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We do . The problem is ..... the Liberals don't know the difference . I bet a lot of the crying whiners that voted for Hildabeast would believe the article ....

I tried the Ranitidine and it didn't work that well . I had to take some anti-acid tablets also . When I know I am going to eat something acidic I should take the Ranitidine before eating .

I have a few knives .... more than I need . I use a Ka-Bar Little Finn and a Gerber Easy-Open . I have a couple with gut hooks but never cared for them .

I used to get it bad and took PREVACID which helped . I quit drinking tomato and orange juices as they are acidic . I get it sometimes when having anything with tomato sauce so I have to be careful with that even with Pizza .

Soooooo , I went to Geneseo late yesterday morning . I set up one of those Dog House blinds next to a busted down gate where I can see quite a way across a gully pasture lot ( where I got a doe last year ) and a long way down the laneway . I was setup at noon and sat until 4:30 . Legal quitting time was 4:37 . It was around 36 degrees but felt colder . Never saw a deer . When I got out of the blind I looked down across the field where some guys have a double ladder stand with a camo skirt and saw at least 6 deer . In two years I have never seen anyone in this stand . I even told the guy that leases the hunting rights for that property and I guess he could care less . So , anyway , I plan to head back down there Saturday with the hopes that some hunters might be out and get some deer moving .

I have not heard a shot all afternoon . Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

4:37 is sunset here. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Even the squirrels went to their nests to get warm. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I am not in the direct wind but I am cold. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

One more hour in this windy cold. Nothing like driving 100 miles round trip to see zilch . Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Here is the lane way Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I set up a dog house blind that I bought 6 or 8 years ago and never used. It is very quiet here. A view of the gully lot. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I am still at it . Heading out to Geneseo around 10 am today . I figure I have maybe 3 - 4 more times to hit the Great Outdoors before the season comes to an end . I havn't gone back to Pittsford . I wonder if Mama's Boy is still wandering around with his crossbow !

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You shot a doe wearing an orange leash ?Shame on you. Congrats ! Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Tomorrow I will be heading to Geneseo again . I don't plan to get there until around noon . I intend to clear a spot and set up a Dog House Blind that will allow me to cover the Laneway for a distance and part of a Gully Lot . Time to try something else .

And to think ......... Kali-Mexico is bankrupt ! No wonder . When they build their wall and secede , they can keep all their illegals !

People need the NY Times to put in the bottom of Bird Cages !

Doewhacker ,,, thanks for the update . I was going strictly by the Regs Book --- page 25 and was bummed out by what I saw . Glad someone is on the ball ! Thank You !

What is the purpose of Anterless Only during the late ML / Archery season in 8F , 8H and a few other areas in Western NY ? This applies to Dec 12 - 20 . I think I just came out of a Coma and realized this !

I leave mine up . If I see someone walking around with bolt cutters , a hacksaw or a chainsaw , I might get a bit nervous . I have only had one camera come up missing . It was gone and I found it on an adjacent property a few months later .

oops ! Funny !

Oh my gosh . You called someone a Hilary .... what a terrible thing to do by name calling . Shame on you !

Hopefully I can get out at least a couple days this week and at least once next week . Wife's Birthday is Sunday and we are helping with The Christmas Sharing Program at church . A grandson is graduating from Clarkson and we will be there on Dec 16 & 17 . I have had plenty of time to hunt but only cahed in on a couple does . It would be great to take a couple more .

Democrat and Chronicle 12/05/2016 - Page A13 Experts fear Lyme stats hurt NY funding JOHN FERRO USA TODAY NETWORK Andrew Evans remembers when Lyme disease first began to emerge in the local consciousness. In the early 1990s, Evans served as a Dutchess County public health adviser whose job it was to investigate how many cases were afflicting county residents. "The first year I started doing surveillance, I remember getting 600 (Lyme) rash reports in one month," said Evans, who now oversees the county’s disease-count investigations. "It was really intense." Two things were happening: Ticks with the Lyme pathogen were increasing at alarming rates, and so was local awareness about the disease. As a result, Hudson Valley counties became known for havi! ng the highest Lyme infection rates in the nation. That is still the case, though you would never know it from federal statistics. That’s because in 2009, the state health department implemented a way to ease the burden on county epidemiologists overwhelmed by thousands of investigations. Those high-rate counties, now numbering 25, are allowed to review just a portion of laboratory tests for Lyme and then estimate the total number of cases. The system works, according to a recent study. But those estimates do not fit the national case definition established by a little- known organization that works with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a result, counties like Dutchess and Ulster have fallen far down in the national rankings of case counts and per-capita rates of infection, according to a P! oughkeepsie Journal investigation. That trend has alarmed adv! ocates who count on federal and state funds to pay for research and resources. "We are going to lose those dollars," said Dutchess County Legislator Donna Bolner, chair of the Dutchess County Tick Task Force. Just what gets counted is determined by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, or CSTE. Epidemiologists are public health professionals who investigate the patterns and causes of disease and injury. By better understanding where and how frequently a disease is affecting people, state and federal agencies can target interventionsmore strategically. The definitions are not meant to inform doctors’ treatment of patients, only how disease patterns should be tracked and counted. More than 70 diseases must be reported by physicians. CSTE’s exec! utive director, Dr. Jeffrey Engel, said estimated cases of Lyme are not counted in order to maintain consistency within the national reporting system. "In New York state, they are only investigating 20 percent of their (lab results) and then they extrapolate to a full number," Engel said. "But the national system needs every single case. It’s just not reconcilable." The impact has been stark. Dutchess falls in national rankings From 2000 to 2008, Dutchess County averaged 1,145 Lyme disease cases a year, tops in the nation by a wide margin, according to CDC data analyzed by the Journal. By comparison, Chester County in Pennsylvania was No. 2 during that period with an average of 699 annual cases. That all changed in 2009, when Dutchess became one of ! the first New York counties estimating its cases. In the national rankings, Dutchess went from 1,141 cases in 2008 to just 413 in 2009.More than half of the 979 cases Dutchess reported to the state health department that year were not included in the national counts because they were derived from estimates. Between 2009 and 2014, Dutchess’ national average was 226 cases a year, dropping the county from No. 1 to 36th overall. "You have a national map that does not reflect true numbers for select counties in New York state," Engel admitted. "It’s almost like you need an asterisk." It’s worth noting that in 2008, the CDC began counting probable cases as well as confirmed ones. So while most counties saw an increase after 2008, the opposite happened here. ! Concerns over funding for research Rick Ostfeld, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecoystem Studies in Millbrook, said he routinely includes national- level statistics in his grant applications to emphasize the importance of the Lyme problem. He also includes county or other more local statistics to underscore that Dutchess is an appropriate location for the proposed work. "If official statistics seriously underestimated the true extent of the public health problem in our region, then this could definitely reduce the probability that I’d convince peer-reviewers that this is an appropriate site in which to conduct our research," Ostfeld said. He said he is not aware of any grant request that has been undermined by the lower local statistics. ! But since fewer than 10 percent of proposals subm! itted to some divisions of the National Science Foundation are funded, "almost any perceived weakness can push an otherwise competitive proposal into the ‘do not fund’ category," Ostfeld said. How cases are counted The CSTE traces its roots back to 1955, when people with fevers often were being diagnosed with either typhoid or malaria. In many situations, doctors would describe the condition as typho-malaria."That was totally unhelpful because malaria is a mosquito-borne infection and typhoid is a waterborne infection," said Engel, the CSTE executive director. "So the states didn’t know what to do." CSTE panels work with the CDC to craft case definitions. The CSTE votes on the final case definition and sends it for revi! ew to the CDC. "Usually it is accepted," Engel said, "but sometimes it is not and there is a negotiation and it is revised." For a Lyme case to count as "confirmed," one of three things must happen: » A patient must present with the erythema migrans, or bull’s-eye, rash and have visited a wooded, brushy or grassy area in the past 30days. » A patient who did not visit those areas must have the rash and laboratory evidence of infection. » A patient must have some of the later Lyme disease symptoms such as muscle pain and aching joints along with laboratory! evidence of infection. A case is counted as "probable" whenever a doctor diagnoses Lyme disease and there is laboratory evidence of infection. When a county health department learns of a Lyme case, either through a lab report or a doctor’s diagnosis, staffers investigate whether all the pieces are present to count it either as confirmed or probable. State adopts new method In places where there is a lot of Lyme, that can mean a lot of follow-up calls with physicians, especially when you consider there are dozens of reportable diseases. From 2003 to 2005, Dutchess averaged more than 5,200 Lyme investigations each year, according to the state health department. "It was really intense," said Evans, the Dutchess public health advisor. In 2009, New York began allowing four counti! es — Dutchess, Orange, Suffolk and Westchester — to investigate 20 percent of the lab results and then estimate a total count based on the smaller sample. (All physician- reported cases are investigated.) Now, 25 counties use the sampling method. Engel said New York’s lower numbers in the national rankings do not compromise the primary mission of epidemiologists — to gain a strategic understanding of where problem areas are. Dr. Richard Ostfeld surveys ticks collected on a white drag cloth at a field site on the Cary Institute’s campus. SAM CILLO/CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES