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  1. Last Sunday I was photographing the largest owl we get here in the north east (great grays), and today I was after the smallest. I was at my in-laws for the weekend and there is a nature center about 45 minutes from their house that is a known location for saw-whet owls. I took my son with me and went looking this morning. Another photographer had keyed me in on the best place to look along the trail but as it turned out we didn't need to look very hard because when we got there several people were already observing it. Getting a clear shot wasn't easy but I managed to find a few angles that worked ok. Not long after we got there a barred owl started calling nearby which prompted the saw-whet to open its eyes a little bit, but before long it dozed off again. Then the sun came out in full force and moved to where it was creating harsh light and shadows across the owl but we had a good time hiking some of the trails and looking through the visitor center. This was our first trip to this nature center but I'm looking forward to going back, it was a beautiful property. My son grabbing a few shots.
    15 points
  2. Saw this bald eagle eating Saturday morning in the field outback of the house. to the picture with a cannon power shot at distance of about 250 yards is why its is a little blury. the same bird sitting in tree across the road after he was done eating.
    10 points
  3. Griffon gastropub in East Aurora First up French onion soup dip. Carmelized onions , veggie stock , miso , cream cheese , Parmesan cheese , gruyere , worchestshire, garlic , thyme , sour cream , sherry wine vinegar with garlic bread crostini Ginger beer calamari Ginger beer marinated calamari , fried peppery coating , ginger hoisin sauce , scallions , pickled julienned carrots and peppers , cucumber wasabi aioli Wife had smoked salmon poke Field greens , sushi rice , smoked salmon , mango , edamame , sliced avocado , red onions , cukes , bell peppers , toasted macadamia nuts ,cucumber wasabi aioli Kid had Belgian chive waffle , butter milk panko fried chicken breast , jalapeño coleslaw , applewood smoked bacon , cheddar , spicy maple mayo I opted for Grilled alligator andouille sausage , Buttermilk battered spicy shrimp , on a toasted baguette with creole mayo and New Orleans vinegar slaw Daughter used her dessert stomach on Oreo cake Great meal ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    9 points
  4. Daughter turned 4. Bought her a lifetime license for her birthday. Lol she was confused when she opened her gift I dont think she quite grasped the concept. One down now just to get my son his.
    7 points
  5. I thought I'd share some pics fro the international Boston seafood show, it's the Catalina Wine mixer for the industry The booth with the giant bears is preferred cold storage, they roll out a bar and serve cold beer to the entire show at closing. All three days
    6 points
  6. Three more yesterday. 2 male 1 female.
    6 points
  7. The other way I look at this is I now have a paid for contract with the state that many others do as well, this makes it that much harder for the state to take hunting away. In addition you will always have a resident hunting license in NY even if you move away, allowing you to come back and hunt with family.
    4 points
  8. Almost time to get this thing in the water. A lot of the ponds and marshes around here were starting to open up but they have refrozen after the big storm, won't be long now though. My mother in-law finished up the cover a few weeks ago and we were out there this weekend so I was able to pick it up and bring the blind home. Can't wait to get out and chase some ducks this spring! The flap over the middle section secures into place with four strong magnets (1/2" rare-earth disc magnets). If I want to get to the far side of a pond and need to cross water too deep to wade through I can open the flap, pop out the forward support rib of the rear section, and hop up on the deck and paddle it like a canoe.
    4 points
  9. Until archers start taking the majority of the deer harvest I think you & I are safe from being the blame. AR's don't suddenly cause the archery stats to go thru the roof.
    3 points
  10. Few more pics from cam today
    3 points
  11. Doc, noone ever denied that baiting isn't effective? It's just not as effective as you're giving it credit for in most people's scenarios. You keep bringing up TV shows as proof of something, these shows don't portray real life hunting situations. When was the last time you saw 10 bucks over 100" in a food plot? I'm willing to bet never. These shows you keep relating to isn't realistic, therefore saying that if you plant food plots and do everything they do on tv, would you have the same results as they do? Absolutely not. Baiting can be effective, food plots can be effective, hunting over a picked corn field can be effective, hunting over a wild or planted apple tree can be effective, let's not act like they're so much different. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
    3 points
  12. I find it funny when we say we do not want to draw deer off others property with baiting yet we can have acorns, corn, clover and any other food we plan and think this IS NOT pulling deer off other peoples properties? Baiting wars started a long time ago we just call them food plots. I don't agree with baiting but we still do it with food plots anyway. I also bait using calls, rattling and deer scents.
    3 points
  13. Gun hunters, bow hunters, crossbow hunters, black powder hunters, handgun hunters, we're all in this together. We are all just hunters. United we stand, divided we fall.
    3 points
  14. Baked chicken with zucchini and parmesan cheese . Gonna have some smashed potatoes and green beans too.
    3 points
  15. I bought a new Kubota grand L GST 3130 back in 2007. It has served me well but I had to put some money in it this year though.. A new Battery.. Greaty machine.
    2 points
  16. i treat my bird gun like archery. I self-impose a limit even if my gear is capable of longer. I understand some have issues with that and that's fine, but it's my preference. for birds it's 40 and under. I shoot hevi-13's 3.5" mag out of a Mossberg 835 with a pure gold choke and the pattern is mighty fine indeed.
    2 points
  17. I won't shoot that far just out of personal preference. Although gun is completely capable. I just like the up, close and personal part. Hearing them drum, spit and gobble so close I tinkle my pants a bit. I know on Oldgobbler sight if guys rant about long shots the thread or post gets whacked pretty quick. I'm not against these shots knowing your gun and how it shoots. It's just not for me. I'm sure these loads are great for folks who can't judge distance and shoot farther than they think they are too.
    2 points
  18. Don't discount the other orange tractor,Kioti.I had a NH 35 hp,bought new 2003,wanted a new tractor 2014,wanted a 40 ish HP, looked at all of them,Kioti was only one that was same size as old NH,all others shrunk the tractors.Kubota was a really nice tractor but i would of had to go to 47 hp to keep larger frame tractor, which had no rear remotes as standard equip.and was $5500 more than the 41hp kioti,so far its been a great tractor.
    2 points
  19. "And in terms of the food plot vs. the food pile or mechanical feeder, I don't think there is a hunter around (especially bow hunters) that doesn't understand the difference if they are to be honest. There really is no need to repeat all the differences that have already been noted. They are all pretty obvious anyway." Having hunted over food plots/corn piles and feeders I will tell you from my experience there is absolutely not a bit of difference between them other than some moron in Albany deciding what one is legal. You are changing a deers natural habits to make it "easier" to kill them. If you know what you are doing when making a food plot using fence and/or trees you can make a deer travel as close to your stand as you want, no different than a bait pile. Want deer to be within 20yds of your stand in your corn field? Mow the corn that's within 20yds of your stand. This stuff isn't rocket science! That being said you can bait deer with a feeder, with a pile of corn or bait them with a clover plot you still have to get a deer you want to kill to come to them in daylight within range. All hunting shows make what they are doing look easy. It's not hard to get 5 minutes worth of deer footage during a 7 day hunt. To the ignorant viewer who sees a buck come to a feeder and get shot during the 5 minutes of hunting I can see how you would think wow that's too easy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    2 points
  20. Attraction is still attraction either way you look at it and you are still using the animals need to eat as a tool to kill it. Just makes some feel like they are doing it better by putting a little labor in planting the corn seed to make more corn rather than filling the feeder.
    2 points
  21. Before you get too far into this let me give you a little advice. I couldn't live 1 day without a tractor. I use mine 4 or 5 times a weeks and couldn't imagine not having them. My grandfather had a construction/excavating company and I have been running equipment since I could walk. A 25hp tractor with a hoe is right on the edge of being useless, and yes I have ran them more than I wanted to. They lack power and weight to do any real digging and are honestly are not much faster than a shovel. On the side job thing, let's say you want to put a bid in on a Drainage job and someone else places a bid with a mini trac hoe and a skid steer/tractor. His bid will likely be half of yours because he can do the job in half the time or faster. A tractor of that size with a hoe is just not good enough at much of anything to try to do it as a side job. For a homeowner they are handy because efficiency isn't important just not as a business when time is money. I know many do it but I couldn't imagine having a payment on any toy, yes a tractor is a toy. My vote rent a mini excavator with a blade and do your job, if you want a tractor for food plots/ trail clearing find an old 8/9n or similar for 2/3k with some implements and have fun with it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    2 points
  22. Our deer must head south for the winter or collect their own fallen headgear. Nice find rachunter.
    2 points
  23. Got out for a long day today no sheds today.I followed the longest scrape/rub line i ever seen 36 rubs when i stopped count with 13 scrapes all in a some what straight line for two miles according to my gps.The rubs where all different sizes.The only thing i found was the remains of a opossum and someones teeth
    2 points
  24. Time to update this. Sealing took longer than planned. Cure time for the Coat-It is supposed to be 12 hours at 70° but when the weather turned cool it was more like 48+ hours. We finally got one last day that went back up to about 80° so I dumped the rest on the night before (almost half the can), dragged it out in the driveway before I went to work the next morning, and it was cured and bone dry when I got home. Then the top was sealed with poly. And painted. Frame for camo. Conducted sea trials this morning, worked great! It's plenty buoyant and stable. I'm going to start bringing a paddle in the future, I wouldn't hesitate to cross a small body of water on it. Didn't have anything terribly interesting to shoot this morning, but here is a beaver lodge to show the unique perspective you get with the camera this close to the water.
    2 points
  25. We have a whole lot less deer in VT. I already read the article, and I know it worked here. I don't happen to agree with the reasoning in the article you posted. I don't believe that protecting young bucks in areas with high deer density is the answer. I also don't believe in cramming new regulation down hunter's throats. Regulations like AR are strictly about politics, not biology.
    1 point
  26. Guy in town bought a brand new 50HP Kioti last spring. He bought it for brush-hogging, but he had tons of trouble with the transmission and it spent most of the summer at the dealership. They stood behind it, but it what a hassle. I'm not saying that Kioti is a bad brand, just passing along an issue I heard about. I know the issues were legit, because he had contracts to do brush-hogging for the town and they didn't get done on time.
    1 point
  27. The Kubota B7500 in my avatar came from my Dad who bought it lightly used from another gentleman. My Dad is not big on preventive maintenance with equipment like tractors and proceeded to punish the poor thing for ten years with hard bucket work and brush-hogging. When I took the keys five years ago I gave it a thorough inspection, and other than changing the oil and hydraulic fluid she was still good to go. The only way I can describe it: It's a very STOUT machine for its size. I could probably sell it today for about what my Dad paid for it 15 years ago. I have no experience with the newer ones.
    1 point
  28. My parents did the same for me when I was 4, I am now 35 and it was one of the best gifts I could have ever received. I plan on doing the same when the opportunity arises.
    1 point
  29. Those super tight patterns are fine for all of you stone cold killers with icewater in your veins. I like a little more margin for error, myself. Factor in the adrenaline rush, sometimes less than ideal shooting positions, etc. it is pretty easy to miss a bird that gets into " closer than comfortable" range with those softball sized patterns.When a gobbler gets closer than 25 yards, I get REAL nervous, despite the fact that that I have killed well over a hundred of them. With standard 3" turkey loads like Winchester XX or Federal Premium, my turkey guns throw sure kill patterns out to past 40 yards, and that is as far as I want to shoot anyway. It also gives me a bigger, more forgiving pattern at the range where I prefer to kill my birds, which is from 25 to 35 yards...
    1 point
  30. Personal choice Yes? You still attracted those deer to that spot by using food and the deer's need to have it. Pile or Plant is still doing the same attracting.
    1 point
  31. You forgot to mention that said arrow lacks FOC balance. It will not be very forgiving.
    1 point
  32. Earning her keep last week cleaning up after the Blizzard.
    1 point
  33. I don't know if you have looked into it but check out the stoneless septic systems. They are a snap to install and you could get by getting a mini excavator with a back fill blade and with a friend, have it in in a day if you are any good operating. I know you are trying to justify the purchase but if you are feeling rushed, it isn't the time to make the buy. https://www.thenaturalhome.com/infiltrator.php
    1 point
  34. About 100 pics between two different camera locations, but that's from firing bursts when he blinked his eyes, trying to get them as open as possible. They add up quick with a camera that shoots at 14 frames/second. I was also taking a lot of test shots, moving the tripod an inch or two, more test shots, move again, while trying to get the best angle through the branches. This was my first saw-whet as well. The photographer who told me where to look says he only sees him maybe one in ten trips, so I'm very glad we saw him.
    1 point
  35. Is there anyway you can plant evergreens while planting grasses? That way you will only have to plant grasses for about 5 years.
    1 point
  36. I bought a John Deere. I had some problems with it early on and I do not think their implements are as good as others. If I had to do it again I would buy something else. Kubota would be a definite consideration.
    1 point
  37. Having hunted south Texas "where most of the shows showing feeders are filmed" I can honestly say I don't think a deer could survive there without them, and that makes a big difference when the feed is their main food source as to a snack. To answer your question on how they do it on the fake tv shows I will say I honestly don't know. Probably the same way lee and Tiffany can get 4 or 5 Boone and Crocket bucks to step out in their 10 acre bean fields 2hrs before dark. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    1 point
  38. "Not as good as usual" MANY MANY bad words of jealousy jumped to my mind looking at your pic as my collection grew only by 1 dead head (only one sided at that!) this year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    1 point
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    1 point
  40. I'm not a lawyer. If it was a bouncer or employee of the bar I would maybe try to sue, but I'm not going to worry about trying to track some random degenerate. It's not the greatest of neighborhoods where I was hanging out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    1 point
  41. Just picked up Mr.505 and Dies Downwind. Charlie seems to approve. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
    1 point
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  43. Whoa!!!!...Now you stop right there,none of that!...You start apologizing for making posts that stir a pot and you'll be apologizing all the time. Next thing you know you'll be irritating people for apologizing too much and have to apologize for that too..That alone could rack up pages........Where is that dog chasing tail emoticon?...Lol Seriously this is, same ole same ole, "forget about it!"
    1 point
  44. Its really no different than food plotting, or hunting natural food sources. Once you pressure the deer that use the bait, they act just like they would at any other food source that you pressure, be it a food plot, crop field, apple orchard, oak flat, etc.
    1 point
  45. I last visited this thread on Tuesday and it's almost doubled in size. I bet I can point to at least 6 other lengthy threads on the same subject. kind of funny really.
    1 point
  46. I ignored all the bad reviews and bought a pack, loaded very hard, didn't shoot great and didn't expand well in my beach sand in a bucket test. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    1 point
  47. I haven't tried them, many mixed reviews on line. Do they shoot accurately in you gun ?
    1 point
  48. I believe this coyote has been found .........
    1 point
  49. Critters! It's kind of fun to see just what is wandering around out there when it gets dark while you're inside on the couch watching TV. To me that is the best use of trail cams.
    1 point
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