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So after 5 days of chaperoning my daughter for international ballet competition in Boston ,MA I decided to grab some man points back as dad points well banked. Took her shooting behind my buddies house with my Ruger 10/.22 and her youth 870 She's taking hunter safety course mid April. Wanted her more acclimated to gun safety and such. She impressed the heck out of me. 20 rounds of .22 at lasered 56 yards. And one shot of shotty at 35 yards. We've got her shotgun dialed in so bottom of pattern is all neck of bird with density in head. Just the way my turkey gun set up. I hate eating crunchies! She ended up shooting 90 rounds of .22 and 20 of shotgun. Basics of loading , safety , breath , squeeze , follow up shot with shotgun . We covered it all. Youth bird season can't get here soon enough

First and foremost there are some MAJOR forum changes coming shortly. We have to upgrade to the latest version of the software we use to run the site, some functionality will change as this is a major bump from where we are now. I expect there to be some issues during the conversion and upgrade, if you notice something let us know. Second, we are moving to 100% SSL full encryption (HTTPS). Logins, posts, the ENTIRE site will be encrypted from your PC/Phone/Table to our servers, this might not mean much to most but its a necessity in this day and age. In short, it prevents prying eyes from seeing anything, which is only a good thing (trust me I'm a IT Geek). Third we have been very laxed, perhaps to much in the moderation of posts and enforcement of our rules. The downside is a few members have chosen to exploit these opportunities to post curses, attacks and other completely useless content that doesn't belong here. There will be no warnings other then this one. Keep it clean, do not attack other members, do not curse (family site). I and all the amazing folks that help maintain and participate in this community have no time to baby sit. We will no longer issue warnings for something you should already know. You break the rules you are not welcome here. See: http://huntingny.com/rules Thanks All John

Hey guys I was just wondering if I could get some feedback on the design of our website? http://www.outdoorlegacyhunting.com/ Let me know what you guys think and any changes you would recommend Thanks!

you guys are lucky ! They're all leaving nice guns, bows , backpacks and hats behind after gnarling up them trees The rubs I find never have fun stuff like that

This year i had my heart set on getting some trail cam photos of some red heads strutting. After doing some TSI and hinge cutting early march i threw up a camera where i figured the birds might start scratching... heres a few from the card pull Will be putting out a few more cams soon..

When one gets bitten by the hunting shooting sport game the quest for success and perfection seems to be a never ending battle. My gun-reloading room started out quite modestly many years ago and for the most part served me well for for a long time. Got my reloading and gun work done for the most part with no problem. But as the years rolled by I just kept accumulating more and more stuff and order and neatness started to wane to the point where doing work and finding equipment started started to become a chore, basically the room had become an outright "mess". I made do with the situation for a long time but finally enough was enough! There was only one thing to do to solve the problem and that was a complete makeover and that meant out with the old and in with the new. I started late last summer and puttered around over the months a little at a time hopefully getting it right for the long haul. The 50 year old old Sears steel legged work benches that my presses and reloading and repair equipment took up shop on were removed. The glass doored gun cabinets and wall hanging gun racks were removed. inefficient shelves removed. I went to Lowes and purchased a row of low cost wall and base cabinets along with a counter top for my cleaning-repair-scope mounting work area and to make some organized storage. New wall shelving and tool cabinets to store all tools in their proper place and make them easily found and accessed. I replaced the old Sears work benches with two Harbor Freight wood workers benches. They were a pain to assemble, the drawers are pretty rough operating but they seem real solid and so far I like them. Because of the safe act all gun storage is now handled by safes. The room is pretty much ship shape now and everything has it's place and is stored properly where it can be found. My reloading equipment is set up now for quick change or complete removal off the benches with Lee and RCBS mounting plate systems. I picked up a handy portable reloading stand made by Frankford Arsenal, it has folding leaf wings and is very light weight, it is easily moved anywhere in the room and works great for assisting or for just stand alone reloading. I had a good time over the winter taking care of a bunch of long overdue upgrades and scope mountings on my firearms, it was real nice to have everything where it belongs and easily found for a change. Some photos of the aftermath, still some minor tweaking going on and a little congested yet but a heck of a lot better than what it was.

This is really a great site. The vast majority of members here are knowledgeable, passionate, hunters and outdoorsmen. The tips and advice, pictures,encouragement, humor and yes, even the differing of opinions. Make this site the great gathering place that it is. I look forward to the changes to make it even better! I took the time today to become a supporting member. It's something I've been wanting to do anyway. In the year and a half I have been a member, I've gotten much more from this site, than the fee for a supporting membership. In a small way, it's kind of giving back to something I enjoy, most every day. I encourage all of my fellow members, if so inclined and able to do so, to join me in becoming a supporting member! In my humble opinion, it's well worth it.

thats a tough call. My smile was ear to ear every time she rattled a pop can or when I saw her smile because she knew she did well. She was there last spring season when I tipped over a bird. Now it's her turn for me to watch. Never once regretted not having a boy. This girl does it all. Night crawlers on her own hook, fish off the hook since 4 years old. Liked watching me skin a fox , trapped muskrats with me , scouting birds with me since 2, incredible grades , extremely talented at ballet. I quit semi professional golf cold turkey to share these moments with her. I'd do it all over again. So proud of her for so many reasons

That's just awesome ! Our youngest (23) will be home for the week end , and I'd like to shoot with her as she got her pistol permit last Oct. but has'nt had as much trigger time as her older sister. She doesn't have a pistol yet, and with her work getting back to just 40 some hours now is the time. Good job with your's .

Ok, Here's the good news. When he is out of the country, he is not screwing up our lives with his leftist legislation. That's good! if it takes family accompaniment to get him away from us, it is truly a good investment. Now what will it take to get all of congress on an all expense paid, year long, vacation to somewhere? .....Anywhere!

Looks good, how about a little HuntingNY.com love on the site since your promoting it here Not a huge fan of Wix, if your looking to move to the next level I'd suggest doing a wordpress site (your own) which will give you a lot more flexibility for future growth.

I'm not even sure what reading compression is. Is that like speed reading?

You do realize that DEC is tasked with managing deer and not antlers right? If you are focused on managing the deer themselves, the numbers should be the only thing you consider. If you want to manage antlers on your property that's up to you.

Venison taco night! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My Daughter is home from school and has been asking for chicken Riggies, I just got home with the stuff to make them...

At the risk of being pounced on by BP, I thought the meeting went well too. It was informative and I believe the DEC is doing their best to work toward solving issues. No, they don't have solid numbers there is no way to count every deer. I heard complaints about not an accurate population count but where IS the solution. I think they are doing their best with the funds and man power they have. There's just no way to solve everybody's problems. If there was any failure of the meeting it was the lack of participation. 45 to 50 is not a good turn out. I thank the QDMA and DEC for the opportunity to hear and be heard.

Its funny, I hear things all the time exactly like what you hear here. people pissing and moaning about how the system sucks, the DEC sucks, they don't manage the deer correctly, blah blah blah. Then when an opportunity comes up to interact with the DEC, and make their opinions and ideas known, they say "Those meetings are a waste of time", they don't bother joining any organizations or becoming active in the process, and then they sit there and wonder why nothing changes, or the changes that do happen do not take their ideas into consideration. Sounds like a bunch of Bernie supporters.

Perfect comment from last night. If you aren't seeing them locally, then don't shoot them. I know self restraint is a dirty word in our liberal state. I apologize for wasting the time of everyone here. Good luck with your efforts to change the system that I am sure you are involved in. hope it turns out well.

One of my all time favorites. Last nights victim Bomb ! Imperial stout , aged on coffee , cocoa nibs , vanilla beans and chili peppers. Throws an unoticable 13% abv

We got our first fisher pics this year as well. Heres one of them..

Actually, I have a hard time understanding how anyone thinks they can change the stance of NYB from the outside looking in. If you have a beef with NYB policies, I would think you might actually get in there and try to change the policies that you disagree with and support the ones that you do agree with. As far as the thread topic is concerned, NYB has experience in that area, and perhaps instead of everyone trying to think of ways to do the same thing individually, you might think that supporting an existing organization would be a shortcut to making that happen where you live and would like to hunt.

Looks good Joe.... or do I call you Mr. Vice President now! All it needs now is a politics section and you'll be on your way to greatness. Maybe lock that background image in on your home page so it doesn't scroll with the entire screen and has a smoother flow. Glad you found some new friends to hang around with. You weren't getting anywhere here with us,lol

from King Barack

12 hour work day and Taco Wednesday

It is eminently patronizing for liberals to repeat the now obviously discredited claim that religion is not the unifying factor behind the global Jihad. Not all Muslims are a problem, but Islam is the problem. It is a deadly serious ideology that will brook no dissent and is intolerant of all other views. There are no Muslim dominant countries where Christians and other minorities are not persecuted in one way or another. Islam is a complete social system. It does not and cannot conceive of separation of Church and state. It seeks full spectrum dominance of all areas of law, politics, finance and social behavior. The religious and social imperative for Islam is to eventually takeover all territory it finds itself in. This is the concept of Dar al Hareb (House of War - the west) coming under the sway of Dar al Islam (house of peace). There are various stages in this process, but eventually, when numbers are large enough, war and violence is the favored method of conquest. There are only 2 options for non Muslims in an Islamic state. One either lives as a dhimmi, a second class citizen forced to pay the exorbitant Jizya tax (designed to force conversion) , or one converts under threat of death. That is history, that is reality. Anyone fool enough to think otherwise, is just that, a dangerous fool.

forget about the legal ramifications, if i did that at 16 my dad would've given me all the punishment i could handle

Three of the best I found this past season ... All in a small general area I was getting pics of this guy... Far as I know he lives on, gonna be a stud next year!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No one is ever going to convince me that the biggest problem with out youth and young adults is that they didn't get a boot in their A$$E$ growing up.

The ongoing disrespect/disregard for law enforcement. I just don't get it No matter what the circumstance is, stop like a gentleman, let law enforcement do their job and if you're not doing anything wrong you should be on your merry way shortly, if you are doing something wrong pay the mother-effing consequences/fines etc. Unfortunately, this officer now has to lose time from work, pay out of pocket medical expenses, etc. All because some douche decided to try and get away. Rant over....thanks

Kinda hard to answer that question seeing as the seminar hasn't happened yet.

TRUMP EXPLAINED ! Trump supporter or not, here is an attempt to explain what is going on. When was the last time you could vote for the ideal candidate? I'm old, and I always voted. I can't remember ever thinking any were if If you didn't vote for Tweedledee you got Tweedledum. That's the way it was folks. Now consider this . An interesting analogy. You've been on vacation for two weeks, you come home, and your basement is infested with raccoon's. Hundreds of rabid, messy, mean, raccoons have overtaken your basement. You want them gone immediately,so you hire a guy. A pro. You don't care if the guy smells, you need those raccoons gone pronto and he's the guy to do it! You don't care if the guy swears, you don't care if he's an alcoholic, you don't care how many times he's been married, you don't care if he has plumber's crack...you simply want those raccoons gone! You want your problem fixed! He's the guy. He's the best. Period. That's why Trump . Yes, he's a bit of an ass. Yes, he's an egomaniac, but you don't care. The country is a mess because politicians are playing games and we are all sick and tired of Tweedledee and Tweedledum choices. The Democrats are killing us, the Republican Party is gutless, liberals don't have a clue, and illegals are everywhere. You want it all fixed! You don't care that Trump is crude, you don't care that he insults people, you don't care that he had been friendly with Hillary, you don't care that he's been married 3 times, you don't care that he fights with Megyn Kelly and Rosie O'Donnell, you don't care that he doesn't know the name of some Muslim terrorist,...this country is weak, bankrupt, our enemies are making fun of us, we are being invaded by illegal's, we are becoming a nation of victims where every Tom, Ricardo and Hamid is a special group with special rights, to a point where we don't even recognize the country we were born and raised in; AND WE JUST WANT IT FIXED !. Trump is the only guy who seems to understand what the people want. You're sick of politicians, sick of the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, and sick of illegal's. You just want this thing fixed. Trump may not be a saint, but no person or company he has ever done business with has come forward and called him corrupt, or hard to do business with. He doesn't have lobbyist money holding him, and he doesn't have political correctness restraining him. All you know is that he has been well educated at the university of Pennsylvania Wharton Business School, seems to have boundless energy, has been very successful, a good negotiator, he has built a lot of things, and he's not a cowardly, deceitful, professional, politician. And he says he'll fix it. You don't care if the guy has bad hair. You just want those raccoons gone. Out of your house!. Now!!!!

I stole this one

Pork roast, potato salad, and steamed corn.

Who had the most fun? Dad or daughter? Real nice shooting young lady!

Had some in Vancouver, good stuff. X-Calibur Lighting Systems http://facebook.com/XCaliburLightingSystems

Hi, Doc. In short, I agree, and I plan to reach out to NYB Region 4 rep, Ed Gorch to discuss membership and to inquire about their urban management hunt listing on the accomplishments page. I hope to learn more of the specifics of both how it's structured and its current status. I also plan to post what I learn on this thread. Man, was I was glad to read that there already is an organization out there that has set up an infrastructure that can administer, and may have already administered an urban management program... It's so much easier to help roll the wheel, than to build it out spoke by spoke.

he wasn't saying he was equal to a rapist or murder but reality is that a felony conviction will put him in a facility populated with other convicts that are guilty of those crimes.

Very nice Joe. Looking forward to the hunts!

John brings up a good point on advancing. You can get some great hosting from Certified Hosting. The software package you get for $100 a year is huge! It's by Softaculous. Everything from great forum software, e-commerce, video, and if you want to create a social site that's in there too. The Wordpress software they have is based on .org, not the free WP which is very limited. If you decide to use them get the 'Geek' package. They also have great support for customers.

Dont fool yourself Crackhead...The smarts came before the money and cant say i have heard any complaints in the other department! Just to show you how smart and school ya a bit......On your post in the Cop got ran over and you asked for an..effin BRAKE.............. Now are you asking for a Brake job or such? Most with more smarts would ask for an effin BREAK. Really?

Dead Snake.........if it is near me

Frost seeding is a great option. Challenges with it are competition from grasses and broadleaves, requiring other means of soil prep or herbicide control. If you don't have a lot of broadleaf competition and mostly grasses, Arrow 2EC is worth a buy. Frost seed and blast the plot area with Arrow as the grasses appear and are still short (2-4 inches). It'll kill off the grasses and give the clover a chance to really establish a root.

I admire your passion Mr. Rossi, but I won't apologize for the fact that my passion is more national and global. I work damned hard to make people aware of issues at all levels, and to support politicians who I think 'get it'. . Hunting website or not, my lack of enthusiasm for dove hunting should not be equated with political indifference.

If you're old enough to decide to run from the cops then you're old enough for the punishment for running from the cops.

Hmmm. From someone who managed to avoid background checks before becoming president...

Ain't that the truth!!!!!

Didn't have anything to do today so I took Jenny skinny dippin' down at one of my favorite watering holes! She was dripping wet before I even got started with her. She just loves hanging out in nature with me!

No sheds today, but I did find another dead buck. Spotted something that didn't fit in about 50yds away and didn't know if it was worth going out of my way to investigate. I should know better by now, but just goes to show even when you don't know what you're looking at, it could turn out to be just what you're looking for.....ANTLERS!!!

Mike, what does your post have to do with Steve's thread? I mean, other than the intent to derail it by inserting a totally unrelated issue. (Nice choice of issue, btw. High fence / preserve debate would surely be a good way to dilute the thread & distract readers from the info he posted.) That's like someone dropping by one of your precious dove hunting threads & talking about bear baiting. Classy.