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well, Cuomo made me laugh for once.....when talking about the storm he said although this is historic for lower NYS, people in Buffalo and Rochester areas would shrug this 2' of projected snowfall off as a common occurrence....and I assume this is true.

well, at least that explains why your joints, bones and muscles are starting to ache so much............congrats Grandma.

Price is $550 shipped to your FFL from a private party without scope & mount OR $650 shipped to your FFL from a private party with scope & mount (or FTF to NYS Resident in Westchester County, NY at a local FFL). Firearm is sold as is........wow, even I saw that.

I can"t imagine that any responses to any random survey or poll, regardless of the source, are anything other than the personal opinion of those responding.........I can't imagine the majority of people apply any scientific thought other than what they want...now if you're telling me these random selections really aren't random, but more a selection of people they specifically want responding to the survey then I get it........and I understand that they break them down by region, wmu, age..etc. But, my main point was, that the info they get back can't certainly be looked at anything other than personal opinion can it?

I'm sure I'm wrong, but wouldn't it be pretty much just as accurate as the random poll that DEC is sending out? although it may have a method as to how they send it out, the info they get back sure as hell isn't going to be based on scientific data

NOBODY can carry a handgun while deer hunting during Bow season with archery gear.......not a private citizen with a concealed carry permit, not a Police Officer and not an ECO.....what you choose to do is up to you, but know the law so you don't "accidentally" offer up info you shouldn't have.

how old was it, how was it cured and how was it stored? you can get food poisoning from any type of food if any of those things are off.....I doubt it was bad prior to making it or it probably all would have been bad.

it never even crossed my mind that I needed to protect myself from Bear in NY........probably more dangerous to go to a gas station.

Wednesday may be a good day to get back out for deer after the storm....

I was just out.......cars lined up at the gas stations and supermarkets packed, people are in full panic mode.

did you happen to inquire how the season has been going as far as success? from what I've heard it's been kinda slow.

and all that just for a couple deer and elk to hang on a wall.........that actually makes me laugh.

http://news.dnr.state.mn.us/2015/01/20/37-guns-28-sets-of-antlers-among-items-seized-in-deer-case/ here's the News Release from Minnesota DNR.

this has got to be the longest thread that involves the fewest amount of people..........impressive to say the least.

most likely, any evidence will be held until after the case is disposed of, these cases can be in the courts for quite some time.....so even if they do eventually get some property back it won't be for awhile. Hopefully they have a good case against these guys so they get nothing back and I'm sure there's more to that case then what's in that article.

yes, I see the childish posts, and I can see through all that B.S.......but all too often you bring up jealousy, and that has me baffled. I have no doubt that you have a pretty good handle on deer and what works and doesn't, so why get into the nonsense?

in case you're wondering,I have a crew CUT....and my breath breath smells like JESUS...and don't bring my MOM into this because that brings up too many bad memories!!

and what is it that one person thinks they have SO much more than everyone else that everyone else should be jealous of them? nobody on here knows what I or anyone else has or makes for a living.....hate to get into it, but it just baffles me.

I don't stalk or still hunt with my bow, so can't answer that.....but I've been doing it long enough that I bet I can judge within 2-3 yards, but that's in ranges up to 30 yards....after that you've moved beyond what I consider archery hunting.

pretty simple, I pace off landmarks by foot prior to getting in stand.....all part of scouting, and I would hope if you've been hunting for 60+ years you have some type of method you use...and please, no BS......if you've been 10 yards off all these years in some of your shots you need more practice.

much like what Home Depot and Lowe's did to the local mom and pop hardware stores.......Dick's, Cabela's, Gander Mountain and Bass Pro Shop's used to be far away mail order places....not anymore, you can drive 1/2 an hour and save $100.00. That's mainly why I bought my last gun from a local shop, paid a bit more, but I have no problem with that.

if you can't find a copy locally, I'll be more than happy to send you the one I have.

that's spot on, hunters need to take some responsibility in the management aspect, how many guys fill as many tags as they have just because they have them and then turn around and complain there are no deer and that DEC gives out too many tags.....I've seen it first hand.........as much as I hunt and will pretty much shoot any legal buck or doe, I've realized that as of late, the area that I hunt has a pretty low deer population and passed on every antlerless deer I saw this year and as pissed off as I was when they first passed AR's in my area, I now just sit back and hope they will eventually pay off, and not so much so I can shoot bigger deer, but so I can see more deer.

December 2014

I see you got a mention in the NRA Magazine "American Hunter", nice work......there's also a write up on the Ruddy Duck.