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respect isn't automatic....it's something that's earned.

he just registered here today and is already asking for tags and land to hunt on..........I wouldn't even waste my time responding.

nothing quite like the smell of smoke from a woodstove..............definite sign of fall.

always plan on a longer recovery than what they tell you.......I had wrist surgery in June and still won't be ready for bow season.

a lot of these fires are traced back to someone.......hopefully it's not true, because we all know the spin that will be put on it.

wasn't trying to call you out on anything, but some things are best kept quiet...........all it takes is one person to cause problems for someone who is trying to do the right thing.

as I'm sure you've noticed, there's a lot of people who want to be watchdogs for NYS, I fully agree they should be entitled to charge more..........I would just keep it to myself as I'm sure the gunshop doesn't need publicity as to what may be construed by some as charging more for what they shouldn't be.......

I was always confident shooting targets....when a deer cam in, that's when my confidence went out the window.

oops, meant to ask the original poster that question.

and yes, developing a mental checklist will definitely help you out....

if you don't mind me asking, what's the going rate for a moose hunt these days?.........back when I went (2002) moose and caribou were about the same price $3800.00, with a combo moose/caribou running around $5000.00.

I think lack of confidence can cause more problems, at least for me it did, instead of visualizing how I was gonna make a killing shot I would think of all the ways I could mess it up......

I picked up a Traditions Vortex from Cabela's a few years back......very happy with it. If you're going to buy from that type of store, check the company website as well, sometimes they have rebate offers that the dealer may not be aware of.

That's what's supposed to happen.............I don't think there's anyway to reproduce it during target practice, even if you get your heart rate up by running or some type of excercise before the shot, you can never reproduce the mental portion of "buck fever". Took me the longest time to be able to control it, I used to just fall apart.

how seriously do you intend to get into muzzleloading?........does it have a removable breech plug for cleaning? if I remember correctly, it can take some fumbling around to get the percussion cap into that model....espacially if a quick follow up shot is needed. I personally would not get a .54 caliber.

don't you mean $10.00?

well said.......I couldn't have said it better myself.

if it gets him excited and he's happy with them, that's all that matter's...........it's not about big bucks to everyone.

the one's I deal with are flat out refusing to do any face to face transactions for the $10 they can charge.

if it's after legal hunting hours and you're not carrying a bow, are you still Archery hunting or just retrieving a deer?.........I'd make a call to DEC on that one.

pretty sure they have little discretion when it comes to felonies..........at least not that they'd want to admit to.

I agree, while not a newborn, it is still a late birth.

I'm pretty sure the majority of gunshops always charged a fee when they handled gun purchases that required any type of work on their part, mainly guns that needed to be shipped from one FFL holder to another (and not all do this), and I doubt you will see any change in this area............the new problem is, when two guys walk in off the street and want a dealer to devote probably 30-45 minutes of his time doing the paperwork and making the phone calls to do the transfer and all he can charge is $10.00, and for what, to be a record keeper for the state? I don't blame them for refusing to do it.............

I cut and pasted that from the hunting regulations on DEC's website...I didn't find anything more specific. I don't think you'll come across two mature boars together, any group is pretty much going to be a sow and cubs...........and unless I'm mistaken, cubs stay with the sow for up two years, so at that point they may not look like "cubs" anymore

"In the Southern Zone, you may not shoot a cub or a bear that should be known to be a cub, shoot any bear from a group of bears, or shoot or take a bear from its den."