Doc

Of course we are talking years ago (63 years to be exact), but I used to run a trapline in the morning before school, and I had no problem wearing my hunting knife and my hatchet on my belt inside the school, and nobody ever said anything about it. Nobody even gave it a second thought about any danger. Also, I took my hunter safety course in the bus garage with guns there on school property. Things sure have changed.

I have a Primos trigger bipod that I carry for still hunting. I rigged up a strap for carrying. It's a lot better than leaning my gun against a tree. Plus I've never been any good at shooting off-hand. I need the crutch.

I have a secret weapon that helps me out with scent control. Well, actually it really is not much of a secret anymore. The assist that I count on is in a little baggie that holds my collection of milkweed seeds. I've used them for years. They not only tell you where your wind is taking your scent at your stand, but they also float dozens of yards to tell you where your scent is going after it leaves your stand and gets redirected several times after it has gotten blown around by stray thermals and other ground features that can change what you think is the obvious wind direction. I find it a lot more useful to know exactly where your scent is going that to struggle and spend big bucks trying (in vain) to erase or cover it.

NYBH members seem to be really on the ball when they elect their officers. They seem to be super effective in pleading their case to the lawmakers.

I wear whatever is hanging on the hooks down in my basement and is appropriate for the weather for the day. I have not been obsessive about scent other than wind direction compared with how I expect the deer to come into range. The best defense involving scent is to try to make sure that your scent never gets to the trail, by paying very close attention to wind direction, including thermals.

Another good reason ( among many) to load your own ammo.

I guess I have a lifetime supply of aluminum arrows ......lol

I use aluminum arrows. They do still kill deer just as dead as any other arrow.

The world is a changing place, and our American culture has been changing right along with everything else. And hunting participation is yet another thing that is slowly moving out of existence. It is sad, but it is also getting very obvious. The actual numbers get all mucked up with the counting of licenses, and the tracking of total money spent on hunting supplies, but no one is out there assessing actual participation. As one who has been observing hunting activity for more years than I care to admit, I have taken note of how it was versus how it is, and that is the only indicator that I trust.

Has anyone ever heard of a crime being committed in the past century with a muzzleloader?

I don't know.....Look at all the extra steaks you get from that deer......Oh damn....that's sick!

Eddie- Apparently I am never going to catch up to you in age, so I'll just wish you a happy birthday too. We're close but you have got me beat........Ha-ha-ha-ha...

The beauty of this site is that none of this is forced on anybody. You have to go out of your way to access any of the posts here. You have to consciously click on this part of the site to be able to view any of it. Even the general site menu does not carry any mention of posts that appear in this section. So those who find this stuff offensive are actually going out of their way to be offended and they know it.

To be honest, I have nothing negative to say about what other people shoot or consider worthy of taking. I will be the first to congratulate someone who has taken a fawn as long as they are proud of that harvest. I think we spend way too much time and energy trying to shame hunters into taking deer that WE feel they should take. It is important to me that I do not discourage any hunter who is appreciative of the deer they have taken (regardless of size). Whether it is one that I would have taken or not is entirely irrelevant. I often wonder how many hunters we have lost because we thought it was our duty to make negative comments about the deer that THEY have chosen to take.

I have a serious question that may wind up with more than one answer: Are those wild geese really good tasting? I have heard mixed opinions. What are the pros and cons of the wild goose tastes?

We didn't have electric cars back then because the grid would never have handled the massive load........Oh wait that is today's situation isn't it? Maybe we still don't have the "Green Thing", but just think we do.

My son and his wife were visiting from out-of-state, and we were looking for something like that to go to. Too bad.

That's some mighty fine shooting!

I missed it. I would have liked to have gone. It looks interesting. I wish they would advertise these things better.

They don't really get into any detail, but the label for the product says: Sta-bil 360 Marine Ethanol treatment and stabilizer They have a bunch of different products and the Marine Sta-bil was what was recommended for me to use by someone. Of course I am not that much of a chemist, so I haven't got a clue whether I was being told the right scoop, but I can say that I have not had any carburetor issues since I have started using it for chain saws and weed-eaters and such. That wasn't the case before I started using it.

Does any of this nonsense impact the buying of ammo components and supplies?

Man, I hope this doesn't sound too stupid, but doesn't the Stabil additive take care of ethanol problems? I've been adding the marine grade Stabil for the past three years or so, and I have not had any carburetor or small engine problems since. I kind of thought I had solved the problem.

What a great playground. It kind of inspires me to add a few things to my own range.

Well.....looky there.....By golly they do exist!

I'll tell you one thing that is raising hob with my archery and gun shooting. It is pretty darn hard to settle that sight pin down on the bulls-eye when you have that constant whine of mosquito-wings in your ear, or mosquitos drilling into your hide. Its no better for gun shooting accuracy either. It seems that nearly every night there is a significant train, as well as rain through the day. Those skeeters just love all this great jungle climate and are having a breeding frenzy....Constantly. We don't even dry out anymore.