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I have a few cameras out but don't keep any record of where I have placed them . I have 2 in Walworth that I know the location and 2 in Geneseo that I know where they are . I couldn't find one of my WildGame cameras anywhere in the house / garage so I went to my pics to see where I had gotten pics at my SILs property . I had forgotten about the one I had placed on the edge of her crop field . I need to keep a log of where they are located . I have 2 WildGame and Primos at my SILs and a Moultrie and Primos in Wal;worth . I have a couple more Primos cameras to put out . I have 3 STEALTH cameras and none of them work . I still need to take them to the range for target practice ! Anyway , I figured out where my cameras are !

I havn't been to Old Forge in years . I recall seeing deer all over the place in people's yards . The folks up there fed them at the time . You could almost walk up and pet them .

uhhhhhh , I hope they didn't Divert the $50 that I paid for my LifeTime License !

Looks like your being "bugged" !

Oblivitar ---- the camera makes the arrow look warped

Here's your arrow puller http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Arrow-Puller&i=419506&r=view&aID=511D9&cvsfa=2586&cvsfe=2&cvsfhu=343139353036&cID=GSHOP_419506

Spray some Armor All on the shaft and wipe it down . Then let it dry . Works for me ......

I stopped at the Gas Station at the 4 corners in Mendon this afternoon . Had to wait for a bit to get waited on and the clerk apologized for the wait . I wasn't in any hurry and told her no problem . Then the clerk told me the lady ahead of me in line had pumped Diesel Fuel into her car instead of gas . i asked if she was having it towed and the lady had called AAA for that to be done . At least she didn't try to drive it ! Bummer of a mistake !

I found that the Remington 22 ammo crapped up my rifles & pistol . Gave away the Rem 22 ammo and went with American Eagle and Winchester ..... no problem .

That Pony Express rider in Bristol is slow !

With the appeals , he could be playing to 2015 .

I saw her bumper sticker the other day

Wipe some Armoral on your arrow shafts .......

Village mulls birth control to trim herd Community overrun by deer, residents complain Jim Fitzgerald The Associated Press HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON — This suburban village overlooking the Hudson River is a mere 2 square miles, home to a hip down­town, neighborhoods of neatly kept homes and an ever-growing population of deer that overrun woods, chew through gar­dens and cause more than a dozen car crashes a year. Grasping for a way to control the deer without hunting the animals, lead­ers of this village of 7,900 have proposed an ambi­tious compromise to shoot them up — not with bul­lets but with birth control. Scientists and humane groups hope the program, which seeks to capture and inject female white­tailed deer with a contra­ceptive made from pigs’ ovaries, can become a model for other places that are too congested or compassionate to consid­er killing. “We’re hearing all about ‘Don’t kill Bambi’ and all the jokes about deer condoms,” Mayor Peter Swiderski said. “People are having their little chuckles. But deer have a pretty big negative effect on the community.” Under the plan, which will begin this winter if approved by the state De­partment of Environmen­tal Conservation, as many as 90 percent of the does in Hastings will be tran­quilized, inoculated with the contraceptive, then tagged and released. The deer population is esti­mated at up to 120, a densi­ty of 60 per square mile. That’s three times the deer density that some studies have tied to a de­cline in plant and animal species. The goal is a 35 percent to 40 percent reduction in five years. Stephanie Boyles Grif­fin, a senior director at the Humane Society of the United States, said, “There are thousands of communities in the U.S. that are looking for alter­native ways to manage the deer populations.” If suc­cessful, she said, “Has­tings would be the first open suburb in the U.S. to manage deer exclusively through the use of immu­nocontraception.” Swiderski said he had heard about such experi­ments and approached ex­pert Allen Rutberg, direc­tor of the Center for Ani­mals and Public Policy at Tufts University. Rutberg went for a walk in Hastings, saw plenty of deer and deer damage, and figured the village would make an in­teresting experiment. “For me, the idea is to intervene in the lives of the deer as little as possi­ble, to allow them to min­gle with us but not to the level where they become a nuisance,” Rutberg said. “If we can avoid killing things that live in our neighborhoods, then I think we should.” The protein, called zo­na pellucida, is obtained from pork industry slaughterhouses. It cre­ates antibodies in deer — and elephants and horses — that prevent fertiliza­tion. The mayor said dozens of residents have volun­teered to monitor deer numbers and travel pat­terns and measure land­scape damage. Among them is Nancy Balaban, 85, who said she’s had to give up gar­dening in her yard be­cause “the deer just ate everything down to the ground. Hostas, tulips, even holly bushes.” She especially laments the damage to Hastings’ “beautiful treasure,” its village forest, where hardly anything green can be seen from the ground to 6 or 7 feet up the tree trunks. “All the saplings are eaten,” Balaban said. “It’s going to end up being a desert.” Rutberg said the forest damage also affects “the critters that live in the vegetation: ground-nest­ing birds, small rodents, amphibians.” Some neighbors have erected tall wrought-iron fencing, coupled with net­ting, to keep the beasts out of their gardens. Balaban said that’s too expensive. She limits her puttering now to a few pots of flowering bego­nias and bacopa on a sec­ond- floor balcony. “The deer haven’t learned to fly yet,” she said. The mayor said he sus­pects most Hastings resi­dents would support a kill­ing program, but oppo­nents could delay or sabo­tage it. “I’m picturing kids on TV with signs that say ‘Don’t shoot the deer,’ ” he said. The Humane Society and In Defense of Ani­mals are helping to pay for the experiment, which will probably cost at least $30,000 for the first two years. Although the does have to be treated every two or three years, they don’t have to be captured again once they’re tagged and that will keep labor costs down. Subsequent doses can be delivered by dart, Rutberg said. The Humane Society supports the program be­cause “our major focus is to encourage people to tol­erate wild animals and co­exist with them,” Griffin said. Barbara Stagno of In Defense of Animals said, “There’s a lot of killing of wildlife under the guise of not being able to cohabit. It happens with geese, it happens with deer. Killing rarely is the answer.” Rutberg has run simi­lar experiments on Fripp Island, S.C., and on the en­closed grounds of the Na­tional Institute of Stan­dards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md. Be­cause Hastings is neither an island nor fenced in, there’s a risk of deer from elsewhere moving in and affecting the numbers. But Rutberg said that makes it more of a real­world experiment. He added, however, that deer tend to stay within a quarter-mile of where they’re born. “They obviously like it here,” he said. “They’re native, they belong in our forests. But maybe not at 60 per square mile.” Nancy Balaban of Hastings-on-Hudson inspects deer damage to a cypress tree in her yard. The village plans to inject does with a contraceptive to reduce the deer population. JIM FITZGERALD/AP A doe and two fawns look up from their grazing in a field in Hastings-on-Hudson last week. JIM FITZGERALD/AP Powered by TECNAVIA Copyright © 2013 Democrat and Chronicle 08/04/2013

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For broadheads , get some of the styrafoam blocks that they discard at Tractor supply and rachet strap 9 of them together . Put an old carpet behind them . When you start getting "shoot throughs" , loosen the straps and replace the bad blocks . Free is good !

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When we had our swimming pool and I had poison ivy on my arm , I used to put a chlorine tablet in the skimmer , wait a few minutes and then put my arm by the water return . The chlorine water was quite soothing !

Stopped at Beikirchs yesterday to buy some CCI 200 large rifle primers and some Hodgdon 4831 powder to use for 25-06 reloads . No primers but was able to score on the powder . I looked at the canister today and noticed it was H4831SC . I called dave at Beirirchs and asked what the heck the SC stood for . He said "short cut" . It's cut shorter so it will dispense easier than the regular 4831 . I hope it works as I have had to weigh the regular stuff on a beam scale .

The one I got in the mail is Red & Black Plaid . Must be a way to distinguish us old guys from the younger one . Hmmmmmmmm !

I never had poison ivy until in my early 50's . I used to be able to rub the leaves ans not catch it until one hot , scorching day when I was putting up a pressure treated stand in 96 degree weather . Apparently I was hot enough where my pores opened up and I got it . Now I get it almost every year . Technu and Calagel seemed to help sooth the itch .

Not near the park at all . None of them had any BIG racks but I was surprised to see that many in one area in the same evening . 3 of them came within 40 yards of where I was sitting and waiting for them to move along so I could get out of there undetected . We lost a couple of good spots in Mendon when a developer bought up some properties and built on them . One of the spots we lost was a 8 acre field with adjoining woods / fields where someone built a house right in the middle of the field .