Farflung

some rifles shift point of impact a lot and some it is not even noticeable. I noticed that Remington 742's and 760's would wander around a whole lot. My Tikka's shift very little. I agree with Shoots100, bring several guns and rotate them.

I would recommend leaving the snakes alone and you getting a little aversion therapy. I have guinea fowl, so there are darn few snakes around the homestead.

was just talking with a Amish fellow. He has a 2 man one that he uses turkey hunting. Likes it with just himself in it. long barrell shotguns are a little tight to manuver around. i'm thinking about one for bad weather in the Adks

We have a dog yard that is 60' by 30' attached to the house. A nice gobbler go in there and could not figure how to get our. The fence has 4"by4" opening sheep fence around it. Turkey would try to push through the openings to no avail. I tried shagging it out but did not work. Finally waited till it was at one end and I jumped out and surprised it, It took wing and flew out. Makes me wonder why these dumb birds can be so hard to kill (at least sometimes) in the spring.

Bad stuff for some folks. I'm almost immune, but i realize that can change. A friends mother went to relieve herself when they were fishing and came down with a roaring case of it. My godfather burnt a bunch of it, not knowing what it was, and it nearly killed him.

Turkey choke is the way to go. I pattern at 40 yards, using 1 inch grid paper. Needs to be a minimum of 2 pellets in each square for me to be happy. Usually a lot more, using my 3 and 1/2 inch number 7 Hevi-shot.

good luck. Go U.S,

Airedale- Thanks for the article. And I believe that other great camps had similar "preserves"

Grouse, do you have a more exact location on the wild boar taken in the Adirondacks. Some of the large estates/great camps stocked large enclosuers with exotic game (elk, other deer species). wonder if this was at one of them.

don't know what they used in the indian village, but I read that the Iroquois mainly used elm bark. years ago, for some mills, a lot of the spruce had the bark peeled before being processed into pulp. They peeled some of it in the woods, leaving piles of bark.

looks like that may be a jacklight in front of the guy standing with the bank blade

latest that I have seen them in upstate NY is March 22. In the yard near Forestport, NY

I might suggest the St. Regis canoe area. Yes you will need a canoe, but you can rent them, along with other gear. Very good fishing for brook trout in the early (ice out) season. Check with the DEC Region 5 website, and that can get you started. There will be a phone number that can get you to their fisheries biologist.

Interestingly, the area that Remington resided in and the surrounding area were and are big 2nd amendment supporters, as is most of upstate. It's another case of downstate and Albany liberal politicos subjecting us to their views. And we are powerless to prevent them.

Grouse - the person with the grouse is a picture of Alvah Dunning, a Adirondack guide in the late 1880's and early 1900's.