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Thanks for the reply. I'm looking at the 16" tall Lynx snake proof boots. I'm not to concerned with waterproof claims, as I waterproof every pair of boots I have anyway. I do however walk through hill and dale, so I would hope the laces would keep me from having to wear ankle support, like I do with my slip on boots. I found a decent review from a woman on u tube and the ankle support looks pretty good. I guess I'll have to order them and find out.

I've been using all sorts of pull on boots for scent control and staying dry for decades. During my upland adventures last year, I got plain tired of pulling my calf muscles getting them off my feet, even with the boot pullers. I also wear ankle supports with them too, as I got tired of limping home because of the lack of ankle support. I ripped a pair of two year old irish setter boots right above the "heel grip" before a coyote hunt and that pissed me off. I decided to look into some alternatives and found side zip boots. Being I have many pairs of rocky boots, I looked into them first, but would like to know of anyone that has, have used or knows someone that uses another brand of zip on boots before buying them. I also looked into the Chippewa searcher boots, but would rather have the lace option for better ankle support. SJC

I just checked and both of those zones had the exact same amount of coyote in them, until the catskillkid made 4F one less last weekend. Whatever zone you go to, do your best and have fun.

I just bought a rhino 75 off Egads for $60 shipped. The lightest blind out there and perfect for quick set ups, plus it's pretty well built. The fist thing I do is take out the shoot through screens and spray it down with scent and UV killer. I'd advise you to use some type of tripod for holding your type of weapon above the bottom of the window, as it sucks when you try to rest the weapon on top of the window and make all sorts of noise. You'll need to clear out all the debris from inside the blind after you set it up and before you open the windows, to minimize the noise. Some type of folding chair and a seat cushion, plus bring some type of dark jacket + face covering, so you can match the inside dark color of the blind. Your face will stick out like a sore thumb otherwise. Remember to make sure the windows behind you and to any area you don't plan to shoot are up, as you'll be seen plain as day moving around inside and you might as well not even use the blind. I usually zip up those windows till it's just a slit, and leave it so I can just pull it down with a finger to check out things if needed.

Welcome to the new world of hunting. Better late than never. Fortunately, there's plenty of state land around open for bow hunting in lower NY state. Unfortunately, most of that land is crawling with lyme infested tics and diseased deer now. Harvesting game is only one aspect of hunting , you also need to have a plan with what your going to do with your kill afterwards ? Gutting, dragging and transporting a deer to a processor or home is mostly overlooked when contemplating deer hunting. Hopefully you can find a mentor to guide you, but if you have any questions, I'm available. SJC

Obviously, Mr Kelly doesn't know any Liberal politicians ? Can you also remind Mr Biden that he's running for president and it's 2020, AGAIN ? What a shame that the party of "bold new ideas", has a sick geezer as it's candidate. At least he'll get the help he needs after he scurries back to his basement on the 4th, but who am I kidding, as the libs will let him rot, like they do with anyone they suck dry for their political gain.

Well, did you sell a body part and buy a thermal spotter ?

Buy another trail camera and a POS sacrificial/broken camera for bait and use this mount for the good camera. https://www.spyhighmounts.com/ I had almost the same issue with a neighbor on my land upstate and a picture is worth a thousand words. I borrowed one of my brothers satellite cameras and knew exactly when the other camera was screwed with and had all of the photos on my phone, incase the main camera was detected and taken too. Some people just don't abide by the rules and you tried to do the right thing.

That's why I go right to the 35 Gunner after bow season ends. One nice feature about the Pulsars, is their ability to have it sighted in for a couple of rifle profiles. I have a QD mount and mine is set up for the 35 G, 9mm PCP and the 20 Prac. I use a 34 grn HP nosler in my 20 practical and keep my shots within 200 yards. I've pushed it further, but like you, I don't like wounding animals, even a coyote.

Excellent hunting. The .204 has it's limitations, one being lost prey when not hit perfectly. Nature of the little beast, but I'll bet it died later on.

Thanks. It's funny, it was headed to the right side and when I switched from my spotter to the scope, I lost it and then found it had cut back to the left down a trail we cut with the brush hog. Thermal has it's limitations, but as you know, it has many advantages and I feel like I'm hunting blind when I only go out with night vision, even Gen 3 NV. I did introduce one of my brothers to the joy of driving at night with the PVS7's in his new Tracker EV. I had to make sure it was packed away in my bag before heading home !

Had one come in and it hightailed outa dodge across the far field. I noticed this one coming through the tall grass and the 35 grn HP dropped it like a hot potato at 75 yards. Had a one more come in the next evening, but couldn't get a shot because of the leaf cover. A very lucky dog. I was hunting out of a ladder stand because the grass is so high in that area.

Like us, predators want to stay dry and have every condition in their favor, unless their starving. I've never had good luck hunting in crappy weather, but have had great success after the crappy weather had passed and calmed down. Coyote are very wind conscience and don't like it when they can't get downwind of their prey.

Head, neck, body, doesn't matter, as long as it gets a splotch in one of those places.

Except there's no red splotch on the backside of it's head !

Good for you. Is it a beef, dairy or produce farm ? Either way, be very careful about knowing where livestock, homes and garlic sprouts are and plan your free fire zones accordingly. Have fun.

I postponed my bow hunting because of a reoccurring elbow injury, and it also interrupted my grouse hunting, so I bird hunt in the day and coyote hunt at night. I also get to scout for deer and coyote while walking around with my old bird dog. My brother was scared to let his dog out last night because a couple of coyote packs were lurking around, making a hell of a ruckus. He held the phone out for me to hear and they were really close. The neighbor said he saw one in the hay field across the road yesterday Am and it's body was above the grass, which is up to his knees, so he thinks it's a coy dog. I'm going to give them a wake up call Thursday night.

Your moniker fit's, as you have to be in left field to think Trump is destroying his chances of reelection, he's only destroying Kamala's chances of becoming the first female president and Biden becoming a billionaire.

Joe vs Joe, have fun.

Went to the range yesterday afternoon and confirmed my thermal's are all sighted in and ready to go. All thermal and NV spotters too, plus checked my E caller and even practiced with the reed calls on the way back down from the range. Batteries charged, magazines loaded and I'm even gonna load some extra rounds during the week. Going to get my hunting license today and do some interweb searching for a foxpro fusion caller, as I'm in need of a caller upgrade and I like the bigger screen of the TX1000 controller better than the TX9 wildfire controller. With the fusion, you can program call sequences and focus on looking for prey, not worrying about the caller. Looking to take Friday off from work and head upstate Thursday PM and get down to business right away. Remember that the season starts after sunrise on the 1st, not midnight. Good luck. SJC

The only thing historic about Biden, is that he's done absolutely nothing after 47 years of being in politics. Actually that's not true, he did do something, he got filthy rich selling US jobs to China and Ukraine. Kamal's father is Jamaican and her mother is from India/South Asia, so maybe she's blackish, like Elizabeth Warren was Native Americanish ? Most of the Jamaicans I know are proud of their Caribbean heritage and take offense at being called African American. Like Ol' Joe, I choose truth over facts.

Sometimes I read your replies and after laughing for a couple of seconds, I realize that your proof positive that Trump was right in upping the budget for mental health care in this country. Chef, What's so scary, is that Kamala was the bottom of the barrel out of all of the female Dem Candidates running for President, yet she could be #2 if Biden's elected. It's only because of her "color" that she was picked, as there were plenty of other female candidates that got many more votes and backing from the Dems than her. What's so scary, is that your ilk is so focused on hating Trump, that you don't see the fox taking the chickens that have come home to roost !

While you think your being smart, your rebuttals are getting to be the same old crap spewed out of every liberal parrot. While I usually find your posts very boring and childish, I sometimes do have a good laugh after reading some of them before going to work. Thank you for that.

She also doesn't believe he's going to last a week in office , if he somehow gets elected as president. After Trump appoints another supreme court justice and VP Pence and him are re-elected, are you going to get the message loud and clear that Americans don't want socialism here ? Unlike the democrat lemmings, Republicans tend to think for themselves and don't follow their "leaders" off the cliff. Hopefully you'll get woke before it's to late for you.