Doc

I hear they taste like chicken.

They're probably afraid of her.

The good news about this is that such goofy stances of these wackos keeps them in a position of shooting themselves in the foot with way-over-the-edge stunts like this. They constantly put themselves at a credibility disadvantage with these looney activities ....... fortunately for us. It's amazing that even with these kinds of crazy extreme positions, they still manage to gain ever increasing traction with the public over time. Imagine what they would do if they actually started worrying about public image.

I have to admit that in areas with bobcats being as scarce as they are around me, I wouldn't be in favor of legalizing harvest either.

He sure has no intention of backing down from the dog .... lol. So how do you get the rabbit from him without losing a chunk of meat from your hand?

Yeah, the problem I have is that there may be no warning that a flood is about to happen. Our creek/swamp can raise up a good foot or two overnight if we get heavy enough rains. So, I was just looking for a little insurance. So I was looking for something that is light and portable so that I could use one at every set-up that might flood. I could probably lash together some logs with wire or something right on the spot, but if I want to move it a couple hundred yards, I don't want it to become a major project. Anyway, I am still at the preliminary designing stage .... lol. By the way, the only situation where I think this would work is where there is very little current during a flood. If there is too strong a current, I suspect that it would pull everything under even if there are float features incorporated. Fortunately, that is exactly the situation where I will be photographing. Because of the swamp serving as a reservoir, the water just comes up and goes back down. No roaring current. Another thing that might make it all not work would be an ice-out condition. Nothing will withstand some big slab of ice coming through .....lol.

More great pics!

These are a couple of twists on the "shooting distance law" that kind of filtered into my twisted mind .... lol, but on a more practical note, I must say that I sincerely doubt that details in the written law that covers these scenarios exist. That means that we are open to the interpretations and attitudes of law enforcement officers, and judges who may interpret these things in any way that they feel like at the time. Not a real cool situation for someone practicing at home that may have some of these questionable situations or even others.

Has anyone figured out a good artsy-fartsy way of mounting and displaying sheds for display?

That's kind of on the order of what I had in mind. I'm a bit concerned about using trees as an anchor though. There has been a lot of recent beaver work over there ..... lol. I am envisioning checking the cameras and finding just a stump and a few wood chips and no camera. That would be a bit irritating...lol. I'm thinking of staking it all down with some heavy wire. I am thinking now that I might use painted styrofoam for flotation. I was going to use some 3" PVC pipe (or larger) capped off to make mini-pontoons but today I went to Lowes and looked closer at that stuff and it has very thick walls and weighs a ton. I was surprised. Hopefully this would all just be a safety design since the whole thing would be set high and dry on the bank. but sometimes we get some rather sudden rises in water level so I'm just trying to be safe. I want the pictures to be at ground lever and not up in a tree looking down.

Ok ...... let's try these out just to be a wise-guy .....lol. Scenario #1: I am standing in my garage shooting my bow at a butt that is less than 500 feet (perhaps even within a few feet) from a neighbors house. Am I legal? I fired from inside my own building (which I guess we have determined is legal), but the arrow winds up within the illegal zone around my neighbors house. Scenario #2: How about if my garage is within 500 feet of the neighbors house and I am practicing inside my garage. I have just shot my bow within 500' of the neighbors house but everything was contained within my own building. Did I break the law?

I have seen several designs of deer-proof fencing. That's probably what they use.

I'm going to start doodling around and trying to design a lightweight, compact, floatable camera mount. I want a camera mount that is close to the ground For the little critters (like muskrats, mink, beavers, coon, etc.), and will go up with the water level if flooding occurs. So, I got this idea for a small camera mount that I will set up along the creek bank, or along some of the beaver channels, and design in some form of mini-pontoon system that can be staked down with a length of cable so that if the water rises up a couple of feet above ground level (which happens often during sudden snow run-off conditions or big flooding thunderstorms), the whole thing will just rise along with the water without drowning the camera. I'm thinking something small and light and maybe even collapsible. We never get a whole lot of current, so that's not a concern. The water level just goes up and down unexpectedly at times. I'll see if there is anything I can conjure up.

I really do love these pictures. It all brings back great memories of my days as a kid trapping muskrats. And I've got to say that is one heck of a camera you have there. It does a great job.

I guess I can't really swear that there is any bait there that an owl would be interested in. As far as I know they are not attracted to minerals and such. I will say that there appears to be some kind of junk in the picture that doesn't look too natural but I have no idea what it is. However, just looking at the two pictures and considering the composition and coloration of each, there is no question that the artistic quality of the heron picture is much greater. Also, the addition of the fish does add interest to the whole picture. I have to agree that you should have won the contest. Maybe it was the "owl-guy's" uncle that was doing the judging ..... lol.

Most of what you are saying here I totally agree with. However, this idea of spending 8 forum pages bashing some 16 year old kid is something that doesn't sit too well with me (whether I open the thread or not). I have to wonder what kind of mentality gets a kick out of doing something like that. I suspect that he got the message after the first couple of pages? Anything beyond that is simply mean-spirited piling-on. This kind of stuff between adults is one thing, but I really don't like seeing kids treated this way. And not opening the thread doesn't really change any of that.

So I wonder how they keep the deer from eating all their stuff up ...... lol.

Maybe that's not really a night picture, but just a condition of the shadows that set off the flash. Look at the upper left corner. Those trees or bushes seem to indicate daylight. I kind of wondered about that too because I have always understood that they were a "daytime" bird. At any rate, it is one heck of a picture.

I wonder if the quote wasn't lifted out of context. Frankly I think the wording of that little clip was intended to show the hypocracy of the animal rights bunch..... and it does a very good job of that.

Actually I think it evolved into a very interesting and instructive thread. We often mistakenly feel that we hunters and gun owners form a united front against those that would harrass or deprive us of our 2nd amendment rights. This thread has straightened out that misconception and points out the actual real possibilities of the original premise of the topic and where that threat is surprisingly likely to come from.

If you expect to be needing it a lot, $600 isn't all that bad. You might even be able to find something used for even less.

I guess that's pretty closely related to the L-50 that I just bought for just a bit more money. They have come along way with the quality for the money.

Look, I have decades of seeing the reasoning behind someone who would use such terminology. I have watched the Brady bunch and the Schumers and the Boxers and all the other zealots that would call gun owners the "gun rights crowd". And there is no doubt in my mind just who and what is the problem. Using such terminology displays a complete contempt with anyone who values thier 2nd amendment rights, not just a little minor dispute and disagreement here and there. There are those who believe the answer to every problem in society is to regulate the law-abiding. And no, I "can't for a minute see the reasoning why" anyone would adopt that line of logic. Personally I find it repugnant and a true hazard to a free society.

really ....... 6 pages bashing some kid? I think maybe we should stop and think a bit about that.

I hate to state the obvious, but this term "gun rights crowd" that you guys are spitting out with such disdain happens to be the hunters and gun owners of this country who believe that law abiding citizens do not deserve to become the targets of misguided over zealous gunbanners or those who would endeavor to harrass legitimate gun owners from the legal pursuits that involve gun ownership and use. I stand firmly with that "gun rights crowd" and look with particular distrust at anyone who finds the gun owners of America to be their enemy.