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punch Michael Moore in the face…square on…full force..And not be sued or have to pay for the 15 jars of mayonnaise, that he was carrying at the time. which all broke when his tub of goo ass hit the ground…... Not that I have thought about it much….or am still working out the details on………….

I agree with those above. I have the Swarovski 3.5-18 with the BRH on my .204 ruger tikka rifle and it works ok for that and off the bench target shooting. But for any type of big game hunting, I believe it would be confusing. There are a lot of marks and they are heavy, easily misused in the heat of the moment. It is very cluttered and obscures a lot of the target. I often find it more trouble than it's worth when coyote hunting as well. It's useless for fast moving targets. The 4W reticle is a better choice in my opinion.

I've always wanted to learn how to play the guitar. I took my very first lesson Monday night. Only 9,999 more hours to go.

20 years ago, I'd be up for the challenge. I'd probably have a heart attack if I tried it now, but I'd die a happy man...

Take 8C out because of the specialty of that unit - talking 8H, 8F, 8G or any of the other WMUs impacted. We are limited - and I am speaking specifically to the DMPs because EVERYONE knows the antlerless statewide BOW/ML needs to go away. It is really screwing up WMUs. DMPs - you have to pay to get them and draw. You get two. Then, you need to go back Nov 1st to get two more. (which, if you didn't know, bow season opens OCT 1!!!!!!) Then you need to beg borrow or steal from another hunter to get two more. What brainiac is incapable of seeing that hunters are limited here? The DEC needs to allow OTC in those units and allow for repeatable harvests for those who have access. Why does a hunter have to find a consignment? Not exactly that easy to do. But it sure looks good on paper as "opportunity" and an excuse for the DEC fanboys to claim. Remove the barriers for hunters who can shoot does in those units and stop making them jump through hoops. Get your DMP, shoot your doe, get a replacement OTC, and rinse/repeat. When the DEC deems enough harvests are reported, close down the tag issuing.

I don't understand why hunters with medium velocity CF rifles still sight in at 100yd zero. If you sight in 2 1/2" to 2 3/4" high at 100yds you can have a + or - 3" trajectory out to 270-300 yards. A deer's vitals are about 9" in diameter a hit anywhere in that 9" circle will result in a quick humane kill. W/a + or - 3" maximum point blank range you would hit in that circle W/a center POA to beyond 270-300yds & could hold" on hair" to 400 yards or more. The trajectory is a parabola & it will cross the LOS 2 x no matter where you sight in. Sighting in 2 1/2" high at 100yds will have the bullet cross the LOS at somewhere around 25 & again at about 240 yards depending on Mv & BC.. W/a 100yd zero those values will be something like 60 & 100yds, hitting as much as 15" low @ 300yds My 8 x 57 W/200gr Hotcore (not a very high BC) @ 2730 fps Mv sighted in 2 3/4" high @ 100yds will cross the LOS + 1/10" @ 25yds, - 1/10" @ 230yds. It will top out @ +3" from 120 to 145yds & hit 3 2/10" low @ 270yds. Something like a 7mm-08 W/140gr Ballistic tips would have a similar + or - 3" PBR sighted in 2 1/2" high @100yds closer to 300yds. The point is, you will not miss a deer @ close range sighted in 2/12" high @ 100yds & if you happen into a chance @ a good buck that is across a meadow or on the next ridge of a power line 300yds away you won't have to guess hold over. Anyone that knows their actual Mv & the bullet used can give me that information W/the height above the bore that their scope is (low medium or high rings). I can plot out your 100yds zero for + or - any trajectory value you want. For deer the usual is 3", for Elk perhaps 4" to 5".

With the Winter Bow season open till Feb 20th and 24" of snow that fell the week befor I headed to my stand hoping for a nice doe for the freezer. A group of deer came by from several trails and I spotted a good size doe limping into one of my shooting lanes, I drew back and just as I was about to shoot I noticed this buck trotting in on the same trail, so I held my draw while aiming on the same spot and when he was in my sight I let fly my arrow. It was a double lung and he ran 80 yards spaying blood on both sides of the trail in the snow, stopped and tipped over. When I got there it looked like someone threw a bucket of red paint on the snow. I am truly blessed and look forward to sharing this bounty with friends and family.

I'm looking for a used/like new Leupold 2.5x8-36 matte/duplex scope. I don't really care what variation it is.....vari x III, VariX 3 or VX 3 (not sure if I go them all correct anyway) Let me know if you have one you'd part with........thanks.

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are you on your parent's computer again? do they know you're skipping school right now?

Obama just said that now was the time to act because gas prices are so low. What he failed to mention in his 6 min answer was what happens if gas prices go back up.

I've been using this call for the past 5 or 6 seasons with pretty good results. Love the fact that it has never once froze up on me no matter what the weather. I lost mine while dragging out a deer early in October. I guess that's the only problem I had with it was if you loose your grunt call, you loose you doe and fawn calls with it. Keep an eye on that little spring fastener on the lanyard so it doesn't rust and break off the way mine did. Soon as this snow melts I'll be looking for mine, but I wont hesitate to order another if it doesn't turn up.

Then why limit the ones who do have access? Riddle me that?

Look first of all in the WMU’s where the doe only was put in place it wasn’t because hunters are unwilling to kill does. Those WMU’s most of the land is in privet hands. So if you can’t get access to the deer you can’t kill them. No matter what incentives or rules put in place you are not going to kill more does. It’s as simple as this if we can’t get to them we can’t kill them.

Cradle robber!

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I'd like to drive/camp my way across the entire country, living on freshly caught trout. My buddy did it when he graduated high school I wish I'd have done it

she gave Michael Douglas throat cancer. No telling what she'd do to your WillyYou Can't Beat My Meat!

Chicken pot pie from McDuffies in Clarence

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To be able to sit with my wife at the old people's table, for the reception, after my grandsons weddings. And complain about the music being too darn loud!

I'd love to ride my Harley Coast to Coast without riding the Interstates, enjoying the ride on 2 laners to see the real America.

I think bucket lists are OK. I don't think I have ever gotten to the end of any list because I am too driven in that sense. If I am nearing the end of the list, there's more things going on it. Travel/culture dominates a leisure bucket list. I want to have a suit custom made in Hong Kong while I am visiting. Saw it once on TV when I was younger and it is just stuck in my craw. It's probably the most far out of reach one for me - not so much financially, but the logistics seem implausible as I get busier with work and family. I may not be capable of making it there until I am much older and I am not sure the luster will remain at that point. So far it has. I did scratch a bucket list item last summer, jumping off of a 35 ft cliff into vibrant blue waters high up in the mountains of Jamaica. Also got in one last family vacation with everyone there. Family is much older and spread out now, and we all knew it was the last time we're all in the same place...until a funeral happens. We laughed, we fought, we cried, and we drank way too much and we had fun the whole time. It was awesome.

Ok more realistically I'd like to curb my fear of water and learn how to swim Not even a fan of shower hitting me in the face. Never learned . Own a 14' Mad River canoe which I'd enjoy more without the fear of rolling it. Just glad daughter and wife are great swimmers

Oh yeah, regarding Wildcat's original question.. There has never BEEN anything on my bucket list that did not involve hunting or fishing.....

I am with Grow on this one. I like to be surprised by seeing or experiencing something new or exciting that I wasn't expecting. Pretty boring answer, but I am mostly content with how my life has worked out. For as little money that I had most of my life, I have had tons of excitement, adventures, troubles, and best of all, met a lot of people.

No, it's the typical result of Leftist Progressive policies. You get exactly the opposite of what they say you'll get.

Here's a pretty neat video clip of a shed horn buck checking out my camera.............................It could be the buck who's horns I found a couple weeks ago, I have had many videos of him from this trail but who knows?? shed buck.AVI

Oh man you didn't get that in your mouth did you?!?!

Sounds good to me. Was out yesterday with my grandson for bunnies. 2 for 3 for him. I didn't shoot as I was the dog and he's getting the hang of leading a little bit now. I know of at least one other member that would like to go as well. All are welcome! Got some good state and private land.

Doc Thank you for pointing out my inconsistencies in the vocabulary/grammer of my posting. Of course my initial response was defensive. I could blame my accident and the resulting traumatic brain injury (19 day coma,3 months in patient hospital status and three month out patient rehabilitation to recover everything but my ability to walk. But that would be to easy and incorrect. But my 6 1/2 years of basically staring at four walls( except when a friend or family member can take me fishing or hunting) were an indirect influence on my posting. The real culprit is my laziness. I should always re-read my messages before posting. So to make my post more grammatically correct and easier to comprehend. It's time for the hunters of the state to speak out concerning the mishandling of over population of does in certain DMP's, by making those management areas, antlerless only for a portion of the archery and muzzleloader seasons. The 2015 implementation of antlerless only served to take hunting days away from a percentage of hunters. Don't believe it will accomplish its intended goal. Instead of adapting a new rule that punishes (restricts) hunters, they should establish a new rule that provides incentive to the hunters to take a doe or two. The fact his there are a percentage of hunters that don't believe the taking of antlerless are necessary to maintain a healthy herd. Or,whose misplaced sense of worth as a hunter is only qualified by taking of an eight point or better deer. So, my recommendation would be, in DMP's that have an over population of antlerless deer, set up a program were taking two antlerless deer would qualify a hunter to receive an additional either sex tag for the late season or a newly formed seven to fourteen days added to the current late season. Intellectually I believe this would provide more of an incentive to hunters in the effected DMP's to take anterless deer. As a DMP unit comes into the desired buck/doe ratio, the incentive for that DMP would be rescinded the following year. In closing, I hope that all concerned hunters take the time to address the DEC's request for input. Don't want to suffer through another experience of letting a trophy buck walk by because it wasn't legal to shoot. Follow up, Please John M Doc, If, I was going to be called out on my laziness for submitting a grammatically flawed posting, at least it was by the person that I enjoy reading the most on this site. Your postings are the most thoughtful and well written. And it is always a pleasure to read.(although initially, this one was hard to accept) As far a length of posting, lack of mobility, being contained within four walls( lack of social interaction) probably attributes to my lenthy postings. My apologies to all with a short attention span. Of course the length of the posting is visible prior to the decision to read. So, if length of posting is important, just skip it.

This came in mail yesterday. I could spend some money here. Dang leap year makes us wait and extra day !

Meaning the statewide antlerless guaranteed tags and the ability to convert either sex or antlered tags to antlerless go away. If you are a three season hunter, you can take your reg season buck tag and shoot a doe in ML with it. Think about that for a second in areas where doe numbers are low and they limit DMPs. It undermines the ability to control does.

still meant i wasn't directing the comment at anyone. just a general comment about the game of inches. Even at 9x on a whitetail at 200 yards you're probably not adjusting 2 inches. The whitetail moves, the hunter is cold and adrenaline pumping, sometimes freehand. Chances are your crosshair is either on or right behind the shoulder. squeeze, bang, flop. In archery adjusting for distance is much more drastic. I don't know of many gun hunters if any that are consciously aiming high or low in the 50 to 200 range.

I don't think Wildcat was splitting hairs. His approach is the most realistic and simplistic for out North East whitetail woods. It doesn't get much easier than point and shoot.

The problem with the above Kpkot is that the units where draw numbers and antlerless numbers are actually low - the bow/mz tag allows for does to be shot in addition to any DMPs. From what I understand, this has had a lot of impact in the NZ 'dacks area.

I am talking about the main stream media. Mainly Fox, CNN and the arm pit of the news, msnbc

More from the same camera . The camera is aimed toward a scrape that is made there almost every year . Changed batteries on 3 cams .

I always froze them, pulled them out to thaw and sold green as seasons end.

I usually sell mine green at a auction primarily because you only receive $2-$5.00 more per pelt if they are put up right. If they are fleshed & stretched and aren't the way a buyer wants them you will get less for them anyway. Some buyers prefer to buy them green so they can put them up they way they want them. With prices the way they are it just isn't worth the effort in my opinion. If they are skinned correctly most buyers will give you a fair price but if they are not skinned correctly you can expect to get a lot less. Rockland County Trappers Assoc. may be able to give you some info. on local buyers or if they have fur auctions. The contact info is: Brandon Kafka @854-558-5003 or [email protected]

"I'll give you my wood stove when you pry it from my cold dead hands"

I put a nikon buckmaster on my 3006 a few years back and i love it. Its right in the proce range you're talking about.

I think its that dang auto speller turning dmp into dump ..

Sat in a stand in between 2 thickets where I keep a shooting ~200 yard shooting lane mowed down. There's several crabapple trees alongside this lane and the bucks have a few scrapes in it also. Hoped I could catch a buck traveling the lane, checking out the bordering thickets. I saw a big bodied deer step out into the lane ~120 yards away. I grunted twice. He picked his head up to look, then started galloping towards me! He stopped by 3 scrapes on the way to me and put on the best show I've ever witnessed! He looked like a rototiller going at those scrapes! LOL Dirt, leaves, and grass flying up 5' in the air, lowering his back to rub urinate, and standing on his hind legs to aggressively work the licking branch at every scrape! The way he was galloping directly towards me, I was wondering how I was going to get him to turn broadside! Not gonna lie, the show he was putting on had me shook! LOL Right after working the scrape at 25 yards, as if right on cue, he turned broadside and posed for me! He went ~100 yards and dropped.

Was able to get out of work in time to go hunting this afternoon and it paid off. 6 point with the Excalibur Matrix 310.

Around 12 years ago myself and another member on this forum Steve7 were at the top of a mountain setting up stands and took a lunch break .We found 2 downed trees in a v formation and sat opposite each other and had lunch.As we finished lunch I happened to look straight down and observed a diamond pattern in the leaves next to both our legs. I stared at it for a moment and the shape of a coiled snake became apparent to me . I TOLD STEVE NOT TO MOVE AS THERE WAS A SNAKE BETWEEN US AND HE THOUGHT i WAS KIDDING [WHICH I DO ALOT ] Well he saw the look in my eyes and knew i was for real but could not see the snake which was still coiled up .I slowley put the barrel almost on the snakes head 20gauge and very,very slowly moved my feet out of the way,steve then did the same.The snake suddenly came alive and i shot it in the head almost cutting it in two .it was over 5ft and still gives me tha creeps thinking about it .P.S. I gave up hunting there when i found out there was a reintroduction program in that area .

Not the best pic, I normally dont shoot Doe this early in the season, But this was one of those smart ole girls, Who picked me out over 50 yds away through the woods, The wind blowing from her to me and i had plenty of cover, She started the foot stomping and the head bobbing, then blew wind and took off, When she stopped a few bounds away i pulled out the can and gave her a couple bleats then hit the grunt call, She then proceeded to move closer to my position but stayed in the thicker brush; before coming out at right about 30yds she turned broadside and looked away, The shot was a little forward and ended up breaking her front leg before exiting behind her offside shoulder, She did the high kick and took off straight through anything in the way, She ended up piling up about 125yds from the shot, Ive made the mistake in the past of letting old girls like this walk and regretted it every time, Im not gonna let one go that can pick you out and cause you headaches until somebody harvesters her,

Possibly my most exciting hunt yesterday. Spot and stalk in high grass field to 40yds and waited until she fed a bit closer. Broadside shot at 27yds on the money with the vintage 1970s Bear. Couldn't be happier about 2 for 2 with the recurves and to top it off, my first spot and stalk.

Took a nice doe this am, she didn't go far, quartering away hard.