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Got 3 of the 4 on boards. The 4th and biggest is still getting fleshed for European Mount. The 2 smaller ones are my children's. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Making the switch would make no sense to me you get more recoil, a worse trigger, more expensive ammo, less accuracy and less range. What do you gain with the 12 gauge?

Here in NY State some of the very best American firearms were produced at one time. Remington Ilion NY the oldest gunmaker is all that is left and for how much longer who knows. Remington also owns the Parker name and produced Parker doubles into the 1940s. The Parkers along with the Winchester model 21 are considered by many as the creme of the American doubles. The also produced a pretty good double of their own. Ithaca gun, Ithaca NY the producers of the famous model 37 pump, the Flues and NID and an entry level Lefever doubles, the Mag 10, the model 51 auto and the single barrel trap. First brand new gun I ever purchased was an Ithaca Deerslayer. Ithaca Classic Doubles Victor NY wonderful and ornate doubles based on the old NID. Lefever Arms Syracuse NY, produced beautiful sidelock doubles. Savage Arms Utica NY, My Dad worked there before, WW2. They produced the famous model 99 lever action rifle and also fine AH Fox doubles and the entry level Stevens B model. Baker Shotguns, Batavia NY produced sidelock doubles such as the Black Beauty and Leader, fine mid priced hunter's shotguns. LC Smith Fulton NY, fine sidelock doubles in many grades were produced there until the late forties along with and entry level boxlock. The Elsie sidelock is one of my favorites. Except for Remington they are all gone now but certainly not forgotten as they were some of Americas best and made right here in NY.

I don't understand what the thrill is to be trying to kill game with the least effective equipment, but there seems to be some reason why people want to try it. The .22 hornet is a legal deer caliber in areas of NYS where rifles are legal. I'm waiting for someone to try to rationalize using it for deer hunting. Of course, given perfect circumstances, the hornet will kill a deer, but what would even make anyone try?

I have a Lefever Nitro Special that was handed down from my grandfather. Used it bird hunting, a nice piece of nostalgia. Every time I carry it or handle it the memories come flowing back. Cant wait to get out again.

Gigantic pot of prime rib soup simmering from leftovers from the 15 pound rib I did up for Christmas. Tomorrow will be Deviled Ribs from the prime ribs. Love prime rib leftovers!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I killed a couple deer in NC with one of my AR's and it worked. I also pulled my boat with my wifes car once and I got to fish. In both cases there are much better tools for the job!

2014... He showed back up post season already shed and suffering from what appeared to be a bullet hole at the top of his shoulders. When I hung my cams in early July I was left wondering if he had made the winter given his poor condition prior to the onset of the cold/deep snow that Feb. and March brought. Well, In late July he answered this question and showed up with a very visible scar on his back... He dropped by on x-mas eve to let me know that he was still out there... This deer will never be a high scorer but is one of those cool character bucks. I look forward to seeing him next season as a 4 yr old. Given the mild start to winter and the fact that he is in much better physical condition than he was last year at this time...I think he might add some inches this coming year.

Here are a few new ideas for you all, got them off Facebook

Hope you have a great day !

First steel out.....5 in ground today hopefully put 5 out a day till I'm out lol Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk Edit....I guess I hope for fur in them too lol

So he illegally shot a moose?

I have a story to tell relating to customer service. A good friend of mine owned an Ithaca SKB M100 20 gauge just like mine. One day when his son was a toddler, the boy knocked his Dad's shotgun off a table, and the buttstock broke when it hit the floor. He contacted Ithaca Gun to get a replacement stock, and they told him to bring or ship the gun to the factory. Since it's only about an hour drive, my buddy drove to the factory. When he arrived, the factory fitted the gun with a brand new ENGLISH (280 type) stock and a new forend to match, for no charge.

Josh, hope all is well and you and yours truly had an enjoyable Christmas, despite the hardships. Hope that the package has reached you well, and may it light your way from here on forth. I've included a universal gun mount as well as a remote pigtail so you may enjoy some predator hunting after you get back on your feet. You'll also be able to charge the battery directly from anywhere, including your future replacement vehicle. Should you have any questions in operating the different modes or accessing the hidden built-in charge port on the flashlight, or if you just want to shoot the breeze about anything, feel free to give me a ring. I tend to be long winded and go off-topic often, so you'll surely get your mind off things when speaking with me, lol! Happy Holidays Josh! X-Calibur Lighting Systems http://facebook.com/XCaliburLightingSystems

Or maybe too many joints has caused your delusional mindset. Dude

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I use Remington Sluggers with out a problem, harvest every deer under 60 yards as well and nothing like slugs will put a deer down with so much force. Don't waste your money on a rifled barrel and a scope not to mention that the sabots cost 12$ for 5 shells compared to 5$ for 5 shells or 14$ for a 15 shell pack of Remington Sluggers, just use an improved or modified choke with slugs never use a full or turkey choke.

True story good friend. Airline lost his gun on a moose hunt. Shot his moose with the camp 223. Went 40 yards. The moose was 30 yards away. I know it not a legal cal but the guy was going hunt after the $$$ was spent. He hoped his rifle came or someone in camo tagged out. But he did shoot a moose

I was once killed one with perfect shot using BB gun. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

We cut back this year.

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Here we go again with the small caliber bow cartridges . Next is the head shots and exact placement ending in I have killed several deer with a 223 or my buddy did . Why not use a caliber that is going to knock the snot out of a deer !

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I don't understand it either, Doc, but the phenomenon is far from new. Just like wanting to kill very large, dangerous game like brown and polar bears and Cape Buffalo with bows and arrows. Many of those dudes would be stomped into dust if they did not have a professional hunter with a very large rifle standing next to them to kill the animals when it charges. I read that Fred bear shot 6 polar bears with his bow before he could enter one in the record books, because he kept shooting them and then they would charge and the guide would have to kill the bear with a rifle to rescue his silly, scrawny ass. I remember reading an article in a gun magazine back in the 1960s. The author and his buddy were hunting black bears with revolvers chambered in .22 Remington Jet, which is a .357 mag necked down to .22 and is about the same power level as a .22 Hornet.

Im thinking about getting a Remington R-1911, while they still say "Ilion NY" on them.

Uptown has that playing on a continuous loop …in his/her head LOL!

Hope you have a great day for your Birthday !

Mossberg should make a 535 slug barrel, probably rifled. My Mossberg loved the Hornady SSTs.

Nice video. I've been on 9 caribou hunts and one thing I learned is that it can be feast or famine..Ya gotta shoot 'em when they're THERE...<grin>... I was licking my lips watching all of those bulls walk past your tent. I love caribou. Better than moose in my opinion. Thanks for sharing. It brings back fond memories. Looking forward to the next installment.

My local Consumers Beverages only got 4 bottles of this. Going to enjoy mine now

Zebbs in mattydalw eating. 2 hours from here home. I did not like the final score, but it was great seeing it in person. My son in law loved it. I am buying dinner.

223 ? Why go so big ! Why not use a .17 HMR rifle !

Cant watch the Packers anymore……just sad….

If you don't belong to the NRA... you are also part of the problem. Yeah I know there are other good organizations... which wouldn't exist if not for the NRA. $30 a year... $2.50 a month... less than a penny a day... can't be why you don't belong!

Are you really that ignorant? Don't imply I believe in discrimination because you can't grasp the concepts I propose to you. Of course there will be "sides". One side will be on the side of freedom and one will be on the side of big government tyranny. People will need to decide which "side" they want to support. That has nothing to do with any of the physical characteristics you chose to mention. Like the NRA, which has a single mission statement and excludes no one, truly America's oldest civil rights organization, I don't discriminate against anyone unless they are against the mission I support. (If you think that statement about the NRA is false, you better do some research into their defense of Constitutional rights for all, since they were founded in 1871.) You need to try and understand one simple fact, the bigger the government, the smaller your freedoms. That's my point.

There are several liberal members here that would call you racist just from your avatar pic. This occurred last summer over the display of the Confederate flag. I myself do not believe showing the flag is racist....but I know most liberals all stick together and how do you feel about your avatar? Kind of showing racism and bigotry?

That's the way I feel too but it's because I looked at my credit card slips in my wallet and checked my bank account on line. Thank you Christmas .

Unfortunately, I believe that I too added a nice buck to the the unrecovered list. I shot at one the evening before Thanksgiving. Everything happened so quickly...he showed no reaction to the shot and I found no blood but I can't believe I could have missed at 80 yds. When I went to where he had entered the woods a few minutes after taking the shot a deer jumped up and crashed off. I came back a couple hours later and then the following morning but no luck. Then, on the final day of season my uncle found a dead 10-pt. in the same vicinity a couple hundred yards from where I was looking. I believe that it was the same deer.

Last Friday 4pm. after 2 years of tag soup..Ill take it.. Im very lucky…...

12-20-15 My buddy cancelled on me last night so we didn't go to his club for the morning. I called another buddy and him and his dad were heading to the 100 acre woods, so I asked what time should I meet them as I wanted to get a crack at the doe I saw yesterday. They were meeting early to shoot the $h!t at like 630am. I told them I'd be there by 7am. I rolled around the corner and my lights hit them in the face and it was 7:01. I got out and we chatted for a few as I got the rest of my gear out. Then a clue other guys pulled up so we decided to see where everyone was headed and make a plan for some pushes. We were going.g to sit for a bit and then a few would move to certain areas to see if we could get some moving. It was almost shooting time so we headed to our spots. I walked approximately 50 yards and headed down an old logging road, just like yesterday. It was extra crunchy this morning so I was going as slow as I could. As I rounded a corner, I could see down into a small flat at the bottom of the hill. I scanned it back and forth for a minute and did not see anything so I kept moving forward. I took 5 steps and looked straight down to the bottom and just to the right of the logging road there is a deer staring up at me. I get it in the scope and it is not huge, but will be a great eating deer for some guys I know at work. I try to settle the crosshairs on her but I am shaking like a beech leaf on a windy day. I took a few deep breaths and tried again. Man I was all hyped up for some reason and could not get steady. If I moved to the closest tree, the deer would bolt. She turned her head away from me and I dropped to one knee. Now she turned to look back up at me after I had knelt down. I was able to take a few more breaths and get the crosshairs settled and I squeezed. As the smoke cleared, I saw her tip over, and another deer that had been behind her, behind a tree, darted off towards my buddy and his dad. I wasn't in the woods 10 minutes and it was over. Was nice to see some deer moving through the woods naturally this year during gun season rather than chasing ones that have been pushed and pressured. I have a few guys at work that love venison and do not hunt. They also don't have a lot so I have been looking for a larger deer to split amongst them. I decided it was now or never this morning and wanted to get them something, so size didn't matter.

Here is my muzzleloader deer, my first. I came home from work early and only had about a half hour of daylight left. In my hurry, I jammed up the gun while loading, so I had to clean out the breech and reload. The same thing happened during gun season last year when I shot my buck and I told my wife on my way out the door that it was a lucky sign. Walking down to the field I saw four deer and tried to sneak down for a shot. I got about half way there and spooked them. I decided to wait out the remaining twenty minutes of daylight in a tree stand, hoping they might return to feed. Two minute sit and this four pointer walks out about sixty yards away. One shot and he went right down where he last stood. Given the poor gun season, I was very happy to harvest this deer in the late few days of the season!

It's slang, coke and Pepsi aren't the same thing either but I still order a coke.

There's places to hunt not on Cornell property, but unless you know someone, you're probably stuck on Treman or Buttermilk Falls State Parks, which are bow only. Still some good deer there though. I took a nice doe off Buttermilk a few years ago

I'm beginning to think they should change the hunting hours from Dusk to Dawn ...........

I've had many more pics, but thinned the collection recently.

They dont run to the next county. Youd be surprised at how many of them circle right back to where you spooked them from. Ive watched many deer do stuff like that on drives. A couple of years ago our group pushed a big corn field. I was a shooter, sitting in a high stand on the end of the field. I saw multiple deer bump about 40 yards ahead of the drivers, get between two of them, and sneak back behind them, then end up going right back to their original spot and laying back down.

Hype,most muzzleloader will do 200-250 if the shooter spends the time working on the load and seeing where it shoots,I can shoot 300 with my Savage 10ML2 on the range but wouldn't take a shot at a game animal that far.To much to go wrong and murphy routinely kicks me in the balls!!!HA

wow, can they suck any more life out of what is supposed to be a primitive sport?