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New Progress!! STATUS: S3929 NOZZOLIO Same as A 5574 Kolb Environmental Conservation Law TITLE....Authorizes hunting in the county of Ontario until October 1, 2015 02/27/13 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 03/12/13 1ST REPORT CAL.184 03/13/13 2ND REPORT CAL. 03/14/13 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 04/23/13 PASSED SENATE 04/23/13 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY 04/24/13 referred to environmental conservation 06/19/13 substituted for a5574 06/19/13 ordered to third reading rules cal.422 06/19/13 passed assembly 06/19/13 returned to senate

I watched one this morning down by the barn. He was heading for the garden. I'll probably find him laying on the lower strand of the electric fence. I have one strand that is about 3" off the ground for the little critters. it works great for saving the garden. The top strand and the welded wire fencing keeps the deer and other things out. Unfortunately, the smaller creatures find that lower strand lethal.

This is going to be a good year for all fruit and nuts. I have a peach tree that may need some early thinning just to keep it from destroying itself. I am getting my first crop of apples off my trees and it looks like there will be a lot of them. By the way, not only was the blossoming conditions perfect, we also did not have our usual plague of gypsy moths, tent caterpillars and Japanese beetles. I'm not sure what happened to all those, but I have not seen even one this year.

Yes, I remember when commercial tree stands were not even thought of. Most of us went to the woods with boards, hammer and nails and built structures in the trees. But apparently there were others out there that had some different ideas about how to provide a high place to ambush deer. This is the first time I have ever seen this one though .... lol.

When you have reached an age where you can look back at a pile of years and see all the changes that have taken place, this topic takes on an added sense of reality. We may think we are becoming very progressive and enlightened and evolved, but that little fat pig, Khrushchev had a pretty good insight into the future of the U.S. The realities of his words are becoming clearer and clearer with each decade as we move closer and closer to the style of government that he represented and we fought against .

I guess I have a different attitude about hunting than most do. I do not compare my deer takes to those on TV. I do not look at the ridiculous freaks being raised on deer farms and think "boy, I wish I could get one of those goofy looking things some day". I have a very good idea of the quality of the deer in my area, and I use that to decide how well I have done. I do not spend a lot of time scheming to get some NYS record that doesn't even exist in my area. I do not plot how to add frustrating restrictions on to everyone's hunting just to make it easier to get some deer that come up to some meaningless score. What is that all about anyway? I don't spend a whole lot of time belittleing the accomplishments of others or in anyway trying to force my standards on other hunters. I just hunt and try to take the best that my area and habitat and deer numbers have to offer. Yes, it is a lot more laid-back fashion of hunting, and most likely allows me to enjoy my hunting a lot more without being all up-tight about what I expect I should get. No unrealistic expectations or undue pressure on those hunters around me, and no visions of new ways to frustrate fellow hunters right out of the activity ..... no schemes to "grow" my own trophies .... no desires to hoard any of the local deer herd. I simply go hunting and enjoy myself in the pastime. To me that seems to be the entire purpose of the activity, and I guess I will leave it up to others to fret and stew over how to obtain the kind of deer that they see on TV. That is all fine with me as long as they leave my hunting alone.

I've got it on my DVR and will be watching it tonight.

Different things work for different people, and that's why there are multiple sighting designs available on the market. Frankly, I enjoy the idea of magnification. It supplies a confidence factor if nothing else. And when those crosshairs are centered in the view and laying over the kill area, there is no question about wher the bullet is going to go (if you have done the proper practicing on the range). There is one thing that can be a bit of a problem. Too much magnification when shooting off-hand, can be a bit un-nerving in the exaggerated movement from the optics. That can be especially a problem when you have just gone through any kind of strenuous exercise like climbing a steep hill. The fact is that I don't shoot "off-hand" completely any more. I always get to a tree or some other kind of steady rest. And when I am in a ground stand, I always make sure there are plenty of gun-rests available in all directions. I really don't want to see those crosshairs dancing around the critter. Of course it can be argued that the scope allows you to see the movements that are taking place where it may not be all that apparent with open sights but still happening anyway.

Drying explosives in his oven ...... in his oven. What kind of jerk is this? This weirdo isn't that many valleys away from me. So if anybody thinks that it is only big cities that spawn these kinds of freaks, I guess this kind of dispells that thought. They are everywhere!

By golly he is. Ma may be a bit dense and oblivious as to what is going on in the area, but the fawn has it all figured out .... lol. Boy, I wish the adults would have all those neat "aiming spots" on them.

Lol .... It's in the timing. I thought I was in big trouble when I couldn't get my roto-tiller running earlier in the season. I watched a whole lot of great planting days go by. So after a lot of hand-wringing and whining, I finally paid a guy to come in and till up the garden while my tiller was being fixed. That same day we raked and planted the whole thing. What a long day that was. Anyway, all this happened long before the monsoons came, and everything was germinated and up and growing before the 40 days and 40 nights of rain. Everything is now prospering even with the dark dank cool days. While we all sit around risking "jungle rot" from the constant wet, the plants keep getting bigger and bigger. Incidentally, we are now suffering from a new weed. Wild potatoes are sprouting up all over the garden. Apparently we didn't get all of them last fall, and the roto-tiller chopped them up into nice seed-potato chunks and they are up about 8-12 inches all over the garden. I also had exactly the same problem with horse radish plants. What we found out was that you can get a lifetime supply of horseradish in just one season. So I decided to till it under last year. All I succeeded in doing was to spread little chunks of it everywhere and each chunk became a new plant. Now I am going after it with concentrated round-up. That seems to be working. But I will never put that stuff in the garden again. If I ever get the urge to plant it again, it will be way far away from the garden and probably way down by the pond.

I've had similar feelings right from the start. This is not all that unusual for people to get all fired up for short periods of time and then the isues simply fade over time and get replaced by our day-to-day activities and apathy. Politicians are aware of this and have come to count on this kind of reaction. Gunners have whipped up all the legislative attention that they are going to, and have already moved on to their other daily activities. Our only hope is the legal challenges. As far as starting a grass-roots effort to create a new law that rescinds the SAFE act, it is obvious now that that isn't going to happen. So all the rallies and demonstrations serve little purpose other than to highlight the fact that legislators can do as they damn-well please and the irate public has absolutely nothing they can do about it...... not a real good message to be sending them. Look for further embolded politicians to pile on more midnight surprises in the future. This has so far been a total win for anti-gun politicians and their backers and is exposing the weaknesses of the disorganized gun owners. It also serves as a shining example to other states as to how to defeat the gunowners without any consequences.

This is about as good of a chance of it passing as we are likely to see. It's a funny thing that we actually had the thing through the system with Patterson holding the pen over the bill, ready to sign when he was requested to veto it because the wording didn't limit the rifle legality to only those areas south of routes 5 & 20. Somebody screwed up the wording. The really weird thing is that this bill is for all of Ontario County and it's not even an issue now. It may help to expedite things a bit if you were to ask your Assemblyman if there is anything that can be done to get this bill out of committee to the floor for a vote. At least he may offer some insight as to what the hold-up is. Brian Kolb LOB 933 Albany, NY 12248 Phone: (518) 455-3751

Lol .... or those that have just bought a new rifle and now can't find any ammo to shoot through it. I think we all thought it was inconceivable that we would see a time when you couldn't buy any kind of ammo whenever you needed. Just like no one could believe that Cuomo could get away with his over-nite assault on the 2nd Amendment, this ammo shortage came on so quick that few could react to it. So now what looked like a reasonable supply that could be replentished at any time is now starting to diminish and maybe not be able to be replaced this time. So yeah, there is a bit of a panic. Even those who have a pretty reasonable stock laid in are questioning whether it will be enough given that the supplies have so completely dried up. To make matters even worse, this shortage seems to be self-inflicted ..... on gunners - by gunners. And then, on top of that there are fellow gun-owners making profits off the misfortune of others and sustaining the shortages with their "scalping" techniques. Yeah, I think there is plenty of reason to be a bit angry about the situation. I don't remember anyone warning of ammo shortages of this scale (or any scale), and I think most people simply got blind-sided. It's not their fault that they didn't have a crystal ball.

Are those doves or pigeons. The doves that I was thinking about are mourning doves and they are brown and considerably smaller (more slender) than pidgeons. As a kid I used to hunt pigeons up in the hay loft of the barn with my home made bow and arrows. I used to get quite a few and ate them all. But as far as I know, pigeons have always been legal to hunt.

A scope is not required equipment but I definitely do not use any big-game gun (shotgun or rifle) without one as long as I have the option. I do not take running shots or anything else where quick aquisition of the target is essential. I have a peep sight (deadly...lol) on my .22 and the rest of my guns are scoped. Love the precision of those crosshairs and the magnification.

Probably the most important thing to remember is that archery is a game of consistancy. That would be consistancy of every aspect of shooting form and every aspect of equipment.

Erect a very tiny sign along the length of he gap that says, "DANGER SNAKE CROSSING". I couldn't help myself. I just came from that thread about snakes .... lol.

I spend a fair amount of time bench-rest shooting at targets. So my stock requirements may make some think that I am hoarding ammo components. In reality, I go through a lot of ammo, and therefore need a lot of ammo. And I know a lot of people that shoot way more than I do. I have no problem with people who buy large quantities because that is what they always have done and because they intend to use it all. The ones that I have a problem with are those who buy up way more than they will ever use, and of course I have a real big problem with those that buy up gobs of ammo for the sole purpose of ripping off other gunners with exhorbitant re-selling prices and I really do hope that they get their hoarded ammo shoved right up their ........

The best way is to flex the arrow and vigorously rub your hand back and forth along the shaft with a pretty tight grip. If your hand winds up bleeding and full of splinters, the arrow is no good ........ Just kidding!

Yeah, that is definitely the more common situation that field tipped arrows fly better than almost any broadhead. That's the reason that expanding broadheads were invented. If the broadheads are flying better than arrows with field tips, that is usually due to two or more "wrongs" actually making the arrow hit where you want it ...... sometimes. Certain mis-tuned features of the arrow or the bow or shooting form can actually give the impression that broadheads are flying better than field tips, but the fact is that neither is really flying properly....lol.

I have to add myself to those that are saying to let a qualified guy at a good bow-shop determine your actual draw length and perform other modifications to your bow until you have enough experience to perform those activities yourself. watch what he does and ask questions so you understand the process. Having a draw length that fits your body proportions is probably one of the most important things as far as being properly equipped and is undoubtedly the one thing that most people get wrong. Do not Guess! Draw length is a function of body size and should not be modified to obtain anything other than proper fit. Read up on proper shooting form (there are jillions of books and articles on the subject). Find a good repeatable and comfortable anchor point. Then head on in to your trusted pro-shop to have your draw length measured using your best form and that anchor point and with any radical changes in draw weight already made (yes draw weight can effect draw length if you are not used to it). The pro should be able to answer any questions relative to arrow spine.

Chances are pretty good that since he's living around (under) your front step, he just may find a way inside. How do you feel about him going for the nice warm body heat in your bed .... lol. Just something to think about tonight. Another nice thought is that this happy slithering house-mate may be looking for a nice place to lay eggs and raise a nice pile of baby snakes. But anyway by way of answering your original question, I am pretty sure that that kind of snake is a disgusting slithering "yuck" snake. The day before yesterday, I came across a 5' black snake that was heading into my barn. He was laying right out in the open but I still didn't see him intil I was right next to him. Naturally, I screamed like a little girl .... lol. After I calmed down a bit, we both went on our own separate ways. The black snake is the only one that I actually like to see around, I just don't like almost stepping on them.

There is a law coming our way that will require background checks prior to ammunition sales .... right? That may put an end to these wild-catters reselling ammo when they don't have the capability of performing back-ground checks. Could be that a lot of these guys will get stuck with a lot of ammo that they cannot sell without resorting to illegal black-market methods.

Many of the recent "rifle" counties are still relatively new. I have to believe that many hunters in those areas may not yet have actually ditched their prize shotgun and went out to spend the big-bucks for a new deer rifle. So, we may not have actually seen any meaningful numbers regarding how rifles have impacted hunting safety in these more population dense areas. In fact even at it's worse, hunting fatalities in NYS have been on the decline, so there won't be a whole lot of data points available for any meaningful comparative stats until quite a few years go by. I am not going to make any predictions. There are logical pros and cons regarding the wide-spread use of rifles in deer season, and it will take a long time before the point is made one way or the other. Regarding deer poaching in these new rifle counties, I see no logical reason that anything new will be happening. My thought is that if someone is going to take an illegal deer illegally, they probably are not one to worry whether they are using a legal weapon or not. If poachers want to use rifles instead of shotguns, they probably are already doing so with or without a rifle bill being passed. My take on the whole issue is to try it out and let's see what really happens rather than trying to guess. Many of these rifle laws have a sunset clause attached that will be addressed after the law has been in effect for a year. That is the case with the Ontario County version. I doubt that 1 year is an adequate test that will yield any meaningful stats, but I am certain that at anytime it can be proven that rifles are a problem, there are plenty of people who will happily offer up legislation that will reverse the new law. Lets check it out and see what happens.