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This ol' girl has been sitting on 7 eggs on the creek bank for almost 3 weeks now. Those babies will be crackin' any day now! I hung a cam over the nest a while back to find that "dad" returns at night to help protect his girl into the weeeee hours of the morning. Mom rotates the eggs every 40 minutes or so now 24/7. She sits a little tighter lately and is beginning to hiss and display to let me know when I get too close, so they gotta be getting ready to pop soon. She still has plenty of patience and gives me a chance to experiment with settings. Couple other shots to end it...

When the ice melted, I set up a camera by the pond.

Some of my turkey pics.. something to brighten up a gloomy day..I love this grouse strutting ...

Lucky to see this nest about 80ft up in a old growth white pine stand 3 great horned owl chick's and adult.. already so big..

I like to use one of each (hen/jake) about 6-8ft apart and within 20yds of my set up. Jake usually get's and holds most of the attention from an approaching tom. Position him where you want your gobbler to be directly in front of him. Make sure you leave a tom some room to strut in front of the fakes. I just use the hen for added realism effect but she rarely gets any attention. She's always facing me so any gobbler that approaches her from the rear will be closing the distance to me.

Looks like an excellent property, Biz. Filled with everything a NY hunter could want! Lots of memories will be made there with you and your Dad.

Quick info for those of us with less than youthful eyes. My sight is horrible. I recently acquired a lever gun with open sights and in playing around with it I discovered I could see the front and rear sight pretty clearly with my "Computer Glasses". My computer glasses are glasses that have progressive lenses but, unlike regular progressive lens glasses, have most of the intermediate vision area, the 12"-2' range, taking up a larger portion of the center of the lenses. Regular progressives have distance vision at the top, intermediate in the middle and close at the bottom (that's why it is sometime hard to get used to stairs, we're looking down through the close vision part of the lens). Typically, the intermediate portion of the lens is about 1/3 of the lens, same as distance and close. In computer glasses, the intermediate vision part of the lens occupies a much larger portion of the lens, at least half the lens. Just by chance, I found I can see the open sights, still see distance and close up as well with these glasses. Actually, the distance and intermediate seem about the same and I can see the target, the front sight and pretty well the rear sight. Just FYI P.S., I do not get the same results with my progressive contacts, can't see the rear sight at all.

Never mind, I've got everything under control! Haha- perfect and fun for everyone!(including ME) This is what happens when I get put in charge of planning,lol http://hiddenvalleyadventure.com/

Maybe they can sue for the 19 trillion of debt they will inherit

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Oven/grill would get me run out of a BBQ forum but to me you can't beat it.

Call for desperate measures!! Bored out of my gourd due to this weather do I decided to go to my buddies in Arcade late this morning and do some fishing and visiting. I thought I'd stream fish but figured just for giggles I'd hit the big pond, it has all kinds of pan fish in it. Ice was on the edges in some spots but I had enough open water to toss some jigs tipped with red worms. A few fish were caught before I numbed up from the cold.

I'm calling you out... on behalf of today's society.... those are definitely flying twinkies with doggy faces and not flying corn dogs. my agenda is now full filled.

Yea, I might buy a license. I'll be out of the country for opening day, but maybe my Dad will shoot that Tom. I'll probably try on the 7th.

Nice action there Biz. I would set up for that bird. May as well start turkey hunting now that you own the land.

I'm coming up on a year on mine , no issues with the battery or the heat on the right side. If you wear shorts in the middle of summer your going to feel the heat no matter what. I added the Polaris 2500HD winch , that was so simple my daughter could have done it. It was more money but to me the ease and perfect fit was worth the added cost. Added a kolpin scout storage box , other then having to add a few zip ties to mount it that fit perfect too. All in all , I still think you can't beat this ATV for the money .

Thank you all, it was a wonderful day!

A girl called and said " Come on over....Nobody's home"..I went over...Nobody was home. Talk about UGLY ! My mother-in-law is so ugly that if you look up the word UGLY in the dictionary, they have her PICTURE in there ... I get no respect...I went to my doctor, Doctor Vinnie Boombotz... He said" You're too fat" I said " I want a second opinion"....He said, " okay, you're UGLY too !"

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We used to have BB gun wars . No eye protection . We took body shots . Also had wars with apple throwers , walnuts , etc .. Made sure we were wearing old clothes so we didn't end up with walnut stain on any good clothes . The lucky ones were the kids that had a rubber glove so they didn't get walnut stain on their hand as it didn't wash off . We hiked in the gullies , slid down the slate banks , caught crayfish and drank water from the creeks . Wouldn't drink that water on a bet now days . A few farmers had old wooden wheeled wagons . We would ride them down hills using a rope to steer with . It's a wonder we survived that . Made tree houses and forts out of any lumber we could scrounge up . Shot pigeons in barns . Played kick the can . Played softball all summer . Roller skated at Long Point Park . Most everything we did was outside .

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Wow- you should ask for more funding from forum members. When I told you that you needed a new hobby..., I thought you would come up with something better than this!

Can't even see the ham and Swiss hiding in there!

That's what it's always in. Tastes the same. From that Mets can, it was like butta and oh so sweet. The only thing comparable was the Bud Light with the Bills logo on it.

I have not had a LOT of experience with steel loads, probably no more than 500 rounds, BUT I have not had good results with full choke tubes even if they were designed for steel. A few years ago I started using IC tubes for all of the shooting I do with steel, and I began to have much better results.

Funny you mention Tesla Never heard of them before until today. There was one in my work parking lot earlier. Model S. I looked it up and starting price was 70K Ha, both rear brakelights had a boat load of moisture in there. My dad when little said the big hill on 20A past Byrncliff golf course (if you're familiar with that area) the Model T's had to drive up in reverse as not enough umph to get up it in forward.

I can't stand that liberal rag paper. The only mindless zombies are the morons reading that thing.

Any real american would know the difference between twinkies and corndogs. Papist. Id like to se you long form birth certificate for verification. Lol

Awesome shots Wooly! Love the Chickadee pic!

If I were you, I'd start turkey hunting.....I find it more exciting then deer hunting, usually nice and warm out and still time for a round of golf in the afternoon.

You guys got any classy truck stops you would recommend for moms big day next month? Trying to book something in advance so we don't end up eating out of bags with a big "M" on them again this year. (Not that I don't enjoy that BUT...) Looking for fresh ideas this year.

Sounds like a winner! Don't forget the spare batteries and cards for the camera. Looks like a fun place for a photo shoot.

Two birthdays today, good guys to boot! Wildcats160 and First-light are hopefully going to enjoy a fine Sunday Birthday with family & friends!

Toms have a full fan and a longer beard...jakes usually have a 2" beard max and the middle tail feathers are longer compared to the ones on the edges.

Happy Birthday guys!

My mom was such a bad cook, the flies in our neighborhood pitched in and bought us a new screen door. We said a prayer AFTER we ate

Today, 4/10 went to check the other cam I have out. Found another nice rub and a skull. I assume it's a deer skull? If so, it was a doe. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Prob not a good thing to down grade other folks because they do not believe in the same things he does. There is nothing to give up. He posts on social media and he will get reply's on social media. He has gone way over the bothering me line long ago on different threads. What comes around goes around. Diminish? Just helping him along.

great pictures. maybe some day they'll show up in a magazine, so others can appreciate your pashion.

Beer brats on the grill. A little surprised that soaking them in Stella Artois gave them good flavor not being a really hearty beer. Side of chips.

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You can contact most custom makers and request something also. Many will try to tune a call per your request. A call with less or more rasp, higher or deeper pitch, fast or slow roll over, or any combo between.

Happy Birthday! What a wonderful day to have you guy's surround yourselves with the people and things you love. Today it's all about you! Enjoy!

Judging from the fin coloration they ARE brookies...I think Jerkman was either mistaken or kidding.

Happy Burt-day guys!

Green bottles are OK with me. When I reported for active duty at the receiving station in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in April of 1971, Heineken sold for 35 cents a bottle at the EM club. PREMIUM beer like Bud or Schlitz was 30 cents and regular stuff like Rheingold or Schaeffer's was a quarter.. I felt real sophisticated paying the extra dime for the IMPORTED stuff.

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.

Skipped school a few days many moons ago to shoot them off my neighbors chimney. Priorities you know.

sorry, been waiting to use that one and couldn't resist.