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I think that it is safe to say that they are shedding some velvet!

All this talk of squirrel hunting got me inspired...I went up to camp this weekend (Allegany County) to get things ready for deer season. I decided to lug the shotgun along, and get up early this morning for a squirrel hunt. Action was a little slow, I killed the only 2 I saw. No dreaded bot flies, but I did see a couple holes/scabs on the squirrels' skin that wasn't from #4 shot, assuming the bot flies had been & gone. I'd forgotten how challenging the early season could be, it's much easier to get the drop on them in October when the leaves are on the ground and crunchy, and they are out in full force putting their winter stash together. The dog is my dropper Maizy, she has nothing to do with squirrel hunting, but I am just so proud of her I posted her picture.

LAST NITE 45LBS RELEASED BY MY BUDDY

Spent the day at the NY Air Show at Stewart International in Newburgh. This is just a sample of my first edits.

First of the year.

Yeah, Paulie...Usually by late September they are all gone. I went to my "honey hole" hickory grove this morning. Got there and leaned against my favorite tree at 7:00 AM. By 8:10 I had my limit of six greys, with 8 shots.. 6 clean kills and two clean misses , both at the same squirrel. I have to do that now and then to keep myself humble..<<GRIN>>... By 9:00 AM I had them all skinned , disjointed and in a Walmart bag. The cleanings stay in the woods for the critters. Out of 6 squirrels, two had botfly larvae, one per squirrel..A couple of others had scars where the warbles had already emerged.

Score 128 and change gross 125 and change net

This is my first pic of a shedding buck.

Unfortunately isotopes don't work quite like that. If it was short lived then it would need to be manufactured, sold and used in a very short time. Typically "VERY short lived" is a classification of isotopes with a half life in hours. "Short Lived" have half lives less than 10 days, and "Long Lived" is greater than 10 days (typically weeks or months). Isotopes with lives in years or greater are technically classified as "Long Lived" but have specific regulations depending on their emitted energy. As a rule of thumb an Isotope is no longer radioactive after 10 half lives. While this isn't always true, especially when you talk about massive quantities of a material... it is true for quantities that are more commonly found in both nature and Nuclear Medicine. As for the tracking part, it is possible to track isotopes with multi-channel analyzers (geiger counters that can differentiate between multiple energies). Unfortunately the distance they can be observed depends on the device and the activity of the isotope. It would take a massive activity at an exceptionally high energy with an exceptionally narrow angled device to track an isotope more than 100 feet. Example: Working in a Nuclear Pharmacy i accidentally dropped a vial that contained roughly 1.75Ci of TC99m (a commonly used mid energy isotope used in nuclear medicine). That activity was about 500 times the average administered dose to a human for a scan. That vial was easily found using a geiger counter at 30', but was immeasurable 100' (or outside the building walls). Now that I have bored everyone... back to our regularly scheduled programming

would it be of any interest to hear about our days here? I don't want to tick anyone off. my wife generally runs the roads and lines with me when I head out, the last two hounds we have ride along, too beat up and busted up to hunt anymore, they usually add to the diversion. each day my wife writes in her book what we saw, big game and birds she likes, nothing we see around the house, we normally have a dozen rabbits around at one time, 50 or so chukars and small herds of muleys and she won't write that down because they are always there, but , well...I'll put down what she did today, you see if its of any interest? 44 degrees F, cloudy 3 mph wind WSW, heading into the forest0600 for bear hunt, lots of holiday traffic heading into the park 3 Bison have moved down to the house, hope this doesn't mean early winter, they are early. first at blackwater, last at pahaska, billy bob bobbob and bob 5 whitetails by the mailbox, maybe fires have moved them across the river, they don't come over here much ever. 3 pronghorn bucks out on the long range range, again, fires? bald eagle eating trout by big pull off coyote in summer coat lakeside at rock beach tons of trumper swans in elkcreek (she likes swans, why I don't know, never writes down the geese or ducks) herons, etc. elk by horse corrals, again early winter? and again by lake 60 or so bison on the park boundary, second esterus, lots of burbling. medium black bear on top of pass eating high bush, 200 tops, less than 1/4 mile from truck, too small RJ passed. golden eagle in moose draw spotted while hitting berries for bears, heading home. Neighbor asked if he could give us a camera to put in the front of our house so he can get grizz pics. RJ said, yep, but don't be a pest about it/ long day, not seeing much bears

I have, and it can be done....but as a buddy told me when I first moved up there, "Better choose your tree wisely or you'll grow old before you see a deer."

Watermelon vodka was a hit. This pic was after many games of KanJam, Cornhole, Flipcup, Chandelier, and Beer Pong! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

TAC DEMO F/A-18 at the New York Air Show.

Found this at my folks the other day. Daughter and I put in our hatching tent in front hallway. Not sure which moth it may be. I think it's a Cecropia but not positive. Had one last year too. Had in tent from July til other day when we tossed it. Apparently it was a dud. Pretty sure both species make cocoon in late summer and don't hatch til late spring. Here's one (not a pic of ours but what it was but what it looks like) we hatched a few years ago. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

for years a hunting partner of mine would carry an empty gun case out of the house and tell his wife on the way out that he had to take a gun to the gunsmith to fix something....then bring the new gun home in the case. after years of this he was showing us a gun one day and his better half walked past and asked, " is that the new shotgun you got last week?" he was dumbfounded and blurted out ,how the hell did you know?! she said well, you probably didn't know this but, I can COUNT!

First evening in a tree for some long range scouting. Already have 3 bucks and 6 does out on my field. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm just hoping one day she isn't like "So, you've never shown me the shotgun you bought, can I check it out?" Um, yeah honey can you just stay upstairs for like just a couple of minutes first...<runs down stairs, clang, clang, thump, clang>...Okay, come see that one shotgun we agreed I would buy!"

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hello, just came across this site researching backpacks.i've hunted for 30+ years mostly bow hunting deer on long island,now i have a retirement home up in fulton co. and i'm finding out its a whole new animal up there.so i'll be picking some brains on here[hope no one minds] going to start with packing out you harvest.[see post]

Just so you know everyone can do it, I don't care weather your middle class or not, or already live in a rural area.... I'm from very close to NYC, and btw do not have a collage degree Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Then you are clueless as to what all this "select" cutting has actually done to a lot of wood lots..especially when timber prices dropped like a rock.....BTW.. my bluntness is not anger nor spite. I wouldn't expect you to see that,for you've already shown you can't see the forest through the trees. Nuf said.

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10-4........

add that to my list of things that give me the willies

That statement was neither anger nor spite and for years I've spoken of grooming this place to sell to hunters...but I am not going to do so when I continually read the whining that is coming from self indulgent self absorbed cry babies...Me,me ,me ,me...I want my fancy cars, boats, motorcycles ,60" flat screens ,yearly vacations, hunting gear, and by the way free access to your private land to hunt because it's better than state land that yours and everyone else taxes pay for...If you think for even a millisecond your post makes me feel bad about what I have taken away from, NOT JUST THIS POST.you'd be wrong... This happens every year...wha,wha,wha.... Well, listen up...You can do what we did...Worked our Fannies off, drive 10 year old cars,never take vacations , eat in, not spend 200 a month on cable TV and plan for the future. See I saw what was coming 25 years ago and planned accordingly. I Never ,and have said this many times,never hunt state land because I don't think it fair. I have our places,yet non owners think it's OK to expect land owners to open their places to them after pay exorbitant taxes. Legally or not..If that's not arrogance ,Well than I must be looking at the wrong definition. The fact that nothing else has work to do this, they are now touting conservation as the reason to do so is. Lets talk about the DEC and over browsing. Here's a thought...The DEC wants to kill off as much of the herd as possible without ticking off hunters, they do not want to spend the man power to manage the state land forests as they should have for years. Granted trying now,a little late. So what better why to not take responsibility for what they have created and get rid of deer. but to blame them for all the lack of under story... Do yourself a favor and look up while your in the woods...many of these mature growth forest ...have massive canopies that just will not support young saplings or even fern...they not only shade but devour the water supply......I was just walking our place today knocking down dozens of young sapling...dead due to this drought and in maturing woods ready for cutting... Then You have the if they said no to us, they haven't enough people hunting and that's why there are so many deer. That is so obtuse I can't even address it.

FYI cocoon is the one on the right not the Titleist #2

45 inch ski from last yr

Nearly all in the treetops..I saw only one squirrel on the ground and the rest were all in the treetops, scampering around, jumping limb to limb and knocking down nuts. There are cuttings from hickory nut hulls all over the ground under several of the trees. It is an ideal location. The hickory grove is at the base of a hillside which consists of several hundred acres of mature hemlocks and hardwoods. The squirrels can travel to the area from hundreds of yards around, without even leaving the treetops.

3 blades couldn't fold back and are considered barbed and illegal in NY. Unless they have changed the design. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't know about that .I think a good many of us learned from the ground,that said, your right dumb laws because I would DEFINITELY want to teach any child the SAFEST way to hunt from a stand and be clear in their instruction of safety harness. climbing tether and attachment once at platform as I went up with them on a youth hunt.

Once a year I go hunt the Daks with the boys. I can't Imagine the difficulty levels involved in closing the gap with a bow. Rifle is difficult enough. I still haven't seen a shooter Buck at any range in the 5 years I have been trying, and we try several new spots every year, plus a few known hot spots in terms of deer sign. It is a beautiful but demanding region to hunt. Try and get some scouting in before you go. You may wanna find a good spot and sit it all day for several days. Good Luck!

It reads like an episode of Mountain Men from TV. Awesome!!!

I'm going to take the old Model 12 16 gauge for a walk tomorrow down in my favorite hickory grove...

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Couple of pork shoulders

5 fatties/bombs ready for party tomorrow. Some sausage, some burger filled with cheeses and assorted options. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

1/3 tenderloin from my last years buck spiral cut filet(or whatever you call it,butterfly etc) then stuffed with smoked mozzarella and bacon, Rolled it up. Bacon lattice and finished up with a coffee brown sugar rub. Last pic is salmon with brown sugar and spice.

OH LOOK A TROLL!

Just put my cams out last week and got this cool looking buck. Talk about having "character"! Another good one! Blurry, had to zoom in.

If anyone needs me, I'll be dressed as a little kid, walking around the woods, looking for clowns.

It will not be swift but IT WILL BE BRUTAL! There are 300 Million guns in the hands of 100 million civilians the only problem is getting them working together, The Big East Coast cities will fall first the are already unarmed for the most part but when the states on the West side of the Mississippi hear what going on that is where the brutal is going to start. I don't know how the rest of you feel but for myself I took an oath to uphold the Constitution against all enemies foreign AND domestic. That is my first duty if there is a conflict that would mean anyone whose trying to eliminate the Constitution is my enemy, if other former and present Military side that way it may be a LONG drawn out war that we can not afford because that would give our enemies overseas a chance to attack us all and divided we wouldn't stand much of a chance. PRAY TO GOD THAT IT DOESN'T COME TO THAT!

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I was off and contemplated it but yes, the bot flies would wig me out. No sense shooting something I have no desire to eat. I'll wait to it gets colder and they are gone. Cutarebras, maggots, bot flies and leeches give me the willies.

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I have a question. Did you actually pass HS math, or were you the class genius or teachers pet?

I think its a number of factors together. 2 bad winters in a row, bad weather last season as well as a bumper crops of acorns that severely limited movement. I wouldn't be surprised to see deer take back to where it usually is this year.

I've been watching this bachelor group feeding in a friend's newly planted 30 acre alfalfa field all summer long but had yet to get any pics of the group together. Finally, a repositioning of the cam last week to a heavily used ditch crossing payed off. Some nice up and comers in bunch. Coming to bed... Bucks in a row...