Doc

Fart jokes people ......... You just can't beat a good fart joke.

I have no complaints about technology, I simply do not take its worship to the level of theology as many do. When I see that guy drifting across the yellow line because he can't handle texting and driving at the same time, I am all of a sudden not that big of a fan. When I'm in a movie theater trying to watch the screen with a bunch of phone screens going on and off like Christmas tree lights, I do get a bit irritated with these people who can't draw a breath without telling someone about it. When my financial dealings and information, and indeed, even my own identity are at risk, I start to view technology with a more than a little suspicion. When I buy a new computer and find out that a dozen expensive pieces of software that I have been regularly using are now unusable because of a new operating system, I begin wondering if this isn't a planned-in cost of technology to separate me from as much of my money as possible. We all complain about growing taxes, but never seem to recognize the deeper dip into our pockets that corporations are taking in the name of progressing technology. When we see technology aiding in job exports because accrued experience and knowledge are being made worthless by ones and zeros it does make one wonder just what is the real cost of technology. I know that I am speaking heresy to the worshippers of technology, but at some point it is interesting to stand up and get a better look at the social and financial cost of some of this craziness that is being blindly accepted simply in the name of technology. Take the good of it all, but understand there is always another side to all of this stuff whether we want to see it or not.

That is one thing that hastened my retirement. I have no problem with working diligently during my regular working hours. Even worked way more than my share of overtime over the years (a lot of it unpaid). But when they started trying to wire me up around the clock (even at home), my corporate loyalty took a huge hit and I just flat out refused. That little glimpse into the future convinced me that it was time to get my retirement in process.

Antlers do funny things to people. They simply go berserk and do things that they clearly know are wrong. The guy probably has it hanging on the wall along with a first rate story of how he skillfully hunted and shot it. The guy had your phone number. It was just simple greed and dishonesty that made him take it. But when ever I hear these kinds of stories, I start wondering what the heck was that guy thinking of. I am a bit curious about the initial set-up. You said he climbed a tree 50 yards away. You didn't mention him installing a treestand. Does that mean that he already had a stand in the tree. Perhaps that was working on his mind a bit. He's running late (probably after work) and figured he'd spend the last half hour there (no time to go anywhere else). And then he finds you already there set up practically on top of his stand. Now all of a sudden, in his mind, he's the victim and somebody has knowingly moved in on him. Ha-ha.... from that point on he is getting himself all worked up into a lather about how he was wronged, and how you intentionally cut the deer off before he could even get a chance. That scenario would never put him in the right for taking someone else's deer, but you can see how a guy might work himself into a frenzy and start justifying all kinds of bad decisions.

That is what makes current scouting essential. I think that a lot of people think that deer set up their patterns, and it never changes. And so their hunting is based on what they have been doing for years. There are all kinds of changes from one year to the next (sometimes from one week or day to the next). Even from one season to the next, feeding and bedding patterns change. That is one reason that I don't put a whole lot of stock in post season scouting. It is only useful in assessing how the herd made it through the hunting season, but certainly the feeding locations and content, and the bedding cover are totally different from what will meet you when bow season begins in the fall. I think some of these changes are a result from more varieties of human activity than what used to be. The woods never gets a rest period. The hikers and bikers have filled in the summer months with constant pressure even through the summer months. The hunting pressure has backed off considerably and hunting patterns are certainly much different, but the invasion of the "health & fitness crew" has its impacts on deer patterns that add one more variable into the mix that never existed years ago.

About the silliest thing I've ever seen is two or three people sitting on the same couch texting each other. It kind of displays how people have to relate to each other now. They need that intermediate technical device now just to converse. It is a celebration of the weak wills of the humans and the total susceptibility to the god of marketing. This whole thing is a brilliantly conjured up marketing campaign to brainwash people into thinking that they really need these things. And then they have a rolling plan of obsolescence that keeps the public thinking that they need the latest one and that the one that they just spent a fortune on is complete trash because it's not the latest and the greatest ......... BRILLIANT!

Really ..... Who cares? He's a big boy, and knew how politics works when he decided to straighten out the mess that the libs have made of this country. Now, do you really think that this will do irreparable damage to his fortune or his ability in the future to make whatever amount of money that he wants? You really are not that stupid are you? You pinkos are really are in a frantic, desperate, state of mind, aren't you? It is truly getting comical to watch how you are grabbing on to any little straw of hope. Look, the guy has built and lost and rebuilt again more empires than you pathetic commies will ever even dream of, so don't be wasting any time pinning your hopes on this kind of nonsense. Seriously, try a little bit not to make such a jerk of yourself. Pull yourself together. Compose yourself and try to act like a man. You're embarrassing yourself.

So maybe it's true that you are safer in the woods deer hunting than you are driving to your hunting spot. Honestly, there are so many jerks on the road today that I really do feel uneasy every time I get out there. People are doing everything but paying attention to their driving. Today you have to go from defensive driving to mind-reading. So what's the verdict on the car? Can they glue it back together or is it totaled?

I think uptown redneck is over on the left coast breaking windows at Berkley so he sent in the second string to handle the troll work here.....lol.

Looks like another ash bit the dust. That borer is getting them all. By the way, I was reading about some other critter that is coming through doing in oaks. Imagine that impact on wildlife. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/12/31/oak-tree-fungus-disease/

They used to say the rated distances were "over water"

Ha-ha ..... we always get the bad along with the good. I remember a hunt up behind the house when I was messing around a bit too close to our ravine during an ice storm, and went down on my but and began to slide toward the edge that was a straight down drop to the bottom of the falls (all rock and shale) vertical walls. I was fortunate in that there was a small sapling that I grabbed onto before I got to the edge. Eventually, I was able to get back up onto flat ground. Don't ask me what I was doing hunting that close to the edge. It was just a case of being young and stupid with that dumb invincible feeling of indestructibility. But I too learned the hard way about ice in a slightly different way. My childhood playground....lol

All the grass in my lawn is natural from simply mowing. I can't tell you what the particular variety is, but I can say that after a few seasons of mowing what used to be a wheat filed back when I was just knee-high to a grasshopper. The wild grasses, and goldenrod gradually gave way to a very hearty grass, and all broadleafs died out with the continual weekly mowing. Over the years, I have seeded the more stubborn areas with whatever cheap, cheap, grass seed that I could find on sale (price so low it was damned near free). No fertilizer, no supplements at all except for hand broadcasted cheap seed. Driving around the suburbs, I see a lot more lush lawns with a more even color and thickness, but I really do like the cost of my lawn, and it really looks quite managed. So areas outside your main lawn, you may want to think about just mowing it until it turns into all grass. But you will have to invest in a rider, even if it is used.

That's what it is really all about isn't it? ......The planning and scouting and scheming, and in the end the final ending to the challenge .... the kill and the satisfaction of having out-smarted the critter in his own element. I can see how that hunt would stand out in your mind as a favorite.

Your anchor does look a lot more forward than it should be. The trick is to find an anchor that is solid and very repeatable. I draw back until my index finger touches my "eye-tooth" I think that's what they call it. It is the tooth that would be a canine tooth, That anchor has me pulling back on the corner of my lips just a bit. It gets good back tension, arm position, alignment and is super-consistent.

I'll never really understand computers, but the problem was apparently self-healing. My guess is that there may have been an ad that wasn't playing well with my computer and perhaps it has since been removed, since ads are the only things that are transient here on this site. But anyway, mysteriously, the problem has disappeared. Thanks for all the suggestions.

My own personal opinion is that I would continue looking for a treed lot, but that is just my own personal preferences. I often see these great houses stuck in the middle of a barren farm field with all kinds of expensive little whips for trees that the homeowner will never get to see all grown up into shade trees. Are there other reasons why you are choosing such a barren lot? You asked about erosion control. Is the lot sloped a lot so that you have to worry about such things?

I'm waiting for ol' Punxsutawney Phil to sunk those incisors into that guys hand......lol. He has to be a bit irritated getting yanked out in the middle of winter and being wrestled around in front of all those people and cameras.

I have been simply driving over a lot of the snow that we have had this year. It seems that every so many days we get enough of a warm spell to melt it away without any plowing. So far this year I have only had to plow 2 or 3 times. I suspect that this time we may be in for a more extended stay of the snow, and my luck may have finally run out ...... We'll see how it goes.

The guy is just one surprise after another. It took the entire Republican primary campaign for me to become a believer. I started out thinking he was just in it for the jollies of something to do as a diversion. Boy! that was a big miscalculation. When I saw how he functions and the seriousness of his intentions, I became an instant fan. And every day since he has come up with astounding levels of energy, dedication, and creative abilities to finally think outside the box with unique solutions to problems that I previously thought were insurmountable. So this event of thoughtfulness does not come as a surprise. President Trump is a patriot. That is no longer a surprise.

My first thought was a bear. However, I could just as easily believe it to be a close-up raccoon.

Any body see Chuckie Schumer sniveling and whimpering when talking about the Trump "terrorist import suspension and special vetting declaration"? Man, give that guy an Oscar. These pinko libs are getting so desperate that they are now pulling out the teary act. Frickin' fakes! We got "fake news" , and now "fake Schumer". No limit to the drama and theatrics.

Yes, looking at the picture I would say that they fit the definition of being barbed. So that would make them illegal in NYS. That's too bad because that buck apiece cost is very attractive. I am not a big fan of serrated blades, and while I have had great flight characteristics on 2 blade designs (for some unexplained reason), I do have to believe that a third or fourth blade would leave a wound channel that would resist closure or fat-blocking.

Ok..... It's been about an hour of normal response time, and now the site has gone to it's knees again. That doesn't make any sense. It's like something is kicking in after some time passes.

They are Rent-A-Protester types that have no real allegiance to any ideals. For them it is an invitation to a free-for-all (literally). But, what they do in excellent fashion is to denigrate the causes of liberalism. They are closing the lid on their own coffin. And the excellent performance of Trump is driving the nails into that coffin. Let these wandering shreds of human debris do what they do best. Let them show the world what the left has been reduced to.