[2014 HuntingNY Whitetail Challenge]

Count me in.  Is there anything else that I have to do?

[Starter Trail Cam Recommendations?]

I have been using trail cams for 15+ years, starting out with the Camtraker @ $400.00.  I still use this film camera near the house.  When my film supply runs out it will be retired.  Great camera. 4+ months on the batterys.

I have tried some other brands and I now use 4 digital cuddeback captures.  I feel that these are the best for the money.  Yes, I use flash cameras.  I put them anywhere from 10-15 feet up and angle them down.  Deer never seem to run from the flash or even look up at the camera. I have several sequences where a deer will come in on a scrape and I will get as many as 9 flash pics in 10-15 minutes. This position almost always gives a full view of the rack, no people seem to notice the camera and even if they did, I remove the 4 tree steps I used to put them up there. I get about 2 months on 4 D cell batterys

Cost is $200.00 list price.  I have been buying them on E-Bay for around $160 -170.00  Keep the camera as simple as possible.

One thing I have found though, you will more than likely have to send it back to the manufaturer at least once in it's lifetime for repair.  Do not waste your $$$ on cheap cameras.

I am a measurer for Boone & Crocket and Pope & Young so remember, if you take a record book class deer with the aid of one of the cameras that sends pics to your cell phone, it will not qualify for the record books.  Again, keep it simple!

[Do you wear Orange? If so why? If not Why not? :)]

I guess most of you missed my point.  I think that we all should have something available with us to wear if we feel the need.  My point was that we should not allow the State or any other entity to dictate to us what we need to wear.  It would be just another one of our rights taken away by Big Brother.

[Do you wear Orange? If so why? If not Why not? :)]

I carry an orange vest in my backpack.  If I feel a need to wear it, it is right there.  Never during archery season.  I mostly use it when I am bringing a deer out of the woods. I may be taking chances but 99% of hunters are safe, good people, and make sure of their target before shooting. Again, I feel safe with the odds.

[Do you wear Orange? If so why? If not Why not? :)]

I will NOT be forced to wear any type of clothing.  I feel very strongly that, when the rate of injury/death is so VERY low, why should any govenment body dictate what we wear!!  Wake up guys and gals.  Stop giving up your rights so easily.  The media embelishes any hunting incident because most of them are anti-Guns/Hunting.  More people are killed and injured jogging or riding a bike than by hunting yet we don't here much about them.

Honestly though, I am a NYS EMT and a Professional & Volunteer Firefighter.  I've seen it all and feel very strongly that when it's your time - it's your time.  Not much is going to change it!