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Jenny called on my way home today and wanted me to take her shed huntin'! I was pretty pumped! We gave it hell.., but nothing but big fat goose eggs for us today! She's having some friends over tonight, so I'm stuck entertaining!

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Long read but great insight into the mindset of the Trump family While Donald Trump Sr. has been extremely open regarding the Second Amendment and hunters’ issues, his son, Donald Trump Jr., granted Petersen’s HUNTING an exclusive interview going more in depth into the issues that concern sportsmen. Here are eleven questions that reveal what you probably didn’t know about the Trump family. Many politicians have paid lip service to hunters over the past several presidential elections. The most notable (and obviously false) pandering statements were made by John Kerry regarding deer hunting: “I track and move and decoy and play games and try to outsmart them. You know, you kind of play the wind.” Since then, hunters have looked at politicians who claim to hunt with a jaundiced eye. To establish your bona fides, I have several questions. MS: Please give my readers some background to your hunting life. Where have you hunted and for how long? DT Jr: Hunting, fishing, and the outdoors was something that I got into at a very young age. My grandfather got me into the woods and wanted me to see a different side to the life I was living, being a city kid from New York. He saw all the advantages of coming from a successful, wealthy family, but also saw the pitfalls and wanted to make sure I was able to experience the other side of life. He was a blue-collar electrician, from what was then Communist Czechoslovakia, and from the age of five, he would take me with him for six to eight weeks every summer, and it was a simple, “There’s the woods. Go play until it’s dark.” I fell in love with it, and there has been no turning back. Since then, I have been very fortunate to hunt all over the world. I’ve been doing it since I was a kid, but I got more into hunting in my teens, when someone took me on my real first upland hunt. From that point on, I read everything there was about the game and about the sport. From Theodore Roosevelt through Capstick and everything in between. I just completely immersed myself in the lifestyle and the culture. Hunting has been a great way to see the world and really get into the culture of a country by getting out of the cities and into the woods. From bowhunting locally in my backyard up in Westchester County, New York, to out West, Alaska and the Yukon, Mexico, Latin America, Africa, and even Europe. I’ve been very fortunate to have had a great diversity of hunting experiences. I have learned from all of them. As great as some of the adventures have been, though, I still really love the do-it-yourself stuff in the USA. I don’t just hunt with great guides and outfitters. I mostly do a lot of stuff alone or with buddies, and the preseason setting up of blinds and stands is as much fun to me as hunting them later in the fall. What hunting the world has done is lend perspective and appreciation for the amazing hunting opportunities, heritage, and freedom we have right here in the USA. MS: What hunting organizations do you belong to or are you involved in? DT Jr: I belong to a lot of organizations. I feel, for me, one of the charitable contributions I like to make is to the outdoors. I believe hunting, fishing, and the outdoor lifestyle, have kept me out of a lot of other trouble I would have gotten into, in my life, growing up in my family in New York City. Knowing that I was going to be in a tree stand or a duck blind at five in the morning probably kept me out of some of those things. Now, that’s not to say that I was an angel, but it certainly minimized a lot of the damage. It was something that was very important to me, giving back to all the nonprofit organizations that do all the great work to preserve our lands; to preserve public access; to bring youth, women, and others from different backgrounds into the game. I am actually a board member of the Boone and Crockett Club, probably the youngest full-time member on that board, alongside some very impressive people that are doing great things as it relates to conservation. I am also a member of Ducks Unlimited, Trout Unlimited, a lifetime member of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. And there’s a lot of other smaller organizations in between that I have joined and been a member of throughout the years—from NWTF, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and many others I have been a member of at some stage in my life. I usually maintain my memberships in all of them. I’m also a Life Member of the NRA, as I also believe very strongly in our Second Amendment rights and in making sure that we preserve those same shooting traditions. For me, it’s all about easy access, whether it be to hunting, fishing, recreating, or owning firearms. When I watch the liberal left try to eliminate the ease of access for law-abiding Americans—it’s a death by a thousand cuts mentality that I don’t like, so I support all of those organizations that directly or indirectly make accessibility a priority. MS: If you could only do one type/species of hunting for the rest of your life, what would it be? DT Jr: That’s a very, very tough question. Perhaps because about the time I’m getting a bit tired of one season, you go into the next and it reinvigorates you. When turkey season’s over, I’m into trout fishing. When trout fishing starts winding down, it’s fall with early season goose, then deer season. The diversity that we are offered in the outdoors is what keeps things exciting for me. If I could only choose one, it would be something that gives me a lot of time outdoors—the more the better. I would have to say bowhunting for whitetails because it is easy for me to roll out of bed and be in a tree stand only a few hundred yards from home. In New York, we have a long bow season. It’s convenient because it’s right there. I can do it on a lot of weekends. Although if I could only do one as a vacation-type hunt, it would have to be something in the mountains, probably a sheep or elk hunt, something that’s an incredible exertion kind of hunt. I really just love being out in true wilderness. I love the test. You versus the mountain, you versus the animal, in those tricky environments, where you are gone for two weeks at a time, with no communication with the rest of the world. Depending on the circumstances, it would be one of those two things. Again, it’s hard to think that I wouldn’t be able to do any more waterfowling, any more upland shooting, or many of the other numerous things I like to do. It would be a tough call. MS: How did you get involved in hunting? Was it something your father got you into, a friend, relative or did you just get involved on your own? DT Jr: As I mentioned in the earlier question, it relates to my grandfather getting me into the outdoors. But where he came from, in Communist Czechoslovakia, hunting was an elitist sport and was not for a blue-collar electrician like him. He got me to fall in love with the woods. He taught me how to shoot a bow, how to shoot an air gun, and he started the passion. But I went to school in central Pennsylvania, and there was a gentleman there named Gordon McAlpin, who was the Dean of Students, a teacher, and a mentor. He saw my passion and love for it and took me on my first upland hunt. It was an interesting experience. He said, “Hey, meet me in the parking lot on Saturday at 6:00 a.m.” I really wasn’t sure what to expect; it was certainly rather unconventional. But I did what I was told. I was there at 6:00 a.m. I dressed warm, and I fell in love with the sport. From then on, I read every book there was. I got involved whenever I could, shot wherever I could. I introduced others to it, whenever the opportunity availed itself. It was just a snowball effect. That’s why I like to consider myself a pretty well-rounded outdoorsman. From there, I got into competitive shooting as well as reloading and everything that goes along with the lifestyle. It’s not something I do once a year to talk about at a cocktail party. It’s something I do every weekend. I shoot thousands of rounds of centerfire ammo every year, many thousands of rounds of rimfire with my children, archery, 3D competitions, High Power competition. That doesn’t include the cases of shotgun shells that I shoot every weekend. I love it all, and I just appreciate all the people that are mentors along the way—who got me into the sport and taught me what it’s all about. And I just to try to pass that on to as many other people, so they can have those same great experiences as I had. I hope others do the same. It’s not the easiest game to get into without a mentor. So for anyone reading this: Go out there and be a mentor to someone who shows interest. MS: One of the biggest threats hunters are facing is the sale or transfer of “excess” public lands in the West. Sen. Ted Cruz filed an amendment to the Bipartisan Sportsman’s Act of 2014 to do just this in states where over 50 percent of the property is owned by the federal government. Would you or your father support any federal land sale? DT Jr: In my opinion, Ted is 100 percent wrong to have Congress mandate a blanket approach to sell any percentage of federal lands to the states. Clear back to Teddy Roosevelt, our federal lands were the American public’s greatest treasure. They are where our people love to hunt fish, hike, camp, snowmobile, and recreate. Some advocates of selling don’t understand the millions and millions of recreation days and billions of dollars in tourism, hunting, fishing, and the outdoors generally bring in to the coffers. There is a lot of value in these lands to be kept public, and we need to care for them properly. In rare cases—for example, if there was 1,000 acres of federal land around, say, Las Vegas, that was no good for wildlife or recreation and we could sell it for $500 million, where that money is funneled back to wildlife and conservation—we could do a lot of good, even buying a few private ranches for sale, and open lands currently closed to public access. That would be a win for sportsmen, but again, this would be a rare exception. I would never want to do this for true wilderness. MS: When it comes to transferring land to the state, on the surface many sportsmen are initially in favor of the idea until they realize that the state has no intention of keeping the land or managing it for public use, such as hunting, fishing, or recreation. Some misguided legislators, such as Utah State Representative Ken Ivory and Montana State Senator Jennifer Fielder, are pushing this flawed logic. Will these individuals fool the Trump administration? DT Jr: I would never support selling our federal lands. As we know, many citizens out West are completely frustrated with federal overreach and lawsuits that hurt our federal lands and sportsmen. Rather than transfer the lands, I want to change some laws and better invest current money to make our lands more productive, while having fewer wildfires. Well-managed lands, with thinned timber, food plots, and habitat improvements that help animals would be the goal. The solution is to make our lands better and give people that live in these areas a say. Wade Boggs, a great baseball player, once said something to the effect of “the people of New Mexico don’t want to manage New York and the people in New York probably don’t know the lands as well as the people who live, work, and hunt or fish in New Mexico.” MS: Proponents of federal land sales claim it will help balance the budget when in truth it is being pushed through at the state level by large multinational business interests who stand to profit off the sale. If balancing the budget were the goal, wouldn’t it be more effective to balance our budget by reducing our spending instead of raping our natural resources? I mean, if we sell off our assets now and don’t change our spending habits, what will we do in a decade when we have no land and still have a massive deficit? DT Jr: Never do this. It’s like selling your gun to buy a deer tag! There are plenty of places to cut billions of dollars of waste in all forms of the federal budget. We have to. We simply can’t have $20 trillion of debt. What we want to do is take current money being wasted on endless studies or lawsuits. Big portions of the Department of Interior’s multibillion annual budget is fighting lawsuits, filed by radical environmental groups, just to pay attorneys. Let’s take this money, make our federal lands productive, increase our herds and flocks, and have more hunting. MS: You mentioned you are an avid fly fisherman. My home state of Montana has the gold standard in stream access laws for anglers (essentially, public property for angling below the high water mark of any navigable river). Is this a law your father would support, where applicable, nationwide? DT Jr: I know your home state well, and it’s a great place. I have some friends that have some land on the Bighorn River, and I love going out there and fishing, I’ve done it almost annually for quite a few years now. I’m actually probably the first graduate of the Wharton School of Finance to take a year off, right after college, to move out to Colorado, where I worked at a bar, and hunted and fished, for the year, just to make sure I knew what I was getting myself into in my day job here at The Trump Organization. Again, I have lived the lifestyle. I’ve spent probably half a year of my life and then some, just living in the back of my truck. If I wasn’t able to camp out or get into the bush, I was sleeping in my truck, fishing all over that part of the world. I love the Rocky Mountains. I love all of those areas, and I know them intimately. I have put many miles under my boots there. As to the public access, and water laws, we want every American sportsman to have great hunting and fishing with their family and friends. We know wildlife, waters, etc., are great public assets. We also understand there are private property rights. There are many conflicting values, rights, and opinions here. Let’s focus on investing our hunting and fishing and excise tax dollars better, where we can incentivize private landowners to work in conjunction with sportsmen’s groups to increase access to hunting and fishing opportunities in a true partnership instead of through more laws. MS: In recent years, many hunters have felt disenfranchised by the USFWS. What could be a great partnership between sportsmen and the federal government has turned into a contentious, anti-hunting-themed relationship. With overreaching regulations, such as the banning of importation of polar bears, lions, and elephants, even when international CITES committees have determined a well-regulated harvest is essential to their conservation and recovery, it seems USFWS is fighting its own war against American hunters. If your father were to become President, what would you do to reverse this course? DT Jr: There seems to be a revolving door between the anti-hunting groups and leadership of the USFWS. Somehow, the federal biologists think they are smarter than state biologists and you end up with a mess. In a Trump administration, avid hunters and anglers, who are proven conservationists, will be in the leadership of the USFWS. That solves lots of problems. Changing some bad laws, like the Equal Access to Justice Act, is a main goal of the Boone and Crockett Club. It is very clear the USFWS biologists made a terrible error, perhaps deliberate, on wolf impacts to our herds of game. Moose hunting was cancelled in Minnesota—wolves a major cause. Elk and moose herds in parts of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana have been hammered. We need to reduce wolves and rebuild those herds. We can also get into a long debate about the arctic wolf that now resides in the U.S. vs. the wolf species that was here before, but perhaps that’s too granular for this. Our waterfowl hunting areas are bought and paid for by sportsmen. Some people seem to have forgotten that. You can have watchable wildlife that is still huntable wildlife—it doesn’t have to be one or the other. We are not stopping hunting; our hunting and fishing dollars bought these places. Looking globally, the economic help to the people in Africa for food, water wells, schools, and hospitals is tremendous through hunters’ dollars. American hunters are doing great things for people and wildlife wherever we go. USFWS should be encouraging American hunters legally and ethically hunting abroad, not hindering them. MS: Why do sportsmen matter so much in this election? DT Jr: This isn’t just about this election—it’s about all future elections. While this one is very important, so are all the others down the line. So often I hear from sportsmen how they don’t want to get involved in politics: “I don’t want those two worlds to collide.” And while I totally understand that, if they don’t make themselves heard, they will be left in the dust by the anti-hunters who are willing to be political and who do it all day every day, attacking our lifestyle and traditions nonstop. We have to make sure we’re heard. We have to show politicians that hunters and outdoorsmen can make a difference, that we can move the needle in elections, and that we will show up in the rain and snow to do so because that’s where we are most comfortable anyway. When we do that, we will get the politicians catering to us. Lately, we’ve been a forgotten group. I want to change that now and forever. MS: If your father were elected President, how much of a role would you have in advising on policy in terms of hunter’s rights, Second Amendment issues, and public land usage? DT Jr: I think my father has been very vocal about the Second Amendment. Under him, I don’t think anyone in the Second Amendment community has anything to worry about. It is something that he has been a strong advocate for, and frankly, he has been much more vocal than any of the other Republican Party contenders out there. That’s especially true in the wake of the Paris and San Bernardino shootings—where he was the only one talking about the issue. The other GOP contenders…crickets! He was also the only presidential candidate at the SHOT Show, and he was the only person at the Outdoor Sportsman Awards. That in itself speaks volumes to his commitment to sportsmen and gun owners. But as it relates to hunting and fishing rights and outdoor rights, I’m going to insert myself in it. The biggest family joke that we all had over the holidays was that the only job in government that I would actually want would be in the Department of the Interior. Because I can make a difference, and I could do something to preserve the great traditions of the outdoors that are so vital to this country, and would be so vital to our youth, that have been shunned by the media and stigmatized in so many ways. I believe so strongly in those traditions. If every kid that is playing video games was doing these things instead, we’d have a much better society in a few years. So you can be assured that if I’m not directly involved I’m going to be that very, very loud voice in his ear. Between my brother, and myself no one understands the issues better than us. No one in politics lives the lifestyle more than us. And we are going to do whatever we can to make sure that any kind of Trump presidency is going to be the best since Theodore Roosevelt for outdoorsmen, for hunters, for our public lands, and for this country as it relates to anything in the great outdoors. In closing, the most rewarding thing for Eric and me is that a bunch of hard-core hunting and conservation leaders have jumped on board to support us and sportsmen nationwide in a group called Sportsmen for Trump. Hundreds more will be getting on board, but we will lead out with Willie Robertson (Duck Dynasty); Michael Waddell (Bone Collector); Rob Keck, former CEO of the National Wild Turkey Federation; Jason Hairston, founder and CEO of KUIU gear; and Lorenzo Sartini, CEO of GoHUNT. These guys eat, sleep, and breathe conservation, and they know a President Trump could rival what Teddy Roosevelt’s legacy did for sportsmen. It is time for a Roosevelt Reboot. Perhaps my favorite quote that I have heard was from my friend KUIU founder Jason Hairston, who played in the NFL: “I know Don and Eric well, personally. At heart, they are blue-collar guys just like us, and we finally have a candidate, DJT, who will stand for our sport and conservation. I’m all in!” Read more: http://www.petersenshunting.com/conservation-politics/why-sportsmen-should-vote-for-donald-trump/#ixzz44OzHU9yH

No reason not to, many different ways to hunt.. don't like getting up sleep in and then go,or get up early and try, or roost the night before.get in close and try early am then go home and back to bed.. much more interactive than deer hunting.. just do as much as you want, but when you hear a bird spit and drum so close to you your whe head vibrates ...you'll be hooked

These stupid laws changing every year are really starting to annoy me. I put off purchasing a compound bow for years because every year they said they were going to include crossbows and I didn't feel like I had the time to become proficient with a bow. I finally broke down 4 or 5 years ago and purchased a compound bow and spent a lot of time shooting it so I would feel comfortable hunting game with it. Then I find out all this time I was missing the best part of the season to be in the woods all because our elected officials couldn't make up their mind on something that should have been done a long time ago. Then they change the law so you can use a crossbow and I don't have one. So I go through this season using my compound even though I could have been using a crossbow if I had one. Then I tell my wife I would like a crossbow but I don't want to spend a lot of $$ on one for a two weeks season which for me will be hunting two days. (Sundays) So wife is nice enough to purchase me a crossbow for Christmas (Barnett Gamecrusher) so now I have a crossbow to use during the two week season. Now they are going to (maybe) have full inclusion so I have a compound bow that will probably collect dust that I have a lot of $$ into and a cheap crossbow that I would have never purchased had I known that I could use it all season. Very frustrating....then again what isn't frustrating when elected officials are involved....

I picked up a new wheeler over the Easter weekend.I had it narrowed down to the Polaris 570 or the new Can Am 570l.I have had polaris wheelers in the past and they have been good machines but I was impressed by the look and feel of the Can Am.The 2 wheelers were about the same price but I liked the fact that the Can Am is a twin cylinder where the Polaris is a single.I read a lot of good reviews on the Can Am, does anyone have much experience with the Can Ams ? I plan to use it for dragging deer,exploring some new hard to get to hunting spots and some trail riding. Hope I made the right choice. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

It's the pistol grips. They're scary.

Passed this on to a few friend that we not aware of this.. the more contestants the marrier..

Now you can see why I am building that "pot call" display rack for my wall. I have another 4 calls still in my turkey vest. Trying to match the color of my computer desk with the display rack I am making. Should be done soon I hope....lol

That's impossible.......all those people walking around with loaded firearms....you would think at least one of those firearms would have went rouge and shot someone.....something is very fishy here...I am going to have to find a liberal and ask them what happened....

Had a cousin screw up too. He ended up in a shock work camp. Straightened him out. If the record is clean I would rather see something like that

not to mention there are plenty of guys who use this opportunity to take out kids who aren't even theirs to go hunting......whether the kids come from non hunting households or maybe just nobody around to take them, not everything has a selfish, "I don't want to take my kids out any other time of the year" attitude about it. I think it's great.

Wont change how I hunt a bit and seriously doubt it will impact my hunting by others using crossbows.

Don't you think that a couse will weed out some current crossbow users and educate them on what to expect when using on in the field, arc of bolt,arrow, safe distances to shoot? Even if they take and pass couse and try 100 yard shots in the woods don't you think clanging arrows off twigs and limbs will discourage a lot? I know in ohio, after the initial buy and use of crossbows, there were a lot that went up for sale used!! Creating more ethical hunters thru a mandatory course is a good thing. Our numbers are dwindling. ....

Hillary railed yesterday that without an(other) Obama appointment to the SC that Progressivism in the US would be set back. She said it like that would be a bad thing. WTF.

Spring turkey season is right around the corner, want to pattern my gun again just to be sure it is still spot on!!!

Have a honest question for you anti xbow guys.... Why are you so against xbow? Please real honest answers I really just want to know... Maybe I'm missing something.... Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

You are not crazy.....They are rare but they are out there..... here is one that was shot during a state wide coyote/fox contest in Jan. I believe it was shot up north.

One of you could have at least told me I wasn't crazy!

That's like saying anybody who drives a prius is gay, or anybody shooting an AR is a bank robber.

I'll give them the first week.

Grilled a steak. Had to cut it into two sections as the g/f prefers med/well and I prefer it to moo. Made a pasta salad with salami and pepper jack cheese, and brussel sprouts. The plate is the g/f's.

Stopped at the local Dick's store today to see what was on sale etc. That's when I saw this new glass call by Primos called their "Bamboozeled Pot" call. Made out of a solid piece of Bamboo, and boy does this baby sing!!! After scruffing up the surface of the call with the supplied sandpaper, and using the supplied striker, this has to be the loudest glass call I ever heard!!! WOWZA!!! This one is going right into my vest.....for only $19.97 it won't break the bank like some of these custom calls, but it will surely give them a run for the money!!!

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remember the year that was implemented? All the doom and gloom talk about ruining bow season and all the deaths of bow hunters that were going to occur?

I think the biggest thing with the youth hunt is being able to get them out before 100000 guns are in the woods....especially if have to hunt stateland...some mom's are really paranoid bc they don't know any better... Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

I don't agree. I believe their intention was to have it in better weather and in a setting where the deer were more calm.

Now's the time to start !! Nothing better IMO

I thought he wanted to quit ......

Nothing else really matters...Without knowing the true numbers nothing worth while can ever be accomplished. The present day thoughtless knee jerk ideas are only further complicating things.

This new bill mandates a bow course so all those that bought on e still must have course or previous bow licence.The whole any brown and down hunter will buy one and be out there is done...that alone is enough reason to have this bill pass

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I did a little research. There's a Mission crossbow with 400fps at 200Lb draw and a Branett Ghost crossbow with 400fps at 185Lb draw. Oh yes. another self injury safety issue with crossbows. Imagine yourself drawing that 200Lb draw with a hand cocking aid. The actual lift is only 100Lbs. with two hands. Got that picture. Now lift and straighten your back and, just as the string is one inches short of latching into the release, the cocking stirrup slips off the toe of your muddy slippery boot. Anyone need another picture?

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Ok TF I've seen you post it and it finally became available so I picked one up. I grabbed another BP and will post up when I try it. This has a good taste and grapefruit aftertaste is a little harsh but not over powering. It's decent and I'd buy it again.

That depends entirely on which USA one prefers.

Very cool! Not to rain doom on your ingenuity here, but be very careful with certain woods as food prep surfaces. Walnut and white oak contain a lot of tannic acid. Not good for food prep. Red oak is very porous and extremely difficult to clean. Also not good for food prep. There's a good reason why butcher blocks and cutting boards are usually made of hard maple. Just tryin' to keep you safe my friend. And BTW, good old-fashioned mineral oil is the best way to treat any wood that comes into contact with food; blocks, boards, or knife handles.

We were out shopping a few weeks back and hit a little woodworking shop and they had some nice cutting boards. So i figured id give it a try. Mind you I have almost zero tools, actually none but i was able to borrow some. Basically i cut the peices with the chainsaw then used the table saw or miter saw for the edges/ends. Then used a power handheld plainer and a palm sander. I figure ill keep a couple and give the rest as gifts. The one on the left is from a large red oak that came down like 5yrs ago, the middle wood I'm not sure and the right is walnut from my back yard.

Saw this today. It sums up the current complaints about the appointment process perfectly. "If judges confined themselves to acting like judges, instead of legislating from the bench, creating new 'rights' out of thin air that are nowhere to be found in the Constitution, maybe Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees would not be such bitter and ugly ideological battles. Chief Justice Roberts himself practically repealed the 10th Amendment's limitation on federal power when he wrote the decision that the government could order us all to buy ObamaCare insurance policies. When judges act like whores, they can hardly expect to be treated like nuns. Politicians, journalists and judges should all spare us pious hypocrisy." Thomas Sowell

[bump] ....maybe a mod can pin this thread to the top. I feel like it's legitimately important.

finished product. Soooo good

K...was out of town last week. Just put on the first coat of stain. After this dries, will put another coat on and then when completely dry, the finish. Getting closer....

If you want a debate about predators, the carrying capacity of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the unnatural situation that created this opportunity for wolves, and wolves in general, posting such propaganda is not helpful. WY government has a negative attitude towards wolves. However, it is disturbing that a WY wildlife official will anthropomorphize them to affect public sentiment. Predators kill. It is not "sport". It is deadly serious. They kill more than they can eat because food is not always available. Kill a bunch and you have food for a long while. A carcass is an ephemeral thing. A whole range of scavengers will strip it in a short time. I've seen adult deer carcasses stripped by just ravens in several hours. The "mostly calves" comment is over the top. According to the RMEF "Calf: Baby elk". Those "calves" are a couple hundred pounds in March, not babies. The area where they feed elk at Jackson is a man-made disaster, an elk zoo. The spokesman is "concerned" about the wolves behavior but apparently not so much for unnatural concentration that created this situation. The reason the elk are stuck there and must be fed hay is because humans blocked their migration route. The elk are effectively confined in the valley, where they depend on humans to bring hay. If elk could migrate, they would be spread out across the landscape.

Thought this would be of interest here. http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/105649.html

Also found that if you take a youngen out in warmer,drier weather,you stand a better chance of them wanting to continue. I know! we're dealing with a brand new breed of youngens.

happy birthday

If goes to full inclusion then I'd buy a crossbow and hunt with it at times, but I would continue to hunt with my compound as well. I'd be glad for all the guys with shoulder issues and would welcome the use of another tool as a choice to hunt with.

Wouldn't be a cuse game without minor heart attacks

I think the biggest concern about full inclusion is the idea of a bunch of ying yangs, who never picked up a longbow, and never took an archery course, running out and buying crossbows and invading the woods thinking the weapon they are now holding is on par with a long gun.....at least that's mine. I think the majority of good, ethical hunters who have been hunting for awhile will not do that and will hunt with it much like they do with their compound or recurve....at least that's how I hunted with it, that and somewhat preserving the tradition of bowhunting the way I always envisioned it. I saw none of that last year, to be honest I didn't see another hunter hunting with a crossbow at all.....as far as it recruiting new hunters? I'd be very surprised if the numbers climbed that dramatically because of it.....harvest numbers would probably jump through the roof, but because of the hunters who know what they're doing already, those who suck will always suck no matter what weapon they choose....my biggest gripe of all was not making an archery course mandatory, especially if it's archery gear like many say....after hunting with a compound for 30 something years and using a crossbow for the first time last year, I will say it's 100x's easier then the compound and probably 1000x's easier then a recurve.....you remove so many aspects that are needed for being successful with a compound or recurve.......as much as I hate to admit it, if full inclusion happens, it will probably rank up there in the unfounded fear category, much like the dreaded youth hunt that was started a few years ago.

My son went fishing last week with my 2 brothers and 2 family friends. They went out of Freeport LI and south about 30 miles. Son caught the tuna 45# and brother ( orange shirt) caught mako 187# little over 6' long They also caught a few blue sharks which they released saw some whales and turtles. My son said it was like national geographic without havining to watch TV