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1 hour ago, First-light said:
My best friend next door lost a grandson at 13 to suicide. We celebrated him today. “Reach Out, Speak Up, Save a Life.” “Be the Light in Someone's Darkness.” “Choose Life, There's Always Hope.” “Together, We Can Prevent Suicide.”
Sad deal these days. Messed up world.
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28 minutes ago, First-light said:
My 2007 Tahoe won't start at times. Turn the key all gauges and lights work and I get a small click in the engine. Checked all the cables, battery and alternator fairly new. Its been fine for a few days but I just can't chance getting stuck. Auto place won't take it in cause its running fine now. Buddy of mine says its the starter and he will change it out for me. Appreciate your thoughts. First time it happened I turned the key a few times then put it on on and moved the gear shifter back and forth but that didn't work. One last try and she fired up. Weird.
Yup. Sounds like starter. Pretty simple fix. Next time it won’t start take a hammer and tap on the starter a few times and give it another try.
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6 hours ago, luberhill said:
Went back over this morning , that big tom was in the field again strutting
Three other birds with him looked like hens .
I couldn’t get him to come to my decoy
Another tom gobbled a couple times in the woods but no show
Stay later in the morning on that dude. His hens will go sit on their nests and leave him mid morning 10am to Noon you might be able to coax him over. Set up 2-3 decoys if possible, talk to him a little so he knows your there and wait him out. Don’t call to much though. Just hit him with a couple and get him to gobble back at ya and then just wait him out.
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1 hour ago, First-light said:
Does 40 degree nights effect the fawns much? We have a couple in a row then it warms up! Weather is the biggest mortality rate for young ones. snow or rain with cold nights could be bad.
The 40 degrees will not be the killer. Like you said. Even behind fence the rain and damp with the 40 degrees is the killer. Up here it’s so early we don’t have any undergrowth or tall grass for them to bed in to get out of the wind.
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6 hours ago, luberhill said:
Is it true turkeys don’t like to come down hill ?
If they hear a hen yelp I assume they would
They will definitely come down hill. They lock up at crossing creeks and such at times but if he lost his morning dancing partners and see’s your sweet lady in the offering he is coming.
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47 minutes ago, luberhill said:
I saw a big tom with a hen in the field next to mine .. they were there walking around over an hour
Should I set up in my field Saturday and hope he’s around ?
Also I’m kinda at the bottom of a hill, I’ve heard turkeys don’t want to go down hill ??
thx
Get as close as you can to the property line where you can set up your decoys. Make sure he can get a visual of them from where he was in the field. Give some soft calls around daylight and see what happens. If he comes off the roost with other hens he will hang with them first probably but if he can see your setup and you throw a couple soft calls at him hopefully he will come check you out
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9 hours ago, NYLongBeards said:
Where the heck is rt 3a located
I would not be to fast to just jump on unposted property anywhere but if you jump on something that is part of the military base without doing you due diligence of signing in and such you may need to pack a lunch. Those Mp’s and Federal dudes do not mess around much when it comes to weapons in the base.
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4 hours ago, escpen said:
That would equate to an October 18 - 20 breeding date. Cool!
Yup. October 23rd would be 196 days back from today. Hope it’s a buck fawn. Great start if so.
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15 hours ago, NYLongBeards said:
Oh is there a specific area that’s open to the public? I thought you needed a permit or something.
It’s pretty much all open to the public. You can get maps. Tells you the areas that are open and not in training exercises. Sign in and out with your phone. Pretty simple deal really.
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Ft Drum in Jefferson Cty is always a good choice.
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1 hour ago, luberhill said:
So I know lots of guys that shoot Jake’s .. and some shoot hens in the fall
What’s your opinion , Jake’s or only long beards
Only beards here in the spring just because we have a great population. Fall birds are safe altogether on these lands.
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1 hour ago, luberhill said:
Is it worth going out late morning like 7
sometimes that’s the only time I can get out
For Sure. I have most of my luck later in the mornings. I places there are lots of hens it’s tough at times to pull them away. 10am or so the ladies head to the nest and the Tom’s start spending time alone strutting and such in fields. Sneak in on them and throw a couple soft calls to get his attention. Many times they will break strut and head your way looking for the lady he heard.
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1 hour ago, Gobbler Chaser said:
If you're blind hunting I'd go earlier. The skys already light enough for them to see you going in if they're on the roost. They might even be coming down at that time and starting to move. I'll be in my blind at 5-5:15
Yup, I only have to go out the back door but 5am is time enough for me to get back in and set up. 99% if the time I have the bird roosted the night before.
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Side of the nose and let er rip.
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Looks rough for sure. I would say your guess is right. Ate away while sleeping.
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1 hour ago, grampy said:
I'm happy to see that you are still never wrong, and deal only in facts.
Well yes. We are happy to see you stop by and once again offer nothing of use to this site. You once again want to run your yap? Prove me wrong!!!
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Have A Great One!!
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1 hour ago, First-light said:
No not pissed at all. That last post was pretty good. I get it and glad you can sell to other states and the business is that good!
Everyone should be pissed about any government overreach for sure. And if you had a couple days to sit down and actually see the truths in black and white and not all the banter coming from those that either have an agenda against an industry or a white coat that uses the banter to get money from the federal government so they can continue to get rich researching the same things over and over again for the last 60 years when the disease and the animals themselves have shown everyone just how harmless they really are. Man sticking their noses into mother natures business once again. I can tell you one thing that will be another fact… If those that are working right now in our federal government to stop the wasting of money that’s been going on for years puts a hammer on all this over and over again research you will see CWD go by the way of Ebola or Covid for that matter. It will be history.
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1 hour ago, First-light said:
FS I know you have skin in the game but man you speak like a real angry person. How much has this controversy hurt your business?
lol. Sound angry by giving the 100% facts? Definitely should piss anyone off of all the government overreach headed in one direction without a doubt. Personally all CWD has done to me is stop me from buying any animals from outside the state to bring in. That was simply fixed by me learning how to Ai breed my own does. If anything it improved my business because anyone in Ny that wants to buy bucks to fill their hunting preserves have to buy Ny animals or my better genetics in the does has to buy Ny deer. But I can still sell to most all other states. We are in the process of building our 3rd farm in the state because even with pushing 300 head we still can’t fill the hunting preserves demand. After quitting my real job at 30 years old to just raise Whitetails to 61 so far this industry has been life changing for me and mine but to sit back and listen to the uneducated and watching the agendas of some that do not like high fence gets edgy at times. Not sure how the words of the truths sound angry but I guess they really should. You would have to think of something in the way you do your deer hunting on your land and then have a pile of your neighbors coming up with all kinds of lies or falsehoods that you do to those animals over and over when in fact it’s 100% not true. Not sure if that would even be a strong enough accusation. Maybe it’s just your pissed after reading all the facts of the overreach by government and the uneducated speak of others??
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1 hour ago, First-light said:
FS you always say follow the money. Follow who and what money? Biologist that just want to stir the pot and keep a livelihood? Just asking.....
Google how much money states get from the federal government for so called CWD research and for how many years and then look what that research has came up with year after year after year. And then use your god givin common sense and look at what this so called big bad disease has done anywhere in any state. You will answer your own question. I will give you a very simple one. If this disease is really as bad as they want you to believe it is and they 100% know from their research that corn and alfalfa and other crops allow the prions to be instilled in them from the soil into their stems and corn why do they not stop the movements and sales of these crops from any CWD positive states? These crops are sold at every feed store, every Tractor Supply or Runnings or anywhere else the stuff is sold in fact moving the CWD across the country. We are allowed to hand feed animals CWD ourselves. That won’t be halted because it’s billions of dollars in sales. These crops are not just sold in this country but every country. All the same prions we are talking here that are involved in Scrapies in sheep and CWD in deer. Mind you that sheep farms can farm right thru Scrapies, even positive farms and move animals to other farms across the country and sell meat to meat markets that hit stores all across the country with just an ear tag and a vet Health certificate… which is just a visual check Now when it comes to Whitetails a farmer has the be 5 years CWD tested before they can even be certified to sell animals… meaning they have to raise and feed their animals for 5 years and killing 10% of their numbers every year just to test to see if they have it and every natural death to see if they have it. All the while mind you of not being able to bring in any income at all from those animals for 5 years. 1000’s of dollars in feed, health and everyday care for 5 years. I could go on for hours here but any person with half a brain can see the big picture when it comes to CWD and its uses when it’s agenda driving.
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59 minutes ago, knehrke said:
You got any idea what I do for a living lol? Of course you do. I was at one time pretty active on this board, and I've never hidden my profession. But then and now, your yapping is enough to set the most stable of nerves jingling. If I thought there was ANY chance of you admitting for one second that you'd made a mistake, I'd go ahead and list the various reasons that you need to THINK BETTER. But I'd be wasting time and space.
Tell you what. You promise to quit posting on this thread...you don't even have to admit I'm right, just back off for once...and I will provide you with six salient points, details, and resources that counter your claims VERY EFFECTIVELY. From perspectives that incorporate scientific, epidemiologic, molecular, agricultural, and economic arguments.
Otherwise, continue to reside in your fantasy world where you safely ignore any opinions that don't conform to your preconceived beliefs and obviously agenda-driven stances.
I don't think you're up to the challenge. I'm all for throwing down, that's literally what scientists do for a living as they try to defend and/or counter their models, and as an Alzheimer's researcher in an age where the landscape is rapidly shifting as we make real advances in our understanding of the disease, I'm literally engaged in contesting ideas about neuroscience on a daily basis.
But I've been down this road before with you. You'd argue with a poster on a wall if it said something you don't like.
lol. You spoke volumes… Researcher…. There you have it. Follow the money trail Did you listen to one minute of that podcast? My question to you and I don’t give two shits what you do for a living…. Prove the words that I have spoken on this subject above is wrong and not in fact the facts!!!!
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13 minutes ago, escpen said:
I thought this was the case as well until just recently. I listened to a Huntr podcast with Daniel Storm, a Wisconsin DNR employee, where he described a method that allows them to do testing for CWD on live animals. Take the rest of the information in the podcast as you see fit, but I found that part of the conversation to be quite surprising based on information that I had heard and read elsewhere (i.e. you can only test dead animals for CWD).
The powers that be will not accept a blood test or an anal test as proof that they don’t have CWD. Some states actually accept that a lymph node positive is a real positive when it’s not. The only true way to know an animal has CWD prions is from the brain stem. Hence all the zombie deer craziness and such. You want to hear the best one? A deer farm has to Tb test their animals every 3 years with a test that is in the high 80% level correct and they accept that as a deer that does not have TB. Well the CWD test is also in the 80’s also but they will not accept that a deer that does not have CWD. lol. With CWD and Whitetails all one has to do is follow the money trail. We are now breeding CWD out of farmed Whitetails just like they bred z Scrapies out of sheep. Nothing is 100% successful so there will always be a deer fall thru the cracks and become positive just as there are still sheep that do but the day will come when there won’t be much CWD behind wire where it will be loaded in the wild. The funnier thing is that the states that tried to use CWD to shut down farms only improved their business because they scared people so bad about the harmless disease that more people are now filling their freezers with animals from behind fences. Tested CWD free animals.
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Yup. And now the talk of credit cards being used to track ammo purchases. Gotta love this state. Cash and Vermont for all your ammo needs. Great views on the drive and great selections on the shelves. Win-Win.
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2 hours ago, knehrke said:
Man, you sure do know how to type lots of words on a keyboard. Good luck getting your work published.
Yeah. Kinda like dealing with the facts. It’s even fun to listen to others useless banter at times on subjects they obviously are totally clueless about. Till next time!
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Couple Two year olds off to a great start. Not to bad for the cold wet spring we have been having I guess.