jjb4900

"a race to the bottom" that's a good way of putting it...there will always be those who use the law to gauge how low they will go........."4 drinks and I"m too drunk to drive, so let me suck down 3.5 and drive home"......sad that people use it to see exactly what they can get away with before landing themselves in trouble

that's true......I shot a piebald doe a bunch of years ago, very strange body on it.

if you want to move beyond ethics as it pertains to hunting, this thread is going to explode.............and see, putting 10 rounds in the magazine is ILLEGAL, and snaring bear in Maine is LEGAL.....no ,debating either of those two facts, are they ethical? that's up to you to decide.

to me, the guy who goes fishing and keeps his limit every time, just because he can is unethical, as is a guy who spots a deer while driving, parks and walks down the road gets the legal minimum off the roadway and kills it, or the guy who fills every deer tag just because he can, and then goes and dumps them all at some donation center.......only because I don't need to hunt or fish for food and don't see the need for anyone else who hunt's or fishes for enjoyment to do the same..........now you take a guy who needs that animal/fish for food, and I change my opinion on what is ethical.

that looks like an open, festering wound with a flap of skin hanging down.

and on a nearby tree, scrawled in blood were the words "if it's brown it's down"...........and legend has it, that on a clear, cold night, you can hear a "man child" crying softly.....eerie but true.

or maybe he realized it was "black friday" and if he was late getting home to shop with his wife she would cut his head off! so he made a hasty retreat leaving stuff behind!

quite possibly the best picture of the year! great job.

and then?.....

the plot thickens............dun dun dun.

I'm pretty sure the NYS Penal Law says nothing about that.........civil liability and the ECL may be another story.

why would "you" do this, or why would "someone" this?

serial killer, no doubt....

I wouldn't be so quick to jump to the defense of the kid.....we really don't know the full story. If he made a lousy shot then I can't really say that he should get it.

don't be against buying a high end bow that is a year or two old, you can potentially save yourself a few hundred bucks......I have a Hoyt Alphamax that has got to be 6 years old..............I just had new cables and stings put on it for about $200 and now it shoots as good as the day I bought it,it cost me about $1000.00 to buy it brand new fully set up and I don't see ever having the need to spend that kind of money again. I could have saved about $500 if I bought it used at a year old. The only thing I would look at is if the warranty is transferable. There's a few really good company's out there so do some homework.

but it also means more pocket change...

Hoyt.

looks like we're getting towards the end of the season and people are getting desperate.........dare I say the "if it's brown it's down" phase of the year?

yup.......

it would be nice if local churches or food pantries had a list of local residents who would want a deer.........I hate to say it, but dropping deer off to some random butcher with me having no idea what happens after I drop it off doesn't sit well with me, after seeing what goes on in this Country as of late I'm not too sure I'd want to put food in the mouths of some.

haha...no kidding!

sorry, but I was never a fan of crossbows being introduced into archery season.........won't fight it, but I won't help it's cause.

do more scouting next year.....I plenty of people who hunt DEC land on the Island with numerous deer sightings.

I've used the Mr Buddy heater.....definitely better than no heater at all.

that's right up there with "No Littering" signs.......it's hard to believe that people need to be told not to dump their garbage.