Doc

I think if we were all to be honest, we can all remember when as youngsters we did things that clearly demonstrated our lack of maturity. And that irresponsibility multiplied as the number of participating kids increased. I know that I and my two buddies were a holy terror on the woods when we all got together. We only had one rifle between all of us, but we all did plenty of shooting, and it was not always under the most safe conditions or procedures. There always seems to be a feeling of invincibility that goes along with being young.

My daydreaming right now is fixated on sitting along a nice warm stream-bank trying to catch some fish. I've had enough of the cold-weather activities for this year. I'm suffering from a bad case of cabin fever from being locked in the house by the cold weather. A little bow shooting in the basement, but really, I'm ready for summer.

It's interesting that even though the fox was pretty much being bested by the fisher, toward the end when the fisher backed off, it was the fox that aggressively pursued the fisher. That doesn't show a whole lot of intelligence on the fox's part, but he sure does have a lot of heart.....lol.

It's not something that very many people are willing to admit, but man is a natural predator. And that predation is not always motivated by hunger.

Wow! That's hard to watch.

Back when I was a youngster and ran a pretty substantial trapline, it was the latest issue of Fur-Fish-Game that I used to eagerly await every month. I remember all those advertisements for the Harding trapping books that they advertised. At one time I think I had them all. And then of course the ads in the back were always trying to hook people into raising chinchillas for huge profits .... lol. How to raise quail, pheasants, rabbits, etc. And then there was the course that taught you taxidermy .... another get-rich-quick deal. And of course I was always looking for bargains on traps, scents, urine, lure, and all kinds of other trapping accessories. They used to have a lot more trapping articles than they do now. But anyway, that was my wish book back in the early years. I still pick up a copy off the magazine rack when I run into it.

Are spike-strips legal? That does kind of sound like a stupid question, but there are more laws than anyone can ever hope to keep up with these days. And then there is the situation where somebody steps on it and puts a spike through their foot ...... even trespassers. Can you be held liable for personal injury?

Lexi looks exactly the same as our last cat, Raisin. We had to put her down not too long ago, so I know what you are going through. It seems weird not to have her around.

Those guys are good!

What the hell are all these weird words? ROKU and FireStick JailBreak ?...... Huh? All I want to do is turn the damn TV on and watch a program, not start another college education.....lol. Things are getting out of control.

Yeah, I guess I do kind of think that just as the laws controlling the age level and training keeps 99% ( number made up) of the 12 year olds from hopping in the family car and motoring down the road, most laws do work.

What a battle it must have been getting him up through that little hole....lol.

From what I am reading here, I suggest that maybe it is you that's losing your cool and need to settle down. I think you are getting a bit too emotional over this thing. Remember, it's only a forum.

I agree that there will always be those that break laws. But it sure would be one ugly darn world without a legal system or laws. But I'm not really talking about people willfully engaging in illegal acts. I am talking about children engaging in unsupervised operation of an implement that can be of danger to themselves or others with no instruction. One would think that if the laws were ever needed, that would be an appropriate place for one. Yeah, you're right. Every so often you hear or read about some little kid figuring out how to make a car start and doing so. But we do have laws regarding when and how a kid can legally drive a car ...... thank Heavens. It's not a perfect analogy, but I think you get my meaning.

Look, save your energy with all this trying to define this and define that. We all know that personal opinions don't matter. You can cram anything you want into bow season if you can build a political consensus Don't you be lecturing me about "personal shots". Not after your performance on this thread.

That's right..... WNYBuckHunter has spoken. You dare question his opinion? Your opinion is not his opinion and so yours is "childish nonsense". Don't believe me? ...... Just ask him.

Lol..... getting a bit emotional and out of control it seems. A dolt? .... Piss-off? I guess that's how these kinds of threads break down. Some people get intolerant of the opinions of others and it turns into name-calling and such. Take a pill or something.

She makes the perfect partner for democrat's other half..... Chuckie Schumer. They both would rather run the country right into the ground than do anything that would show the good work that trump has accomplished and is trying to accomplish. The embarrassing part is that it is our states voters that put Schumer in there and will continue to put him in office for as long as he wants. Another source of embarrassment is the gutless democrat legislators that follow these two in lock-step even though in many cases it will lead to their replacement in the next election. What are they thinking?

Look, I have no idea what might be found in your mouth. But in terms of your statement that Virginia is the only state that allows it during bow season, I guess I would have to see proof of that statement before I just accept that as fact.

The post that started this thread did not say that Virginia was the only state where this is allowed in bow season. And so you have made the leap that this is not allowed anywhere else and apparently never will be. I have to get on to doing something useful that does not involve listening to your argumentative feeble attempts to shut down uncomfortable discussion that you don't want to hear. But I'll be back later.

And so in your little world you think that because they didn't address where the season applies that it doesn't or couldn't apply in bow seasons. Well, I hope that your insistence on ignorance doesn't catch you by surprise.

So then I guess I can count you as being pro airbow inclusion in bow season. Call it rhetoric and then you won't have to think about what is being done to bow seasons. It must be nice to have such an "I don't care" attitude.

https://www.crosman.com/connect/maryland-approves-the-benjamin-pioneer-airbow-for-deer-hunting/ "Maryland joins a growing list of states allowing for the use of the Airbow during their hunting seasons. Arizona, Missouri, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Washington State allow big game animals to be legally taken with the Airbow. Feral hogs can be taken in Georgia, Florida and Texas while coyotes and other predators may be hunted with the Airbow in over 30 states. Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina allow the Airbow to be used for alligator hunting."

Hey, I want to play too. How about this: If a weapon kills by laceration and hemorrhage it belongs in bow season. If it kills by lethal tissue damage due to destructive impact, it belongs in gun season. I'll bet that if you cleaned up the wording and put it in legalese it would make these so-called "air-bows fit right into the bow season along with all kinds of nifty things in the future.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could declare ourselves king and make up the rules according to whatever is going on in our brain as logic for where each weapon belongs. Just like the crossbow arguments, that is exactly the way this "air-bow" discussion is going. The news is that that's not the way it all works. We all like to issue our little definitions of the features and limitations of legitimate "bow season" equipment. But for anyone who has paid any attention to the evolution of what winds up in bow season, these little arguments have little to do with the outcomes. If it makes it easier to kill a deer, the definition will change to allow it in the bow season. My Gosh haven't we learned anything from the crossbow takeover? Each little new precedent sets the bar for bow season weaponry a little lower and sets the stage for the next entry. It is a ratchet that only goes one way. And it always goes toward more inclusive in spite of whatever restrictions we each think we can add. Like I have said before, the old-timers that I used to argue with back when compounds were added, turned out to be right. They predicted compounds would open the floodgates to the out-of-control weaponry definitions for bow season. I scoffed and called them crazy. I was wrong and they were right. Each change sets the precedent for the next one in line. It has never been a question of how far this nonsense will go, but rather how long will it take. As the weaponry in bow season continues to evolve toward guns, we can holler and yell all we want and try to set up our own little meaningless rules. We all turn ourselves inside out, convinced that we have defined clearly what bow season equipment must have or must not have. But eventually it will come clear to all that these decisions are not really about the weapon, but more about a struggle for a season that is warmer and a time when the bucks enter their goofy phase of rut. That is really what it always has been about. Bow hunters carved out a prime season because of the operational challenges of the old stick and string. And now as other people have jealously eyeballed that time of year, everyone is trying every way possible to steam-roller over what the season was developed for. And just as in the crossbow invasion, you people have not yet begun to even imagine what kinds of techno-gadgets and crazy new things that will show up in bow season regardless of how much you kick and scream and try to advance your little theories of where the line is drawn. You all think you know where the lines should be drawn, and you will defend them just as the bowhunters tried. And you will lose. At my age the good news is that even the crossbow revolution is not likely to have full impact in my lifetime. So this air-bow thing and whatever else gets stuffed into bow season will take even longer. These equipment arguments are now simply amusement for me as I watch the crossbow gang learning what it is like to try to fight the inevitable.