Doc

In my neck of NYS, flat ground doesn't happen. If you want to see strange, ever-changing wind currents, this is the place. And what I have noticed is that deer love the places where there is no real direction to the wind. Wind forecasts on TV news really does not correlate directly with what is going on here at home (Bristol). There are a few certain spots where the topography in specific general area wind directions will produce a consistent local result, and it has taken nearly my entire life to locate those spots to use when certain wind predicted directions are forecasted. But it's always a challenge that flatlanders are not faced with to the same extent that us hill people are. Topography vs. wind currents is a science all of its own, and there is way too little written on the subject.

When I take the ATV, it is just to get up the "killer" hill as quick as possible in the morning to avoid getting all sweated up. I park about 50 yards under the ridge of the hill and then walk up over the edge and then back on top of the hill to my stand. Stands vary from 2 or 3 hundred yards to about a quarter mile beyond where I park the ATV. The crest of the hill muffles the sound of the quad substantially. Lol ..... We don't seem to have any flat ground that isn't almost hands and knees climbing. The hill killed the next door neighbor in his mid 50's, so it does get to be something that has to be considered at my age. Does the ATV bother the deer? .... It depends on the individual deer. I have seen evidence of both reaction or no reaction. But if I am going to continue to hunt where I am, the ATV has to be part of my hunting equipment. The old legs don't do the job the way they used to.

Yeah, the last few days I have seen those gatherings of birds on the electric lines ....... jillions of them lined up shoulder to shoulder along the power lines. Not a good sign.

No glasses for shooting yet with these 73 year old eyes except for reading. So far so good.

Intensive target practice going on right now with the bow. Pretty soon the practice broadheads will be going on and we'll see how they are doing. Some years there are some surprises there. I've already had the .270 out several times this summer, and the results are a beautiful thing. Been using the .223 for off-hand shooting. The results there are adequate, but I need to get out a few more times just before season begins.

I assume that you have already had the "poop-chute" version of that procedure before. Now, there is a wonderful prep procedure. All that wonderful stuff to drink and sitting on the crapper for hours, as well as being starved to death. So, starvation was the worst of it for you this time....lol. I think I've got the other version of this scoping coming up soon. Not looking forward to that.

OK, now the sideshow is over. Start getting ready for Cannelo Alaverez vs. GGG. That will be an actual boxing exhibition that has some merit. I'm not making any predictions. Golovkin has had mixed outings of late, but when he puts his mind to it, nobody can touch him. Alaveraz looked unbeatable last time out. This will be a real boxing match without any clear favorites. By the way, how is it that a non-boxer lasted 10 rounds with Mayweather? Actually, if McGregor had been prepared to go the distance as a real boxer would have, the results may have been different. I was actually quite impressed with the fact that McGregor went 10 rounds in the shape he was in. He really kind of beat himself.

That graph is very telling and puts this whole climate change in perspective.

When are these cowardly masked thugs going to be labeled as exactly what they are.....A domestic terrorist group. Take a look at this video, and understand that they are an armed group of animals attacking, beating, and pepper spraying a peaceful assembly of citizens gathered to celebrate free speech. As you look at this video, you are looking at the new face of liberalism, but Democrats remain silent because these guys are doing their work for them in terms of shutting down free speech. It's time we started calling these thugs what they are .... terrorists. But don't expect those terms to be used by the liberal mouthpiece members of main-stream media or the Democratic leaders Pelosi, Waters, Schumer, and the like. They are too busy crucifying Trump for daring to identify these animals for what they are.

Last night I watched a recorded show on the Animal Planet channel called "I Was Prey" or something like that. It was about a guy that was walking home from work at night and was attacked by a bunch of coyotes. They worked him over pretty good, hacking him up all over his face and arms. They showed the damage. It wasn't pretty. He almost didn't make it. And then there was the fatal coyote attack on the Canadian singer Taylor Mitchell: http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/hunting/2009/11/special-report-coyote-attacks-and-death-canadian-folk-singer-taylor-mitchell So perhaps an excess of coyotes is not a real good thing.

That wouldn't be a nice thing to hear. Isn't that considered to be an extreme sign of aggressive behavior and intentions?

Anybody ever try eating one of those things? Who knows .... Maybe they taste like chicken.

I suppose that it will eventually take that favorite track up into the northeast so we can be blessed with another monsoon season. But first things first. A few prayers for those folks down there are certainly in order.

Looks like a good spot.

When I last went to the NYS Fair I was just a young critter at the time (in my early 30's). I'll tell you how long ago it was ...... We attended a Willie Nelson concert and he hasn't been on tour in a lot of years. Even way back then, I remember that it was a lot bigger than I could comfortably endure. It was all great fun and kind of exciting and awful huge. I do remember a real lack of shade and places to sit down to recuperate. Fortunately the temperature s supposed to be a lot nicer that the 90's that I had to endure back then. But even though it was absolutely exhausting, I would recommend it to everyone. It was a great time!

One gets a whole different perspective when you are on vacation and a pocket full of freshly withdrawn money in your wallet. I don't place much stock in those kinds of assessments. Some of the most magnificent looking places happen to also have high unemployment rates, or low wages. Yes when you are on vacation, every place looks better than home....lol. Those that have actually lived in different places have a better base of comparison. But even at that what may have been a great place to live when you were younger may not meet your needs when you get older. So it is very hard to make a complete comparison, don't you think?

And what makes you jump to that silly conclusion? There really is no connection between where you choose to live and how much you travel.

No, I'm afraid you really don't get it. Trump is displaying that there is no relationship between golf and actually doing your job effectively. You libs are determined to concoct issues that really don't exist, but you are not all that difficult to see through. Your braying and whining are still recognized as a bad case of being sore losers, but the obvious fact still embarrassingly remains that you are still losers.

Or maybe he was just recognizing that Obama was only golfing and not really doing the nation's work at the same time. Although for me, I wish Obama had spent all of his time golfing. We wouldn't have such a mess today.

Or it could be that we are just living a full, satisfying life right here in NYS and not always eyeballing the greener grass on the other side of the fence. You can spend whole lifetimes dreaming about and chasing after utopia, but for me the right place to live is in the center of family and lifelong friends regardless of where that happens to be.

So, is this a cost efficient way to get a recurve? What do the numbers say?

I'm just saying that simply because some yokel comes on here and brays about every whiney, picky, gotcha that they think they have found from who-knows-where, does not make it fact anymore than when Papist does it. Apparently you people do admire Papist's posts because you lefties are doing your best to emulate him with the same kinds of posts. Part two: And even if your stats did somehow have some credibility, where is it written that the President is not allowed whatever amount of time that it takes to de-compress. As far as I am concerned, he is getting the country's business properly taken care of and deserves some recreational time. And what he does with the meager amount of time required to regroup against all of the roadblocks that the libs (Democrats) are throwing up with their anti-U.S. obstructionism of the government is perfectly justified. Presidents have been golfing for decades ...... so what? Relax guys and go find something that really warrants criticism. You're starting to get silly now.

Now I see how easy it is for the mainstream media to get away with their campaign of smear and fake news. You people are all reacting to what some forum member is touting as fact. Back off people and don't believe every stat that you read on a forum. Enemies of Trump (or any political figure) are very eager to stretch the truth and even make up any stat that will seem to support their politics.

Actually, I have noted a lot of leaf turning in August in years past. Many of the more stressed trees really get colored up in August. And this year, the weather has been stressful on a lot of the growing things, trees included.

Anybody know where to get those eclipse glasses?