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Enjoy and have a safe holiday.

Only 4 more months till deer season! What a relief it will be to finally hunt those STUPID animals again,lol

Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 mag What a PITA to get person to person sales transfer however. There's only but a couple of places in WNY that'll even do it. Getting the ball rolling after the holiday weekend. Current owner has had since late '70's and used twice deer hunting and some competition shooting. Had some trigger work done, boy is it sweet . Put on Pachmayr grips too. Gun is in pristine condition. Any deer hunting ammo suggestions ? I did a little research and saw Buffalo Bore Deer Grenade +P got great reviews. Have all summer to practice with her. Now I have to find a holster for it. Optics ? yay or nay ?

Some of you will enjoy this.

How did they get here? No idea but I saw at least 8 or 9 of them (2 adults, the rest were pups) in a 100 yard stretch. People were walking their dogs and children were playing less than 10 yards of them and most didn't even notice them.

I'm not gonna beat you up over it but a xbow is just a much archery equipment and the modern compounds...so unless you hunt and shoot strictly trad you are no closer to the true origins of archery than I will be with my xbow Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

No such thing as a golden rattlesnake...Some reporter who don't know **** is referring to a yellow phase timber rattler as a " golden " as if it is a distinct species.. Three venomous snakes in NY....The copperhead, the missauga rattler and the timber rattler in it's several color phases..

Probably an escapee, or maybe a cross between wild and heritage breeds. Given how light it is, I doubt the cross-breed guess. The all white birds are so misproportioned that they cannot normally breed without human help. A big-breasted hen would probably never successfully breed and raise young in the wild. Heritage breeds could do so. My brother raises heritage turkeys. He has had wild birds come into the yard looking for action. A cross-bred bird hatched on a farm would end up in the soup pot with all the others. Not so long ago someone posted a photo of a Bourbon Red breed he shot thinking it was a wierd wild bird..

No luck today, for the record if your going for gobbler id steer clear of baxtertown wma.. Didn't get a call back all morning (and I got pretty good at calling), and the brush is a little thick. Half the forest is covered in an inch or so of water .. Not the best for turkey though someone who lived across from where we parked said she sees them sometimes in the morning . Probably going to try out taconic multiple use tomorrow .. Everyone around here seems to swear by it. Gonna fish at the state park today though will keep you guys updated

Live from Hogan's deli/ mini mart in Java on the way home. Thanks Law for the suggestion. Fried bologna , garlic bread w/cheese and daughter had a Mexican chicken melt. Oh yeah , great tom sighted mile down road from where we hunt. Crossed road 100 yards in front of us. Subaru almost went four wheeling to get him. That bastid

Heres the pic to follow up my post.

Ahhhhh..., now THAT explains the Genny Creme Ale in a recent thread! The new guns are cutting into the beer budget! Can you get an x-tra full turkey choke for that hand canon,lol

3-2-1 Ribs....pretty sure I killed it.

How are those gardens coming along...this hot sunny weather is a killer...love it though...I have been able to plant 54 tomato plants, 24 swt. peppers 7 hot. The new strawberry plants look awesome. None of the seed is up but did plant zucchini /cuke plants added some more spinach plants to what is already up basil,cilantro,sage plants...Planted 2 Goji berry bushes in a food plot and a apple sucker. I have the hills done to pop in more summer and winter squash ...just too hot to plant the brassica plants...I may plant some now (Brussel sprouts) and a few broccoli then pot up the others for a later planting...heat ...heat will cause them to bolt and not produce good firm heads. Melons need to find a spot ....

Let me get a beer and some popcorn....<< SIGH>>....

Been working on a raised bed next to my shed for a tomato garden. Just finished the frame yesterday, and dug out the sod and put down 20 bags of top soil. Think it will need more after it settles.

daughter and I had this discussion on way home today. What's everyone's thoughts on birds avoiding fields as those dark feathers will suck in the heat ? They need to keep cool like any other animal. Staying in darker depths of hardwoods and near water sources ? Do you think they'll be hanging out by Six Flags/Darien Lake water park ? ???? My neighbors are headed there now so I'll have them scout for us ????

Excuse my total ignorance but are these escaped domestic birds ? Only 2 houses in vicinity and doesn't appear either are farms. These were 2 birds I saw in field other day. Actually Jake not long beard as thought. He wouldn't stop yelping until daughter says " can I putt him ?" He stuck his head up in the usual " aw crap look ".

Won't break my heart that it's coming to a close. They beat me fair and square this year......

I knew two handsome guys that missed last week after working the birds for over two hours, they left the field feeling deflated. Well the one guy pulled his shot after the first guy missed because he felt bad. They were half a heartbeat away from taking some pigeons afterwards, but the anger subsided. Funny thing was the one guy remembered he had a rangefinder after Turkeyfeathers mentioned it might be a good idea in a PM. I guess he should have used it, at least the two hunters still have their good looks.

Saw this hen yesterday afternoon at our birdfeeder. Just wish I had a better camera.

she'll be inflatable

That's what happens when he knows where the corn pile under the treestand is left over from deer season .... Lol ... J/K

I heard about another guy who had a similar but not quite so traumatic experience.. He was hunting with a very dear old friend who has tagged out and had located a gobbler... They sat until nearly 8:00 AM and heard NADA, when finally a gobbler answered up... They set up and the dear old friend was doing the calling, all our hero had to do was sit there and shoot the damn turkey.. It was a textbook call up...The gobbler stepped out at 30 yards and posed... BANG !! The shot went over the gobbler's head and the bird flushed totally unscathed, at least leaving no indication of being hit...Perhaps a result of holding on the HEAD rather than lower on the neck with the new tight patterning Longbeard XRs.. The dear old friend who had located the bird and had done the calling, commented, " How the hell do you drop those ducks and geese and crows flying at 50 MPH, and miss that great big gobbler standing there flatfooted at 30 yards ??" Actually I consider quite a feat..One poster on here not too long ago stated that it was pretty HARD to miss a turkey...

I hate to mention this to those of you who have been hunting turkeys quite a bit this season with little or no success. As I mentioned yesterday I am done hunting this spring due to work , parties, etc. so my kid brother asks me where he should hunt turkey with his son. I tell him to go near one of my deer stands in the woods near a big hay field @ 100 acres. He hasn't turkey hunted at all this spring. So he wakes up at 0800 heads out to the spot, sets up and gives a call , gets an answer from this bird that I've seen in the field a couple of times , answers again my brother stops calling and the bird walks right into him and he shoots it at 25 yds. Luck is what u make it but I thought I would share this one . I'll send a pic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

LOL dbHunterNY. Oh, we had our share of 'sparring' for years about the dreaded "black guns". I wore her down enough to where she said "If you can pay cash for it, then get it.". So, the ATV went up for sale. LOL She's done some shooting before we met, mainly a few hand guns. But, I would guess as she doesn't remember, maybe 10 rounds. After I explained how the safety, charging handle, and mag button worked she was good to go. I did the initial sight in at 25 yds, then I put a few down range at 50 and made a couple tweaks. Put up two fresh targets, one for her and one for me and we just took turns. She kept her target as a souvenir. Might take a pic and post it later. Total cost for gas, ammo, and lunch was only around $25.

My hunting buddy called tonight to ask if I'd be interested in tracking again. He has a line on a good bloodline wirehaired dachshund. Her name is Xena and she is 9 months old. Both our tracking dogs died a few years ago after long lives doing what they loved to do. So we got away from blood tracking. Not sure if we will be under the Deersearch banner this time around. But will be independent and track for local hunters. Guess I better start getting in shape.

Afraid????....dang right I am...with good reasons other than the normal phobia that life gives us.... So imagine the scream that scared Mr B. this morning when in the kitchen sink , that I had just put the plug in and started running hot water appeared a spider. Not any old spider that climbed up on to the white dinner plate I placed in the sink. making his size Oh so visible. It's the biggest spider I have seen other than those blk. and yellow corn spiders. It's body was the size of a quarter and it's leg span wider around than a mayo jar lid!!! EEEWWWW!!!! I had just had my hand in that sink!!!! Well he hit the hot water when Mr B went to get him and left the house on a serving spoon.....I figure the goose bumps it gave me will eventually leave....I can handle big garden spiders...which are many this year...but not ones that could be crawling on me in my sleep at night....

Rattler I took a picture of in Florida Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Like it or not full inclusion for crossbow is coming. I've hunted and killed deer with bow and crossbow. No big deal to me. If you don't like crossbows, don't use em. Very simple and no arguments from me.

They can keep those snakes in Letchworth for all I care.......

I like it. Hint of Burbon and not overly boozy. Holds up great after the pour and is solid through the whole glass.

I dug that old pine stump out last year , i broke 2 axes and it took me a week everyday after work of digging and chopping . I just don't know if i can come up with that much free time right now. I could probably free up one day and just get it done or stretch it out all summer.

I was lucky and tagged out 3rd week..trying to get either the wife or someone to take and try calling up another bird..just like messin with them birds!

This coyote was on a rooftop in Queens.

Hopefully, she'll have to miss ballet class for a nice big turkey.

Day 16. Little turkeyfeathers with me today. Hunting til 10 or so then she's got 3 hours of ballet. Good luck today everyone.

Roosted the bird from my last post again tonight. My wife and I will be set up in the woods he's roosted in in the morning. Has four hens with him so we will need to get in there super early...

I have its sister, a Redhawk all blued from the same vintage with similar grips..... Shooting a hardcast 240 gr WNFP, 50 yds on that center target after some sight adjustment. Haven't taken a deer yet; buts they have performed well on pigs and an escaped Angus I had to do in LOL Belt holster in pic but have used a Shamrock made bandito holster more and like that as I can carry under a coat in lousy weather and still have easy access. http://shamrockholsters.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=55

Change your name to 'DirtyHarryfeathers'. A sweet gun to be sure, but load data from my Contender wouldn't translate. Nice purchase. Go woodchuck hunting.

Thanks grampy. It was a fun morning. Finally got to kill something this turkey season, paper. LOL. The problem I encountered with a basic scope was the charging handle. To get a full view part of the scope is behind the charger making it hard to rack. I may have to drop some coin on an actual AR scope. Even the g/f shot the "scary looking" gun. She liked it and did pretty well in her own right. She shot 20 rounds and had 9 in the black and two in the red.

I drink this when I go to chapel hill. Georgia beer but it's all over down there http://www.redharebrewing.com/beers/cotton-tail-pale/

No, its not on Netflix.

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that's the problem.... when looking at the picture state wide errors like this get dissolved a bit and turn into a small bump in the road. overall everything is still okay, but your area gets skewed and screwed when those numbers are used for management purposes and maybe things like tag allocations for the following year when the task force gets together with their assorted wish lists of deer expected or not expected to be taken.

I know their random sampling is way.off, i,can look at town by town take and for.my.town according to their number I take 10% of town kill off 275 acres.. when the town is 7.miles wide and 14 long.. that Is way off.. no doubt about it.. I know just by talking to the camps on my block they take the entire town "numbers" on about 640 acres . (This is 1 street) and the town has a lot more hunters , so I do not know how or why they think their numbers are close at all...

Doesn't it just figure...I'm in the garden pounding in rebar for the tomato / bean fencing ...I have been hearing hens around me...mind you the garden has clover in it and is surround by clover plots ...I finish a fence and look up to see....yep a tom strolling through the clover plot looking my way...Neck stretch out just looking around...lol PS... no not going out...home to grab new delivery of strawberries...that have to go in today and AAAhhhhh my new WP Wolverine hiking boots...man my feet need these half off too...

Happens every year around Memorial Day. Does are alienating last year's fawns because they are getting ready to have a new set of fawns shortly.

TF, yes, I have a Cabela's chair along with a foam pad, but still get sore butt after sitting for almost 6 hrs.!!!! Like you, I am bewildered as well. Most of these spots I go to are my honey holes, and have taken numerous birds before. Think either the birds are henned up, or the gobbler's have already been shot out? Tuff season so far

I had a DeHann S-2 in 28ga. 5# 4oz W/28" barrels. Winchester Super-X 28 ga loads push 1 oz of shot at 1205 fps. That's only 15 fps off the high brass 20 ga loads. The 28 ga Suoer-X with #6s were deadly on late season Ringnecks. The gun felt like carrying a broom stick & with the 28" barrels it balanced & swung superbly. I broke 23/25 at skeet the very 1st round I shot with it.