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Shot these at a local fishing pond on state forest land last night. This site is very remote and offers the darkest skies within a short drive of my house. At about 11:45, shortly before I packed up a truck showed up which at first I assumed was an ECO or maybe a state trooper out doing a night patrol. Turned out it was a younger couple, probably college age, guess they had plans to do some "star gazing" as well... yeah, I'm sure that was it. Fireflies were out. Doing some star gazing. Pano shot of the Milky Way Arch

Welcome to the Internet Mike. Pretty arrogant of you to come into the site suggestions thread and proclaim that you wont donate to the site where you thump your cause day in and day out, and then tell the site owner that they should appreciate your "information and content". JMO

Bait for dinner

Seems cameras are all the rage. I believe it can hurt you if done unproperly as it seems most do. Long range locating w binos is safer and cameras only tell you what's in their sight. Limits your odds imo

First solo trip on the river today. Between locks 9 and 10. One of my favorite stretches . Saw a mink up close but he scooted before I could get a pic. The launching and landing of the bassboat can be a pain by myself. But it went pretty good today. Oh yeah.....caught six smallmouth. The biggest about three and a half pounds.

Perhaps if Mike Rossi got his head out of his azz and actually READ some of my posts. He would see that in no way, am I an anti hunter. But Mr, Rossi's biggest problem is that he is so absorbed in his own fantasy world and himself. That he has no idea what a REAL HUNTER is!

That would be a contact form. Each tab gives the site owner a slightly different message so that they know what the member is contacting them about. There is nothing on this site keeping anything toward the top unless we pin it. There is no conspiracy going on here, the newest posts stay at the top. Ran their email addresses? Through what exactly? If you are having issues with users that are supposedly from other countries, etc, then why wouldnt you bring it to our attention and we can look into it? Honestly, you seem to have trouble figuring out basic functions of the forum, I find it hard to believe that you know how to track down the source of an email. Listen, if you dont like the site, then stop coming here. If you dont want to donate, then fine, but theres no reason for you to make a big announcement about it.

I do believe in global warming. It has happened may time before so to say it isn't happening is not realistic. I do not, however, believe it is US that is the major cause. When you can have one volcanic eruption and estimates show more greenhouse gas place in the atmosphere than every car since cars were invented, I think we are placing too much importance on humans.

Feather on display at Toronto zoo. Woman working there said its a snowy owl feather ummm... ????Not so sure of that

Yesterday...I shop at Tops and save those gas points as long as I can... Well I got some coupons and double points (also double for gander buying gas) with monopoly points as well...get to pumps and swipe my card...Gas price came up 75.999 cents per gallon...lol I hit the shut off mark but a little at a time squeezed enough out of that nozzle to get me up to 10.00 to fill the tank...I drove in on pretty much fumes...lol I believe I can say that will probably never happen again in my life time....Mr B is going to frame the dated receipt...hahahahaha

I know its not the best time of year to be planting trees.. but I planted 2 white oak trees this pass Sunday in memory of my father and his best friend who were killed in a car accident back in March. When i bought these from Nativ Nurseries, I figured why not buy a few more and plant them around the property, for the price its not a big hit if failed. ill keep them watered and fertilized as best possible. and if they take awesome, if not i will plant them come fall, or early spring. I planted with the plan of watering them every couple of days.. i bought 10 White oak, and 10 Deer pear trees. Planted half of each of them at the bottom of a food plot, which normally stays moist all year even in a drought and the other half on the west side of a new small staging area food plot i started the week before his accident.. Worse case ill plant when the timing is right.. not a big deal.. thought it would be worth a shot, and an accomplishment if they all take off and thrive.. the one pic is a second staging plot between bed and food.. freshly planted in clover(june 5th)

Started the weekend out from the observation stand, I kept seeing this hawk in the distance snatching up snakes from the clover. I forgot about him after a while until he fell out of the sky like a bowling ball right in front of me! His meal slithered away once he layed eyes on me. With the hot weather I thought I'd go see what's swimming around in the crick yesterday. Found that same momma wood duck that got blasted by the hawk a couple weeks ago, but she's down to 3 ducklings now. I'm glad she survived the attack but I sure would have liked to see the hawk eat her! A little further along I found this beaver gnawing on some branches that got washed downstream from the latest storm. I didn't try... but he was so oblivious to me being there that I think I could have scooped him up with my hands,lol At one point he walked right past me about 4 feet away. He finally figured out he was being followed and cooled me off with a flick of his tail before cutting under the creek bank. On my way out I spotted another nose poke out of the water. I'd finally found what I keep coming back here for. My first mud dragon of the year! Hope everyone had as much fun as I had this weekend!

actually didn't read the article yet despite I should've. one of the big things contributing to a downward deer population trend in the US is people thinking they're practicing QDM still whack a ton of doe despite getting hit with things like EHD, instead of doing the right thing by backing off and factoring it in. takes multiple seasons for a population to come back from a situation like that.

i use cameras and scout the way you mentioned at distance with binos. last season i got every buck known to be killed on the property and neighboring properties on camera. there were 5 of them i know of. 3 of them i passed up. buck i took with a bow i took two days/sits of scouting and having him do the same thing at about 400 yards out. went in mid day on my sit after that with a summit climber. arrowed him at what was probably 23 yards. it's usually not that easy but i scouted and went in with a plan knowing timing and wind were right. not just to not get busted but that also matched when he showed up and apparently felt safe. i'll take all the help i can get. cell cams i think are the ultimate tool. I'm just probably too cheap when it comes to cams to get and use one. i do admit though i could use and almost always accept all the help i can get.

LOL. I don't think grampy is an anti! That's funny. Grampy probably hunts and fishes more than most of us.

I don't really see the need to, I hunt the same parcels every year, I know where to put stands, the deer are always in the same areas. I don't put out cameras either, I'm not targeting any specific deer, I'll shoot the first legal one that walks by.

Every buck I've killed in the past 5-6 seasons I have on camera - including a 6.5 year old according to deerage's tooth results. Just because I use cameras doesn't mean I don't scout. Many of the places cams are run are places where glassing isn't possible. I average between one and two days of scouting for every one day of hunting in a given year. This year has been the lowest for me by far.

HAHA...If anyone should pay it should be him. Thump is putting it softly. Everyone has something to put forth and many of us have help the cause with our donations for years. This kinda crying because people dont see it the way he see's everything is a joke, You would think one would see when you have a pile full of people that do not agree with you there may be a reason.

You guys will continue to believe whatever you want. But, if I recall correctly, a scientific review of over 4,000 studies on the subject has concluded that there is 97% consensus that human activity impacts climate change. But hey, I'm sure you guys know better. Science is for nerds anyway, right?

Girls in bed so I walked the 100 yards to here for a Brock St hoppy IPA

view from the 17th floor rooftop pool. Saw baby pandas

With sushi

Have not seen a bed since 7am yesterday. Flew the red eye last night from Oakland to Atlanta then to Syracuse. Got home at 11, worked till 4 then mowed and weed whacked. This beer tastes real good!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You're the only guy I know that is happy his girlfriend gave him CRABS!

another 2 hrs from now ill be seeing Garth brooks 4 rows from the stage on the floor I can't wait. I seen him twice last year he sure puts on a hell of a show

Boiled up some mudbugs ( crayfish ) and grilled some salmon for dinner. Spinach and cucumber salad on the side. Even got the g/f to try a bug. LOL Washing it down right now with a cold Rolling Rock!

I have come up with an idea for watering my garden.For the past few days I have been collecting the condensation from my two window AC's and using to water for my Garden.The water is filtered and just draining on the ground so why waste the water?

Found an old favorite in the back of the beer fridge. Ubu Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

unfortunately I don't have a lifetime license or the up front money to spend on something like that at this point. my daughter going on 2 yrs old however, will soon get the works! just have to look into it more.

It would seem to me that scouting is more critical when hunting large parcels or state land (or new to you land). If you hunt the same small parcels year after year, extensive scouting might not help much and may hurt by constant intrusions on the deer. Scout while prepping stands/while hunting on the small parcels and leave a few MMS cams for inventory. Seems to work ok. Phade and I have been hunting the same small parcels together for 3 seasons now and I am just fine with this year's decision to cut back on entering the properties until its time and monitor with cams. Just realized that the OP may be comparing cams to glassing. Obviously glassing does not have the same concerns with intruding on the land, but is not practical for many parcels.

My point was that the model is so dynamic that so many assumptions have to be made it can be steered toward whatever point either side is trying to make and when it is all said and done, one natural event cant dwarf our contributions to it. Humans were not a contributing force when the last ice age concluded in North America and that "warming" was to a greater degree and faster than we are experiencing now. That is not opinion or denying.

there is an agenda to disprove it. i believe you and papist are doing that on this thread as we type. except for the fact that the thousands of studies by scientists keep disproving it. you really believe that 97% of all scientific studies done on this specific topic are biased in one direction?

Great pictures... I used to do a little stargazing myself back in the day

Nice shots! I really like the series of the snapping turtle, I think the one of it under the water is my favorite, although the first two of it on shore are great too!

Virgil, There is a huge agenda being pushed on global warming being caused by man. It started with Al Gore, the inventor of the Internet. The thousands of studies you mention may be part of that agenda and have some bias to them. The reason there may not be thousands of studies saying global warming isn't man made may be because there is not an agenda to disprove it. Maybe the smart scientist believe there are better things to spend money on.

Nice memorial. Good luck. I suspect those white oaks will grow great!

Details coming soon! As mourning doves expand northward Canadian Providences are instating hunting seasons. British Columbia has hunted doves for some time. Southern Ontario instated a season in 2014, and now Quebec. There is also a pending proposal in Manitoba and discussion elsewhere.

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He says that with an espresso machine in the background. LOL

Yeah really……I remember when throwing 3 bucks in the tank got you through a Saturday night of bar hopping!!! LOL!!…..Even while stomping on a 4 barrel carb all night!!

This is a mans beer bitches !!

It seems like all the critters enjoy birdseed this year.

Grow we are talking about the southern tier......I live in Westchester county and I hunt in Sullivan county....I used to hunt at Stewart a lot when I was younger I think that is Orange county.Hope that helps a bit....

I think it varies on where you live in the state. The only one thing is that everyone from LI and the NYC area considers everything else up-state. Here's my personal thought on it.

LMAO- you just gave me a serious case of TURTLE SYNDROME! Could be weeks before he comes back out of his shell...

Spicy kielbasa with German sauerkraut and a pasta salad.

I may sound like an ass but really I don't care for most contests. Too much emphasis on size and or score.. brings out the worse in people and what they do to win.. I like the youth contest as size doesn't matter it's the story and enthusiasm the kid puts into the story.. I really wouldn't have a problem if they banned them,but that is my own opinion I'm sure there are competitive people out there that just live for them.. to each his own.

They seem to be making themselves at home here in the valley more and more.. there was just one in Waddington. One was spotted on or near school grounds in Canton today and they cancelled outdoor activities..

Speaking of Maine, I did lobsters tonight Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk