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Some of the best Squirrel hunting is forest land that borders corn fields, Squirrels will travel a long way to get corn especially this time of year when it is hard and dry on the ear. I have found husks and partial ears of corn several hundred yards back in the woods from the fields. I also know Coons will also carry corn back to their dens. Al

I want this ammo for older shotguns that are not proofed for steel. I have a friend that works at Gander Mountain in Utica and we sat down and looked up in their computer what ammo they carry and they do not stock or sell Kent Matrix or Rio Bismuth so I could not even special order it. Odd because they carry the Kent Fast Steel! Al

I can find many vendors on the internet that carry and stock this ammo but it can not be shipped to NY. I have had no luck finding it in any stores in the Utica, Rome, Syracuse area. Al

"Kent" tungsten Matrix or "Rio" Bismuth 12 ga 2 3/4 inch in 4s, 5s or 6s in the central NY area.

The New York Daily News quoted Cuomo saying: If the far right is willing to shut down the government because they don’t get a tax cut for the rich, then our people should have the same resolve and threaten to shut down the government if they don’t get a real gun control law to stop killing of their innocents. Cuomo doubled down on this demand following the heinous October 1 attack on innocents at Umpqua Community College, saying, “I’d love to see the Democrats stand up and say, ‘We’re going to shut down the federal government or threaten to shut down the government if we don’t get real gun control legislation,’” According to The Hill, Cuomo stressed that this government shut down for gun control ought to be a “high priority.” He added: I would like to see Hillary and the vice president and whoever else is in the race from both parties talk about the issue of guns. Rather than the political blather that is now going on, let’s put some real issues on the agenda and let’s put at the top: What are you doing to about guns? Let’s have that be one of the top priorities. Cuomo signed the SAFE Act gun control package into law in January 2013. Through it, he and his fellow New York Democrats banned “high capacity” ammunition magazines and “assault weapons” while implementing universal background checks and firearm registration. Although these gun controls were passed with pledges to make New Yorkers safer, firearm-related homicides are surging in NYC–the shooting death of Carey Gabay is a case in point. Yet Cuomo says his gun control push has not failed. Rather, he says Congress undercut him by not putting similar laws in place on the federal level.

I applaud you and your wife. Al

Three or 4 years without pulling the trigger would discourage most newbies. I believe starting out on small game and getting one's feet wet and having some fun. Take her small game hunting where she can get some action on Rabbits and Squirrels and have some success. Sitting in a good oak stand quietly hunting Squirrels with a 22 will go a long way on learning patience and accurate shooting and getting used to those jitters. During those squirrel hunts she will most likely also see Deer and learn something. Al

Mostly South of route 20 from Waterville on the back roads off of both sides of route 12, Hubbardsville, Poolville, Sherburne, all the way down to Norwich where my favorite spot was just out side of town. Al

Back in the day when the family farms were still prevalent and Chuck populations were large I was about as big a fanatic about hunting them as one could be. I hunted big farm hay fields on hilltops in the southern tier and I would go through nearly a 50 round caseguard box of my reloads picking them off. Like you say, back in them days the farmers would welcome Chuck hunters and tell you to kill them all. Al

Pretty much sums it up for me

I have owned a bunch of Remington's firearms over my lifetime, be they shotguns or rifles I have had satisfactory results with them. Personally I would not hesitate to purchase another! Al

All types of small game hunting gives me the most enjoyment, it is all about action. Be it wingshooting, rabbits, coons and squirrels with dogs or varmint hunting. I like pulling the trigger.

I am a big fan of rimfires and have the most fun plinking and hunting with the wide variety of firearms chambered for them.

Hardcore when young, passionate today.

In the last fifty something years the biggest single change has been the demise of the family farms in my neck of the woods. As they folded they were split up into building lots and sold. The farmers did not post their land as they do today and welcomed responsible-safe hunters as most viewed wild game, especially Deer almost as vermin. Today almost every farm I hunted small and big game on is gone and now the land is dotted with homes where there were once crops. What farms that do exist are now posted. Small game is nowhere near as popular as it once was, Deer hunting now dominates.

The Savage 24 is one of the best all around tools for small game hunting because of it's versatility. There have been many versions made through the years but I prefer the older side button models with a walnut stock. A newer type is still made today. The combinations of rifle and shotgun chamberings will keep you covered for most small game hunting situations and especially for squirrels and rabbits. I have a 22 over a 410, with good quality hi velocity 22 cartridges, quality shotshells and Brenneke slugs this little gun has not let me down.

The ending in the Wild Bunch get my nod.

I would have to go for a shotgun, A mint Crown Grade LC Smith 20ga double, 28 inch barrels improved and modified. Al

I have a Ruger 77 HB 22 mag and the Remington 597 22 mag, did trigger jobs on both as they were a little heavy for my liking. Both shoot well, the Remington has shown surprising accuracy for a out of the box autoloader, she will lay them right in there as well as the Ruger Varmint does especially with the Winchester 40gr. hp. Al

Deer have seven glands that are used primarily for scent communication. The nose of a whitetail deer has up to 297 million olfactory receptors, dogs have 220 million with humans limiting out with just five million… [in other words] the whitetail deer’s sense of smell is nearly 1/3 greater than that of a canine [and unfathomably greater than ours]. whitetail deer have two giant olfactory bulbs attached to the brain which decode every smell they encounter. The bulbs weigh around 60 grams, four times as much as human olfactory bulbs. In tests dogs have been able to pick up chemical solutions that form one or two parts in a trillion. That is the equivalent of smelling one bad apple in two billion barrels. This is relative to a whitetail deer’s sense of smell as[this part is important] some hunters believe they can cover their human scent with cover up scents. Wrong! Dogs can detect odors that are up to 40 feet underground, thus deer can detect them even deeper than that depth. Estimates state that a whitetail deer can detect human scent for up to 10 days after it’s left. As far as dogs and whitetail deer are concerned, all humans have a unique smell. They can pick people out according to body and other odors …Therefore, the deer your hunting may quite possibly know the difference between how the farmer smells that works in the field that is NOT a threat to them, and you the hunter– [another key point regarding cover scents] If you are the hunter that wears cover scents then know the whitetail deer are probably associating your cover scents with those of a predator. Cover scents will hurt you more than help you. …dogs can track human smells over long distances. Scientists think they can pick up on the difference in odors from different footprints to work out which direction their prey is headed. They can do this twenty minutes after a person has passed by, even though the footprints are made a single second apart. If this is accurate, then again with the whitetail deer having a keener sense of smell – it is very possible whitetail deer can smell which way you are headed and avoid you by going the other direction. Based on 42 trials it has been concluded that scent absorbing suits with carbon lining had little to no affect on a dog’s ability to track human beings. However environmental factors such as the wind did effect the dog’s ability to locate. This information suggests carbon lined clothing as odor absorbing suits may not keep a whitetail deer from detecting the hunter. It is a scientific fact that it takes 600 degree [heat] for carbon to reactivate, however the modern day clothing dryer averages 175 degrees maximum temperature. Thus you aren’t reactivating your carbon lined clothing whether or not you think you are. Conclusion There is no [scientifically proven] way to reduce human scent 100%. [This fact is especially true when dealing with whitetail deer.]

As far as antler hunting I have heard of at least one person using an Airedale, don't know much about this activity myself but I would say with proper training they should be able to do it. I can tell you that one of my own yard dogs has a couple of time found old antlers on his own and brought them home. There are several people on the Traditional Working Airedale message board that use Airedales successfully for recovering deer, so I know they can perform that task well. I believe there are a couple of photos in the links posted showing some Airedales with deer they recovered. There was a time when I did quite a bit of varmint hunting using calls and had several instances where my Airedales tracked up both Coyote and Fox for me. My Airedales are midsized with the females averaging in the sixty pound area give or take a few pounds, the males a bit more. Al

The British tried using them as Police dogs but for the most part they were and are not suited for the job, Airedales are "people dogs" in that they love people. Like most other Police forces that use dogs the British switched to the herding breeds which are the favorites and are far and away the best breeds for that kind of work. During WW1 Airedales were extensively used as "War Dogs" jobs included helping locate the dead and wounded soldiers, also as sentinels, and many as messenger dogs. Al

Have some females left they should be good ones and will be old enough to start some training.

I agree with wooly, it is said a Deer's nose ranks close to a Dog's, if you are upwind they will smell you, your weapon, even your breath cover scent or not. Al

A 44 mag revolver is tough to beat. Al