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As far as I'm concerned, all immigration should be tightened up and in these days of danger coming from every direction. Extra scrutiny of all immigrants and visitors is prudent regardless of origin, race, religion, or whatever. ISIS comes in many forms and cloaked in many strange scenarios. We can't continue to simply cross our fingers and hope that those that come into this country are all U.S. lovers and wish us well.

i have no problem with law abiding muslims. or law abiding anyone for that matter. but what do you say when there is a constant barrage of material that categorizes all muslims as a whole? most of the articles posted here are nothing more than sensationalized propaganda. agree or not? I interact with muslims everyday. they're regular people. great families. generous. friendly. kids are some of the most respectful children. great work ethic. but if you took what is posted here seriously you would be walking around trying to "scrub" them from the earth.

Lunch. When in Rome. Oysters and clam chowdah and a Sam Adams Colonial beer

Going Belgian this week. River Horse Ale and Raging Bitch IPA. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

"Healthy" chicken fajita by chef wife. When she's on a diet, some times it means I'm also on a diet. Low fat Greek yogurt is used instead of sour cream. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Supporting a local new business. Ribs baby!

Maple Burl pot 3.25" glass. Walnut/Ipe striker. $65 shipped right to you. PM me to buy her. A sound clip:

When I was a kid the landscape in NY was a bit different than it is today. I grew up in the country and half of all my friends lived on family farms. Farms were everywhere and that meant there were hay fields and where there were hay fields there were Woodchucks and back then lots of them. I remember well the very first one I took, I was hunting with a friend with my single shot open sight Savage 22 which I think was a model 120. This Savage had to be cocked by pulling the rear of the bolt cocking piece after a shell was chambered. Anyhow we spotted a Chuck out in a hay field and I crawled on my stomach to about thirty yards, the Chuck stood up and I took and made the shot and the kill. I became instantly obsessed with those critters. As I got a little older my Dad started letting me use his Winchester 61 in 22mag which increased the killing range quite a bit over my 22. After a couple of years I graduated up to Dad's Sako 222 and I was pretty much in heaven with that rifle. I put away a lot of Woodchucks with that gun and out to 275 yards or so it was deadly, I also shot my first Buck with that rifle. Well when I was old enough to get a decent job and earn some money I finally purchased my first Varmint rifle, a used in good shape Remington 700 ADL in the then fairly new factory 22/250. That baby added an easy 100 yards to the kill zone and I took full advantage of it's longer range. While I was happy with that Remington 22/250 I still was not satisfied, I dreamed of owning the top dog of Varmint calibers and in my mind that meant the 220 Swift. Problem was nobody back then produced a factory 220 Swift rifle. Winchester dropped the Swift and came out with a lesser cartridge than the 22/250, they called it the 225 Winchester. The Swift always had some bad press about being a barrel burner and, hard to handload for, short case life and the list went on, a lot of that bad press was mostly crap! I think Winchester pulled a boner by discontinuing the Swift and an even bigger boner redesigning their model 70 rifle. In the early seventies I was reading through a Gun Digest and came across an article by Outdoor Life firearms editor Jim Carmichel about Bill Ruger putting in production his model 77 in the 220 Swift with a 26 inch medium heavy varmint barrel. Carmichel who was a huge Swift fan himself gave the preproduction model a glowing report. Man I was excited, I was drooling so bad I must have looked like a mad dog. To make a long story short it was not long before I had one of those Rugers in my possession, she was topped with a straight 12X Leupold scope. I used Jim Carmichel's pet load of 39 grs of IMR 4064 under a 52 gr Sierra match bullet for about 3950 fps and hit accuracy paydirt right off the bat with half inch groups at 100 yds. To say the least me and that Swift back then were a Woodchuck's worst nightmare, I made so many spectacular shots with that rifle that I could not begin to tell about them. What pretty much sums up my thought on the Ruger 220 Swift was on a warm summer day outside of Norwich NY on a hilltop overlooking hundreds of acres of huge hay fields. I had a case guard box of 50 reloads and had just put down number 37 without a miss, I looked down at that rifle and said to myself this thing should be illegal! Al

Doc has made no false and misleading statements, he has stated facts and the facts speak for themselves. In case you are not aware high velocity lead core bullets have been around and used in large numbers for nearly 100 years and fired these days by the millions. Those early jacketed bullets had lousy performance and shed their jackets easily on impact. It would be safe say if there was the lead poisoning problem some Doomsdayers make it out to be there would have to be plenty of evidence by now! There is still zero credible concrete proof of any hunters and their families are getting lead poisoning from consuming meat taken with such bullets. Al

And the terrorist they caught in Brussels never fled as they thought. He was protected by his people right under authority's noses. So some are so radicalized they will cut your head off, others will not so much, but enough to protect the ones that cut heads off.

There was a time when Christians in Syria and Irag lived in relative peace. Many of which have been recently beheaded, burned or drowned. Maybe that will not happen to you. But if we keep allowing people like you to be the ruling class in this country. It will happen to our children, or our children's children.

Scary! I know this is another topic but the amount of fighting aged men that fled into Europe is frightening. If we let them come here we would be making a huge mistake.

Pulled cards a couple day ago

Wow. I read all the pages of this thread and I learned something. Rossi is a bit of an asshole. Debate it!

Ya know, that could be a record trouser trout. I wonder if our Birthday Boy had it measured?

Pretty hungover today, but back it for March madness lunch. Smooth Guinness St Pats Pub 46th Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Found 3 yesterday so here's my season total. Based on past years and this one I'm beginning to think my eyes just don't pick up the right side for some reason.

Happy Birthday ol' timer! Let me know if you want to hit the water some time. The spring "sucker" run is heating up here!

I've been eyeing a Ruger No. 1 in 375 h&h for a while now and the itch is becoming unbearable. I have no practical need for one since Africa might not ever be in my budget but it's so damn sexy. Geechee born and Geechee bred

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Corned beef and cabbage is the best part of St Patrick's day. We have had it 3-4 times over the last week and I think I have finally had my fill for a while. For at least 4 months anyhow, when we will make our annual trek down to Gettysburg PA. Ororke's on Stienweir makes the best I have had and they serve heaping portions every Thursday thru Sunday year-round at a very reasonable price. We are back to the regular mostly wild-game fare now, with baked largemouth bass fillets, and mini-potatoes on the table tonight. Bass are the perfect fish for baking with just enough oil to keep them moist. They are better that way than walleye (dry out due to less oil), but not as good fried. The vacuum sealer makes them taste as fresh today as those we ate the day they were caught back in mid-September. The trick to vacuum sealing fish is to dry the fillets with paper towels prior to vacuum. I have also tried freezing before vacuuming, like they recommend with the instructions on the sealer, but that does not work as well. It is a lot tougher to get rid of the air pockets between fillets after the meat is frozen.

Kicking it up a notch

This is nice!

Trump is spot on wanting a moratorium on refugees coming here.

For me it all started W/muzzleloaders. I have built 7 "from the block", meaning a stock blank..

You said it right full use .

Muslims riot, attack police after arrest of Paris jihad mass murderer http://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/03/belgium-muslims-riot-attack-police-after-arrest-of-paris-jihad-mass-murderer

Anybody who is found to have been protecting that guy should be tried as well.

Like I said. Virtue Signalers are very ignorant and crass people. They don't care or want to know about events in the world. Belo's inane response is a prime example. Don't forget, we have had our own Islamic Jihad attacks in the US already. More to come. 3 of my nieces are now on their way to Paris for a school trip. To say I am worried is an understatement. Why schools think it is a good idea to go there right now boggles the mind. It represents a serious failing in judgment and responsibility.Paris has just been flooded with all the violent migrants that were camped out at the port city of Calais. The authorities destroyed the illegal camp but did nothing about the residents. They have all descended on Paris and started setting up new camps in the streets.

You and I are in total agreement there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This was actually quite interesting and productive before it got personal. Maybe it is time to lock this thread.

In answer to your question, I absolutely would unless you are talking about molding the meat over a lead bar. Now would you do me the courtesy of answering my question as to how it is that I and millions of others over the centuries have consumed literally tons and tons of lead-shot killed game without ever having been diagnosed with lead poisoning. I'm not advocating anything, or trying to change anyone's mind. I simply, as before, am asking a question. Frankly I believe it is a reasonable question that any open-minded person should at least be a little curious about.

My spinning reels are open faced, & thats where the similarities end.The fly rod is probably over twice as long as an ultralight. That gives it more leverage to fight the fish with. The flexibility of the longer pole prevents the fish from exerting as much shock on the line, as the rod absorbs most of it. As a result, you can be much more controlling when fighting a large fish. It allows you to horse them a little more, provided your drag is properly set. Those are important things when fighting large fish in small streams, where brush and rocks can quickly break line, should a hooked fish get too much room to run. Also, being able to stand back 6' from the bank and present bait to a fish in a 10" deep by 2' wide pool, is a huge advantage that would be impossible with an ultralight. Trout that see you, will not hit, period. I'm no expert, this is just what I was taught, & have experienced.

You do realize that gun control advocates said the same thing, word for word. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I could give you the GPS coordinates and you could come and look for the other antler .....

You just proved my point Larry. Its political, not hunting related. Thank you.

It is precisely because of 'progressives' and their culturally suicidal ideals, that terrorists can even operate here and in Europe. Who then is the bigger national threat?

Pied Piper IPA from The People's Pint. Pours excellent, little malty, little hoppy, nicely bitter. Solid

Does your family speak English....does your family force your women to cover all....does your family have beliefs that we are bad and should change or pay the consequences? Did your family's heritage kill 1000s and 1000s of americans....I could keep going....we are not talking about European people we are talking about people who generally have a hate for us. So yes I believe we have to be extra careful when deciding who we grant citizenship to. There culture is a problem can't deny it. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

The fly rod absorbs a lot of shock, so the fish really can't get an edge on me too easy. It's nice because it gives you a lot of leverage. It also allows you to stand back from the edge and fish smaller holes without showing yourself to the fish.

Sucks?? not really. People see exactly what you're doing. Do I have a problem with legal law abiding muslims ? NOPE. . And I don't remember you asking a first time. But then again you do like to add things that never happened, to strengthen your false claims. Continue on with your little girl hissy fit and false labeling of people. PATHETIC!!!

Sure, plenty of guys use ultralight spinning rigs. Completely different things though, as you know. When I was a kid (12-16) I fished a ton with both but spent quite a bit of time fly fishing with a buddy. We fished Springwater Creek, Cohocton River, Naples Creek and lots of farm ponds. I was never very good at it but did enjoy it. Cortland line on the Eagle Claw rod/reel combo is all I had at that age. I had an old Herter's vice and tied plenty of flies of my own design.....................WEIRD ass things that they were. AS I got older (17+) I REALLY got interested in women and fly fishing took a back seat (kind of a pun) to chasing split tail. For 20+ years I'd head down to Naples Creek for old times sake. My uncle had a camp in the area so it was an easy deal. We didn't fish much, just drove around drinking coffee and smoking a cigar or two. We'd stop for breakfast at the Redwood then head over to the fire hall and check the boards. If we had time, we would stop at Sutton's and peruse the isles; creaking floors only adding to the aura of the place. Good times............................. So in a nutshell, I haven't fly fished in MANY years and don't need to. Spin fishing it is.....as long as I can have my breakfast and cigars.

Guys I've said it before n will say it again, calls are a very large part of the actual sound and they can be easy or hard to run. Dare you to screw up a sound on a crystal mistress or SS glass. Ain't happening w minimal maintenance. Lots of other calls the same way n primos isn't making them

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Took a little walk

All I can say is wow,the pics and sound vids dont do Rick's work justice!! I cant wait to serenade a big old tom in a few months with one of the calls I bought from him,I know they will do the trick.Thanks again Rick I'll be in touch!!

Picked up 5 more today on another piece of public land. That brings my total to 15 sheds and 3 deadheads for the year so far. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

Yes. I had the rack scored by a member of the Northeast Big Buck Club for Non Typical score, but I never registered it with the club. The attachment is my spreadsheet file of the numbers as extracted from the score sheet. It officially it's only a 19 pointer but the family always spoke of it as a 21 pointer because we counted two of the extra three points it had. I do show those lesser points on my spreadsheet. And added note: the inside spread is limited to 18" for sheds. We really don't know what the spread may have been but as mounted the inside measurement is 19-1/8.

Well, first my Mathews MQ-32 will have its turn. But when that opener for gun season rolls around, I will be all hunkered down in my piled up brush blind, dressed like a blaze orange Eskimo, sitting on my stool with a pack full of cold fried egg sandwiches and the thermos of coffee and other goodies strewn around me, binocs dangling around my neck and my Ruger American .270 waiting to do the job. My gun stands turn into a camp of sorts, and I make a real party of it all.....lol.