Mr VJP

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This first circulated when a lot of medical professionals started claiming guns had to be banned as a public health hazard. The pro-gun forces publicized this info to counter their assault on guns. The doctors dropped the whole idiotic idea after that.

Yes. Many racks have been scored decades after they were mounted on the wall.

Welcome aboard. Where are you from and what do you hunt? How long have you been hunting?

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Perhaps ultramag is not aware that FMJ bullets and solids are used for hunting dangerous game in Africa on a routine basis. They are sometimes used for Brown Bear in Alaska too. So they are used as hunting rounds. I guess the story continues.....

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For all of you guys celebrating Hanukkah, this buck's for you!

Great Site! Makes me want to get back up there soon. ;D

Somehow when it comes to drinking and hunting, I really prefer that people be a little judgmental. After all, it is a subject that involves judgment. Good for the members here for speaking their minds on the subject, and thank you for being the second one to get the opinions of condemnation going. Doc My first reply had only one opinion in it Doc, and that was, I believe it is illegal to have on you while hunting. I was very surprised to find it wasn't. NY law is different than other states in this area. The rest of the post was fact regarding the use of alcohol while hunting and it's effects on your body. I didn't condemn the man, nor was I rude or presumptive regarding his character. I admit that post was a little quick without checking the facts, but I did rectify that in my later posts once I read the man's post a 2nd time and realized what he was looking for. So Doc, I should not being thanked for something I wasn't a part of.

OK Bubba. You buy though. Let me just unload my gun and put it away first..... Got a good cigar to go with it?

So what Doc? So opinions can be offered and done in a way that isn't judgmental, presumptive or rude. Any opinion posted that is judgmental, presumptive or rude is not warranted, and surely not appreciated.

Try putting this sign on your stand. ;D

Either NY has the stupidest Fish & Game Dept on earth, or the anti-crossbow crowd got them to vote for this law this way. Why on earth would anyone choose to use a crossbow in the gun season? What point would it serve? If it were legal in the bow season it might give an advantage to the hunter over a bow. But compared to a finger released longbow, so does a recurve and a compound. And compared to a flintlock ML, there is a huge advantage to a percussion cap rifle or a 150 grain powder charge capable, scoped inline rifle. So why all the resistance to a crossbow in bow season? I really do not see any logic in the argument. It is obvious a line has been drawn by bow men in this debate, and that line is arbitrary and protectionist against others who do not see archery season the same way they do. If you side with the anti-crossbow crowd, you are showing no appreciation for other hunters who stood with you when the anti's went after bow hunting as unusually cruel. Maybe the next time bow hunting is attacked, other hunters will stay silent. Are bow hunters sure they want to burn that bridge? Are they sure they can afford to in the future? We all must hang together, or we will surely all hang separately.

I think if we refer back to the original post and see what sits in trees requested, nobody's opinion was warranted.

As long as it wasn't may car, it wouldn't worry me. ;D

You will need to push out two pins that hold the trigger assembly in. Then remove the trigger assembly. You will the see if you move the slide a little you can remove the bolt and the plate that rides in it's bottom. Then you can slide the whole forearm assembly forward and off the magazine tube. Try to remember how it all goes back together though and don't force anything lest you bend or break something. A good thing about a Mossberg 500, it's like a Lego gun that can easily be taken apart without tools by any gun owner. It should be just as easy to put back together if you pay careful attention to taking it apart.

I assume you have removed the entire forearm slide assembly from the shotgun. If you have also removed the ring type nut on the front of the forearm, it should slide off the metal tube that is the slide itself. If it is tight, it's easier the work it off when you have the whole assembly removed from the shotgun. A little lubricant sprayed into the assembly between the wood and the metal may help. There are no other screws or nuts involved that would prevent it from coming off.

Well boys, I started my response to this post thinking it was illegal. I went straight to the local DEC and found the younger guys didn't know the answer, and they tried hard to find the law that makes it illegal. A man with 20 years in the field set them all straight telling them having a flask on your person while hunting is NOT illegal. Maybe not a good idea, but NOT against the law. For anything to be illegal, there must be a written statute on the books. If this 20 year man was wrong in his answer to me, someone post the statute. If no one can do that, I'll continue to believe a man who would, by his own admission, arrest anyone for possessing alcohol while hunting, if it were actually illegal. I give this tenured DEC officer a great deal of credit for his honesty, and despise any officer who bull slings to intimidate and abuse his authority. DEC officers don't get to decide what is illegal or legal. They can only enforce the laws that are on the books.

Welcome aboard from the Catskills

Welcome aboard! You've come to the right place to get started. Take martin up on his offer if you want to hunt some squirrels. Sounds like he has some around his hunting area. Finding game is a lot like real estate. Location, location, location..... Besides, hunting is also about making new friends.

In NJ they have a few AR areas. When the doe herd was high, bow hunters were required to kill a doe before they were given a buck tag. They could kill as many doe as they wanted after that too. Only 1 buck per season was allowed though. As long as the bow hunters are getting a head start on deer hunting, they will literally get first shot at the big bucks, and the bow season usually runs in the middle of the rut. It used to be a lot harder to hunt deer with a bow. Today's compounds, and now crossbows, have made it easier. There is no reason gun hunters can't take up a bow too. But eventually, the deer herd will shrink with AR, and the bow season, and gun season, will also become shorter. AR means more big bucks, but fewer deer. That is considered to be the best deer situation in the eyes of the DEC and the public. Wildlife management, done correctly, will control the herd as effectively as possible. It isn't supposed to manage the herd to make hunters happy.

Nice country up there. I've hunted around Tupper Lake and out by the Cold River in that area. Glad to see a youngster like yourself coming on board.

I've been shot at while wearing B/O too! I still say we need to deal with idiot hunters, not force defense on responsible hunters. Think I'm paranoid Doc? Read this......... B/o laws just get worse. It's just a few days into this year's General Assembly session and already we've seen a number of proposed bills that could impact Virginia's sportsmen. In House Bill 872: Submitted by Joe Johnson (D-Abingdon), this bill would overhaul Virginia's mandatory blaze orange law. It would require all hunters, and those accompanying hunters, to wear at least 250 square inches of blaze orange on their upper body while hunting during a firearms deer season, including muzzleloader seasons. This proposal isn't surprising, as the dynamics of Virginia's deer seasons have changed significantly since the original blaze orange law was adopted in 1987. Back then, the general firearms seasons produced most hunting accidents. Also, muzzleloaders and bows were close-range weapons, which theoretically reduced the chances of a hunter mistaking a human for a deer. But today's scoped, high-tech muzzleloaders are capable of accuracy at 100 yards and beyond. They have become so popular that the black powder seasons have pretty much evolved into an extension of general firearms season. Accidental shootings are fairly rare during muzzleloader season. A muzzleloading hunter was shot and killed this past November in Bath County, but only one of 10 gunshot fatalities over the previous five years was with a muzzleloader. Of course, just one fatality is too many. And since blaze orange has been proven to reduce accidental shootings during rifle seasons, doesn't it make sense to expand the law? There's a catch, though. Muzzleloader seasons can run concurrently with other seasons whose participants likely won't be too enthusiastic about wearing blaze orange. Archery deer hunters, who generally prefer shots of 30 yards or less, generally wear full camouflage. Blaze orange should not hurt their hunting success, because the color doesn't stand out to deer, but does it really make sense to make a guy who is 15 feet up a tree wear orange? It will be a bigger issue for turkey hunters. Turkeys have such keen eyesight that hunters trying to call the birds within shotgun range typically wear head-to-toe camo. During the first blaze orange debate the state did some studies to see how turkeys would react to hunters in blaze orange. The study, according to Virginia turkey guru Gary Norman, determined that blaze orange shouldn't adversely impact hunter success. But the study used mannequins, eliminating the movement factor. As any turkey hunter knows, movement is the real issue. Camo can help hunters get away with very careful movement. Will the same be true for someone wearing blaze orange? The current law does include a few exceptions, such as for waterfowlers in certain situations and bowhunters in areas where firearms are not allowed. But exempting turkey hunters and bowhunters could prove unwieldy. Rather than implementing such a sweeping change, legislators could tweak the bill. One possibility would be to bring the regulation in line with what's in place in Pennsylvania, where hunters are required to wear blaze orange while up and walking but not while sitting in place. Heed the warnings Doc. I don't make this stuff up.

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