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Protests and rallies only work if your gay or black. When more than 20 straight white folks get together to scream and shout it's called a family reunion.., wedding.., or funeral,lol

I have not seen or heard of anything new proposed by the DEC that makes me want to hold a protest. If they are banning hunting for some reason let me know. Otherwise I have to go mow the lawn.

Protesting doesnt do as much as getting involved with an organization that has some political pull, and matches up with your beliefs and values. Emailing, sending letters and making phone calls to your representatives are also part of how you help to make a change. I dont know about you, but i have much more going on in my life other than the discussions i have on this site.

I have done my share plus. All it got me was called names, ridiculed and pretty much ignored. And that was just on this site

I've never bought into the brand loyalty thing when it comes to carbon arrow shafts. Most comparable brands are over priced, and most any others out there these days will get the job done if you do your part from the delivery end. An arrow would have to practically implode/explode on release for me to say it's not worthy of hunting with, and I'm sure I'd have that all figured out before season began on their way to the bag. When we as hunters are talking about 1/100's of an inch affecting our accuracy, I know we're all FOS. I don't care how good you think you are....... you ain't as good as you think you are if your measuring four groups in fractions of an inch at hunting distances.

Wow, this mountain lion jumps a 7 foot fence. http://www.wideopenspaces.com/national-park-catches-mountain-lion-jumping-high-fence-pics/?utm_source=FACEBOOK&utm_medium=CPC&utm_term=SH&utm_campaign=SH

My boss gave me 3 books on CD to listen to. I have had them for a couple weeks and just figured I'd probably not listen to them as I enjoy the satellite music in my truck. This time of year I don't make too many trips of more than 20 minutes or so solo so I thought maybe I'd give them a try in the fall when traveling for hunting. Well yesterday I went down to Honeoye Lake and couldn't find a darn thing that suited me on the truck stereo. I figured WTH and cranked in the first CD on the book "Without Fail" . Man was I in trouble.........I slowed down my driving to purposely hear more of the damn thing! I finished the first CD and couldn't stop thinking about it all day. I fished until about 3:00, loaded the boat and popped in CD #2. It's never taken me soooo long to get back into town. I finished #2 and part of #3 by the time I got home. Grabbed a beer and finished #3 in the driveway. #4 and #5 were finished this morning, I hate to burn daylight sitting on my azz at home but it was exciting listening! Jack Reacher has got me, I'll be grabbing a paperback book or two but I'll save those other two CD books for the fall.

Yes, hunters do the dirty work. But let's understand who it is that is charged with the responsibility of game management and who it is who is drawing a paycheck for that function. We hire biologists and maintain a DEC (DNR) as the supposed competency center of wildlife management. So when the agency issues more permits, those who believe they really know what they are doing, do their best to fill whatever permits that they have been given. So whatever management shortfalls that occur come on the shoulders of those claiming authority and expertise. So management mistakes are not the fault of the hunters. They are simply victims of putting their faith in those that supposedly know and claim to know, what they are doing.

What a beautiful day we had ! Even the bugs co-operated and stayed away...Just the right amount of breeze and mild temperatures...My daughter is so organized and what a grill master she is ! She had two grills running with perfect coals making fabulous hamburgers and Zweigle hots. Everyone had a great time...

Im guessing 28 in "beaver years" its a similar scale to dog years

hope it was of legal age. =)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In the event of a poorly placed shot I'll gladly go with a heavier shaft and the resulting penetration.

There's no downside to over penetration........................

You can spray the RR corn for a long time yet. I have sprayed corn up to 2 ft tall without a problem. Once it starts to tassle, you might want to stop. I usually spray my RR corn one time when it is about 12" tall. I use a 15 gallon spot sprayer with a 12-volt pump which is mounted on my Farmall cub, one-row cultivating tractor. In a single pass, that tractor mechanically removes most of the weeds between the corn rows, with shovels mounted ahead and behind the rear tires. While doing that, the stream of roundup is directed on the rows to chemically take out all the weeds there. I save some spray that way, using about 1 quart of roundup per acre. With a boom sprayer, which I assume you will use, you will need about 2 quarts per acre of Roundup. With my spot sprayer I mix 2 fl oz of roundup per gallon of water. The amount you mix depends on your sprayer flow and your ground speed but 2 oz/gallon is a good starting point. The Roundup is deactivated upon hitting the dirt, and only kills by direct contact with growing plants. There is no residual carryover like there is with most selective herbicides. As long as it dries on the plant (no rain for 1/2 hour or so), it will kill just about anything in about 7-14 days. I am running a little RR corn experiment right now. Last year I killed a buck with a stomach full of RR corn and all that remained of the gut pile after a couple days was a little pile of corn. I planted 10 kernals of that in a tomato pack last week but it has not sprouted yet. It will be interesting to see if it does, and if it retains the RR trait after passing half way thru a deer.

What bothers me is that (unless it was done off camera) the father never corrected the son on the mistake. He almost sort of somewhat praised him for it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

https://youtu.be/YLS8CVBYCvM

I'm catholic. My second son is being baptized tomorrow, I don't need a lecture. If you're Christian you would also know he's not a wishing machine. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Lucky

TGIF!!!, LOL

If someone believes that God guides their arrows and bullets,thats ok with me. But I think I'll keep practicing myself. And I would not be a good mentor,to give the young hunter the green light to shoot when he did. I would have waited for a clear shot at one deer. And I will be the first to tell ya. I make mistakes and learn from them.

My friend who won a stone sheep hunt in the Yukon a couple of years ago has drawn an elk permit for this year in the Valles Caldera Elk Perserve in New Mexico. Only a 1% chance of drawing the tag and he got it! Has an great chance of shooting a 380" to 400" class bull. He is a lucky bas^&$#. With his luck, I'm sure he'll draw a Maine moose permit now too.

Why is "see" the standard? What is reasonable depends on the carry capacity, the property itself (all aspects of it, etc.). What is reasonable to one or fitting for one property might be off from the one next door or a mile away.

Come on! he gives nut jobs in general a bad name...he followed delivery trucks and stole Christmas gifts!.... The best you can say about this nut case is he proved that deer could be taken in an urban setting without any injuries to humans and undetected.....

I need to clean up the coffee I just spit on my desk...

I thought Jesus guided all your shots for a quick, clean kill...what happened? was he on a break doing more important stuff like looking for a cure for cancer today?

sorry to hear that, I think there may be a vaccination to clear that up.........

Im sure it tastes good but every woodchuck I have encountered have smelled horrible.

I caught up to the little squirt again on Sunday while waiting on a beaver run. He came walking across the dam in the creek and I found him bedded in the brush on the other side. He climbed up the bank beside me and we took a little walk down the creek together before he bedded again in some tall grass. .. and the color version of that B+W!

The red tail tells me it is probably a red tailed hawk. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/id

From this discussion I come to a few conclusions. 1)AR will reduce the herd due to extra doe being taken 2)AR will cause larger deer basically due to extra food availability. (Not larger antlers) Basically the more food makes a healthier herd but this does not help hunters harvest more deer. Lower deer numbers equal a healthy herd but less for us to hunt. This was a goal for AR. We should not be surprised. When I say larger in effect they are just fatter for the winter, not larger in size. 3)AR is more about having a well balanced herd but that usually results in less deer, less harvest and more hunters who loose interest due to low sightings. Great for trophy hunters but not good for hunting in general. 4)With less deer in an area they will gravitate to the properties that have the resources they require and will not have to travel long distances to get the sustenance they need to survive the rut. This less travel results in less deer taken on top of the fact that less deer are in the area. I was once an AR advocate but talking with members on this forum has changed my view. I still trophy hunt but would rather let my hunting brothers and sisters choose what they want to shoot vs letting the DEC choose for them. I believed the hype of the AR at first but now as it has progressed I can see it is really just another tool to get the herd reduced as much as possible vs getting big deer for hunters to shoot. I still do believe in AR but think it should be handled by the land owners. Most that do this type of control have a great population with many large bucks to hunt but they usually have neighbors with similar interests. It's a fine line to get a good balance on a deer herd and it really needs to be micromanaged. Regional AR's are not the answer, unless you want to cull the herd.

Coyote vs 5 or 6 foot wall. Video says its 6 but it doesnt look that tall to me. Still...

Should have waited . Pretty soon you'll be able to shoot a muzzle loader during bow season .

My father would win beer money making bets with our dalmation that could clear 6. fence no problem. I would watch Deer clear a 10' high fence at the old Grumman complex in Calvrtion. on L.I. I also have a little deer born, last year that jumps my 4" fence every evening to get at the clover coming up inside of it..

Turkeys have been very quiet the first few days so I went to hang out with my foxy friends for a little while on the mound. The one little guy was practicly crawling up my shorts so I had to manually move him away before he started chawing on my kibbles and bits,lol!