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Got this Tennessee gobbler this morning after missing yesterday!

This is one of my twins, her sister couldn't make the class this time but they're 11 so we have time We had to go directly from softball

Well, I'll start off by saying I was the only person out of six that didn't kill a bird...but, I did call a few gobblers into gun range and had a blast doing it. The weather was a lot better than last year and the amount of gobbling was unbelievable but the birds were henned up and the terrain made it tough to get them in. There were a ton of jakes too so next year should be awesome!!! Called this one in for my dad on day 2... The following day I called in a longbeard for my wife and she ended up missing due to a poor setup on my part. The following day I arrived back in camp around 11:00 all beat down and tired after a four hour stand off with a gobbler (should have killed him) to find seven jakes in the field out back. We quickly got around on them and coaxed them into range and she popped one after he seperated from the others. Not a longbeard, but a fun hunt none the less. My buddies birds... Few sheds we picked up...

At the Red Hook Diner in Red Hook NY on the eve of the youth turkey hunt. Looking forward to my son putting the smackdown on a Thunder Chicken!![emoji490] Unfortunately he's too busy playing on his phone lol. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

For the record, I support the dove hunting efforts. I don't support some of the tactics used to publicize/inform. Others have remarked the same to me about it, but it's not my role to insert myself into it. It just leaves a bitter taste on a topic that people should be excited about. I was and am prepared to donate for the advertising campaign, but the responses from you are making me second guess it out of concern for the abrasiveness.

Caught a bunch in Chautauqua this morning. We went down for crappie and couldn't find a single one

If this site sucks so bad, why do you use it? Im getting a little tired of people slamming the site over and over. If you don't like it, don't visit. If you guys continue to slam it, I can show you the door.

If a crossbow is classified as a bow, and you need to purchase a bow privilege to hunt with it you would need to have taken the bow class. The intent of these bills as written will not require you to retake the bow class if you took it in the past. If you have never taken a bow class in the past and or had a bow license in NY, you would have to take the class to purchase the bow license.

The Huff Post, along with all of the rest of the leftist mass media, spends lots of time and millions of dollars, pushing anti-gun propaganda on the American citizen. It is effective on dullards and Leftist Liberals who have a hatred of firearms to begin with, mainly because they have no real intellectual understand of them, or their useful purposes. Here's a look from the other side of the fence. "When so-called "assault weapons" were banned by the Bill Clinton administration in 1994, the overwhelming majority of Americans (80%) supported it. Now, not even a majority do. The turnaround is nothing short of remarkable. More Americans disapprove (53%) than approve (45%) today than they did 22 years ago — despite the increasingly vile attitude we see from mainstream media zealots. Yet this also helps explain why Americans are increasingly accepting of guns. The mass media enjoyed a virtual monopoly over communication in 1994. That effectively gave the Left control over the narrative, and disinformation campaigns were easy to orchestrate. But all that began to change during the Information Age. As Dean Weingarten of The Truth About Guns observes, "Conservative talk radio had already begun to make inroads into American culture, and the Internet was just starting to become a viable method of mass communication. The opponents of the ban managed to include a sunset to the bill ten years in the future. By the time the sunset came due, enough people had learned the truth about 'assault weapons' to prevent an extension of the bill." He adds, "Clearly emotion-based arguments and lies can sway an electorate to support gun control. But when the facts are disseminated, support diminishes. That's why the proponents of civilian disarmament push so hard to pass gun control measures quickly." We see a similar reaction unfolding on the issue of background checks. Thank heavens we still have an open media. It's no wonder the marketplace of ideas that has become a hallmark of conservative media is the Democrats' next point of attack."

yeah, too bad many form an opinion based on one's appearance or how they perceived his lifestyle......I'm a big fan of older Country music, but if you look at some of those guys, they were some of the biggest drug users, drunks and whatever else that was out there......

Just want to say good luck to all the youth hunters this weekend.May your hunt be filled with excitement and hopefully a bird for your efforts.Be safe and listen to your mentors and make sure you post up some pics!!!

Stopped into Dicks last night on the way home and picked an Ameristep Doghouse blind, so we are now all ready to go. Just have to get my backpack loaded up so we can head out Sunday morning!

If you were really serious about salvaging it in any way, you might want to contact one of your local hunters ed instructors and see if they'd be interested in it as a donation. They use a lot of "props" in their classroom setting to point out different weapons parts and carrying techniques to the class members as well as pass pieces around in a show and tell fashion. It wouldn't necessarily have to be functional for that..., I would think. A bow that needs some work might be a good example to address some safety concerns new hunters may not be aware of. I took the course again last spring, and I think I noticed a few of the instructors cringing a few times as they passed around a lot of their own personal gear to be handled and examined by the noobs. Might be worth a shot to throw it out there as a teaching tool.

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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

Here are only a few pics from the latest card pull, i had hundreds of pictures of birds strutting in 2 weeks time. This camera is over my "murder plot", September 2015 planted WI forage oats, and WI clover. And my blind is setup just off the corner of the frame on the right side. Come May 1st i will put the cam on video, which will record sound as well in HD.. I was quite happy

This year I’m going to keep all my cams on the same trees till at lease Labor Day. I’m just going down to pull the cards and change the batteries. So here’s some pic’s from the first pull. The cams have been up since January.

Probably just fine tuning the camera settings on that thing for the field photos tomorrow. Enjoy the grub and try to get some sleep tonight!

Good luck to everyone who will be out hunting this weekend!! Don't forget to post your stories and pics on this thread for the contest. Be safe!!

Good luck in the morning, DT...When that bird gobbles out there at about 75 yards, I'll bet the kid will forget about that electronic device, at least for a few mintutes..hehehehe..

Love this site but the political posts and bashing is a big turn off. Simply put if you do not have anything nice to say, keep it to yourself. Nothing wrong with disagreeing about some issues like doe season, crossbows or any other post but the attacks on each other are disheartening to say the least. A few things missing: Respect, we are all hunters show some respect regardless if the person is a first year hunter or has been in the game for over 70 years. No one likes to be trampled on regardless of insight or knowledge on the subject and we are all entitled to our opinions. If you disagree state why and be done with the post, no need to follow a post you disagree with just so you can rebut someone who might agree. Learn to let the little things go, I can say for sure someone will disagree with you on something, no point in getting upset over someone wrong on the internet we have millions of them and you can fix the ignorant or misinformed. Try to see things from others point of view. I had to step back from my "Big Buck" mentality to jump on the doe ban wagon, crossbows, youth hunts etc. but in the long run this site has changed my opinion on many things seeing it the way others do! Perspective!!! We all see different things in the woods so remember not all perspective will be the same, try to understand why others have a different view. If you really do not like the site then LEAVE!!! Staying on a site you do not like sounds self serving and egocentric to me! Keep up the good work! Hope the updates work out to all of our benefits. Thanks again to one of my favorite sites on the internet! Keep up the good work!

Good luck to all the youths n mentors!

Or…….. "puckered up tight dove hunting advocate who wants the site run HIS WAY" How would that sound??... Get over yourself chief.

the fact that redneck liked this comment is hilarious. Wing nuts can be both left and right.

This site is the best layout, setup, etc. out of many. Thank god someone with web knowledge liked hunting and started it. Good job guys.

It's certainly becoming an oppressive regime. We've transitioned from being a Constitutional Republic to being a Democracy, and are now quickly becoming an Oligarchy. I see nothing "radical' about trying to preserve what remains of our founding principles, or restoring our Republic.

The word "Bald" is demeaning to bald people, "Falls" is demeaning to physically handicapped people, who may have trouble walking on their own, "Hood" is a racist term, saying "Marlin" only , discriminates against all other fish (or firearms) and the word "grand" leaves out all lesser Tetons!!!…….. So nice try Mr Hater!!! Its people like you!!!!

That's exactly the position the American Tories took when the colonies decided to take up arms against the most powerful military in the world at the time. Yes, the patriots knew they could be killed. They also believed freedom was worth the fight. It is better to die standing up than live on your knees. Many government regimes that have oppressed their own people have been beaten, simply because the oppressed people have been willing to die fighting them. The only reason any American government entity attacks it's citizen's 2nd Amendment rights is to destroy their ability to resist oppression. It's been proven every time any gun control regulation has been passed, including the SAFE Act you referred to, because none of these laws have ever done anything to stop any crimes. They are only used against responsible gun owners. Any government that does that has evil plans. Feel free to continue believing that's not the case.

That is a good book to use as a starting point. I have hiked pieces of the AT (day hikes) in NY and Virginia. Bear Mountain/Harriman State park has many trails through it including the AT. I have camped in three areas of Harriman on overnights with the Boy Scouts. Doodletown is one area - old house foundations, the village cemetery is there. Nice cold stream near the remnants of a garage/carriage house. No cell service in that area (discovered that when needed to call out for a medical issue - a kid broke his arm). Fingerboard shelter overlooks Lake Tiorati - steep hike up. Small spring 1-2 minutes uphill from the shelter. Some cell service there if needed. White Bar off of Route 106 (western edge of Harriman State Park). Bring some water with you and plan on filtering/boiling (or both) any water from streams or springs. We used an old coffee can (#8 can) to boil the water right on the camp fire - when done, simply crushed the can to pack it out. Not sure when you are planning on going, but right now we have fire ban - it is very dry and have seen ground fires between housing developments traveling up hill through the trees. So streams are low or dry now most-likely.

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

Good luck.

Good thing the phone is camo! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Gettysburg is my favorite place to visit - Devil's Den and Little Round Top are my favorite locations on the battlefield. General/President Eisenhower's farm is one of the sites of the Confederate encampments - need to take a bus tour from the visitor's center to visit his house. In college, did a work project on the battlefield to clean up brush and trash around some of the older monuments that are not as common to visit. Gloves required for the multi-floral rose and green briars.(and a bit of poison ivy). If you really want to see it - hike the battlefield. There is an award for scouts visiting there. No map, you get a starting point map, a list of directions to follow by compass and yards to travel. bearings are off of monuments to have to locate. It was actually fun. You visit areas most people don't see from cars/buses, and you can really appreciate the distance that Pickett's troops had the cover in the open - you can't see the sunken road from either-sides lines. if you want to find items to keep, then you need to work with the farmers on the bordering properties of the National Park. FYI. Custer led a cavalry unit at Gettysburg and he has a monument there in an out-laying area to east the main National Park property.

Guess its a good thing they did not enforce them to hard. For your sake!

good luck to all the youths going out this weekend may your tags be filled and your memories last forever

I feel the exact same way

Love my Doghouse blind! I'm sure you will too. Best of luck to you and the young 'un tomorrow!

I didn't sleep well last night after confirming the roost area of a big Tom with my son, it didn't help that I had to get up for work at like 345am today. I should sleep well tonight lol

2 hens behind the house this a.m.

I understand your concern. I do believe that issue would be better served by having the DEC set the limits based on data, rather than having legislators create put it into law based on unsupported opinions and emotion, rather than true fact and data. DEC regulations can be amended when needed without having to go through all of the hoops that is required to change law, when the laws are shown to be flawed as is the case with the 200lb limit.

Lots of tobacco barns. Tobacco ( for cigars, mostly) was a big cash crop around here in the early 1900s. Or so I am told... Even I wasn't around back in those days . You'd have to ask Doc or Fasteddie about that....<< GRIN>>....

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The problem with the 200 lb weight limit is draw weight does not always have a direct relation to the power of the bow. A 290 lb Excalibur recurve crossbow shoots at 405 fps while a Scorpyd VTEC with a 175 lb draw weight shoots at 440fps. As with compound bows, cam design does more for speed than draw weight alone, When referring to recurve crossbows or recurve vertical bows, draw weight is the major factor in speed. So the 200 lb draw weight limit does not have the effect of limiting the power of crossbows that you are concerned with, but instead, only eliminates the majority of recurve crossbows presently on the market. And those recurve crossbows are not any faster than the average compound crossbow, and all are slower that the fastest compound crossbows on the market today.

Another as#hole response from Jerkman, the name truly fits the man.

My 06 Frontier has about 150k and still going strong. Before this truck I had nothing but GM products. Never had buyers remorse after purchasing the Nissan. My brother has owned Toyota's for quite a few years with no problems either. Best of luck with whatever you choose!

Obviously you don't believe in Homeland Defense, whether it be from terrorists, huge violent mobs like New Orleans saw after Katrina and Ferguson, or our own government moving further towards the dark side.

Great hike with dad and son. Pulled some cams and even found a shed

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.

2005 in PA the last 3 days of archery: Day 1 as I'm driving to my spot I see a giant buck cross in front of me chasing a doe. It runs into an area that I won't be hunting. Day 2 I see the big fella now in my area hounding a doe. He stops for calling but won't leave doe. This is an evening hunt so I stay in the woods late so I can leave under cover of darkness. Day 3 last day of PA archery. My plan is to hunt from climber last place I saw him until 8:30 and if no sightings move climber 100 yds to the trail where I saw him the previous night. 8:30 am break down stand as quietly as possible and move 100 yds. Find tree, climb, trim a limb, and start grunting. 9:00 am 136" 10 pt dead. A hunt I will never forget Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk