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The thing that makes any concrete conclusions hard to arrive at is the fact that weather this time of year is generally pretty crappy. So if you think there is more activity on cloudy days, perhaps it is because there are just more crappy days this time of year.....lol.

I will admit that it only takes a bunch of bad shows to taint all shows of the same genre. When respected hunter-heroes get caught and convicted of violating game laws to make up their weekly quota of kills, or you catch sight of a 16' or so high fence in the background, or a deer comes by the "stars" stand with it's tongue hanging out from having been driven, or up in the corner of the picture you catch an unintended glimpse of a massive feeder, or entire programs go by without a mention of scouting or stand selection, Or the recorded pictures of the hit does not match the wound on the carcass, or the blood trailing that is done at almost a dead run ends with some cameraman having already reached the dead critter and looking back at the hunters still following the blood trail diligently, and many other tip-offs that the show is more of a commercial production than a portrayal of actual individual hunting efforts, It doesn't take long before suspicion spreads to all of them. (sorry about that huge paragraph.....lol) I cannot enjoy a show where I have to keep my eyes open for deception. The industry has ruined it for themselves by assuming hunters are not smart enough to spot fakery, and have created a huge credibility gap that even those who try to put on a credible show are susceptible to. And of course I have not even touched on the fact that these shows have morphed into hunting infomercials that don't even allow one to get wrapped up in the hunt before it is interrupted by never ending commercials. Yes it takes advertisers to fund any program, but when the time expended on commercials exceeds the time expended on the hunt or story, it really gets difficult to watch and actually become engaged in. The effort is not put into the quality of the show, but rather in the slickness of selling products. Decades of this nonsense have absolutely ruined it all for me to the point where I don't even watch them anymore.

The big problem I have had with scents is knowing for sure that they have worked .... Or was it a case of the deer would have come in anyway. The only occasion that was quite convincing involved a drag rag where the buck came in right on my track with his nose to the ground. That was very convincing. I do use a few drops of deer urine right on the trail exactly where I want the deer to stop. I have found that they can't seem to get by it without stopping to give it a sniff. So while other people are making noises to stop the deer for a standing shot (and drawing the deer's attention to themselves), I just let the deer's senses do the job for me. I can stop them in the middle of my shooting lane and in a position where their eyesight is obscured with no direct view to me getting ready to shoot.

I have to say that hunting shows have gotten pretty darn repetitive and outright boring. Anybody who has watched a couple of these could write the script for any of the others. There is nothing to learn on these programs/videos or any attempt to instruct. The entertainment value is diminished by the fake hunts where deer are farm raised and then driven past the hunter-heroes to shoot. And then there are the herds of hunting superstars being arrested for legal violations that are almost required to come up with a weekly show of success. Most of these "hunting stars" don't even select their own stands anymore. Their guides take care of all that for them. Also there seems to be little in these shows that I can relate to anymore since there is no local hunting or anything that resemble anything that I will ever experience. The last hunting video that I watched that was worth anything was "Bowhunting October Whitetails" with Gene and Barry Wentzel in which they put out a very informative program that actually was full of tips and techniques and was done here in the Northeast where I could actually relate to what they were saying, seeing and doing. And how long ago was that put out? .... Maybe the late 60's or early 70's. Nothing worthwhile has been put out since.

Nothing special about my knife other than the fact that it does anything I have ever asked of it. It is a typical military Kabar style knife with the top blade ground down to keep from cutting off a finger when reaching up into the chest cavity. The steel is phenomenal for keeping an edge, and it can be used for lopping off branches or any other unplanned needs.

Vacation??? .....Vacation? ..... What is that? Oh yeah, I remember how that used to work. Aside from an occasional required domestic activity, or some other rare obligation, I have every day off. I am retired and just loving life! It does make you kind of picky and choosey about when to go out....Ha-ha. I guess that's another way of saying lazy.

Some of the warnings on that stuff are a bit scary: NOTE: Do not apply to skin. This repellent is for clothing and fabric goods only. Repellents that contain DEET are not recommended for skin. Avoid contact with face, eyes, skin or breathing vapor mist. Sounds like you want to be sure that it is absolutely bone dry before putting anything on that is sprayed with it.

I am curious as to just how much crap can one hunter carry while hunting. Already I hear people complaining about how awkward crossbows are to manipulate through the woods. I know for a fact that hauling arrows and compounds and such can get mighty tiresome after a while. Carry both??? .... Are you kidding?

I know that it just isn't right the way that he treated you, and nobody likes any form of abuse of power, but I would let myself cool down a bit before taking any action and ask yourself a question about whether you really want to make an enemy of a law enforcement officer of the DEC. That is one of the most far reaching legal arms in the whole realm of law enforcement. To me it doesn't sound like this guy is completely mentally stable. Take it as far as you want to, but understand that he has resources that you don't, and give it lots of thought.

When does something like this cross over into malpractice? We are always complaining about the litigious antics of patients being one of the reasons for high medical costs, but who is to say that this mis-diagnosis will not result in some life changing perhaps even crippling problems or worse. Lyme disease often has lifelong reactions and complications and a lot of these complications are time-sensitive. I think that if it were me I would me more than just angry.

My first hunt camp (back in high-school) on the hill was a brush lean-to. My buddy and I spent a week up there in about 6" of snow. then a bunch of years later, my Brother-in-law and I used a real upscale hunt camp: Then we went all in with super accommodations. my 12' x 12' cabin : This one even had a bathroom. Now we have come a full circle. Hunting camp is now back at the house. It's not near as much fun anymore.

I think in a lot of cases, members forgot that this is just a forum comprised of opinions and took everything spoken here way to seriously. But even more likely they simply had life get in the way and decided to do something else with their free time.

Look at all those turkey dinners!

And then there was good ol' Bubba who always had the attitude that it had to be "his way or the highway"....ha-ha-ha. Looks like it turned out to be The Highway for him.

Ha-ha-ha..... You mentioned a push mower. I remember when that used to mean the old reel type mowers that you pushed by hand to make the reel blade rotate against a stationary knife blade to cut the grass. Luckily, I was too little to have that job. That was Dad's job until he decided to do the lawn mowing with the 8N and the sickle-bar mower.

73 and only a couple months from 74.

I have several patents, but unfortunately the company that I worked for owned rights to all patents and all intellectual property that employees came up with that related to or could relate to their business. It was part of the terms of employment. And of course they had a battery of patent attorneys on the payroll to do the searches and file the patents. It is not a cheap process, so if as an individual you are going to hire an attorney and move through the process yourself, it is a huge gamble, and you had better have the cash to convert it from a patented idea to a marketable product. Or you need the confidence that some entrepreneur will pay cash for the rights to the idea. I have many inventions laying in my shop downstairs that I have actually used that I watched others eventually patent and market. Probably the best one was a magnetic arrowrest that several years later someone marketed as the Terry Rest. They sold a bunch of them. There was also a bow level that I never perfected. It worked on the principle of a pendulum wire that would quickly align with a scribed vertical line to show when bow was canted or not. I also did sights and lighted sights and a whole lot of other products. There also was my tube sight that could only be looked down through in only one way, which got rid of a whole variety of grip variations and torqueing problems. It was an early version of a "front/rear" sight. There were problems with coming up with a workable prototype with the limited tools in my shop. None of these and other products were ever pursued because of patent costs. So I just used some of them for my own use, and they served their purpose until somebody came along with better ideas.

Mowing now is mostly just to blow the leaves off the lawn so that they don't get so thick that I can't handle them. But yes the grass is still growing. End of the month, things will be put away for the winter.

Does it work?

I have not missed an election in the 54 years that I have been eligible. Registered to the Conservative party because that has always reflected my primary values and most of my core principles. All of that and I still live in a commie state represented by all these people that seem to feel bad that we have any rights at all left. But, I can truthfully say that I had no part in electing these clowns. At least the local elections always seem to come out the way that I vote. Small victories here and there .... lol.

Well, it certainly is warranted. I'm not saying that I agree with it, but if all those calling bowhunters selfish exclusionary elitists and all ticked off that someone is trying to tell them what weapons they can use in a bow season are to have any credibility at all, they too would be shouting "Come one...come all, everyone is invited!" Otherwise, they too by there own definition are exclusionary, selfish elitists that are only interested in telling people what they can or cannot use during bow season.

See, now there is a guy that truly cannot be called selfish or elitist or any of those other disparaging names that crossbow supporters are so fond of calling bowhunters. Steve863 is for opening up bow season for whatever anyone wants to use. Look at all the people that would be made happy. No exclusionary attitudes there. Bring it all on. Don't be telling people what they can and cannot use to hunt deer with during bow season.

A huge percentage of the weather in bowseason consists of overcast, partially drippy weather. Whenever you see that graphic on the forecast that shows the little cloud with drops of water shown underneath, that does not mean that a deluge will begin in the morning and continue until dark. In fact most of the time it is indicating that there will be a chance for brief isolated showers some time during the day. So those that roll over and go back to sleep simply because a potential brief shower is predicted at some point in the day is basically throwing away a huge percentage of the season each year. And of course the opposite can happen too where the chances of rain are under-predicted. So it is entirely possible that you will find yourself surprised on stand by one of these brief isolated showers, or something a lot more substantial. So there is no doubt that rain gear will figure into your hunting at some point in the season if you intend to maximize the opportunities. And if you are out there on one of these normal questionable days, you will likely be wearing some form of rain gear. If you are wearing rain ear, it is important to spend some time on the practice range shooting with it on. That is why I asked the question regarding choices of rain gear for bow hunting. I am still interested in what those choices are based on function, and lack of interference issues and minimum noise. I don't really care who only goes out on bluebird sunny days only, or who shoots crossbows, or any of those other unrelated issues. Quite simply, what rain gear do you use that serves your bowhunting the best?

Any body have problems bowhunting with rain gear on. I have all kinds of string clearance problems and noise-making crinkly sounds as I draw the bow. Ponchos are out .... lol. What kinds of solutions have you guys found?

Quote from article: Cody Pernice, 28, was spotted sitting on a hunting chair, attached to a tree in the woods off Connecticut St. and Clermont Ave. in Tottenville at about 6 p.m., cops said. I gotta go get me one of those hunting chairs attached to a tree.