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LOL. Heerrrrre we go!

I would have figured you'd want to buy a deer farm and grow a mullet like one of your forum heroes? LOL

Bought myself a Canon Rebel T5i, looking forward to taking some of the kind of shots we see from wooly Any tips from our photography pros?

I seriously doubt a "Belgian made Safari Grade" FN Mauser has the holes drilled off kilter.

My son took his 9 year old son with him to his camp in Italy Valley . He shot an 8 pt and my grandson claimed it as "his" deer . My son had a guy in Bloomfield do the mount and my son made the plaque / mounting board and put it in Cameron's room .

Although I eat almost anything until I started cooking ribs with this method Mrs.Adkbuck objected to the waxy tallow which seems to be inherent in deer ribs. There is a little more work involved in making deer ribs that are free from this waxy substance which can cling to you teeth or the roof of your mouth but its worth it. Here is what I do. 1. Cut your ribs to be 4 or 5 inches long and separate into sections of 2 or 3 ribs . For the top ribs include the part that has some loin meat left on it from when you pulled off the loins. Remove as much fat from the ribs as possible. For the bottom sections I just cut off them where they meet the brisket. Even after cutting of all the fatty meat there is a lot of hidden meat left to enjoy. 2. Place the ribs on a broiler pan that has holes or slots on it to allow the melting tallow to drip away from the ribs and collect in the bottom of the pan. 3. Turn the broiler of your oven on low. Place the ribs on the broiler pan at least 4 inches away from the flame. I think this will work with an electric broiler but I don't have any experience other than with a gas broiler. Keep the ribs under the broiler for twenty minutes per side or more until most of the fat and tallow have drained off. Be careful not to burn ribs. 5. Cook the ribs using your favorite rib recipes. I cook mine in a slow cooker with about 2/3 a of bottle of dinosaur BBQ sauce plus water to cover for 8 hours on low. I finish them in the oven at 250 degrees (one-half hour each side) basting with the remaining BBQ sauce. 6. The last few deer we did this way tasted as good as pork ribs. Thanks for reading. Good luck.

Let me rephrase AGAIN. Free to any hunter that actually needs gear to get out there. If u have stuff, don't say you want it. Maybe for a youth just getting started or a guy who lost his job.... etc. I'm not using it and I don't expect to make money. I'd rather make somebody happy

Loading Bench Report: First we'll go over the results of my brief bit of load development. I had data from my previous load experience with the 7mm-08. I develope my base data from "Quickload", a very reliable software program for predicting internal ballistics. It can be uncanny in its predictions of Mv/pressure. As with "book data" one needs to back off starting loads if unfamiliar with the case/bullet/powder combo or the particular weapon that is being loaded for the 1st time around. There is a thread about this particular weapon here. http://huntingny.com/forums/topic/26124-savage-axis-ii-im-impressed-and-im-pretty-picky/ I had found in the past that "high energy" powders such as Vihtavouri N500 series will achieve up to 100 fps better Mv at similar pressure compared to the various old standbys like IMR, Hodgdon, etc conventional powders. More recently, Alliant RL17 has been developed for the new breed of "short magnums" & it will perform similar to Vv N550 in medium case volume/bore ratio cartridges. I had nearly a pound of Vv N550 on hand, so that was the powder I used. My previous 2900 fps load for my M700 7mm-08 was 47gr of Vv N550 behind a 140gr Nosler BT. Since the chamber of the Savage AXIS-II was considerably tighter than the M700 I backed off 2gr. I felt this was a good starting point since the magazine length of the Savage allowed me to seat the bullets out .050" farther to get them close to the rifling lands, thus somewhat mitigating the higher expected chamber pressure from the tight chamber. "QuickLoad" predicted about 2825 fps @ 48K chamber pressure W/the 139gr SST @ 2.850" OAL. As usual, Vv N550 reached a bit more Mv than predicted & the bullets were leaving the barrel in the 2875 fps range W/ some hitting just a bit over 2900. I felt I had room for just a bit more powder so I bumped it up .5gr. Mv icreased only slightly, but it became more consistant. Quickload predicted about 2860 fps @ 50K chamber pressure. Actual Mv indicated chamber pressure closer to 60K so this was close to SAMMI max spec & still perfectly safe in a bolt action rifle of modern design. There where no physical signs of high pessure. No hard bolt lift, ejector pin marks on the case head or severely flattened primers. Below are the results. 5 Shot String Data: High Mv: 2928 fps Low Mv: 2901 fps Av Mv: 2912 fps Ex spread: 26.2 fps Std dev: 11.4 fps Av dev: 8 fps This is some of the best consistancy I have ever seen. I decided to load up the 75 remaining 139gr SSTs for a range session.

Looking to sell a few of these items i no longer use...1.) Bushnell Backtrack GPS $30.00 2.) Smith's Knife Sharpener Kit $20.00 3.) Cabela's Bi-pod Shooting Sticks $20.00 4.) BSA Bore-sighting Kit (16 pieces-.117-50 cal.) $40.00 5.) Two Midland (rechargeable) and Two Motorola (battery operated) 2-way radios....$30.00 for all radio equip. 6.) 15 ft basic ladder stand (not pictured) $40.00 Willing to receive offers for everything! i am really just looking to get this stuff out my house. Willing to ship within reason. PM me for more info!

Gman posted this link in another thread. If you were born in 50's or 60's and were as hooked on this stuff as I was at an early age you might want to take a look at some of it. Lots of cool old ads that I remember very vividly. I had just turned 9 years old when this issue was printed, I can't say for sure that I read that particular one but between Field & Stream & Outdoor Life I was always kept busy............ https://books.google.com/books?id=zmoCGEO-nrMC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=german+methods+of+mounting+skulls&source=bl&ots=h7fDUukjQD&sig=exrsBCWpyYMmQnuV_kndCQY-S1k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Q-GgVKbEGYGbgwS-2YOoDw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwDjgK#v=onepage&q=german%20methods%20of%20mounting%20skulls&f=false

I vaguely and I mean VAGUELY remember a guy (actually a very nice young lad) from the Great White North with the same handle, that be you Joe? How have you been? I bet you just HAD to make an appearance here real quick just before the prizes are handed out for the WINNER of the Youth Hunting contest.................... All fun aside, how have you been? Congrats on the new rig, looking forward to being inundated with "wooly-ish" pics shortly!!

I have a couple photographer friends who do semi-professional work on the side... They said they are willing to help me out and gimme some tips an pointers on using the camera Sent from my Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk 2

Sweet- now send that Canon back and get yourself a real camera like a Nikon! Have fun with the new rig Joe. You'll learn everything you need to know the more you shoot it under a variety of conditions. I like shooting in aperture priority mode for most of my shots because it's the easiest for me to control, and I let the camera figure out the shutter speed with the available light. Check out some photography forums online to get familiar with all the settings and what they do. It was real frustrating for me in the beginning and I missed a lot of shots I wish I could do over again. Don't get discouraged and stick with it. I'd rather carry a camera to the woods any day over my gun or bow now.

Me. If I had that, I would buy land in Colorado and start growing pot.

It is hard. All the more reason why a very large portion of what you work for should be handed over to those who just don't feel like they want to take the risks that you have. Sorry couldn't resist. You nailed the reason why those willing to take the risks should be able to keep what they work for.

Medical Marijuana farm? Seems to bee growing need...

The worlds last remaining fixed 4 power scopes are welded to Pygmy's rifles and they ain't coming off for anyone! LOL

My Father had a Bushnell do the same thing one year. The scope was toast for some reason. good at the end of the seasons and couldn't get it to center in the summer. You gotta have an spare scope laying around. At least one of the underpowered fixed 4's...lol

I'd try another scope to confirm that the Redfield is chicken chow mein. Then I'd know my next move. Need a test scope? I can send you one....................

Biotech ETF's.

looks like backstraps...lucky it didn't hit anything solid. Probably one of those deals where the deer drops and the hunter thinks he got it only to watch it jump up and run away...

Funeral home, people are always dying to get in....

self storage facility. low operating costs and really easy to manage.

Range Report: We made a change to the "package" by swapping out the "Chinese Weaver" for my 3-9X40 Leupold VX-I 3-9X40. It barely fit between the OE rings/mounts but there was about 1/8" to spare. Not ideal, but acceptable. I split the difference. I had also previously adjusted the "Accu-trigger" to just under 3#. The end result was a quite pleasing to the eye IMO. When we got to the range I helped Curtis (the young man that purchased the rifle) settle into the sand bags & had him dry fire the rifle several times. Since the weapon was no longer "bore sighted" we stated of at 25 yds. After making adjustments after the 1st shot, I had it pretty well dialed in @ 25 yds. We moved the target out to 100yds & he fired a 5 shot group to assure we wouldn't be chasing flyers when we fine tuned it. Now bear in mind that Curtis had anly fired 1 round from a ,270 sometime in the past & he shot a few rounds out of my Dad's 30/40 Krag @ a milk jugs a few weeks back. He seems to take instruction well. After a bit of coaching the results were quite impressive. The bullet hole marked "1" @ 7 o'clock low on the picture below was the 1st shot @ 25 yds. The hole marked "2" is the next shot after reticle adjusment. The 100 yd 5 shot group circled @ 11 o'clock high is the very 1st group this young man has ever attempted W/a CF rifle. The group @ 12 0'clock on the center bull was after I made adjusments for 2 1/2" high POI. If you discount the flyer @ 11 o'clock, that's about a 1 1/2" group. Pretty damned good for the 1st try by a novice. As is sometimes the case. His 1st attempt was his best & I think he got to trying too hard. The group on the bull lower right was mine & I was having a hard time seeing the small bull through the glass W/my 60+ year old eyes. it was blending into the larger bull in the center. After shooting the 4 CF rifles we had brought to the range for a few hours, we took the 7mm-08 & my 8X57 to the 200yds range. The backstop is a high bank where the range was dug into a hill side. The berm is about 250yds from the firing line. We took turns firing @ volleyball & larger sized rocks on the berm. Using dead on holds we were all able to cosistantly hit the large rocks W/the 7mm-08 resulting in a satifying thump & clouds of dust. Everone got to take a few cracks W/the ful power Euro spec loads from the 8X57 which resulted in a deeper "whump" & even larger clouds of dust. Curtis is quite pleased W/his purchase. He is going to apply his $50 rebate & what ever we can get for his Kaspa on e-bay towards a Boyds Classic laminated stock. W/ the addition of a stable platform for the action, I think this weapon will be a real tack driver, especially once he gets a lttle more trigger experience.

I bought my son an RWS M48 Diana .22 pellet rifle a few years back. I figured he could roam our farm & learn to shoot W/O having projectiles reach any of the neighboring properties in our rural area. Mv is about 900 fps W/14gr pellets. It shoots pretty flat out to 30-35 yds W/Crosman premier pellets. They are a tiny bit heavier than the cheaper daisy pellets & they have a domed head. They start ot W/a bit less Mv but retain velocity much better & don't start to fall off as quickly. They have good energy retention at those ranges. The Premiers will pentrate the breast of a barn pigeon & make a pretty good whack when they hit the 1" roof deck planks after a pass through. With the extra heavy 21gr Beeman "Kodiak" pellets it will penetrate 1" rough sawn pine planks with plenty of remaining energy at close range. They pass completely through a 1 gal milk jug full of water & penetrate into a 2nd at 60yds. There are some good Mv/retained energy/trajectory charts for various pellets on some of the air rifle sites. The Crossman Premiers seem to be the best compromise.

Those horns look like they are gunna pop off any day!

Well what ever it's called, it's a nice mount for the 9yr. old with "his" deer, congrats to him!

Wooly, Love your pics! Looking forward to keeping up with your adventures!! Good luck out there.

Also consider a quality pellet gun for tree shots.

Very nice pics and the buck that you got two pics of is pretty nice I hope you get their antlers when they hit the ground good luck

It's the low angle shots with a 22lr that are the most dangerous. In a high angle shot, say 60° or more, the bullet will fall to earth from gravity alone. There will be no more energy than if you shot the bullet skyward at the steep angle with a slingshot. There would be little or no chance of serious energy from a 40gr lead bullet falling at terminal velocity unless you were looking skyward & it landed in your eye. Low angle shots with a 22lr can still have enough energy to be lethal up to 1mile or more. Somwhere around 25° angle trajectory will result in the longest lethality distance depending on drag coeffecient of the bullet. Hunting with 22lr in a populated area is never a good idea. Using a .410 when the squirrels are cutting in the tops of S. Indiana Hickory trees wouldn't fill the game bag very effeciently. Even when I used a 12ga, I killed a much higher % of the squirrels I shot at with a scope sighted 22lr.

I have done the tom study back in 07 and they didn't move birds, they haven't trapped and transfered birds since late 90's. They even let me help in tagging, and releasing as well as be part of the capture. They are currently in the 3rd year of a fisher study here using camera traps. I have a feeling they were pulling a joke on your friend.... I have never had an issue with them and like to see them on the property. I also have a us forest service plot on my property and their workers are again courteous and helpful.

Check this doe out, Main and Youngs in Williamsville

Satisfaction comes in many forms. Harvesting a doe in NY was never much of a thrill. I had great private land with years worth of scouting "handed" to me. Moving 16 hours south and scouting a few weekends of public land and doing it all from scratch...by myself and then finally after many weekends getting a doe was a huge rush. Accomplishment isn't just in the score of the rack. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Been hunting long island for 30 yrs. Pm me, and I'll help you as much as I can. Don't want anything.

So I can come to sites like this and be told I am not doing it right and called assorted names. (JK) I enjoy the time away form the world as the woods is my sanctuary. Sitting alone in the woods is about ac close to perfect as it seems I can get. I also enjoy the camaraderie of family and friends at camp. I also truly enjoy helping a new hunter get into the sport, and be successful.

They are tough critters, I'd rather shoot them with a shotgun.

I usually squirrel hunt with my husband, and we find a combo of one of us carrying a 22lr and one of us with a shotgun is a great thing (also makes it so that we can take grouse, if grouse are in season). If you are hunting alone, it is your judgement call on a treetop shot with a 22, but personally I forgo it as all of my hunting spots have residences within a mile. The odds of a mishap are very low, but they aren't zero, and I don't like the idea. But it is a personal judgement call. If you are patient, squirrels usually work back down onto a trunk (which makes a great backstop) within 22lr range unless they have busted you and are making an escape. An exception is early/mid fall when they are working the treetops for acorns, hickory nuts, etc. Still, they will often cut nuts for a good 15 minutes, then come down to work on them.

Thanks guys. Kids got me up at 7am to play with their new barbie dream house Dad, happy birthday now come play with us. LOL.

I forgot to add a 2 man / double stand was also a present that I got . I have several of the 15' stands but the double is so much more comfortable .

This season has got off to a slow start, but I've been content keeping my hikes short and close to home this early in the season. I know of one nice buck that had broke off an antler before regular season ended, so that's the one I've been focusing on for now until a few start falling naturally. I'm still seeing a ton of deer hanging out on this little piece of land which is encouraging as shed season progresses. I ran into a group of doe with fawns last week and managed to get a shot off that I really liked before the lead doe realized I was there. I had to get a hike in today with the weather so nice, so I shot up to my favorite goldenrod field. One edge is an old un-harvested Christmas tree farm that has grown over thick with briars. The deer literally have tunnels through this thicket that make it virtually impossible to walk through in an upright position. As I forced my way through I was noticing a pretty solid hair trail that meant there was a dead deer in the area. I secretly hoped to myself it had antlers for me, but when I finally followed it to the source it turned out to be a young doe and my first dead deer find of the season. I hiked around some open green fields for a while and made a note of the incredible amount of sign on the ground. As long as this weather pattern holds for a while longer, I'm expecting to find a few antlers in that area. I made my way to another goldenrod field when I spotted a couple bucks running off with exactly what I was looking for. I watched them closely hoping to see one of those antlers fly off as they made their escape, but that never happened. It's always good to see so many antlers still safe when I'm not finding anything. I decided to go out of my way and take the long way home around the other side of the fields about 3/4 mile out of my way. When I got into the timber I spotted a young fork horn watching me so I kept up the same pace and pretended not to see him. A flash of white off to my left caught my attention and I noticed two more bucks standing there watching me. When I spotted a nice rack, I stopped to grab a few shots. These were the same deer from the goldenrod field earlier in the day. I'm looking forward to putting on some mileage in the morning! Antlers- 1 Sets- 0 Dead bucks- 0 Dead doe/fawns- 1

Many of the previous posters have already summarized the reasons as to why I hunt so I'll just repeat them in my own words. There are 3 main reasons why I hunt. To escape, the thrill of the chase, and to provide. Neither one of those reasons is enough by itself to get me to hunt. That is a very important point that is often missed. As a matter of fact, if it was for any one of those reason by itself, it would even be ludicrous. It is the combination of all three that ultimately leads me to pull the trigger. To Provide: Oddly, it is the least of my reasons. There is certainly a joy of accomplishment when eating a meal that I know is extremely healthy and that I obtained myself. The Thrill of the Chase: This is something that can never be explained to someone who has not felt the heart pounding adrenaline themselves. You simply have to experience it. The adrenaline rush isn't limited to the chase itself. I find my heart pounding even more after I pull the trigger. Did I hit? Was I successful? Where's the deer? It isn't until I am standing over the prize do the rush of excitement get washed over by the mixed emotions of sadness, joy, and content. You don't get that kind of rush with a camera in your hand instead of a bow or firearm and you miss half of the excitement if you don't pull the trigger. It is akin to a poker player playing cards without any money on the table. To Escape: It really is about returning to our primal natural selves. We, as a society built an armor over this primal being and often that armor gets ugly and tarnished. Growing up in the city and poor, all I've ever known was bricks and concrete. I use to remember sitting in the library and reading National Geographic magazines and imagining myself being that explorer. I guess that was my primal voice calling me. Wanting to be set free. I still love the city (ridiculous gun laws aside) but every once in a while, I need to escape it. The primal part of me is what decided the woods would be my escape. It's what makes me curious to see what lies beyond the next ridge. Looking for a nice place to call home for the next few hours. When I get to this place. A place where there are no one else around that will judge me, I begin to shed that armor. Piece by piece. Great words from a not so great man, "Without destruction, there can be no construction." It isn't until my entire armor is gone that I begin to construct a new one. I guess that is what phade and belo mean when they say we make some of our best work/personal decisions while out hunting. Often times our decisions are swayed by many lingering residue in our subconscious and my subconscious gets a spring cleaning after several hours in the woods.

Where's the sattellite dish ?

2-liter bottles or even milk jugs filled with water and frozen will stay frozen for some time, and are good to keep in the cavity to cool the meat.