Salmon_Run

New toys are ALWAYS nice...... Congrats !!!

I believe it was you that stumbled upon the scene of two naked men in the fall in the water..... Now that scares the hell out of me as I'm not that far away from your camp....

Red Wings, their AHL affiliate was in Glens Falls when I was growing up and there was lots of NHL talent in the civic center and guys played hard.... Still remain a Detroit fan....

Thanks to the admin for their great service !!! It was down long enough I felt like I needed professional therapy to cope.

Very nice !!!!

Grouse often "sit tight" until almost stepped on and then fly away. I've encountered them in open hardwoods and dense swaps both. I took shelter under a spruce tree in the rain one year and was there several minutes until it flew out and scared the crap out of me as it thundered through the boughs and took off right above my head... woodcock

Woodcock can make a slight "whistling" sound upon flight....

If it's the size of a pigeon my best guess would be a woodcock as well...

Kimber rifle (.308) / big game in the deep woods would be my favorite

Bear marking would look like this and not circular into the tree with chips taken out laying in a pile under the damage. Hope this helps you out, and you'r able to secure more pictures of your visitor soon

Congrats on the bear picture. I believe your tree damage was caused by a pileated woodpecker searching for insects. The damage has no claw marks I could see, was too high up the tree and the tree looked damaged by insects and dead.

Buckmaster.....................excellent post !!!!!!

I'll be out there, Saturday night it was a cool 38 degrees at camp and the bears have been eating choke cherries again .... Nice group and good luck with the new rifle....

May God bless the fallen, and watch over the many still having long term issues as a result of the events of this day.

Very sad news..... RIP and thoughts and prayers to family.....

Guess it has become the norm to expect this and the need to make multiple trips to accomplish a goal when one depends on the state. Sad, I worked 32 years in emergency services and was directly responsible if a computer "crashed" or service was sub-par in any way.

Well, you would think after how many years DECALS has been in operation that New York could manage to have it working proficiently by now... It's a great thing that as an entity the state dosn't have to show a profit and are supported off the backs of the working class.

It was fun and they were younger then and the wife had no building experience... It made camp a magical place where they look foreword to go and be kids away from electronics and enjoy simple pleasures. They also learned that hard work has great rewards for years to come.

Buddy, look at the bright side: 1) great story 2) you healed up at your age 3) lesson learned, never trust wet leaves on a metal roof to hold your ladder 4) after you were stitched up I got those nice medical tools for fly tying 5) chimney cap still hanging in there All positives my friend !!!!

Yes, I truly am, thank you!! They have learned patience, determination, a sense of what the value of taking a life means and they love our homemade venison jerky...and well more trips to buy gear for me!!! The wife, girls and I built our off grid camp where all the materials came in on a wheeler. The only hired help was with the roof, they never complained and we completed it in 40 days.....

Thanks, they are both good girls and we're proud of them, if it cost me more gear I 'm good with that too.... I got mom started in bow hunting several years ago and at a Cabela's visit I made the mistake of visiting the restroom leaving her unattended. I came back and she was pushing one cart, dragging another behind and was having carbon arrows sized to length. It's the price I'll pay to see them get outside and enjoy the hunting/fishing sports...

I'll give that a try and thought of that but wasn't sure because we are going off their certificates and they have no driver's license yet... Thanks.....

The great state of New York has done it again, I'm officially angry !!!!!! My two teenage daughter recently obtained their hunting and bow safety certificates and tomorrow they return to high school. I took them out to lunch today to celebrate their accomplishments, bought each a knife for their hunting pack and off to the local town hall we go to purchase their first licenses. Yep, I was greeted with "Oh, sorry the state system has been down for two days now, no idea when it will be back up", "maybe, we could call you and you could come back".... Two disappointed girls and a mad father.....

Best of luck and welcome to this board.... Have drift boat and will travel......