Doc

I had two of the bigger ones and one of the smaller ones. Ranging used to be in East Rochester, and back in the 80's a few of us guys got an invite to tour their plant from the owner. We each got some free samples. I guess eventually they sold out (to who I don't know). I have a buddy whose picture showed up in their national advertising along with a nice buck he got over in Wyoming County. They were pretty well made units, but I did manage to screw one of the big ones up. I gave away the smaller rangefinder to my son, and keep the last one for emergencies in case something happens to my Nikon. Doc

I have encountered situations where the darn things bed down in the fields toward morning. You really can't approach any stands that use the field edges because they are there already no matter how early you get there. About the only thing you can do in the AM around such places is to try to guess an intercept spot that you think they will pass when they finally leave the field at day-break. Big gamble because there are so many places they could go. But when they are camped out in the field for hours just before daylight, there really aren't a whole lot of options. Doc

Our area has a lot of those kinds of formations, but if you want to see some real gorges with nice waterfalls, head over to the Ithaca area. And then there's always Watkins glen, and who can beat Letchworth? Here's a link to a guy that really like the gorges and falls of the Finger Lakes: http://www.citrusmilo.com/fingerlakes/iloveny1.cfm Sorry to get so far off topic. Doc

Don't fall and roll down into the lake!

It's an essential piece of equipment for me and I've had one since sometime in the 80's. I started off with the Ranging version(focusing the two images together) and just recently went to the laser version. I really am a terrible judge of distance, and there is a nasty feeling of lacking confidence if I don't tie that one variable down. I figure that there's enough other things that can go wrong without adding distance judging to the mix. Doc

For me the most important thing is to practice shooting with heavier clothes and broadheads. It never fails to effect my shooting ...... and not in a nice way either. Doc

We moved there from one valley over back in the 50's.

Not so much. Most people don't know about it. plus access to it is cut off by other landowners who refuse trespass permission because of liabilities. Also, you will notice that the walls are some very loose shale. When I was a kid we tried to climb it (stupid kids) and always got to one spot or another where there simply was nothing solid enough to get ahold of. Doc

I try every year. :-[

See there, you have an obvious marketing talent too. Choosing the right person for advertising is an important feature to the success of the marketing project. And she's definitely the right person. I'm telling ya' we can make a fortune. People are doing it (to hunters) every day. Doc

I can't take it any more. I was hoping I had found a way into this get rich quick hunting market. Well, I'm not giving up yet. Doc

I'm thinking it's a long-tailed wombat. I'm pretty sure of that. We have a lot of them down our way. Doc

We already got all them during the last drive. By the way, any trespassers that try to come in that way find me waiting for them when they get to the top. I usually step on their fingers. We take our posted signs pretty seriously here. ;D By the way my back boundary is the centerline of the creek so if they climb all the way up, they are already trespassing. Doc

Now there's one that I would think the local prosecuter should examine as a homicide . 15 feet?????? and he what ...... mistook him for an elk???? yup Bubba, you got sure-fire proof there!! lol. Blaze orange would have saved that guy. He might not have looked quite so much like an elk at 15 feet if he had his blaze orange on. That accident rate on them bows is just sky-rocketing right thru the roof. I know down our way guys are shooting each other all over the place during bow seasons. These high-powered bows are shooting right through the brush. Just look at that one in the article. That arrow traveled a whole 15 feet and stuck right in the guys head. Now that's a real concern.

Actually, if you want to get real high tech, you can get one of these feeders with a timer that can last until the first bear decides he has to get inside. The beauty of timed feeders is that the deer can be programmed to respond when the feeder goes off, so you not only can train the deer to come to an exact spot (let's say exactly a taped 20 yards from your stand), but they can be conditioned like Pavlov's dogs to come to the sound of the feeder going off and then know exactly what time they'll be there. Slick ..... huh? That's some good hunting technique!! Doc

Man I've got it this time. We could sell a clip that holds the Earth Scent Wafer together with the Rut Scent Wafer, and market it as the "Scrape Scent Wafer". The rut stink coupled with the earth stink would have to smell like a scrape. This invention's going to make us rich. It can't fail. We have to get Jim Shockey to advertise this one. It's a real winner!!!! Doc

I can't win! But look, if we could get Chuck Adams to advertise it for us the "Bow-mounted Can Tilter" could be a hit. Even if it didn't work. Just come up with some catchy phrase like they did with that Rage commercial. You know, "it's like throwing an axe through an animal". That worked great. Yeah that's how it can work. A good professional testimonial and a real catchy phrase it won't even have to work. We can sell it!!! Doc

Ok, that brings to mind the next generation of invention that somebody can get rich on. We need a can holder that mounts to the bow with a trigger mechanism that can turn the can over while you are at full draw. Neat idea .... eh? So let's get designing! The hunting world needs this!!! Or at least if marketed right we could convince them that they do. Doc

Yeah you probably smell like a guy who rolled in the dirt and is up in the tree. That ought to fool 'em...... ;D Doc

I was able to put it together. See .... all these fancy gadgets are still limited by the size of the human finger ..... ha-ha Doc

Wait a minute..... you're talking about the second buck???? That's a different story. Most of the EAB proposals that I have heard regarded the first buck. Now that's a whole different thing, and I would view that one a bit more favorably. No I would view that a lot more favorably. Doc

That has been part of my playground ever since I was 11 years old. I did find some of those old pictures that show the scale of the falls a bit better. Those black and whites are 1959 vintage pictures taken with an old Brownie Kodak camera ...... ha-ha. As you can see there was no fear of heights back then. Now that I look at those pictures, I can see how foolish kids can be. ??? Doc

As you can see, I didn't get real close to the edge ..... lol. But this is my back boundary. No trespassers coming in from that direction. Doc

Or you could just go out to the barnyard and pick out a big one ..... lol. Sorry, I just couldn't help myself .... ;D Doc

However, the law does not mention or consider motivation. The law as I understand it is a result of direct mouth to mouth, body waste to mouth contact, health concerns. Here is where I see a huge difference between food plots and baiting/feeding. Bait piles and food piles or troughs all have point location measured in square inches or feet rather than acres or fractions of acres. Food plots do take on the proximity characteristics of natural occurring feeding sources. That's a huge difference when it comes to direct contact disease transmission. So if that is what the law is intended to combat, then I guess it does what is intended, and food plots are logically exempted from those concerns. Doc