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So some of you may remember my excitement this past fall when I got not one, but two bobcats on my trail cameras. IIRC it was about three weeks apart and they definitely looked like different 'cats and only 800 yards (WAG). None of the guys I know in the area have ever seen one or had one on camera and that was pretty neat to me. A friend in the area is a pretty serious trapper and just yesterday we were discussing how cool it'd be if he or his buddy trapped one but obviously you can't target them, it would just be caught in a set for fox or coyote of course. Well, darn the luck, he got one today! After a quick trip back home to get a board with a "V" notch cut in one side of it and round up his buddy to take pics, assist in the release and stand guard (!!) they got the female bobcat out of the trap no worse for wear. She scrambled back and jumped up on an old pallet and sat there, just feet away and watched as my buddy reset the trap! It took about 5 minutes to get things squared away and she sat there the entire time just watching. After they finished up at this set they ventured up the hill to check another set and a red fox was in that one. The funny thing is, yesterday I spent about 3 hours within feet or yards of these two sets, looking for the "right" tree to hang a stand in for next fall's archery hunt! I ran the chain saw for probably 30 minutes while clearing some downed trees as close as 30-40 yards too and had the 4wheeler there also. Obviously bobcats and fox think I smell pretty good!

wrapped up my Deer season yesterday out in Montauk......had one fleeting opportunity and that was it. Beautiful place and some nice views.......here's the parting shot.

The countries you've mention don't allow them in. As a general rule they don't allow anyone in for anything but a short vacation, but they're pretty specific about IS types. Rule number one is: Keep your door locked.

I was rooting for the gator.

Its all fun and games until one catches you!!

I'm flippin' the coin right now between .308 and 7-08 as an upgrade to the .243. Something with a little more downrange punch than the varmint/furbearer rig but still in the short-action family. I have dies and an assortment of bullets for the .308, but the 7-08 intrigues me. Thoughts? Not trying to derail the thread here. More like keep it going.

First attempt at Osso Bucco. Came out nicely. I want to eventually try this with venison instead of beef one day. Will need a creative way to but through the shank bone if I want to do so. Maybe next year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You only say that because you're a hateful, anti woman, anti gay, anti liberal (wait I have to turn the page) anti Islamic, anti minority, anti immigrant, (wait I have to turn to page three) anti abortion, anti transexual, anti environmental, anti Clinton, anti ignore the facts, anti dog, anti cat, angry old male!!!!

The News...Ironing I put the news on this morning. Weatherman: talking about wind chills. Town-feels like -1...Town-feels like -3...Town 0,feels like NOTHING. Reporter:reporting on snow conditions driving. Lights out over part of 390 @ 5am...So dangerous "Hope Your Head lights are working for the road is dark here.WTH yep because all roads going to Rochester for commuters have over head lighting.She seemed to go on and on about it... Probably just me, but seriously some seem to just talk to take up time and for "professionals" sound ....dim. The worst is deaths ,accidents and murders: Geneseo 3 tragic deaths.Murder/suicide. Already reported yesterday who,where,when and why. Today breaking news.Really?!They are dead where do you pull "breaking news" out of that! Give those 3 devistated families a break! Freaking move on,who cares what their coach think,that's not breaking news.Give memorial info and shut up already! Well there's my rant...I'll turn on Netflix next time I iron....

About a month ago I asked if anyone had a used swisher for sale. Well I took people's advice and bought a brand new D&R. Expensive yes but it's a beast. Had Victor Power supply order it for me. Basically it would cut anything we could run over. There was times we had the track grizzly complete suspended in the air on top of saplings and it still did the job. I had bought the heavier blades and had the shop switch them out before I picked it up. Only issue we had was the power switch cord mounted to the atv snapped getting hung up so we ended up mounting it on the machine itself

I just heard that Glen Frey died at age 69.. He leaves a lot of great music behind. RIP

Went down to Canadice yesterday morning. I had a couple stops to make on the way down and then was just going to grab camera cards/swap out batteries and then mooch around in the woods for a bit, going places I'd never go in the fall. Well, I just was enjoying the heck out of the day and decided to take a BIG walk, it seemed to be the right thing to do! About three hours later I had circled back to the truck and was pretty much wiped out. Enough uphill/downhill and gullies for me for the day! While hiking I was keeping my eyes pealed for sheds and of course never found a single hunk of bone. On the way back to my friends house I was talking with another friend and bitching about not finding any sheds. I pulled in my buds driveway and looked in the pasture and lo and behold there's a shed, about 50-60 yards off the driveway. I hit the binders and jumped out, sprinted (not really) to the horn. Bingo, it's been a few years since I've found one so I was pumped. I pulled in and showed my buddy. We talked for a bit and I said I was going to jump on the 4wheeler and go grab two other cam cards but first take a quick spin around the area in the rest of the field to see if I could find the other horn from the buck. Don't you know that within 30 seconds I spot the darn thing up on the dike of the pond. I have and will load tomorrow night trail cam footage of the buck with headgear attached. As I found the first one........ This morning, both together................

sounds like harsh winter and coyotes are the problem ????

What a shame so few were there when he spoke !

Damn a simple can I help you would have solved this issue faster.... Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

I wouldn't mind looking into iguana hunting outfitters in Puerto Rico. This way I can trick the wife into going on a "vacation".

Actually, as I understood it, the topic was about deer reactions to dogs, and how that might impact deer hunting and established and scouted out deer patterns. I think that in that context, how deer react to the presence of dogs (any dogs) is exactly on-topic. I also believe that the deer's local experiences with chasing dogs and/or chasing coyotes may also impact the deer's escape reactions when dogs are encountered (Even nice deer-friendly coon hounds) that might alter significantly the results of that study. It is an important aspect that they didn't consider. And again, a discussion of the role of coyotes could very well be exactly on topic as well, because that wrinkle to the deer's world was not studied in terms of how goosey deer can get regarding the intrusion of dogs. Whatever else that moved into the discussion may simply be the normal topic drift that occurs when a topic has been around too long. Threads do have a natural movement to them that is absolutely understandable to a certain extent.

That's cool, nice pics! Thanks! Don't know why Biz thinks they would not have a ball bag, other cats do, where else would they carry them? Maybe a purse? jk, lol

I had a 14 ft and a 12 ft pythons. They are a amazing predator and are a good match for gators. Depending on which one is larger will usually depend on which one gets eaten. You would think the gator would win hands down but that is not always the case. They should be eliminated from Florida, they are dangerous and they get big, over 20 ft easy! Here is one you would think the gator would eat him with no problem, not a very large snake but the results are evident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfYAj1k9uZM

I'll never know how much fun it may be. Right or wrong - I hate snakes!

Well I took a class on forge welding last night. It was only about 3 hours after the instruction and the demonstration part ate up some of that. We were making a flux spoon to take home to use when the students forge weld. Flux that we used was borax. We started out with a piece of 1/4" round and a 20" piece of 3/8" square. Cut the round into fourths and folded them in to make a bundle. forge welded the two ends and drew down to 3/8". Then welded the bundle onto the end of the square stock. twisted and then untwisted the bundle to give it the open look and drew out the hook on the handle. On the opposite end we partial cut and folded back about 1-1/2" of the 3/8" and welded it to itself. Then drew out and shaped the spoon bowl. Sounded pretty easy, huh? LMAO We ran out of time so I still have some straightening and cleaning to do for the finished product but pretty pleased with how the welds came out and how well they held. Probably won't be counting on this process with a MIG welder over at my buddy's house, but it is nice to know and how to do it. Wednesday night is a class on tenons and riveting.

You're really splitting hairs with this one. If I didn't own a 308 I wouldn't own a 7-08. The only reasons are versatility and availability even as a handloader having the ability to swing by most any shop and them have some 308's is a fact that can't be overlooked. Basllisticaly they are so similar that I am surprised the 7mm-08 is as popular as it is. All this being said there is something magical about the way the little 7-08 kills critters and to do it in light little rifles with an absence of recoil makes it one of my top 3 favorite deer cartridges.

And, get offa' my lawn!

The lack of help this administration is willing to give is shown again, They negotiated the prisoner exchange and 1.7 billion for A few Americans then leave at least one still over there, The fact that Democrats and liberals have no balls and are making this country appear weak, Is the real problem, So far i truly believe this country can not last another term under the current idiocy that we call our government, Its a scary thing when they openly negotiate with terrorists and foreign governments, Then show time and time again that they will not back Americans with force if needed, The corruption and fear these people demonstrate is whats making the people of this country targets, They no longer fear the U.S.A they all think we are jokes and it needs to end,

A few typos I caught for you; Putnam county Also, Yonkers is not located in NYC. It is located in Westchester County. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Homemade chicken pot pie

My favorite eagles version from mtv unplugged 1994,

Okay.. enough with just humoring you... you do understand that the alpha male in any family group will not allow for another alpha on the same "piece of turf"... so there will only be one family on that turf... there may however be a few rogue males displaced from their place of birth that might challenge the alpha on occasion and pass through a territory, but there will not be more than one family... you not knowing that would explain your delusion about overpopulations of coyotes... I'm sure to you a population of 1 coyote might be considered too many for a piece of property... but by definition overpopulation is only when there is more than the habitat can sustain... and I am confident that there has been no evidence of that ever occurring with coyotes anywhere in NY State... nor has there ever been any documented cases of dogs decimating every living animal in a 1000 acre piece of land anywhere in NY... or running every animal clear out of any habitat in NY. Your hatred for coyotes has skewed you thinking and created your delusions, but you are entitled to that hatred and those delusions even if they aren't reality.

Venison stew and homemade bread for dipping. I'm all thumbs when using Tapatalk

"All that is necessary to understand the rabid efforts to disarm law-abiding American citizen gun owners is to realize that liberal gun control efforts have nothing to do with child safety, nothing to do with public safety, nothing to do with safety of anybody, or anything of the kind. Liberal gun control is about one thing, and one thing only. That one thing is the liberal/socialist's need to disarm those who would resist, thus impede, their ability to implement the socialist, centralized, big government, cradle to grave, control of people, who, in the liberal elite's opinion, are not smart enough to make the important decisions necessary to take care of themselves. The only thing preventing Obama (and ilk), from imposing their vision of the socialist, sunshine, unicorn, and rainbow utopia upon America is that they have been unable to disarm 150-200 million Americans of some many more millions of firearms. Additionally, neither have these socialist elites been successful at dissuading these 150-200 million law-abiding, citizen, firearm owning citizens from standing/fighting/dying for the principles in which they believe." Melvin R. Blann III

First batch of venison jerky 2016!

In reference to the "people here", there is a huge difference between being some person behind a computer screen saying you agree or disagree with how people make a stance for what they believe in and actually going out and committing a crime in that same stance of belief. I am willing to bet every person that has posted in this thread has an opinion for or against some law or regulation that has a direct impact on their lives, but none of them have gone out and committed a crime completely unrelated to the original law or regulation in an effort to make a stance against the government. If the Bundys had performed a legal protest, even one that lasted days, weeks or months I personally may not agree with their position but I would absolutely respect their right to make their stance. What they are doing is in no way legal and the very essence of what they are doing hinders others who don't wish to be involved in the situation to begin with. Making a stance against the government should NOT force others to get involved against their wishes. People with property bordering the federal land, as well as people who used the federal land for recreation are not allowed to use that land because of its current occupation. That is forcing people who were previously not involved in the Bundys "protest" to now be affected by it.

My land borders state land so the first weekend I spend more time kicking trespassers off my land than hunting. Although I did venture over on state land this year because I just wasn't seeing anything and I found probaby the most gorgeous piece of land. 4 hills come together and open to a meadow it reminded me of hunting out west. Didn't see anything but sometimes you don't mind when the scenery is that amazing.

For deer in NYS you could toss a ball cap over the 243, 260, 7mm-08 and 308, not a bad choice in the bunch! I like them all and own 3/4 but have only killed with the 243 and 7mm-08. So far.............

I'd hunt there just for the beauty of the landscape... deer or no deer. What a majestic hunting spot!

I live 2 hours from the Henrys. Assisted a hunter last fall take a 30 inch mule deer. It was a great time!

Are we talking Civil War or a Revolution?

Very cool lights. Keep them coming if there are others. Not sure which one I'll go with, but thanks!

Thanks - will make the corrections at some point. Need to adapt some of the reused material to be NYC specific as well. As we gain traffic and Facebook subscriptions we will improve the site and add content to match the traffic. Little sense in going hog-wild right now. We don't expect this initiative to have much impact inside of ten years, same as our other initiatives. No rush, its a long-term effort.

So, on top of a possible civil war, we may also bee looking at WWIII at some point? YAY............... We are in a pile of $*** with no roses in sight.

Be interested to hear from others that use this dbl strap, backpack style. Looks like a PITA to put on/take off!

it's sad... we have lost a lot of talent this year already... Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

Sorry, I've got my IT department head on it right now.

So he's a worthless cheater, who cares? he gets it done. It's football, not real life. I agree, it just turns me off.

God I wish this was an adult forum so I could say what I really think...

WTH man the year just started!!

I eat all squirrels, it just depends how I cook them. There isn't a lot of easily removable meat on reds so I normally slow cook them with 75/25 water and chicken broth with some seasoning (garlic, onion, ground celery seed). After the quartered reds cook in that for about 3-4 hours I strain the liquid and fork off any little bit of meat I can get. Eat the meat and freeze the liquid for making stew.

Yes.I hunt from this shed.

We can't even walk the edge of a field without sending the deer running for cover that are over 300 yards away . I would love to hunt me some tame deer that just stood around to see if i was gonna harm them.