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Recent article on Bail Reform https://archive.md/MF84i ** Updated original post to link to an archive site to avoid paywall from Times Union website....

Any interest in a Stainless steel 10/22 with the Mannlicher laminate stock?

Yes, do oil changes on mine, wife's, and both daughters (both still live ar home). Never had any issues with either factory or 3rd party warranty, also make sure to save recipts and document mileage. Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

40 ' overcast Tree frogs Muzzleloader at the ready Snow geese flying overhead December 30th What more could one ask for ? Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

OMG - the price on those primers. Just saw some of the same for $21 at the LGS last week

NYS DEC regulations on crossbows are below. Just be aware many manufacturers list the width (both cocked and un-cocked) of a crossbow by measuring axle to axle. The regs are total width of limbs, so some models may slide in as being legal even if the "width" measurement is under 17 inches.

Link to the new management plan https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7977.html

Freeze is full, so any additional will be a bonus, but I am sitting on my either sex bow/muzzle tag, as well as a DMP. I've hunted muzzle loader season the past 10+ years. This year I only got out 2 times, so the extra 2 weekends (well, actually 1 day of each weekend) will be nice. I do have to work during the week, so I'll be limited to hunting only a few hours at the beginning or end of the day Mon-Thurs if I burn some leave time from work.

Did a quick sit this afternoon , as I was walking out, got a notification from Spypoint that this guy was moving around. Maybe we'll meet up for the Holiday hunt... Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

This is Rochester he's talking about, sure it wasn't the hood rats popping off rounds ? Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

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Started out with 30 lbs of ground sausage mix, plan was to pack it into 1 lb portions in vacuum sealed bags. If each bag is just 1 ounce over a pound, you end up with 28 full bags, and a 29th that contains about a half a pound. Took me and the wife a few minutes to figure out what happened. That is all I have to say about that...

Good info on this thread.... Wife is currently driving a 2008 GMC envoy; she loves the size of the vehicle, but with it's ago it's getting ready to start causing high repair bills. Our plan is to start looking next summer for a replacement, but she's pretty particular on wanting something around that same size (she absolutely hates driving my 15 Chevy Equinox -says it's too small). Her drive to work is <5 miles, and with other driving, she's lucky to put 10-11K a year on a vehicle. For those of you driving hybrids, what's the "tipping point" in regards to annual mileage where the hybrid option off-set annual fuel / maintenance costs ? Also, with such short driving distances, is there an economic benefit ?

Any the florescent pink colors instead of orange. Even DEC is buying into it : "New York State law requires hunters age 14 and 15 and their mentors who are hunting deer or bear with a gun to wear fluorescent hunter orange or pink..."

As long as we're discussion the use of Muzzleloaders, here's my experiences.... I'm in Ontario County - 8J - southern zone; Since 2010 I've only carried a CVA Buckhorn .50 caliber muzzleloader with a 3 x 9 scope. 2 years ago, I upgraded to a Traditions Pursuit G4 ultralight .50 caliber and have been carrying that ever since. Only shoot Triple-7 pellets with 209 primers. The CVA shoots best with 230 gr. T/C SureFire JHP's and the Traditions with T/C 250 gr. Shockwaves (both are sabots). To me the decision wasn't to extend my season, but to simply carry something lighter that the Remington 870 12 gauge that was always my go to deer gun. Even with the 870, I hardly ever took 2nd or 3rd shots, so I don't feel that the single shot muzzleloader was a handicap - but it definitely made me concentrate more on my shooting technique and to think twice about taking questionable shots. Ultimately IMHO this made me a lot more proficient shooter both with MZ and other rifles. I am comfortable with both guns out to 150 yards and have harvested deer from <20 yards to ~ 110 yards in the past. Over the years, I have taken 12 deer via muzzleloader, and have never needed a follow-up shot or lost an animal due to bad shot placement. 1 Thanksgiving morning, I actually took 3 deer in the course of 10 minutes by slowly reloading and shooting when the group of does wouldn't take a hint and move on. Have also used them for raccoon and woodchuck hunting and other plinking/playing in the off season. Have carried in the rain and snow with only 1 misfire my 1st season - was in the habit of leaving it loaded (primer removed) between hunts keeping it in the unheated pole barn. Learned my lesson that night, and since then, if weather is bad, gun gets unloaded each night either by pulling breach or firing the load. I do nothing more than electrical tape over the barrel, and with the CVA, keeping the breach area clear of snow and ice. Only weather-related issue is scopes fogging up. Yes, I purchase muzzleloader tag, can't say that I've been any more successful in that later season - only 3 deer were taken over the years in the actual muzzleloader season - the rest have been during regular deer season. The only other advantage to the muzzleloader tag is now it covers crossbow the last 2 weeks of bow season.

The same reason why NYS went to a longer bow season and more liberal numbers of DMPs. Less hunters means less game harvested, so IMHO it's an attempt to better the harvest numbers, by increasing the length of seasons and opportunities.

First competition and she's set a new state record; congratulations are defiantly in order. Sounds like she's got a very promising future in the sport.

2 people made bad decisions yesterday and those decisions will have lasting effects on a number of lives. I don't know the 2 hunters involved, but know many of the 1st responders that were involved. Many themselves are hunters, and being Thanksgiving this incident has affected many of them as well.

8J - Ontario County here... In 2009 I switched from using a Rem 870 12 gauge with a rifled barrel & Red dot scope to a CVA Buckhorn .50 caliber muzzleloader with a 3 x 9 scope. First season with a mix of carrying both the 870 and CVA depending on mood. since then the 870 hasn't been shot. (It's a dedicated slug gun that I never change over to a field barrel). 2 years ago I upgraded to a Traditions Pursuit G4 ultralight .50 caliber and have been carrying that every since. When Ontario County started allowing rifles, I stuck with the muzzleloader, even though I have a Rem 700 SPS in .308 - I've carried the .308 if sitting at a distance watching a field where deer are feeding, but it's only been a handful of times over the years. My oldest Daughter has been hunting for 8+ years now, when she started, I got her a Mossy 500 20 gauge with a rifled barrel. It's a tack drive and a lot easier on the shoulder then the 12 gauge. If I ever went back to carrying a slug gun, I would probably go the 20 gauge route, expectably after pulling the 870 out of the safe last month and disassembling and cleaning it - what a heavy-ass hunk of steel and wood that thing is....

8J here - Seeing lots more movement 3:00 PM til dark then any other time of the day.

And this is why the Un-safe act said only 7 bullets were legal.....

For the not so technical folks out there - https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-took-facebook-down-major-global-outage-drags-on/

Seen alot of people out with x-bows practicing before southern zone opener. People who I know don't normally bow hunt. Connect the dots. Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

And what did he discover ?