burmjohn

Haha Here on the island they are expecting 2-3 inches and the stores are out of milk and eggs and the gas lines have started. Good thing I'm heading up to the cabin! 8+ inches of snow for my last hunting weekend.

Photoshopped!

Hopefully they didnt use the same developers as heathcare.gov

DEC ANNOUNCES A TEMPORARY BLACKOUT PERIOD FOR SPORTING LICENSE SALES AND GAME HARVEST REPORTING New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens today announced that beginning Thursday, December 26, the public will not be able to purchase hunting, fishing or trapping licenses, or secure a recreational marine fishing registration or report their harvested game. The temporary blackout period is due to a transition that DEC will undergo from the current computerized licensing system to a newly developed system and is expected to last approximately one to two weeks. “In order to transfer the most current data and transition to the new system, we need to completely shut down license sales and game harvest reporting,” said Commissioner Martens. “The ability to purchase a sporting license, associated stamp or permit, register to recreationally fish in New York’s marine waters or report a harvested deer or bear will be temporary and the public will be notified as soon the new system is accessible.” DEC is in the transition phase to a new system for computerized sporting license issuance and game harvest reporting since the contract with the provider of the current system endsDecember 31, 2013 and that provider will no longer be in sporting license business. DEC’s new sporting license system is part of a larger multi-agency effort in New York State to consolidate licensing systems and facilitate securing licenses in New York. Hunters, anglers, and trappers need to purchase their licenses, stamps, and permits prior to December 26, 2013 in order to hunt or fish during the blackout period. There will be outreach efforts about the blackout period so that potential anglers, hunters, and trappers are prepared for this closure period. Hunters are encouraged to purchase remaining first-come-first-served deer management permits (DMPs) prior to the December 26 blackout period. Sporting licenses are available at nearly 1,500 locations across New York State, via telephone (1-866-933-2257) and via the internet at https://nyfgisales.appsolgrp.com/fgnyia/html/index.jsp. For a list of license agents, visit DEC’s website at http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6101.html. “If you know of a friend or relative that is planning to hunt, fish, or trap and who may not have already purchased a sporting license, please get the word to them about the black-out period and the need to purchase their license prior to December 26,” Commissioner Martens said. “While another announcement will be made when the new system is functional and licenses are available for purchase, we encourage anglers, hunters, and trappers to periodically check the DEC website (http://www.dec.ny.gov/) for updates.” Deer and bear season in Westchester County and deer season in Suffolk County will be open during at least a portion of the blackout period. Small game and waterfowl hunting seasons and many fishing seasons also remain open during this time. Hunters are required, by law, to report deer, bear, and turkey harvested pursuant to a hunting license within seven days of taking the animal. During the blackout period, hunters will not be able to report their harvest; however, they will be given a seven-day grace period to report their harvest once the new system is up and running. This post has been promoted to an article

you should all be using chrome anyways

Has anyone on this site actually ever even seen a wild boar in NY?

EURASIAN BOARS NO LONGER “FAIR GAME” IN NEW YORK Proposed Regulations Would Prohibit Hunting or Trapping of Wild Boars in New York New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner (DEC) Joe Martens today announced the proposal of new regulations that would prohibit hunting or trapping of free-ranging Eurasian boars in New York. The proposal is designed to ensure maximum effectiveness of DEC’s statewide eradication efforts. Public comments on the proposed regulations will be accepted until January 25, 2014. “Eurasian boars are a great threat to natural resources, agricultural interests, private property and public safety wherever they occur,” Commissioner Martens said. “It’s important that we do all in our power to ensure that this invasive species does not become established in the wild anywhere in New York State.” Eurasian boars were brought to North America centuries ago and wild populations numbering in the millions now occur across much of the southern U.S. In recent years, wild boar populations have been appearing in more northern states too, often as a result of escapes from enclosed shooting facilities that offer “wild boar hunts.” Governor Cuomo signed legislation on October 21, 2013 which immediately prohibited the importation, breeding or introduction to the wild of any Eurasian boars. Furthermore, the law prohibits possession, sale, transport or marketing of live Eurasian boars as of September 1, 2015. The new law was an essential step in the state’s efforts to prevent Eurasian boars from becoming established in the wild. However, there are already small numbers of Eurasian boars on the landscape in New York. Since 2000, wild boars have been reported in many counties across the state, and breeding in the wild has been confirmed in at least six counties (Tioga, Cortland, Onondaga, Clinton, Sullivan and Delaware) in recent years. DEC is working closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program to remove any Eurasian boars that are reported in New York, and to date more than 150 animals have been captured and destroyed. However, eradication is expensive, time consuming and requires a great deal of manpower. “Many hunters have offered to assist our efforts by hunting for boars wherever they occur, but experience has shown this to be counter-productive,” Martens said. “As long as swine may be pursued by hunters, there is a potential conflict with our swine eradication efforts. Eurasian boars often join together to form a ‘sounder’, the name for a group of pigs sometimes numbering 20 or more individuals. Shooting individual boars as opportunities arise is ineffective as an eradication method, and this often causes the remaining animals to disperse and be more difficult to remove.” Hunters pursuing wild boars in locations where baited traps have been established by DEC or USDA can also undermine these costly and labor-intensive capture efforts. Shooting may remove one or two animals but the rest of the sounder scatters and rarely comes back together as a group, thereby hampering eradication efforts. In addition to prohibiting take of free-ranging swine by hunters, the proposed regulation would prohibit anyone from disturbing traps set for wild boars or otherwise interfering with Eurasian boar eradication activities. Hunting wild boar can be done at hunting preserves until 2015. The proposed regulations provide necessary exceptions for state and federal wildlife agencies, law enforcement agencies, and others who are authorized by DEC to take Eurasian boar to alleviate nuisance, property damage, or threats to public health or welfare. Commissioner Martens encouraged anyone who observes a Eurasian boar (dead or alive) in the wild in New York to report it as soon as possible to the nearest DEC regional wildlife office. Since it is sometimes difficult to distinguish a domestic pig, pot belly pig or Eurasian boar based solely on a description, reporting of all feral swine is encouraged. Please report the number of animals seen, whether any of them were piglets, the date, and the exact location (county, town, distance and direction from an intersection, nearest landmark, etc.). Photographs of feral swine are greatly appreciated, so please try and get a picture and include it with your report. This post has been promoted to an article

Yeah works fine for me too.

Ill see what I can do. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

That was the point , thats the garage were we have a cutting table setup.

You saw something on the side of the road

Heading up Friday for my last hunting weekend of 2013. Looking forward to some snow that is heading our way too for the weekend!

Thats crazy.

That pic is from California. http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/08/mountain_lion_deer_mulholland_photos.php

Let them pay for it then Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

Yeah I sent out a broadcast to see if it worked, guess it did

TapaTalk updated again, hopefully this resolves some of those attachment issues people were having. Let me know. Thanks!

Oh come on Steve, me and you can have "Chasing Game LI" tv show. And we can chat about AR's too while smashing some deer down off someone's back porch.

I just read that this morning... http://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/3-000-deer-on-li-in-federal-sharpshooters-sights-this-winter-1.6573185?cmpid=Newsday_Now What does the DEC say about this? These are state deer.

Ill have to check these out, I have a wacky garage though so I would need maybe three to get full coverage ;( ill have to measure again. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

Yes, the snap in ones. Was looking at these because they are on sale and the cheapest I have seen them. http://www.rubberflooringinc.com/garage/diamond-grid-loc-tiles.html?utm_source=googlebase&gclid=CJ3q7LbRo7sCFaHm7AodHTAAiA

Epoxy is great (if you get the good stuff), however In my case with a full garage full of crap and its an old floor which would require a ton of prep work its not practical.

Garage floor tiles, anyone ever do them? Wondering how they worked out / looked after you were done.