Versatile_Hunter
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6 hours ago, Nytracker said:
I don't spend near as much time small game hunting as I use to . Erwin state forest did a bunch of logging a few years back. Big patches of clear cutting . I was in there hunting the edges with a pistol and bumped quite a few grouse. Looked to me like it was 2 year old clear cut so I would imagine its prime . Problem for me was they took out my favorite grove of hickory nut trees and I was there hunting squirrel.
If it's only 2 years old it's gonna get much better
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Looks like a great day! Do you guide? (Your site seems to be down)
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5 hours ago, suburbanfarmer said:
Doesnt matter whether its the locals or the ones migrating. The same rules/limit apply
5 hours ago, DoubleDose said:I don't duck/goose hunt, so curious to know how you tell the difference between Canada geese from "up north" versus the ones that live on LI year round?
The local birds wised up in September. The migrating birds come in to decoys.
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4 hours ago, left field said:
Nothing will make you feel smaller than the "well, you blew that cast" from a flats boat guide who just spent 45 minutes trying to find you a fish.
My flats guide meticulously took me over some tricky water to drift a live crab over a coral head that often holds mutton snapper. Having completely missed the timing to get a good drift over it, the guide urged me to "just flip it in there" in a futile attempt to salvage the effort. I proceeded to instead bomb it 50 ft past the target and smashing the crab on the surface of the water. I managed to spook every fish in the area and kill the crab. Man, and I was doing so well prior to that. Yeah, and this was with spinning gear.
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3 hours ago, knehrke said:
I am a huge fan of Ross Reels, and the Evolution R Salt is their hallmark saltwater model. I've also fished with a Nautilus and been extremely pleased. We are headed to Belize in March - I'm building a new stick on a CTS blank, thinking about putting a new reel on it, but not sure I can justify the cost for what amounts to a yearly destination trip.
I will mention that a nine weight is awfully big for bonefish. Permit and tarpon, yes, but if I had to choose a single, do-all blank, I'd go with an eight. Of course, if I had to choose two, I'd go 7 & 9. So there's your unsolicited advice, worth every penny you paid. Oh, and practice, practice, practice. Saltwater casting isn't anything like fishing around here. I've been guilty of spending thousands on a trip, only to look like, "an old woman swatting a bee with a broomstick" in Patrick McManus's words.
I liked the 9wt option as an all-purpose flats rod that could handle permit and juvenile tarpon (with cudas and crevalles thrown in there) but also cut through wind when going after bones. Since I also wanted a streamer rod, I ended up putting together saltwater compatible 7wt and 9wt setups. I liked the Mirage LT more than the heavier Mirage and with 8lbs of drag and negligible startup inertia I figured it would suffice for any 7wt saltwater application.
This is what I purchased:
7wt: Orvis Clearwater rod + Mirage LT IV
9wt: Lamson Cobalt rod + Danielsson L5W 8twelveThese seem to be solid midrange products. I really liked the Nautilus reels, especially given that they're built in my hometown. I'll wait until my casting and general flyfishing ability justifies the higher end stuff.
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15 minutes ago, Northcountryman said:
1 problem with your assessment of his criticism of said “ behavior”: Grouse os a Republican who supports policies promulgated by Conservatives . These policies will not destroy the country as per the additional criteria put forth in his post ; the Dems policies , however , will and are currently
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Nah, his posts don’t suggest a thoughtful, level-headed conservative. Endless copy/pastes of conspiracy theories suggest an isolated and fearful far right radical. The GOP seems to want to escape from the stranglehold that these nut jobs have on the party. It’s odd to see you double down on them.
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1 hour ago, Northcountryman said:
A serious query? Of course not- cuz you called Herschel Walker aTurd!! Just to clarify something , I , personally , don’t have a problem with what you said ; I’m merely employing a tactic often used by your side to silence the opposition when there are disagreements . I find your comments to be crude, superficial and obtuse , but nothing more . May I ask why Herschel Walker is a turd ? Is Warnock NOT a turd? I’ll bet his ex girlfriend thinks he is !!!! Lol
Man, is this really what it’s come down to? Herschel is the hill you choose to die on? Even Qanon supporter, lizard people believer, Marjorie is more fit for the job than he is. But the fact that these two are even in the conversation really goes to show that the GOP is in need of some serious soul searching.
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11 minutes ago, First-light said:
Headed out in a few. I have a planted pine area to check and a swampy bedding area also. The more and more I watch the shot in my mind it hit exactly where I said. I know I must of hit the opposite shoulder because it made a pretty good sound. The angle and distance just says I hit something vital. You guys are right high entrance hole and no exit makes for a tough time. I'll report back when finished, don't know when that will be.
Any dog tracking services around you? If you end up going that route you’ll want to avoid contaminating the track.
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12 minutes ago, Northcountryman said:
This is exactly why the rest of upstate needs to -and has needed to-break away from that cesspool. Simply put, their values are radically different from our own; otherwise, we will never get a fair shake until this is done.
It’s tough when your side loses. Feel your feels today and then move on. Get out there and enjoy the deer movement. Take solace in the fact that global issues such as a pandemic or inflation aren’t actually caused by the administration in power, no matter what the ads or memes say. Look for the similarities that bind in your fellow men, not differences that divide. Also, election denier, anti-Roe, Trump loyalist Zeldin never stood a chance. As your homeboy McConnell said, the GOP is in low supply of quality candidates. You can help fix that in the next primaries.
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3 hours ago, phade said:
I’m surprised you think that you shouldn’t push a deer in any scenario. Might be good to look into it.
I wouldn’t say any. If I feel I need a quick follow up shot (typically rifle) I will follow immediately.
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Just now, phade said:
There are most definitely times to push a hit deer.
You better be damn sure you hit that deer where you think you did.
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20 minutes ago, wolc123 said:
I don’t see any advantage in waiting, with that shot location, especially if there is a fixed broadhead still in him. If you can get on a blood trail, and keep pushing him, it could keep cutting. If you wait, it could clot up and make recovery tougher.
If you recovered the broadhead already, or if it was a mechanical, then a wait would be ok, but I still don’t see where it would help much.
Is this a joke? I’ve never heard anyone suggest to intentionally push a dying deer. They can run a long way before death, making finding it much harder or impossible.
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Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Kathy Hochul, and Hilary Clinton held a rally right outside my work building last night! I was in the middle of experiments so sadly I couldn’t make it. A couple of friends did, check it out. Zeldin doesn’t stand a chance.
Heading out to Missouri today to deer hunt. Absentee ballot submitted.
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5 hours ago, Grouse said:
Listen lefty, when someone posts stupidity on here, be it you or your leftist friends, someone has to respond so the majority of readers get the opposite information to weigh their opinions on the matter.
Your narcissism and inflated ego makes you think I'm responding to you, when I'm merely filling in the holes for everyone else.
I'll bet you spend so much time online now because you have learned you can't act that way in public without getting your head handed to you.
Wow, talk about a triggered snowflake…
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3 hours ago, Northcountryman said:
Dont I always? And, more importantly, do you always?
I wasn’t the one concerned with overt aggression
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12 minutes ago, 9jNYstarkOH said:
Fear mongers on all channels. But to msnbc politics scare tactic.
If you’d like a rec on presidential historians, you can’t go wrong with John Dickerson. He’s the man but maybe too moderate for you. Enjoy
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4 hours ago, BizCT said:
My friend wanted it but he’s leaving for Italy tomorrow so I didn’t shoot. Maybe next time.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProBummer
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23 minutes ago, Grouse said:
Do a side by side comparison of Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden. Anyone want to bet which one comes out as a criminal.
If anybody would be empathetic and supportive of someone struggling with a substance use disorder I'd think it would be you.
But yeah, Hunter isn't part of the administration so if there's actually something there it's immaterial to the political conversation. Let the judiciary take of it.
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26 minutes ago, Versatile_Hunter said:
I was doubting your JD degree, not the Trump victory accommodations. I don't need proof but it sounds like this would make for a fun show and tell...
Btw, I meant this favorably. I'm not getting enough of an insurable whiff from you to suggest lawyer. But hey, as Trump says, "and some, I assume, are good people."
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1 minute ago, Otto said:
Did they plant something else? One big field is corn, and the other is alfalfa. Both bring deer in practically every night. Even many weeks after the corn is picked and it seems like nothing is left in the field, deer are out there.
There was hay this year
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6 minutes ago, Otto said:
The corn fields where I hunt a finally being picked today. I imagine they will follow up with injected manure. Every time time they do that, I never see anything in the fields for weeks.
Corn is amazing at bringing in wildlife. Security cover and food. I have a cam on an apple tree in a hedgerow facing a corn field last year. Non-stop action. Bears, bobcats, turkeys, endless deer with a couple of mature studs. No corn this year. Thought the apple tree would bring them in but it has for the most part been dormant.
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46 minutes ago, BizCT said:
January season too for private but I’m on public. The 2 hens still here tearing up leaves. Been over an hour.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProTake one and I'll show you how to cook it.
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3 minutes ago, BizCT said:
He posts Hunting and fishing stuff. Lots of stuff about his kids. I’m not aware of him ever getting in trouble. I know a lot of people who have run into him at restaurants in Catskills and said he’s seems nice. Not sure why you he’s a bad guy? Idk him personally either.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProNepotism? look it up
Drahthaar - Dutch - Finding him a great home
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Perhaps one of the local VDD-GNA or NAVHDA chapters can help find a new home for Dutch. They have Facebook pages where you should be able to post this. If you haven’t been involved with them before and can’t find them online, let me know and I’ll provide you with contact info. Folks in the versatile hunting dog training community will have experience with high drive hunting dogs and may be better suited to handling a large dog with aggression problems than a generic bird dog rescue group. Same goes for the dog’s breeder.