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  1. Results of this testing are exactly what I would expect. No surprises at all.
  2. It seems like there are better ways to educate a young hunter than simply flaming the hell out of him. It's likely that because of the tone of the replies here, no one will ever get a chance to engage him in conversation to perhaps straighten him out on some of the troubling parts of his post. We've probably heard the last from this kid.
  3. HAWKS!!! They're everywhere, and they are very efficient at getting rabbits and other small game. With universal blanket protection everywhere, they literally are a growing population with absolutely no checks. I have watched them patiently sitting up in a huge old cherry tree down in a small green-field that I own. The rabbits are naturally drawn out into that field to feed, and the hawk has easy pickins. I've got little rabbit-fur piles all around the field.
  4. The one thing that bothers me about the system of consigning antlerless tags is that some guys wind up with a seemingly endless supply of tags which promotes the "brown and down" mentality. I'm talking about the idea that with so many tags in their pocket, it creates a bit of a killing frenzy where they may not be as careful as maybe they should be and begin to become a bit reckless. I have seen some of these "tag collectors" who enter the woods expecting to blow everything flat as quickly as possible. It's a mentality that I really don't like being around. The other thing that is not terribly attractive about that system is that it impacts the true lottery odds in areas where the numbers are not so large. It has a concentrating effect that takes permits out of the system and concentrates them in the hands of a few, depriving some hunters of having a chance to be selected at all. From the DEC's perspective, I am sure that their intent is to get as many tags into the hands of those that will fill them. That's their goal when they set the numbers (rightly or wrongly ..... that's another subject). They want to see those tags used. I suppose the sign-over system helps them do that.
  5. The $10 thing is illegal, but I didn't see anywhere that Robinson said how many of his buddies constitutes "a few". 15 tags among a whole gang of people may not be over the legal limit. ....... or did I miss something? Let's see ....... if the WMU is giving out 2 permits per hunter as they did here in 8N and each hunter gets his 2 permits and has 2 more permits consigned to him that's 4 legal permits per hunter. At that rate it would only take 4 of his buddies to get 16 permits. Other than paying for them, the 15 number would legit. I figure if those guys are quite successful in the first year and the acreage hunted is rather small, there may not be enough deer left to hunt the following year ....... lol. My take is that no piece of property can or should withstand that kind of ridiculous pressure. The doe herd would have to be terribly over-stressing the habitat to handle that kind of carnage. Warning! ........ The DEC does monitor certain forums for admissions of illegal acts. I have read about arrests being made because of comments posted on forums. Be careful what you post and understand the law before making admissions here.
  6. Doc

    PR/DJ funding

    According to the Canandaigua Daily Messenger just the other night, they still have not made any changes. As I understand it, it is written into law, so I don't know how fast they can actually change anything and according to the article, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is digging in their heels on this issue and may not be in any mood to issue any extensions. They claim that there is some sort of deadline in 2 or 3 weeks. I have to say that if they insist on playing chicken with those funds, we may wind up not actually have any fish and wildlife activities within the DEC or personel to carry them out. According to the article That $21 million forms the lion's share of funding for those kinds of activities within the DEC.
  7. Doc

    War Horse

    I think this one will take all kinds of awards.
  8. Yup! sure enough, all those invisible deer are crawling out of the holes they were hiding in. I've got them wandering all over my yard and through the woods behind the house right in broad daylight. I guess they checked their calendars and the word is out that the season is officially over ...... lol.
  9. It sounds like there may be a huge disaster on the horizon for the DEC. $21 million of pittman-Robinson and Dingle-Johnson federal funds distributed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are in serious jeopardy as far as the NYS portion is concerned. I know we talked about this a long while back, but I assumed that since the news on this issue went dead that the legislature did the proper thing and amended the language in the budget that would allow the general budgeting to raid these funds. I just read tonight that they have not solved this problem, and that a deadline is nearing that is only 2 or 3 weeks away where we could lose this year's allocation. For those that are unaware of what is happening, there are some very strict strings attached to the use of those excise taxes that sportsmen and women have been paying with each purchase of hunting and fishing equipment. The money is to be used only for approved fish and wildlife projects, and cannot be stolen by the state government for general use in balancing state budgets or being spent on general government favorite projects. However the language in Cuomo's budget permits the State Department of Budget to go into the various Conservation Fund dedicated accounts that hold the PR/DJ money and take whatever funds it desires for any reason it states. The long and short of it is that the fed is not going to allow that and will redistibute NYS's share to other states very soon. $21 million is apparently a very significant portion of the DEC's operating revenues, and apparently the loss of those funds will in effect drive the final nail into the DEC's coffin. Like I said, we talked about this a long time ago, and the fact that the issue has not been resolved over all this time kind of sounds like they are basically saying "the hell with the DEC, we want that money to spend". It also sounds like the state may not be done with the Conservation Fund raids and want to leave the language in place that allows them to do that at will.
  10. Yes ..... a farmer in Bristol shot one that was bedeviling his livestock. I believe they theorized that about 5 of these russian boars escaped a defunct farm in Livonia. That was a few years back, and the Canandaigua Messenger carried the story along with pictures. That's probably not the only case, but it is the only one that I have heard of where somebody actually shot one. Also, I saw photos of a small band of hogs taken in the Allegany Park. I will say that until recently, the legality of shooting one of these things was not all that clear. So it is likely that people might have had opportunities to knock one off but didn't dare pull the trigger.
  11. Doc

    Horsey Sauce

    Yeah, that might help the blender do a better job.
  12. Add this one: When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
  13. Isn't it amazing how these candidates all-of-sudden become staunch pro-gun candidates during campaigns. I remember all the dancing that Schumer did when he came up with his childhood hunting stories out of the blue. And yet he never saw a piece of gun control legislation that he didn't love. They all lie, but they can't run away from their voting record if they have one.
  14. I'm not sure why, but we do not have a lot of these tulip poplars where I live. However, I did run into a few of them over along Canadice lake just a few miles away. So for my local hunting, these don't really have any significance. However, when it comes to white oaks, we have several different varieties of them, and they are a powerful deer magnet during the occasional years that they are bearing. The acorns don't last very long because every critter in the woods likes them. What I read somewhere was that it is the lower level of tannin in the acorns when compared to the red oaks that makes them preferred. However as the red oak acorns lie on the ground, the rain leaches some of the tannin out of them making them a food source preferred a little later in the season. As far as regular poplars are concerned, they are pretty much just a "weed" tree. Not really good for much other than in some areas they seem to be preferred as a "rub" tree for whatever reason.
  15. Doc

    Horsey Sauce

    That is super mean stuff! They warn to wear rubber gloves when working with it. The usual way of keeping it is in a jar of vinegar. What I have read is that that is supposd to tone it down just a bit (probably so it doesn't burn a hole through your stomach .....lol.
  16. That's all because they are very, very clever....lol.
  17. Doc

    Horsey Sauce

    Can you imagine? ..... Now you know why I'm so desparate to get this process figured out. Our Arbys in Canandaigua doesn't have the little packets out on the counter anymore like they used to. So I can't pirate a small supply for home.
  18. Doc

    Horsey Sauce

    Ok ..... so maybe the trick is to use the blender to get it as smooth as possible and then add the other ingredients and blend it some more. Maybe with mayonnaise and stuff in with the horseradish, it may blend it even smoother. We were trying to blend the horse radish by itself with the intention of adding the other stuff after. Anywy, I ran a copy of that page you supplied and I'm going to give it to my wife to experiment with. Thanks for the link.
  19. Sorry for mis-directing your thread ....... I just couldn't help myself ..... lol.
  20. Doc

    knives

    That looks exactly like an old Case knife that I lost about 25 or 30 years ago. That knife had some good steel in it and did everything I ever asked of it. I bought another knife just like it and made by Case too, but it just was no where near as good in terms of holding an edge. I had that old knife back when I was a kid, in fact it was the first hunting knife that I ever bought. I lost it after gutting out a deer. But anyway, it looked exactly like the one in your picture.
  21. Yeah, I'm getting out there a ways, but I can't find any help anywhere on the net or anywhere else. I love that "horsey sauce" that Arbys serves with their stuff. I just can't figure out how they make it. We planted some horse radish and finally decided last spring to harvest a bit of it. Well, all I can say is that I have never seen any kind of food processor or blender or anything else that will cut up that "woody" stuff such that it will ever look anything like Arby's "horsey sauce". So as a last ditch effort, I'm hoping that someone here knows of a way of turning that stuff into a puree that can have the other ingredients added and have it all come out the consistancy of a horse radish cream consistancy.
  22. "i do not honestly believe that anyone in government has any plans to take away my hunting rifles" .......You can't be serious. Nobody could be that far out of touch with reality and the history of gun control to actually make that statement. I also note that you are only concerned with your hunting rifles. I guess you are not aware or concerned that there are many predator hunters who use AR style weapons for their hunting. You know those evil looking black rifles that politicians have been trying to outlaw for decades, simply because of their looks (speaking of the bogie man ..... lol). "And, i dont' believe that any restrictions on assault-style weapons or high capacity guns will impact my right to own hunting guns" ...... I see that you have once again fallen back on that faulty thinking that relates gun ownership rights strictly to hunting as if there is no other reason for gun ownership. However, using your myopic view of firearms ownership, I might repeat what I noted above, that so-called assault style rifles are legitimate and effective hunting weapons. And if I can remove those blinders and pry your view just a little bit wider for a second, I might add that an awful lot of honest law abiding citizens use those same weapons for target practice, and self defense. Perhaps you don't get involved in any of those activities and that's why you are so willing to sacrifice the rights of those people. There's a lot of that kind of thinking going around these days.
  23. Now really ...... is that what happened? Most likely not. More likely, the fences were simply not maintained. And yes there is no excuse for that. Believe me, anyone who raises livestock takes on a responsibility for maintaining and controlling that livestock. And there is no reason for shirking that responsibility. And yes, I hold them responsible for checking and maintaining their enclosures. We raised sheep, goats and cows for years when I was a kid, including one of the hardest things to contain ..... pigs. We maintained and patrolled fencelines regularly and in all those years, never had any of them get out. Other farmers of the area also took their responsibilities of livestock ownership very seriously and I don't recall ever hearing of escaped critters when the owners cared enough about their animals to maintain proper containment. And yet some of the more numerous escapes that I have heard of recently involve farmers with wild boars and farmers with deer. There's no reason to excuse that. I almost had an encounter with some guy's horse on my way to work a bunch of years ago. It was a near miss. If I had hit it, there is no doubt that I would have made him very aware of his legal responsibilities regarding control and maintanence of his livestock (that is if I was still alive to do so). So yes, I am pretty rigid on that stuff and don't really accept a lot of excuses.
  24. You do understand where the extension of this kind of argument leads, don't you? We have heard it all over and over from every anti-gun group and politician for literally decades. the arguments for "restricting the damage they can cause" can be used for, and has been attempted to be used for, the addition of laws restricting all gun ownership. That little phrase opens the door to literally complete firearms elimination. Perhaps you are trying to see some sort of difference, but believe me there is absolutely no difference. Perhaps you may want to eliminate semi-autos for exactly the same reason. Maybe any kind of repeating firearm could also be banned under the guise of restricting the damage they can cause. Where do you stop and why?
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