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Can anybody tell me any advantages of having rifles buried in the back yard or boarded up in the framework of a wall? What is gained by owning a gun that you cannot use without fear of being arrested?

Could have been worse. It could have been a picture of a pile of skinned coyote carcasses.....lol. Now that would be gross. I have seen a pile of skinned muskrats, possums, coons and foxes. It wasn't fun to look at, but that's all part of the process. Still probably no real good reason to take pictures and post on the internet.

We can't even get gun owners to the polls. What makes anyone think we could successfully organize any sort of revolution? I'm thinking that authorities would love to have us commit felonies so they could confiscate all of our weapons (no firearms allowed for convicted felons). But don't be counting on an army of Rambos to come charging to your defense. It all looks good at the movies but reality is quite a different matter.

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Looks like one of those "critter magnet areas" where all kinds of animals just like to travel through. Not always any explanation for what the big draw is for these places, but there are certain spots that just seem to be consistent pathways for just about every creature in the area.

I think that one was shot by the little guy. See how he is trying to cover up the antler area with his arm ....

Makes me think that we have a long ways to go before we really are dressed for hunting in style.

Interesting version of what someone wishes a president of the future would say to congress.

Only one problem ..... The Cuomo jokes are not really jokes. But yes, perhaps we should show the class that's lacking in the anti gunners who blatantly and shamelessly exploit these kinds if events to push their agendas

The unwritten rule used to be that lesser weapons could be used in the seasons of the more effective weapons, but not the other way around. It looks like that rule of thumb or that kind of thinking no longer applies.

Please do not attribute thoughts to me that I have never said. You know and you knew before you started composing your reply that I never said, hinted or implied that this is the first time gun owners have been split. I know your inappropriate paraphrasing of my comments is only a misleading attempt to escape what I said, and has absolutely no bearing on anything that I said. So if you are going to run away from my comments, I only ask that you stop misrepresenting what I have said. It's a very transparent and dishonest way to debate.

I would take the time and effort to trailer the thing back and forth. When local scum-bags realize that properties are left unattended for long periods of time, they take advantage of raiding such places at their leisure. They have the time to work around any inconveniences if the take is worth the effort. These thefts are not committed as simply a casual, spur-of-the-moment, target of opportunity. They are usually planned out such that they can come in with the appropriate tools. When it comes to something expensive, it would be worth the effort to consider it as one of the supplies that have to be taken along and returned home when the trip is over. Another thing to remember is that these guys can get pretty vindictive when anti-theft measures are employed, and can leave your ATV behind in a trashed condition. That intentional vandalism can extend to other items on your property.

Anyone have any idea where the assumption came from that the 2nd amendment is all about hunting, or even has anything at all to do with hunting? How did that notion even get started? The fact is that there is no constitutional guarantees that have anything to do with hunting ..... but there are for gun ownership. So hunting really doesn't even have a place in this discussion. The point is that it is useful to the antis (and certain misguided individuals supposedly among our own ranks) to categorize firearms usage and create rifts among gun owners in a sort of "divide and conquer" maneuver. It appears that with some individuals, it is working well.

I saw a bit of scratching the other day when I went up the hill, but haven't heard anything yet. Of course we aren't exactly a hotbed of turkey population where I am. Should go out in the evening and try a few owl hoots and see what happens.

I stand corrected. I didn't really think of it that way. Well anyway boys and girls, that is your English lesson for today .... lol.

"The Justice Department has requested $382.1 million in increased spending for its fiscal year 2014 budget for "gun safety." " You know what that means? ..... They will be using our own tax money to come up with more ways to implement new harassment techniques to destroy our own rights. Isn't it wonderful?

Not to be too picky, but just for clarity, but the phrase is not "a mute point", but rather "a moot point. Not trying to be the grammar police, but just pointing out a common misuse of words. Might as well have something useful come out of this worthless thread. There, now I have done my good deed for the day .... lol.

Generally speaking, I am resigned to losing anything that I leave on state land. I have past experiences that have made this rule a necessary assumption. However, that rule does have exceptions. I have gotten away with setting out cameras in extremely dense areas where I have been able to completely hide the camera in a tree in an spot that was well above the normal line of sight. The tree was a very thick and gnarly old apple tree that was in an area where anyone walking through would normally be forced to walk stooped over, ducking and dodging wild rose and other thorny plants and trees. I have also had luck hiding cameras on the ground, again in places where they are not exactly in the line of normal sight. There is absolutely no way that I would simply strap any camera (cheap or expensive) to a tree in an open woods or field edge. For one thing, that attaching strap sticks out like a sore thumb. It just looks out of place and quickly catches anyone's attention that is walking by. No matter what you do, you are running a huge risk of having the camera stolen, but you can do things to make it not very easy for the filthy, stinking thieves that walk among us.

The point you are missing is that the "guys in the chairs" are the antis. That is something that maybe we could change if guys like you weren't so eager to side with them. Those "guys in the chairs" are only interested in one thing and that is votes. And if we show them a disorganized voting block with gun hunters picking and choosing which guns they are willing to sacrifice, while the antis show them total dedication, and resolve, guess who they listen to and cater to. We can't seem to get past this idea of protecting only those guns that we have in our closet. We never will stop this anti-gun activity as long as we are only interested in looking out for number one all the time. Some guys just can't understand that, or don't want the inconvenience of understanding that.

There really is no end to the accommodations that we can propose is there? If these are the kinds of problems you are trying to eliminate, just do away with all special seasons and hand them a gun..... end of problem!

I said it works quite well, I didn't say it was perfect. And certainly there are improvements needed as I noted in the previous reply. But you don't put out a match with a firehose. A lot of mistaken people have tried that approach over the years and most have resulted in absolute disaster. Certainly we should learn a little bit from history. It is funny to hear people say that since the DEC can't do the job, we should add some more even more difficult management responsibilities to their plate. What sense does that make?

That is not the way of the world right now. There is a love affair that almost approaches a religious level when it comes to technology. A gadget or gizmo is only good until the next one comes out. Hunting is merely a question of what implement can produce the best results, in the shortest time, with the least amount of effort. A modern hunting style that was created for the sake of challenge is now looked down on as a waste of good deer harvest opportunities that is too limited by the very tool that the season was created for. You may not like it, but it is a mentality that you have to accept and live with, and is not going to go away. You would probably be shocked to look into the future and see where all this will eventually lead us.

Whether you are talking bugs or deer, introducing predators usually turns out to be a very bad idea with all kinds of unintended consequences. Now you have another species that you have to manage for controlling the original target species. Personally, I do not have that much faith in the DEC to keep yet another species in check. Also, when you are talking wolves, you become subject to the "big fuzzy doggy" mentality that eventually takes their management out of the hands of the DEC and puts it into the hands of the bunny-huggers. We have a system for deer population control that works rather well .... the permit system. Perhaps rather than throwing out the baby with the bathwater, we need to perfect the system we got and have the DEC emphasize a better understanding of local herd sizes. If you don't believe they have the ability to do that, why would anyone think they could handle the management of yet another predator species?

10 years of beating the hell out of it every winter and it still loves shoving that snow around. I thought about getting an old pick-up truck with a plow, but you can't beat the maneuverability of an ATV. I can put snow in places a truck cannot even go. You do have to bundle up because you are exposed to the elements, unlike a truck. I have been forced to go out there in below zero weather with high winds, and that wasn't a lot of fun. Also, when you are down doing the road front, it kind of sucks when the town plow comes blowing by and buried you under a wall of sloppy, salty, snow .... lol. I've had that happen a couple times. As far as power, I have never even made the thing grunt yet. In fact years ago, I used to plow with a two wheel drive Yamaha 285 cc and never ran out of power. I did have occasional traction problems with that one, but things had to be pretty ugly to give me any problems. The only complaint that I have is that I cheaped out on the plow lift system. Instead of going with a winch driven plow lift, I went with the manual. When you get into sopping wet snow like in the picture, the plow will not shed the snow all that well and I wind up lifting the plow and a ton of snow. That can get real ugly, real quick. That kind of takes all the fun out of it.