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Have to do some late job's tonight (5/24), so I decided to stay up late and do some hunting around the house. Spotted this Mus perusing the grapevines between the houses. It started out in a no shoot zone and then after it got tired of torturing me, it wandered behind the neighbors shed. Hunting and trying to shoot Mus with a pellet rifle at night will teach you patience. SJC

Three of my buddies connected in Delaware county and my handicapped friend came real close Monday AM, but the weather screwed us up big time. Going to be taking him out again this weekend for another try, as the weather is supposed to be beautiful and the word Quit isn't in his vocabulary. Good luck to all.

Otters are very susceptible to lead poisoning and I hear there's a lot of lead in your area of the state, so maybe it'll die of lead poisoning before it cleans your pond out. It could happen ! SJC

Cat and Mus. Last night on perimeter watch I had this mouse that really pushed it. Wouldn't stop for a shot and when it did, I found that I didn't tighten the tank all the way in and the resounding click was all that happened when I pulled the trigger. After the click, that freaking mouse ran towards me and under the deck. I went inside and cleared the rifle and made sure it was working. Went out and found it lurking under the deck with the thermal spotter, not giving me a shot for about 10 minutes until I heard it scurrying under the ladder, trying to flank me. Bad move for the mouse, as I was dialed in and I dropped it before it charged. Another mouse bites the dust. https://youtu.be/XOyoi4MGWZI

As noted in Airedales air gun post earlier this month, After varmint season ended I mounted my backup Adder scope on my "Black Cat" Fusion2 PcP converted .177 air rifle to do some genus Mus eradication around the homestead after seeing some running around while testing thermals earlier in the year. I found an old jar of almond butter in the cabinet and made a couple of bait piles to view from my deck. It didn't take long to put the Cat to work. Mus 1 Mus 2 And a confirmation pic of Mus 2

I too have been using pump, spring, Co2 and PCP pistols & rifles in all sorts of calibers since I was a wee lad too. I've been using a 9mm PCP for hunting critters/varmints for awhile and updated my smaller pest control line up last summer with a Umarex Fusion2 .177 rifle, using converted 90g CO2 cartridges that I can charge with air. It has an awesome trigger, 50 consistent shots per cartridge, awesome accuracy with RWS + cheaper pellets, have had no issue with pellets feeding from both magazines and it's backyard quiet. Only issue I have with it, it's not left handed, but being it's so light I can cycle the bolt with no problems while supporting it with my left hand. There's a big accuracy consistency using compressed air compared to Co2 and saving money by not having to buy Co2 cartridges is a big plus too. After the coyote season ended, I mounted and sighted in my Adder thermal scope on the Fusion2 and it's ready for those pesky Vermin day or night. Yes, I mounted a $2,500 thermal scope on a $130 rifle ! I've been using the air force hand pump if I don't have access to my friends compressor and have been looking into getting a small 12v/110v compressor like you have for awhile. How do you like the compressor Airedale ? Home Depot has a couple of small compressors for sale now and I'll probably go that route for ease of replacement if anything goes wrong. Your thread just might get me to finally order it ! SJC

Isn't Kathy Hochul the current NY Governor ? You claim your wife made her decision not to vote for Zeldin or vote at all based on the obvious lies about Zeldin's stance on Roe vs Wade that were paid for by the Democratic party and Kathy, the sole beneficiary of those lies.

Take her to a vet, as it could be a myriad of possibilities causing the issue. If your vet confirms that it's another UTI, there are food/drink supplements to give your dog to help curtail the UTI from happening again. Some dogs are prone to infections. Good luck.

Plenty of intelligent people were fooled by the lefts propaganda machine pulling on the feminine heart strings. Hochul was betting on that and won because of it.

The Dems were lying about the abortion issue to get votes, as it wasn't being overturned at all by the GOP. Your wife was misinformed and that's what Dems do best, as they have nothing to run on, which is evident in the way the country is up a creek without a paddle now.

I forgot to add and assumed that others would know that the parent case of the 20-250 is the 22-250. It's necked down in two stages. I've had good accuracy with first fully sized cases compared to fire formed cases. The bull barrel is 26"s long, has a 1-9 twist and is chambered for the long 55 gr Berger BTHP projo. The rifle weighs a ton, but that'll be addressed in the off season. The 55 gr is designed for long range shooting, not meant for the sub 100 yard shots I'm using it for. The first dog I heart shot at 75 yards dropped like a rock, with pass through. The dog I shot at 20 yards I hit in the shoulder and blew it's leg and chest to pieces, without pass through. I've had very good luck with the 40 gr V max in the 20 practical, but it won't hold up to the velocity potential of the 20-250, so I bought some tougher constructed 40 gr Nosler Ballistic tips that I'm told can be pushed to at least 4,500 fps. I'm happy with the 55's and have 500 of them, so I'll stick with them and mess with the 40's too. Hopefully I'll get to test it out past 200 yards on some chucks this summer.

I've used/tried a lot of rifle calibers during my 4+ decades of predator hunting. This is what I'm using in 2023. Because I like it and it works very well for me, the .243 has been my primary cartridge for most of my time predator hunting, only switching to a .20 caliber cartridge for use when hunting in caliber restricted areas of the state. Before I started hunting in those areas, the .22 hornet was my backup cartridge of choice. The 204 Ruger is available, but because I can, I wanted to build a wildcat .20 caliber chambered rifle. I decided to build a 20 practical, which is a .223 case necked down to 20 caliber. I was looking to mimic the 22 hornets speed and wanted to push a .20 cal 40 gr projo past 4,000 fps. The 20 practical was the easiest and cheapest way for me to accomplish that. Plenty of brass available and places to buy savage pre fit chambered barrels. In terms of forming/sizing brass and loading for a wildcat cartridge, this is as easy as it gets. One pass through the press to form the brass, load it and go to the range. No difference in performance from a first sized or fireformed piece of brass. I now prefer the 20 practical over the 22 hornet. In 2021, after buying and liking the .243 Savage Impulse Predator straight pull rifle, I wanted to build one in .20 practical. Only problem is that Savage has no .378" .223 rim size bolt head available for the Impulse rifle and there's no aftermarket support for it either. So my quest was to find an acceptable .20 cal cartridge with a .473" rim dia case to fit the Impulse bolt head. Late in 2022, I was informed about the 20-250 cartridge, which fit all of my requirements. I don't know how I didn't find out about the 20-250 cartridge before that during my research. .20 cal, .473" rim Dia, longer case to avoid magazine feeding issues with AI magazines, easy two step brass forming and loading. I found a barely used barrel that's too long and heavy, but I didn't have to wait 9 months to have one made. I'll get it shortened and maybe reprofiled after the 2023 season ends. One negative about the 20-250 cartridge, is barrel life. All small caliber bottleneck wiz bang rifle cartridges suffer from short barrel life. The 20-250 is supposed to have just over a 1k round lifespan shooting super hot 40 gr 4,500 fps loads. The way I look at it, it's my backup rifle and if I shoot it 50 times a year with mild 55 gr loads, this barrel should last me at least 30+ years. I don't know if I'm going to be around that long, so I bought some tough 40 gr projos and plan to shoot it like I stole it. The 20-250 is super accurate, drops coyote and is a great addition to my predator hunting cartridge line up. SJC

Two more down this weekend. I finally spilled some blood with the 20-250 Impulse. 35.5 lb Female. 49.7 lb well fed mangey male.

You can vote all you want, but it's not going to change a thing in leftist controlled NY state. When you have turncoats in the ranks like G Chaser, the fight is lost before it began. SJC

Well my quest to have all straight pull hunting rifles has come to fruition. The only rifle that wasn't straight pull, was my backup custom left handed 20 practical turn bolt savage predator rifle. That rifle will be collecting dust now, as I built a 20-250 Savage Impulse Predator rifle to take it's place. I sighted it in last weekend using 55 grn berger HP coyote death pills and it's ready to go. SJC

Mating season is on and even in 20 -30 mph winds, this 43.2 lb male couldn't resist the new female calls from MFK. https://youtu.be/gBDArn5_5l0

Semi auto that accepts detachable mags and has a threaded barrel is No No in NY. They need to make a tube fed for NY serfs.

Had something hit the bait piles last weekend after the storms, so although I was tired, I went out to see what might show up. Had one come in downwind and spotted it through the branches trying to sneak away through a flooded field. Took the shot and it ran a little before disappearing into the tall grass. Didn't see anything moving afterwards but deer, so I went home. 1/28 Dog

Coyote ends March 26th, so I'll be out there till the stroke of midnight on the 26th hunting coyote.

You make me sick. If you don't like the constitution as written, go try living in a communist country, where you won't have all of your money, houses and Freedom. NY and the other Blue run states will eventually fall and when they do, your ilk will be the useless idiots we've seen time and time again used by the liberal as cannon fodder, smiling all the way to the bitter end. The whole time saying "It was for safety, for the children." “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” ― Benjamin Franklin

Wasn't my camera and that occurred almost 15 years ago. I was told that a fellow I know upstate has a citidiot anti hunter neighbor with a den on their property. He hays their fields and is a 4H youth mentor. He's going to ask them if he can set up a couple of trail cameras on it this spring for educational purposes. Of course that den might not be in use if we kill all of the coyote hunting the farms around their property and I don't give a free pass to any coyote. SJC

I've been doing predator control for a couple of decades and have seen what an unchecked coyote population can do to an area's wildlife. They were pushed from the western states to the east coast 70 years ago. I used to think that they would become a normal part of the ecosystem and mother nature would control their numbers like she does with other animals, but coyote are survivors and can adapt where other animals perish. We put a trail camera on a coyote den and found out why the deer population was dwindling. Small pets around the area started disappearing and some thought it was devil worshipers, but what we found was that the coyote were at work doing what predators do, as after we cleaned out all the devil worshippers, the pets were still disappearing ! Mother nature needed a hand in controlling them, as left unchecked like any evasive species, they would've cleaned out every animal they could get their paws on and then probably die of mange or rabies, which is a painful death. So I've been hunting them and in the areas I hunt and do farm over watch in, I know it makes a difference. I've left out dead cow and legal picked up deer road kill for bait and have had nothing touch it for weeks in the areas I hunt. Of course that makes them gather in areas I don't have permission to hunt and all of a sudden I'm getting calls in those areas now. More and more people are getting tired of the growing coyote presence and their getting harassed more now a days, but I think the coyote will be around forever in NY state in good numbers as long as there's a coyote season and trapper numbers dwindle because of the declining fur prices. No one wants to wear dead animal fur anymore. SJC

No matter who's in office or power, the debt rises. What Irks me is that our elected officials in Albany gave themselves a raise to counter the debt and added that to our tax's. I was told 20 years ago by a very well known investor that America was past the point of no return already. When the politicians can give themselves a raise without the approval of the citizens, there's a problem. "The problem is not that people are taxed to little, the problem is that government spends to much." RR