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Of all the Weatherby cartridges, the .257 Weatherby Magnum was Roy Weatherby's favorite. It was the best round he ever devised for deer sized game at very long range. It also produced acceptable recoil for the results. It is one of the flattest shooting rounds you can buy and is a favorite out west. Antelope hunters often say it's the best round to use for them. It certainly has all of the disadvantages already listed in this thread, but for the specific task it was created to do, it had no equal in it's day and few equals exist to this day.

Taco Tuesday on Friday. ( venison ).

Remy. ADL action , Shilen bbl. ( not as thick as it looks in the pic. ) 1 in 12 twist . Remmy. Varm. stock ( pillow and glass bedded ) 3x9 bushnell scope I had sitting on the shelf. Waiting for a nice calm day to sight it in.

Caught these yesterday Sorry that they're sideways but I don't know how to rotate them

In fact the vertical bow will out distance a crossbow. It's how crossbow army's were held out of england.. it's a matter of kenitic encergy, longer stroke heavier arrow more distance over shorter stroke and lighter bolt.. remember a 200 lb pull crossbow is only equal to a 65 lb pull compound.. so e archers pull over 100lbs, English longbows are 150lbs pull

Save yourself some money and just get a 25-06. I have a friend that hunts with one and has killed every deer he has shot with it. You will save on ammo the ammo cost ½ as much and is easier to reload you don’t have to worry about the double radius shoulder or the belt.

You can make slaw in your smoker? lol

Thanks guys. I have the "I wanna buy a gun just because" itch and was looking at calibers I don't have. Saw the Weatherby accuguard and got curious but it sounds like way more distance than I'll need in NY. Hell I still think my 270 is more distance than I'll need in NY. Geechee born and Geechee bred

Dude, they're every where. They're an invasive species. Fire away.

People have reasons why they portray themselves as douche bags online but are really nice guys in real life. On the other hand, there are only two reasons why someone is a douche bag in real life but portray themselves as nice guys online. They're either a rapist or a pedophile. Or both. Fortunately for me, I'm ugly and old.

Nothing like an old timey bar even WITHOUT a jar of pickled eggs.

I don't know. The half dozen guys we hunt with every one of them very proficient with a bow and half of them retired and have time to hunt every day didn't even go out the first two weeks of bow. We practice qdm to a very minimum of 8pnts or more and most of us are hunting specific deer ~ most not filling doe tags to gun season. That gave us less time to bag a buck of our standards. Your not blowing your stands up killing a doe while your hunting big deer. So the reality is the doe only season had the opposite effect that DEC wanted to achieve. Now this is on private land and a specific group of hunters so yes the variables very. But I bet a bunch of you did the same thing. Will full inclusion of crossbow bring down the heard numbers? Absolutely ~ but to DEC standards ~ I don't know. It's not just going to bring out a few more hunters, everytime I walked into a big box store there was a non bow hunter buying a crossbow. Your going to have I'm guessing 50% more people in the woods for a whole month and a half on public lands within a few years of full inclusion with a much easier weapon and guys who Are not hunting big bucks as much as just hunting anything. Full inclusion is going to happen sooner or later but it's going to happen. I'm for it but I hunt private land ~ on public I wouldn't want it.. They sat threw a gun course eventually they will sit threw a bow. Stoneiam2006 ~ my Mission 400 I shot a 6 inch group with three arrows exactly at 100yrds the first day I had it just for giggles. That's with the 4 wheeler as a rest. Missed the target entirely on the 4th shot and lost the bolt, you set the scope for 20yrds and each line is another ten. Pretty darn easy. Im sure I posted pictures in the crossbow section last year of this. Very top of the line set up but out of the box it sure can be done ~ just sayin.

I've never seen the long or short, just long rifle. I'm bored so I thought I'd snap a pic for you..........

Anything is possible, but it really seems this administration is doing everything it can to make this happen. I know if I wanted to destroy America, I'd have done everything Obama has done up to this point too.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke) The federal government is spending billions of dollars every year pursuing internal threats, while allowing external threats to freely cross our borders completely unchecked. This is a serious problem and should be considered unacceptable. Regarding the internal threats: "Because [federal] agents create crime, rather than merely detect it, they hold the power to create the appearance of guilt... Many of the values reflected in our Constitution are directly threatened by these operations." -1984 report, US House Subcommittee on Civil & Constitutional Rights ETA: Changed my mind, I'm not going further.

Sanctification is the act or process of acquiring sanctity, of being made or becoming holy. "Sanctity" is an ancient concept widespread among religions. I am now a Saint. This is beyond excellent if you enjoy sours. Blond, beautiful and perfect.

I don't doubt that, after just so long you can tell who the good eggs are on a forum. Sometimes I'm talking with my wife and I'll be telling her about some folks on the web. I'll say "oh, so and so is a good guy" and she'll say "how in the hell do YOU know they're a good guy?" Just a gut feeling but so far it's been spot on................ On the OTHER hand, I'm sure some of the guys I think are douche nozzles are probably good guys when they get out from behind the keyboard. I could be wrong on that one though..........

Pan fried steak with butter, side of steamed baby taters and veggies from a bag. Yes' it's bloody, the g/f will have to cut a hunk off and cook to her taste. LOL

I let my beer decide what it's in the mood for and try not to get too pushy. Now if you guys really wanna fight. I usually fall asleep or start crying before I get a chance to get too angry,lol

And on a brighter note, this picture (a 35mm that I snapped a picture of with my cell phone for here) is from one of our 2nd or 3rd dove hunts in PA. I know it wasn't the first trip because dad didn't go then. It was a spectacular September day and the shooting was fine! A memory that all of us cherish. This hunt was in the "mountainous" northern tier of Pennsylvania, just south of the New York border. Even where there don't appear to be many dove, there's plenty. It's not like they "stand out" like a deer, turkey, bear etc. These little burners blend in with their environment so well that it takes a little time to really recognize their silhouette on the wing, on a wire or in a tree. And then when they are on the ground, heck they are almost impossible to spot. Good times............

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

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I don't believe folks that buy rifles firing the Weatherby cartridges are looking to be practical or save money. Like 600 horse power cars, 80 inch big screen TVs, a $30000,00 Harley Davidson motorcycle etc etc, it is all about having the baddest. If one has the desire and the ability to scrape up the cash I say treat yourself and have fun, you only live once. Al

Use any you want, I gave GQ first right of refusal and they haven't responded.

In my smoker right now is venison jerky. The venison was placed in a brine solution to soak overnight and this morning was placed in my smoker. Smoking the jerky using mosquite chips for approx.18hrs at 130F . Cant wait, yummy!!!

Always wanted one, but just can't justify buying one. I have 7MM weatherby mag that I use out west. My dad has the 270wby mag. If I lived in rifle country I'd probably get one for NY. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not saying it doesn't drop ~ the hang time is unreal. But with this scope it's simple as point and shoot. But then again the scope probably cost more than the cheaper crossbows. I would never try a kill shot that far, but unfortunately some will with a lot less knowledge than you or I. 50yards there is very little drop ~you pick different areas of the block to shoot at ~ splitting bolts is expensive. Ever get a chance to shoot the mission try it. I would have picked out a Ten Point crossbow with less fps but the weight difference was a factor ~ didn't want to lug it threw miles of swamp lol.

i love pickled eggs. Nothing like an old timey bar with a jar of pickled eggs

I have never seen any shotshells in .22 short or long. They make the .22 long rifles and the .22 mags with the gel caps. They also make all brass .22 Long rifles with a crimp on the end, which probably are the ones that Rob is referring to. They are the "old fashioned" type, and are loaded with #12 shot. I used to use them for rats in and around my barn and chicken coop. They work fairly well at very close ranges, perhaps 20 feet max. I also tried patterning a few of them, and found that they threw more even patterns in my handguns than in my rifles.

Actually, I am a really nice guy in person, and if we are friends there isn't much I wouldn't do for a friend. On the web I am still a good guy depending on how other's come off. I had a bunch of pics of myself up, I took them down. This is me about 5 years ago fishing a private lake in Malone, NY.

I don't know about you but I'd be "puckering" up in that situation. Must have been a rush...............

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Thanks do the ID. Pretty bird regardless. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

I shoot it off the roost

Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie...

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I sent a few letters to my area for dove hunting, I admired Mike for being so passionate about it, even posted a few times for the deer hunters complaining about the new regs to take a page from Mike's book and get petitions going. I was never against it. Never even came close to saying I was. I stated more then once, I wasn't for it or against it, but had no issue helping out with the letters or petitions. Where my issue came in was making a thread about doves concealed as an ammo debate. There were more then 3 of us that called him on that. Good luck with getting the season in. I am sure the three separate posts he has about the same thing will help a lot.

It's a STARLING !! Probably one of the most common birds in the US... They are an invasive species from Europe, but here are literally MILLIONS of them around, and they have been here for many, many years. Have you just started looking at birds, or do you live under a rock ?...

We agree on the whole non Islamic terrorist thing. I just find it odd that you concentrate so intently on them, while Islamic terrorists are completely indescrimanent in their killing, torturing and raping and by far the biggest threat to innocent people world wide. Black Lives matter is another shining example of true,unfabricate hate and racist hypocrisy. Just listen to them. Who on this sight praised killing of abortion Doctors, bombing of clinics threatening Federal workers and armed stand offs?

Someone lock this up. 42 pages, 834 replies, no insults thrown, or arguments started. Unacceptable.

Didn't Kuwait ask us to help them when Hussein invaded their country?

Study funding pulled when research doesn't show dangers of fracking. http://dailysignal.com/2016/04/06/donors-decline-to-back-more-fracking-research-after-study-finds-no-link-to-water-contamination/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTW1ZeVlUaGlPV0ZtWXpRNCIsInQiOiJTd1dKUDFZeStLSXNWam5oZm0xWTJtUWV4QjV0K1ozRjZXREZkS2xqeGYrQW9KdVE1bDJOeTNvN1dxXC9pWktOaG1JMjhWYUNxcVB1WEpUY1BoUDcyYmVMWklxYm1jdzNaZHVVbWNmek9OMDQ9In0%3D

They do seem to be making a come back! Hunting in the Cold river in the back of Long Lake I had one try to run past me on a log until I jumped up, gave me a good scare. Ha, look at that thing running through the woods, O wait it is now on the log I am sitting on running at ME!!! Yikes! I think he was more shocked than I was!

Had this while prepping dinner last night. Avery Uncle Jacobs stout. 17.1% abv. Sipper for sure.

Zem, Manhunt was great!

Ride bikes. We used to build ramps out of scrap wood and jump them with our bikes. Used to build forts out of scrap wood we found. Just kept adding on and on higher up the free until a few years went by and the tree died. My next door neighbor and best friend lived on a far and we used to get the roosters and turkeys riled up until they would chase us, then we'd run and hide from them. We used to play fight a lot, shoot out bows, have fights with horsepoop (pretending they were bombs and throw them at each other), play paintball. Then in my early teens we all started playing interments and formed rock bands. Childhood was great.

Well here is the finished project, I was waiting for that custom plate for the bottom to be made up before posting a picture. At least now I have a spot to keep most of my strikers and "pot calls"!!!

Baked a ham. No idea what the g/f is doing for sides and a veggie, I think she said box-mix scalloped potatoes. I did my part for this day.

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