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I keep saying that when we no longer have Jenny (our Lab) we won't get another dog. It's been almost 30 years straight with my dogs and I don't know if I have the patients in me for training another and all the other things that go with dog ownership. Then tonight I'm out front with Jenny and she is doing her business one last time for the evening. It was dark and Jenny was standing right out by the road, staring at a shadowy figure on the other sidewalk. I could see what looked to be a small dog, maybe a puppy. It was white-ish colored and had an arrow straight tail. The handler and dog were staring back at Jenny........I spoke loudly, "hello, is that a lab puppy?" the person across the street said "no, a golden retriever puppy". I said "come on over!!" Almost 13 year old Jenny played with 9 week old "River" for 15 minutes! The lady walking the pup was real nice. I asked if she'd mind if I grabbed my wife from inside to come out and see the new pooch, she of course had no problem with that. My wife is (was) dead set against another dog but that may have changed tonight! What a beautiful looking dog, real light colored, BIG paws, great head and tail. The two dogs were great together. We look forward to seeing River again.

One of the few wht. pines we have on the place...We saved it from the goats with a fence for years....It was a great tree to sit under in the summer and read.... Deer loved to bed under it...but it was already mature when we moved here 22years ago and had a 3 part trunk...the wind took out one then another a few years ago and that gave way to insects then disease......Mr B really was hoping that orange in the needles would magically disappear...I knew better and dropped her while he was gone.... Funny how we can become attached to the plants/trees that grow around us. He noticed right away..." So Paulette Bunyan...I see you dropped it while I was away"....It had NO Sap in it and was extremely light to haul away, he wants the big chunks for bomb fires so I chunked it up and the rest went to the fences.

I think that you will find that people of that area have resigned themselves to commuting longer distances than many will accept. Rental housing situations across that entire area are far different than in metropolitan and suburban areas of higher population density. And so rental searches usually have to take in a lot larger area than just one small village.

Had this a couple days ago .. If you see it grab a few. It's excellent

My luck in seeing a bear sucks so bad I can't even open your video on iPhone. ! I wouldn't shoot one myself Takes me an hour to get deer out , don't want a rug , not a fan of tricinosis , meat yield poor and not getting mounted. Not against others shooting one its just not for me. Rather have someone else see it after I let it walk. Congrats on your first bear on cam. Grrrr lol.

Thank you all for the Birthday wishes!I have had a great day at work installing fence around a swimming pool while the homeowner swam and enjoyed the pool with their children.Now is my time a few cold Bud's Bacon swiss burgers on the grill and just relax after a 60 hour week.

Marching band having a bottle and can drive, always willing to help today's youth .

The wife took me to lunch,bought me some nice gifts and is now cooking me a nice dinner. But when I said that I was going out on the porch for a birthday cigar, she got pissed…… Fine ….Still a good day…LOL!!

Against a wall, yes. Against putting a stop to illegals and protecting the border, no! Why is it people who mock the wall seem to be for porous borders, illegal immigrants and weak national security? I never hear any of them offering any solution to the problem. I do hear them mocking people who do want solutions to the problem though.

A wall will not be practical, cost effective or a real solution to the problem, but at least it is being proposed by people who want to find a solution to the problem. The people against the wall want to perpetuate the problem even further. Maybe the solution is getting tougher on people who are supporting illegal immigration.

Don't do it Elmo! Reading this thread has me drinking some great beers. But, eventually you will buy a girly glass to drink those good beers from. Or, when it comes to a glass, you will ruin the beer by putting it in a Jets glass.

That's looks and sounds good. Must try. Problem is I'm not seeing a lot of these beers. I guess I need to get out and explore more. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They were in Walmart yesterday in North Tonawanda just as you entered store there was big display of different ones to buy.

Sometimes...you just have to laugh...

Oh it's getting done!! The 2 four pound beef roasts all dusted up and the shorties not dusted yet Now the shorties dusted Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't know your financial situation, nor is it my business, but it might be worth it to look into buying a small house in Naples yourself and renting it to your son. Then when he's ready to move on you have an income property. It also depends on the real estate and rental markets whether or not it could be profitable. Just an option to consider.

He was willing to give up his career and face prosecution over his objections to the Vietnam war. He was one of the first people who got me to question the conventional wisdom about Vietnam. Rest in Peace.

Had this bunch of long beards spend the winter out in back of my place a few years ago, the wife would clear a little patch of snow on the ground and put out some corn for them and they would come down off the hill and eat it every day. Al

I started waging war on the ones around my garden after they ate 17 of the 18 tomato plants we set outb last week. The one that was left had the main stem nipped off so it was a loss too. Shot one 3 evenings ago just 30yds from the kitchen sliding door & missed one down by the garden (about 70yds) the next day trying a shot W/O a rest. Here is my 200yd rig. A 5rmm RF Magnum converted to CF using a Shroeder bolt head & cases. Shoots 33gr V-Max bullets @ 2450 fps. Sighted in 2 1/2" high @ 100yds, it is zeroed @ 185yds & about 1 1/4" low @ 200yds. 1/2" 5-shot groups @ 100yds Groups open up to just over 1" @ 200yds Same energy @ 185yds as a 17 HMR has @ the muzzle & costs me about $15 to load 100rds. I use 6.8gr of Alliant 2400 so I get 1000 loads from a pound of powder. Cartridges are loaded to .015 off the lands so the 33gr V-Max bullets won't function through the magazine, but Shroeder 40gr FMJ RN bullets will feed 3 rounds through the detachable box magazine.

Doc I m like you went from the corp world to retirement and never looked back. Started my own little archery shop and had it running for about 12 years, then wife asked me to close down so we did not have all the traffic at odd hours at the house. Now it still is a great place to live, have my own 32 target 3D course setup on 5 acres of land. Have one or two buddies that I shoot weekly with. Love to fish in the local ponds. Life is good for me at 75. Most of all still the best wife in the world who put up with this old fool. Great kids and now grand kids.

I saw the light back in 2003, and as much as I imagined that life would become very sedate and calm, with all the time in the world now available to me, what I found out was that I am now busier than anytime involving my career (even with massive hours of overtime). I have seen people who were ill-prepared for retirement, and felt lost by what they perceive as "lost purpose". There is as much preparation along the mental sides of retirement as there is for the financial side. Often we spend so much of our lives and involvement at work that we don't know how to handle freedom. It took a while for me to "re-make" myself, but when I actually did it, I learned that there really is life outside the corporations; Life that is customized to serving myself rather than corporate demands. And believe it or not, there really is more fulfilling activities than just pleasing a boss.

Long trail limbo ipa. Left ebc.... waitress sucked but food was good.

few different ways i do it. I steep it in the crock pot with Brown's Cherry Raz ale beer (beer that's just as it sounds) then I mix it in with a smoky brown sugar variety bbq sauce after you pull it. little goes a long way. I've used other bbq dry rubs and let it sit in the fridge a while first then use a more of a hoppy beer (I've used Sam Adams Noble Pilsner). then I've also made it with Bud Light Lime-a-rita and dinosaur bbq wango tango habanero bbq. also add some dry heat (seasoning) to it. the bbq sauce isn't really that hot. all of them came out good. hard to screw up beer bbq and venison.

St caberlicuos was good. Its aged in white wine barrels. 9% abv. They had a 219 series that was a collaboration with hamburg brewery. No pantius dropus....

This thread has been bad for me. Got me drinking fancy beer from a fancy glass now. LOL Spent the morning looking at a house and a trailer. Will be putting a bid on the trailer. Spent the afternoon painting the g/f's parents guest room. Now just relaxing with a Long Trail Double Bag.

Papist ---- Don't turn this into a Political / Racist thread !

I got out fishing with my buddy on Conesus yesterday. The fish are spawning and laying on beds, so the action was pretty slow. We did catch a good variety of fish though, bluegills, rock bass, largemouth, smallmouth, perch and northerns. I had one of the biggest nothererns Ive seen in quite some time roll on my jerkbait just as I got it to the boat. Now that I think about it, it could have been a muskie. It was pretty light colored. No really big bass this time, a few in the 3lb range and the biggest smallie was probably just over 2 1/2, but I didnt weigh that one.

It's done! We all loved it! A big thanks for everyone one in the above thread….

I have no solution, yet I chuckle , I worry when crossing get into Canada , will my NRA sticker cause a search ? Is there a loose .22 or shotgun shell rolling around in my trunk ? Yet on the southern " boarder" it's catch and release of criminals coming across, and the don't catch many to begin with.

I guess we should get used to calling this country the United States of Mexico.

BBQ chicken legs and BBQ frogs legs. Yes I know, boring...

Sounds swell. I won't be visiting the failed Narco State anytime soon

I didn't see the plan you're referring to. Eliminating welfare and work for illegals would work, but that is not being proposed by either party. It's being demanded by the people but denied as cruel. Deportation is a solution too, but that's also cruel. If we can't keep them from coming in, we need to be tough about getting them out. BTW, none of this addresses the terrorist issue.

I have thought about that. I have to agree. When you are a farmer, you put fences to keep bad critters out and your critters in. Which is why I think there will be no walls. Double edged sword. No matter how you fall on it you will get cut.

No such thing as a guarantee as you know. That statement is the kiss of death and jinx unless he has you hunting the Buffalo Zoo of course.

I've seen turkeys roosting behind Daemon College along Getzville Rd. Years ago, they make a living hitting all the bird feeders in the back yards from Main st to sheridan dr.

Let's try this theory: The old doe has had her fawns in tow for a year. These fawns have had ma make every decision for them. Now it is time for ma to pop out a new fawn or two, and she doesn't do that in a crowd, so she ditches the fawns for the first time in their lives. Now its time for them to make all those decisions that the more experienced doe was making for them. One bad decision regarding road crossings frequently is their last. The learning curve gets real steep, or it gets very short. I don't think it is any coincidence that this spike in the roadkill comes at the same time as fawning season.

I think you really hit the nail on the head. Most deer in the big woods are killed within a distance that most any gun can be effective. The most important thing is confidence in your weapon/caliber of choice. Most times in the woods you don't have time to range and get settled before taking your shot so confidence and comfort with your chosen weapon is very important in killing the deer.

I think you'll need to find a big time food source and just sit on it. Blueberries would be a good one, beech, acorns, local restaurant grease trap...

Nice, a home should always have a dog by your side.

Dry rub the roast with Bucks BBQ seasoning. The stick it in the crock pot, add 1/2 can of beer and let it go for 6-7 hours. Pull the roast apart, add BBQ sauce, (I like sweet baby Rays or Stubbs) let it all sit for about 45 mins on low. Drink the remaining 1/2 can of beer or the roast will come out like crap..

Funny I just did a neck roast...I slow cook with onion soup mix..shiresauce..onion...then pull apart and make a sauce or favorite jar sauce addressed peppers,onion,and garlic ...Kaiser rolls

I didn't purposefully make the font tiny but now that I think about it it's sorta funny if you're hung and can't read it all that well

Turkey vs Crow. Vid was too large to upload. Typical...season ends and they turn up in flocks in my woods. I walked into 6 Jakes checking a cam this morning.They didn't even run off....

I make this all the time. Very simple...just put a roast in the crock pot for 5-6 hours...pull it apart and mix in some bbq sauce (I like Sweet Baby Rays).

yeahbut when ya touch off the mag 12 in the meat isle at wegmans there is just so much paperwork to deal with. lol

Lots of decent choices out there. phade is the resident expert........listen close to his advice.

Little neck clams, BBQ Ribs, Pasta salad, BBQ Beans, Salad, salt potatoes and a bunch of other stuff that I can't recall. HAD TO buy a sixer of Labattes for my sister in laws new boyfriend. He will have one or two tops, in between conversation about "him" Then Im stuck with the rest of that Devils brew. I made the mistake of giving him the remaining Labbs before. I wont give him the rest, out of principle. He avoids me for some reason….. He's a huge tool. NOT TODAY DOUG!!!!!!!!!!

I envy you, I'd love to have that in my backyard. Maybe someday............

Good day no need for fancy equipment. Used crankbaits and jigheads. Lake trout and landlocks. Sent from my SM-S820L using Tapatalk