regarding "string-jump". Deer are used to hearing loud noises, and it is only "alert" deer that typically "string-jump". The need to draw a conventional bow, while the deer is in close, is the quick motion that is often caught by the deer putting them in the "alert" state. By the time a "relaxed" deer reacts to a crossbow (no need to draw), it is too late for "string-jump" to have an effect. After you get a few years under your belt with a crossbow, you too will see this demonstrated as I saw happen this year. I watched a six-point buck stand rock solid from the time I released my bolt, 59 yards away, until the time the arrow pierced his heart just below the valves. I had no silencers of any kind on my entry-level $250 crossbow. This concept may be too difficult to grasp until you see it for yourself. I remember my last "lucky" kill with my compound. I tried to draw on a four-point buck when his head got behind a tree. He must have caught the motion a little. He paused, quartering away at 25 yards. When I released the arrow he dropped straight down at the sound of the release, taking the arrow though the neck. Had I used a crossbow, he would have never been "alerted" by the draw and would have taken the shot thru the chest where I aimed. At least the tracking was easier for me that time but I wont bank on "guessing" where the deer will be when the arrow arrives. This is the biggest factor that makes the crossbow a true "wonder-weapon" on "live-targets" compared to a conventional bow. They seem so lethal that I cant help but to feel a little sorry for the deer now. Had the native American's been armed with the crossbow, it is unlikely that the white man would have established a foothold on the American continent. On paper targets, compounds and crossbows may be similar in effectiveness, but on live targets the crossbow is an order of magnitude more effective. I think we owe it to the deer to hunt with the most effective weapon available but I have nothing against folks continuing to use a compound if they wish.

i think each person should be able to choice what they want too shoot

I thought I'd pass this on..... "Why Grandpa carries a gun" The Quintessential reason - Why Grandpa carries a gun: Why Carry a Gun? My old grandpa said to me 'Son, there comes a time in every man's life when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin.' I don't carry a gun to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being killed. I don't carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place. I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid. I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world. I don't carry a gun because I'm evil. I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world. I don't carry a gun because I hate the government. I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government. I don't carry a gun because I'm angry. I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared. I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone. I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon. I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy. I carry a gun because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy. I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man. I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love. I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate. I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate. I don't carry a gun because I love it. I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me. Police protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves. Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.

Congratulations! You are going to love being a Grand Parent. I do. My one and only 1 yr old grand daughter. Where I expect her to be in a couple of years! LOL!

I went out yesterday with bow and shoes, Hawkeye had their annual members only snowshoe shoot followed by game dinner. The shoot was fun, lots of the deep stuff, and the food awesome. Today it's going to be load the stove, go out for some more wood, and then I'm going to the Sabres game tonight. I hope I can park close so we don't have to walk far in these temps! I will probably spend most of the day today reading a turkey magazine in front of the wood stove. and dream of the spring woods, birds chirping, flowers growing and that intoxicating sound of an adult gobbler. The first day of spring is only 34 days away!!

I have had good luck with the Mr. Twister knife.. However, I use it mainly for cleaning fish, rather than general meat carving or butchering chores.

3 legs hardly even slows them down. I can run faster on two however. If she looses another she is in trouble.

A predator might have chased her. I think they know predators do not like human contact. It could explain her anxiousness and staying by the house. Good luck!

Let mother nature handle it. I have a doe in my yard with broken rear leg since September...they can survive on three legs...

yup, an old fashioned manual one..........

Leave her be would be my suggestion.

Classic example of claiming victim status to stop investigations.

Both barrels on that one..

.45 LC