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That boat has sailed, as alluded to Doc's "if it aint broke, don't fix it" response when the noise around the harvest/pop numbers was questioned a year or two ago. The DEC has shown zero appetite to discuss their methods beyond the fact they believe in them 100%. I think most people right now are wanting to short term address the season changes because its an immediate impact. Pee into the wind or just pee on yourself...at least in the wind, some of it misses you.

You lost me from the opening scene actually. You started a fire without clearing away any leaves. The wild may live in you, but it seems like you need some instructions from Smokey the Bear. http://www.smokeybear.com/dig-pit.asp

Dr. Woods is always great but this has got to be one of his best planting videos...enjoy.. http://www.growingdeer.tv/#/food-plot-strategies-learning-from-experience

Foggy and still raining...We needed a good few day soaking...though 42 degrees with it I could have done without...not good for the tomatoes ,eggplant and peppers nor the cucurbit seeds I planted.....The ole arthritis is in full rage as well..Oh well I can't make rain but can fix everything else. So no real complaints here. let it rain...

This weather truly is crazy weather. I was just out in my shorts and wife beater on lol pumping gas and froze my a $$ of with that cold rain pelting me.

For those that don't know... it takes just one fawning season to put back into the population of deer what was taken out the previous year. That is... given the current annual harvest numbers. Now that may not translate well in every habitat... every season, but more to the overall herd. So population control at present is going to be a concern, especially in areas where large habitats have been lost to development. That is where the greatest concern is for over-population in NY... the big problem with population control is that the DEC has not created ANY real plan for those areas except to issue more tags in that WMU... tags that cant be used in the areas with the worst population problems... the old hunting spots in that WMU that are now new neighborhoods teeming with deer!!

For those of you that may find this interesting.... http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/418/418-150/418-150.html

3 nice young apple trees today..would have a pic but the Cannons on the blink...I do not know what they will be. They were suckers off a wild apple tree I trans planted to the garden a few years ago that was also a sucker...be it regular apple or crab apple I will trans plant them this fall...I got a really good root system on the 2 bigger ones and the smaller one had 6 in length of stem in new roots.I'll know what I'll have once the parent tree produces...

Just couldn't pass up a good deal. I now am the proud owner of a Mission Sniper Lite Crossbow. Very nice shooter. Can't wait to put some venison down with it.

Now is the time of year when you can catch as many bluegills/sunfish as you want to clean..As long as you don't exceed the 50 fish per day limit.. They are spawning now and fishing should be good for at least 2-3 more weeks. Four of us fished last Friday at the Penn Yan end of Keuka Lake.. We fished 3 hours and ended up filleting 80 fish, which resulted in 8 pounds of succulent panfish filets. Look for the fish concentrated on spawning beds in shallow areas of you favorite lake, in 2 to 15 feet of water.. We use small jigheads tipped with wax worms, redworms, mealworms or most any other type of grub, but small plastics or flies are effective also.. It's fun, easy fishing...A great time to take the kids along..

Looking ahead to fall, I present to you my case for baiting bears with baked goods. Patronize your local bake sale! http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alaska-bear-falls-through-skylight-into-party-eats-all-the-cupcakes-1.2688030

All in all I can tell your heart was in the right place when you made this. Except for the music being just a bit too loud everything else was fine. For a first attempt,ya did real good and will only get better from here on out as you gain experience. I play and record music as a hobby for the most part. Getting used to digital recording takes time and a lot of trial and error. Feel free to pm me any time for music samples or any advice I can give on that end. Keep at it! Would really like to see the next one. And above all else,have fun doing it!

I have done sound editing and cinematography. This piece is very very good. The music could be a tad lower, I like the level of your voice. Your actual voice fits the piece perfectly. Well written and not over-done with special effects. If this is your first film I can't wait for the second, it brought me to a place that I love. Keep up the great work!!

Right. Thanks. I suppose you had to offer that in case someone missed the punchline. Like directions on a soup can or a stick of deodorant.

50lbs of corn on a half acre? Holy crap. I planted a touch heavy at 8-10 lbs because I broadcast. 50lbs must make it so thick you couldnt walk through it lol.

Hi, Nice camera work, editing ... Audio. Cannot hear the words, the soundtrack is too high. what camera and lens?

OTC really is the answer...big impact, low investment, no changes to hunter opportunity.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-a-Free-Tactical-Pressure-Switch/?ALLSTEPS This guy made a pressure switch to turn on his red-dot. Made for a paintball marker....but still cool idea. This could easily be done to a turkey gun, no movement, and no worries of dead battery due to leaving it on by accident.

As my past pics have shown they will not "hammer " it until the ears are developed and you all know I plant 1/2 acre or less..both corn and beans...the reason is the density,which is why I posted a link earlier today to Growing Deer TV..he talks about this. It's something I have done for years...but not due to just deer but birds we have a real problem with birds and seed here. I do not have a planter/drill. So I broadcast everything and when I plant I will ie...plant 50#'s of corn in a half acre area...Now I can do that because I learned a long time ago that : 1.)Feed corn germinates just as well as seed corn but cost 8-10 dollars a 50# bag. 2.) regular ag soybeans can take browsing and continue to branch and grow if planted at higher rates and sometimes with the faster buck wheat grown with it. Produce plenty of food with good protein and half the price of the "specialty" seeds. 3.) how and what you plant near by makes a difference in how hard certain crops are hit 4.) Timing I plant late,,, this gives natural browse and the clover plots time to get a good growth on them...I have not even worked up any of my fields yet...

Opening day is much quieter with rifle...have done two fresh rifle opening days now (in WMUs that converted) and wow, it's night and day.

not sure why the two would be compared as the same... we've had enough threads debating differences among other management related stuff. DEC has goals and co-ops have goals. in the simplest form we're both managing deer. DEC has to sustain a reasonable huntable population of deer statewide, while keeping people statewide mostly happy. I agree co-ops can't and won't do this. however, a co-op also can do "what the DEC can't or won't" and that's micro manage local deer to an optimum level with more focused effort. it is limited to a minority of the state sure. I assure you though insignificant is a very wrong word. requirements for deer management permit application, the annual hunting guide, and lots of other DEC resources are influenced by co-ops. we work and talk with the DEC much more than other hunters. They don't need to figure anything out about the deer in the area of a co-op because they're already filled in on the situation whether it be from management plan application info or other correspondence. Co-ops are growing each year at a rate that will inevitably increase their significance or relevance. also when it comes to DEC squeaky wheels get the grease and we're are right up there with the squeakiest. each serve different purposes but are meant to work together by design. neither are meant to replace one another.

I know it is too much change at one time but if we were already at a one buck rule in the state, think about a bonus buck after checking in "X' number of does. Again, these are tough areas because of access, but giving those that CAN the ability and incentive to take the deer may get it done. I think there are more options out there than the bow season one. mathematically it just can't produce the take they are looking for.

Rained all night, just a light mist now. Its suppose to let up during the day. The wife has been harping on me to get that stink'n pool open but the weather hasn't been cooperating…Let it rain indeed!!!

This is one of my favorite areas...the trails loop around and over lap each other in both foot and mower ones....It has always been a good deer/turkey travel and bedding area....

Looking great! I'll definitely have to give you a try once the next plot is ready.

Oh for crying out loud .... Let's stop pussy-footing around and simply turn the damn bow season over to a no-buck gun season and be done with it. That's where all this crap is heading anyway. I love all the play-acting. We have to go through all the steps of first introducing crossbows in part of the bow season. And then push farther to add them throughout the whole bowseason. And when the time is right they add the muzzleloaders to the bow season, just to make it all look like they were forced to hand bowseason over to the guns. Exactly what I said 3 or 4 or more years ago is what is in process right now.

Messages sent in addition to my own letters.

sent in this date, it does seem that if they the DEC can screw the archer they will. I have been a gun and bow hunter my total life ( 74 years young now ) I sure love the early start now of Oct 1, I have bad lungs COPD, and legs are about gone, so the early start in Oct give me the ability to hunt, when it gets cold below 40's, I just no longer can be out there, so the gun season is no longer for me. The bow season I want the chance to take a buck or doe. In my area, after this winter I am seeing just about a few doe's on my pasture areas. I would like the DEC to start being for the hunter and no the insurance agents or farmer that would love all deer gone. I sure wish the DEC would try to have a program were a hunter could get the ability to hunt local farms if there were reported crop damage, the DEC could pay for some of the amount of damage if damage is due to deer. West Va had a program like that, the farmers were listed by County area and each farmer could say how many could hunt per day and how many days he allowed hunting. A hunter would pay a extra $5 to a damage fund for the DEC to use. The program was a great one that I utilized when I lived down south.

My guys will bring down a case at beginning of bow and we still have a 6 pack at end of gun, one or two with or after dinner, is all that is drunk if at all, my guys come to hunt not drink, in bed by 9 or 10 and up at 5... If they wanted to party they wouldn't be welcome..

A few years ago in NYC a fire captain brought a pipe bomb back to the firehouse and called the bomb squad too pick it up . Um I'm thinking evacuate the area keep folks away , not put in on the fire truck and bring it to quarters , but I'm just a Lt.

Snakes have no appendages. ZERO. That is f'ing weird. They don't particularly bother me, but they certainly strike me as biologic oddities and therefore suspect. Also, Elmo's chart says it all.

they haven't yet and won't if you don't voice your support to your senators and assemblymen.

I believe this was predicted in 1952

3 things (which probably have crossed your mind, but I don't see mentioned here): 1) These new regulations are aimed at bringing the Doe population down correct? And, from what I read, they are enacting their "emergency" protocol to get this pushed through immediately without public opinion (which in most cases is required). If it is such an "emergency" that doe populations are so high, and these need to be enacted for 2015, WHY would they chose early season bow hunters? Bow hunters are such a negligable part of the hunting crowd and deer harvest compared to gun hunters it is pathetic. IF it is such an issue, why not make opening weekend of gun Doe only (or earn a buck, which has been mentioned). Doesn't anyone find that odd (and I say that sarcastically). The answer is obvious, it is about appeasing the orange brigage and about revenue. Period. These regulations have nothing to do with doe harvest (or, as I mentioned, they wouldn't target bow hunters and early season only). Imagine how many doe would be shot if the Saturday opener was Doe only, and in order to get a buck tag for the remainder of the season, you had to harvest a doe on Saturday? The population would be regulated in 1-day, gauranteed (I am not proposing this is a good idea, but simply making a comparison to what they are going to do, verse what is practical. proving a point that they only care about orange and green). 2) The heavy Doe areas (has been mentioned previously) fall in urban areas. The DEC folks, who are glorofied liberal politians and nothing close to actual biologist have public opinion in their best interst, not the actual deer population or the hunters (and when I say public opinion, i am referring to the non-hunting crowd). These "deer numbers" and the increased over browsing of landscaping, car accidents, property damage etc, is driving a good chunk of this. Changing the regulations where I hunt? It won't make a difference. Allow controlled bow hunting (Doe only) in urban communities and you would surely significantly decrease all numbers (and a win win for hunters looking for food and communities looking for less deer). A good example: The town I live in is on the border of non-hunting on 2 sides. The hunting area is well controlled by hunters and i see very few dead deer from cars. The non-hunting areas are litered with them. Change the regs for the entire town and the deer population will remain EXACTLY the same. Change it to control where the deer are NOT being harvested and it is a win win. 3) And the big secret that wasn't published is they are looking at putting the muzzleloader season in September state wide. If that happens, this state's hunting will be destroyed in less than 5 years. In September, when deer have never been hunted before, you can't send out a gun brigade into the fields where they are still daytime feeding in bachelor groups. They will be slaughtered. Moral of this, you live in NYS, which is run by anti-gun, anti-hunting liberals who need revenue driven agendas to feed NYC and don't give a darn about anything else. People just need to accept where we live. This will never change.

How do other states do it with similar problems? The answer: Much better than us. That's how they do it.

When the DEC had the gumption to over correct in the early 2000s, i believe they stated their efforts paired with winterkill was a combo that dropped the statewide herd numbers significantly. That was when the harvest total was over 300k....were not near that now and theyre spouting similar diatribes...which concerns me that we are heading to another repeat. 180k harvest totals or worse...is not where i want to be.

A stiletto is a knife with a long, thin very pointy blade. Yes ..it can be a switch blade, fixed blade, lock back or folder. Its the blade design that makes it a stiletto.

Twenty-nine years ago when I moved into my house, I found a stash of old tools in the garage. Many were rusted, some, being old and from an age and day when they made things to last, I brought many of them back to life if they could be useful to me again. One item was an old, rusted axe head in the bottom of a wooden milk crate, I took a wire wheel brush and removed all the old rust. The head was forged, and had a "Plumb" stamp on it. I knew I had something worthwhile. I took all the rust off, and refinished the metal head with cold-blue. I procured a new handle, fit the end in the axe and secured it with Acraglas, gave it a BLO finish, a coat of wax, added a hole at the end for some paracord to wrap around my wrist to keep the axe from slipping. It's sharp enough to shave with. If I change anything when this handle breaks, I'll look for a longer one, with a bit more curve to it.

Here is a few pics i can add more later.