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We all are individuals, and we all hunt for different reasons and have different goals. So if someone wants to let five yearling bucks pass, to perhaps shoot a mature eight or ten point buck, last day of the season. That should be their choice. If someone else, wants to go out on opening morning and shoot the first legal buck that comes along. That should be their choice. I buy the tag. I don't need someone to tell me what to shoot.

Tonight is venison tenderloins, back straps, broccoli, baby reds and a salad. Pretty standard fare huh? Well guess what, it's not about what's for dinner tonight, it's who's coming for dinner!! Last night when my wife was working I called our daughter and asked her to come for supper tonight. She said ok but don't tell mom, I want to surprise her. She's here!!!!!!!!

The time to "get your panties in a bunch" over a proposed laws is while it IS STILL PROPOSED.. Not once it is passed.

My commitment to killing a buck this year with my longbow has sparked a new interest. I know have a Flintlock on the way. If I can get it shooting acceptably I will use it for the entire season "excluding crappy weather." I am having so much fun with the longbow and can't wait to stick a wood chicken with it in a couple months that I think the Flintlock will add to the fun of the regular season and muzzleloader season. Anyone on here have any advice on where to start with the flintlock? It's a 50cal left hand Lyman deerstalker, the carbine of flintlocks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pizza last night, Alfredo sauce, shrooms, black olives, chicken, and I added some venison pepper stick instead of pepperoni.

All I could come up with yesterday....

Worked 12 hours today and no breakfast , lunch nor dinner til now. Chimichanga 's with homemade chorizo , beans etc. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As the title says this is just a theory. I read a lot about deer hunting through the entire year and love to learn as much as I can. Some of my opinions vary greatly from the accepted rules though. For one, I'd rather still hunt than hunt from a stand. Once a buck knows your stand location he can avoid it. As a still hunter you can adapt to how a deer reacts to your presence and use that to your advantage. I hear a lot of people say that once a buck has been bumped, he probably won't return. I feel the exact opposite. If he used the terrain and area to elude hunters before he can do it again and will feel more comfortable in an area he knows. As a hunter if you can figure out how he eluded you it can be used to your advantage in the future. Another thing I hear a lot is that big bucks are gone at the first sign of human presence. What if they're actually bigger risk takers than younger deer and actually allow the threat to approach and walk by instead of running and giving up their position? I've read several studies where radio collared deer have actually hunkered right down and allowed hunters to walk within yards of them and not taken off. The hunters had no clue the deer was even there. I've never killed any "trophy" deer with these methods but I have taken some deer that were trophies in my eyes. Sometimes I just like to go against the grain of commonly accepted knowledge.

I pulled this pic from my trail cam today. Not a good day for the squirrel.

But that is the thing - some of those no buck zones are in this bill some are not - bet dollars that this was because the author was simply uneducated. I highly doubt the DEC has data drilled down enough to allow this bill to be factually based - especially because the whole no buck thing was dropped like a hot potato across all of those zones - if it were in some but not others, then I'd be open to believing the DEC has that level of data. It much more likely was hastily written.

You can print online but all the fish you catch are only photocopies too. [emoji2] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you have one spot, and your neighbor is killing every yearling buck (legally), that's really on you. Not him. We do not hunt a parcel that is larger than 70 acres, and no single parcel has more than 25 acres of timber/cover. Not every place we hunt has what we're looking for each year. Putting all of your eggs in one basket isn't your neighbor's fault.

No ill take goose over merganser any time

For about 20 something years I would always travel to NY and turkey hunt the hills around Canasteo and Jasper. I have buddies that have camps right outside of Canasteo and on the South Side of Jasper. I love that country but have gotten too old to climb those hills. They would come to SC and spend a week in April and I would spend a week with them at their camp. Camp outside of Canasteo was round and bordered some state land of both sides. The camp on the other side of Jasper was on the left behind a nice big pond and next to a rifle range. Log Cabin and nice. Sure do miss those days with good friends..........We had a limit of five and one Friend killed his 1st bird in the SC Low Country and one killed 5 mature gobblers in his one week visit. What a time we had!!!!!

Most times the older you get in hunting you opt out for bigger deer and not little deer or killing higher numbers of deer. That all came in the younger years. Todays world screams for bigger higher scoring deer and most are willing to do..and pay what it takes to get to that point.

I looked over some green fields this past Sat and found one from a year or two ago. Half plowed under. I've had a good shed season so far but not sure how much more I'll get out. I have some stand work to do next, as well as a few projects I'll be starting, and spring fishing looks to come early this year too.

I'm in the same predicament. The only thing you gotta watch out for is a long enough warm spell that allows the seeds to germinate and start seedlings only to be hit with a few days of hard cold that may stunt the seedlings or kill them completely. Clover is pretty resilient though so it should make it through fairly well. Looking at the weather right now I'm thinking of getting a few bags spread later this week. Looks like a couple warm days with a bit of rain to help pound the seed in before birds get to it and then a few cold days next week to keep them from germinating too early. Hoping it works!

AR has been beneficial here in Pennsylvania. But we're not NY. The result over the past ten years regarding buck harvest is: 50% plus of the harvest consist of 2.5 year old or older bucks with less than 50% consisting of 1.5 year old bucks. Before AR, there was a serious overharvest of 1.5 year old bucks at around 80% of the harvest and we killed an estimated 80% or more of all available bucks. We had a serious lack of age structure in our herd. Herd reduction and AR have combined to create closer buck to doe ratios and better age structure in the herd. Healthier deer. Trust me it's been a hot button debate since the beginning but its been more about herd reduction than AR. Hunters weren't seeing as many deer so complaints were pretty high. AR is well accepted here but ours is (3) points to one side for most of the state and (4) to a side in the western part of the state where bucks tend to grow larger, more points at earlier age. I understand NY is much different in regards to winter loss so I really have no idea what effect it would have on your herd. Just trying to pass along info. from a neighboring state that has AR in place.

Some kind of a bug (Flu ?) body aches with hot and cold spells . My advil cold and sinus kicked in ,stuff has been a life saver.

I love shooting geese, can't get enough of it. I breast them out and when I have a good amount I have them made into smokies or sometimes summer sausage

They could but they'd be lying. They sure are fun to shoot though!

No need for it - education is clearly working. Look at the harvest trends for the past 10 years.

I just picked up an Ozark Trail tumbler and it works pretty darn good so far. I too like the Yeti owners - but I don't own one of their products. My wife has zero desire to let me buy one and she knows what they are and how much their coolers cost, so I'd be in trouble if it just appeared.

The only tags that would be worth anything is the sheep and moose tags. Both have decent units in WY, the MG tags are poor at best.

Disappointing that Weber is not made here anymore. I almost love mine. I will tell you its one fail. It has 3 burners but they go longways making it hard to have different heat areas. If the burners went the other way it would be perfect. I also try to buy USA these days with a pretty strict no China policy. They use very concerning practices and have been busted over and over using poisons, dangerous metals and polutents into their products. I am not into putting my family or friends at risk to save $100 bucks-ever, period. Their products are bad enough but it is amazing how much Chinese food is being sold here. Look into farm raised chinese shrimp or fish. YUM

You can print it until they mail one to you.

if you're drinking during softball and golf that's fine. I don't see how you drink and play any decent basketball. if you're drinking on the sidelines, that's no different than drinking on the sidelines of any sport.

At the very least, they should exempt first time hunters. We seem to stick our head in the sand that new hunters = young hunters. But the whole thing isn't a smart move either.

apparently you haven't seen the crossbow harvest section

After taking anything legal in my early days, I personally pass on younger bucks now, and am trying to set the bar a bit higher each year. However, that's me and I'm not pushing my current style on anyone else. I feel it should be left to the choice of each hunter and social pressure and education should be the tools to promote that, not legislation. NYS is one of the most regulated, over legislated states in the nation. I personally do not want any more restrictive legislation passed by this nanny state. I registered NAY, and included my opinion for whatever shred of good that might do.

Already plan to be in a few other pools. Gets too complicated rooting when you have so many brackets. There's a $20 work pool with over 400 entries each year so the payouts are real nice. 1st place is usually $3-4K Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Let me dig up that tracking number... Got it, says here the FFL rejected you

As I get older, the hills seem a bit steeper each year. Welcome scscout! Nice to have you join us. If you'd like, go to the introductions and tell us a little about yourself. I lived in Summerville SC for a few years, many moons ago. Still have family and friends down there! Had some really good hunting and fishing, adventures down there!

Looks kinda messy ,I'm sure archer would be more then happy to share this limited edition turkey feathers food catcher.

Wegmans is carrying these. Zem weren't you making your own?

It's Jeff Bridges, excellent movie!

So true and green wing teal as an appetizer

You might want to look into a used mini excavator to just get your close-in work done like the leach field and drainage around the house. They can often be purchased at very reasonable prices and with generally low hours. Contractors tend to keep them on hand just for tight-space jobs, but they'll do a lot more 'work' than a backhoe accessory on a smallish tractor when it comes to trenching and backfilling and you'll probably get your money back when you sell. Then you can buy a tractor without having to spend for the backhoe accessory which is likely not inexpensive. As far as the financing concerns go, you may able to do the work that needs to be done with a small dedicated machine and resell it before you even make the second payment. Then you can work on the wish list of tractor & accessories for the other jobs and decide on a size. I guess my point is: buy the right tool for the job. It's just my two cents on the matter. PS. You'll probably fall in love with the mini excavator and won't want to sell it anyway. Your neighbor with the bigger equipment might even steer some work your way if you decide to go the business route.

I think of mallards as ribeye in the sky

A sport is a game. Football,baseball,basketball,hocky,golf all games. One team or individual try to score more points then the other in a game. When hunting one individual is trying to kill another but that is one sided the animal is not trying to kill you. Hunting is not nor should not be considered a game therefore it is not a sport. It is an outdoor avtivity. Are hunters called sportsmen? Yes. I dislike being called a sportsmen I am not playing a game I am a hunter. Games are not meant to end with a loss of life hunting is.

That made the hair on my neck stand up!

Just goes to show the everyone gets a participation trophy is still alive and well in NYS, when you have to help the lazy hunters get trophy's by passing up deer. If they want to pay the $$ for my hunting license I will be happy not to fill a buck tag until then its my money being spent to pursue a animal of my choice! Not the hunters who think the game needs to be changed so they can win!!!

$7 ozark koozie is where it's at. I think I have lost 2 or 3 yeti tumblers so obviously I am not responsible enough to have nice things.

High block wall in basement.

Baked pork lion chops with a brown mustard and slivered garlic rub. Tossed salad, zucchini stew, beets, and brown rice

And back to beer Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This doesn't count as a beer either. ( Bulleit) old fashioned Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This probably doesn't count but after drinking rum and red stripe for a week it's nice to have a taste of home

Thanks for all of the replies gentlemen. I really would prefer to support USA jobs and products. The Weber's used to be USA made... but now they come out of China. Not good IMO. The prices on some of the grills I researched are crazy. Check out the Kalamazoo line! Geez Louise. Having an IR sizzle burner is fantastic for steaks. It's also important to me to be high quality and use 304 stainless rather than the cheaper 430 stainless. That's why I have concentrated on the "better" brands. Still looking for that perfect unit. LOL

The odd ball fletch was intentional. It will work with 250g BHs. The others work with 200g. I have both BH grains and changed insert weight so I have arrows for each. Yes, I am anal.