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  • Birthday 11/30/1948

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    http://huntingwithairedales.blogspot.com/2010/07/hunting-with-airedales.html

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Central NY
  • Interests
    Retired now, have a small hobby farm, raise a few chickens and have a small herd of Irish Dexter cattle. I enjoy all of the outdoor sports although as I get older I do not get out much as I once did. I like hunting small game best and I am especially fond of hunting with dogs. Always a firearms buff doing minor mods and smithing to individualize my firearms to my taste and loading custom ammo to fire in them. I also like the shooting sports from competition to just informal plinking and target shooting which is what I do most these days.

    I also run the Traditional Working Airedale Message board, http://traditionalairedale.proboards.com/

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  • Hunting Location
    central ny
  • Hunting Gun
    I have several that I like a lot but if I had to pin it down to one it would be my Ruger 77 220 Swift
  • Bow
    Vintage Oneida Eagle Aeroforce, Vintage Bear Cub recurve, Vintage Bear Alaskan compound, Vintage Bear Super Kodiak recurve bought in the 60s also a vintage Browning Explorer 1 compound bow.
  • HuntingNY.com
    A link to it on a craigslist ad

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  1. I ended up going with and ordering a new Charter Arms Target Pathfinder, it is a good solid little revolver that weighs 20 oz, it should fit my bill as a trail gun. Should have it in a week or so. Al
  2. I drove by Fish Creek a couple of times last week, it is one of the main tributaries of Oneida Lake and has a good spawning run of Walleyes in the spring. Usually they are in the creek in late April but because of this warm weather word must be out they are running early because there were a bunch of fishermen lined up on the banks fishing for them. Usually this time of the year the water is high and there is snow on the ground, and by time the fish get in the creek the season is closed March 15. Al
  3. Groupers look like giant Bass, congrats. Al
  4. I have found that when hunting Hare and they are in their white phase with no snow for cover it is the toughest. While they rarely go to ground it does not surprise me that one would especially when the ground is bare. Al
  5. If you do any amount of cutting materials like corrugated steel or plastic roofing, various sheet metal-duct work, I have come across a tool that will really make life a lot easier. The Dewalt Shear Attachment, it will go on just about any drill or impact driver and it makes working with and cutting sheet materials so much more pleasant and easy. I tried it out on my Milwaukee impact driver and man it is slick, it is going to be a big work saver for me. Al
  6. Noticed a little bit of white chalky haze starting to develop in places on my rubber coated binoculars, read somewhere about using Armor All to rid that stuff away. Have some Armor All wipes laying around for use in my car so I gave the binos a wipe down with one and bingo, haze gone and better than new, rejuvenated the rubber coating perfectly. Al
  7. Congrats, nice catch, no finer eating than Perch. Al
  8. Good stuff grouse, that old Indian is still worth some serious coin. I have always gravitated to old timers to pick their brains, the number of valuable things I have learned from them is incalculable, I once read that when one of them old timers pass it is the same as a Library burning to the ground, so true. Al
  9. The 5-Heaviest Whitetail Deer Ever Killed - On record - FEATHERNETT OUTDOORS
  10. airedale

    White Bass

    Doing a little pre fishing season assessment and inspecting my fishing equipment getting everything ready to go come spring. I have two dedicated rods that I made up especially for White Bass. They don't have the notoriety of most game fish but for me they are one of the most enjoyable fish to catch. I was lucky growing up and living next to Fish Creek and Spring brings both big spawning runs of Walleyes and a few weeks later the White Bass. I have not fished for them recently but this Spring I am going after them. Light action rods, light line, small shiny spoons like Little Cleos, small Maribou jigs and with a fly rod Bucktail Streamers. If you hit a feeding school the action is ferocious and these Bass put up a good tussle. I have to say they for me are not the best eating fish but I still clean and eat everyone I catch. Al
  11. I own and have read every book O'Connor authored, he gave me a first class education in firearms, shooting and hunting. Al
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