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outside with adirondack siding

living room barn board and wood stove

yup sorry to hijack the thread

Thanks. The living room is done is weathered barn board off my grandfathers old barn. Looks pretty sweet if I do say so myself

Come up and hunt next year Paula and I will cook breakfast and dinner on it for you.

A great plan, but common sense evades the state. I suggested last year that if you make it mandatory to have the gun course first, you could modify the bow course to include more about bow and stream line it as people would already have the basic info. However again common sense is not common at the state level\. Unfortunately when you do your paperwork for the class for the state the emphasis is on time spent not content. I did a bow course in the fall and turned in the paperwork. about a month later I get an email from my regional coordinator saying I was 15 minutes short of the required time. I shook my head and did not respond.

They now do combo classes where you can get both and a lot is not covered twice. I did one of them, but there was little interest. Most ppl did not want both. You could tell those who did not want the bow part by the test scores.

I have a wood cook stove at my camp I also have a propane range. Bacon and eggs and venison taste so much better on the wood stove and it heats the kitchen nicely also.

BTW at -7 this morning I went immediately to stage 6.

That would be a question for the State. I have to go by their outline. I totally agree there should be more emphasis on gun safety. I tell me classes I am not here to teach you to hunt, I am here to teach you how to safely handle a gun. My criteria fora passing grade is if I do not feel comfortable in my brown carharts in the woods around you, you do not pass. The whole purpose of these stages is more than just a futile exercise. There is a lot of safety involved in them. For instance I read on here about a hunter who empties his gun into a deer so he does not have to track it. Seems like a shooter guy to me. Is it the safest thing as lead is flying umm no. I read all the stories of opening day multiple shots. One would hope that a hunter would mature from this. Or the guy who has to limit out regardless of the reasons they give. Do you think they always take the safest shots just to say they got three deer to everyone else's two. Umm I tend to doubt it. As these are taught in class, those points are stressed very much. Those who responded negatively to the thread, I am more than willing to bet fall into these categories and prefer to ridicule than admit. Just my opinion. Teaching hunters to move to stage 3 4 and 5 is the best thing we can do as they are the safest stages.

I would still look at the breech plug. And the bullet moving off the power was referring to pellets not loose powder. The flash channel will build up carbon. even though it looks clear, there can be build up. This will cause the problems you describe. Not enough flash to ignite the powder quickly causing the powder to burn slow or misfire. BTW I have an H&R sidekick I use bh209 with 777 primers with no misfires as of yet

As I said you move from stage to stage all the time.

I find it humorous so many want to complaint about the curriculum in hunter ed. There is a big correlation between hunter attitude and the stage if you choose to believe it or not Sent from my LGL35G using Tapatalk 2

yup but actually part of the sportsmans stage.

Hunter Ed defines 5 stages of a hunter. I will explain them a bit and then ask which stage are you in and why. No right or wrong answer, just a thing to help analyze where we are in our hunting lives. Not everyone progresses from on to another and you can move either way on the scale, or never move at all. Just an exercise in self reflection regarding hunting. 1 The shooter stage. Simply defined you do a lot of shooting. If you go out duck hunting with a box of shells, you have to shoot them all. Or of you see a deer you have to empty the gun. 2. The limiting out Stage. If you can harvest 3 deer in a season, you have to harvest all three or it was not a good time. Also if you can shoot three grouse a day legally, you shoot all three even though you may only eat two. I like to also call this one the bragger or competitor stage 3. Trophy Stage. You decide what is a trophy to you and you concentrate your efforts on getting that animal. For instance you may say I will not take a deer under an 8 point or a turkey with a beard less than 8 inches. Just remember that defining a trophy is different to all people. My best trophy is a 110 pound spike horn. The reason is because I shoot it with my dad's savcge model 99 300 savage the year after he passed away. 4. Method stage. You decide on a way you plan to hunt for instance only with the bow muzzleloader etc. Or you decide I am only going to hunt from thr ground this year no tree stands etc. 5. The Sportsman stage. The entire hunt is very enjoyable to you. spending time at camp with friends and family is as important to you as harvesting a deer. You feel just as good when someone else gets a deer as if you did yourself. I am locked in the method and sportsman stage. I lover to have friends and family at camp. Making a good meal sitting around in the evening shooting the breeze. I especially like having new hunters and see them be successful. The smiles on their faces are priceless. I also enjoy teaching the hunter ed classes knowing I have helped a new person join our ranks. I also hunt pretty much exclusively with a muzzleloader even for small game. My exception is one weekend a season. I take my dad's rifle out and hunt. it is always the weekend closest to his birthday.

I guess as far as it goes, every season is a good one as long as I can get out there. I have this weekend left for this year and supposed to be cold and snow -5 tonight and up to a foot of snow between Saturday afternoon through Sunday. That may change plans a bit for me. Anyway my goals every year are to get out as much as possible and open my camp and land up to a few people to enjoy and enjoy the time spent with them. I also enjoy seeing a new hunter get their first deer, so they get preference at my place. If I have opportunities to harvest a deer and I decide to pass it up, I feel I have had a good season. This year and last, I had a few opportunities, and passed them all. So, I feel they were good seasons. I could say the season this year especially was not bad but disappointing because I saw very few deer. I enjoy watching them and fooling them. Do I need to harvest a deer to feel I was successful? absolutely not. I enjoy the whole hunt not just the numbers part.

The impressive part would be if your wife could write her name Sent from my LGL35G using Tapatalk 2

Bore snakes and g96. works well

I never ask for anything, so I am never disapppointed

It is the dec right is not always a factor Sent from my LGL35G using Tapatalk 2

who says they won't. One step at a time Sent from my LGL35G using Tapatalk 2

Sharing. Like you let the muzzleloaders in. I am simply relaying information passed on from dec people i know Sent from my LGL35G using Tapatalk 2

Not to.mention i could.be in there hunting and get shotd fired towards me Sent from my LGL35G using Tapatalk 2

It will not lengthen. They will move it to 10/1 across the state according to dec. People arr complaining now the seasons are too long Sent from my LGL35G using Tapatalk 2

good luck