[Building a Shower question]

yeah, the coatings get great reviews but I'm concerned about making the surface too smooth with not much for the tile to adhere to.....

[Building a Shower question]

yeah, I'm going to keep it as is and just do bottom half of the wall, the manufacturers of the wonderboard call for no barrier......have you ever used the paint on membrane?

[Building a Shower question]

1 hour ago, Culvercreek hunt club said:

This is the correct approach. 

so you're saying I should take em down and install the barrier? only have two sheets up so far, and what about uninsulated interior walls?

[Building a Shower question]

19 minutes ago, virgil said:

I'm not familiar with paint-on membranes.  But, I've always used a vapor barrier behind the cement board.  You can use tar paper.

thought about that as well and only going up half the wall to give it some breathing room.

[Building a Shower question]

tile....I'm reading that vapor barrier doesn't let it breath and that a paint on membrane screws with the tile adhesion, so I don't know.

[Building a Shower question]

ok, I'm getting ready to put up the cement board in my shower stall and am wondering if I should use a vapor barrier behind the cement board or use one of the paint on membranes that go on the outside of the board, something like Redgard......I've found so much conflicting answers it's really got me wondering which is better. I've read that a vapor barrier behind the cement board will trap moisture and not allow the walls to breath, which does make sense.....any thoughts?

[Clothes dryer crapped out...]

youtube has helped me find a lot of repair related information and "how to"s" that saved me money....

[deer hunting ethics]

2 hours ago, Larry302 said:

Well idk. Guy at work owns a large ,narrow but deep lot. Neighbors land runs along it then turns 90 degrees behind it. "L" shaped if you will. They hunt the rear part, which my co -worker never liked, but they were over 500 feet from his house.

So he built a large playhouse for his Grandkids right on the line  , he watches  the kids everyday. Hunters said that doesn't count, he called DEC , they came down, he  told them he's in it playing with the Grandkids everyday .

DEC told them can't hunt within 500 feet of playhouse .

like with so many things involving the DEC, it depends who shows up , what zone, and your horoscope that day.

the regulation reads," structure in occupation " . Yep me and the grandkids are in it everyday .....

Reading the regulation first then explaining it so it fits the regulation is key .

yeah, an example I was given was a chicken coop....if your in there a few times a day without fail, that qualifies as an occupied building...so pretty much any building you spend time in each day could very well fall into that category....but yep, it depends who shows up or who you ask on any given day.

[DMP for 2016]

22 hours ago, Borngeechee said:

I think those that only get excited over that big buck are more trophy hunter than hunter.

Geechee born and Geechee bred
 

well, I think they're hunters either way, just different goals.....I honestly have nothing but respect for the guy who will sit in the woods for an entire season and pass up everything for that one big buck, that says a lot to me, there's a lot of hunting time involved in that, and I'm sure when they see any deer coming the heart rate goes up in anticipation of what it might be...you take the guy who sits for an hour the entire year and fills his tag and packs it in for the season, what can be said about that? I don't pass judgement on either, it's those who look down their nose at the other for one reason or another that ruin it. But we're straying way off topic at this point, so.

[Question about hunting with licensed tracking dogs in the Northern zone]

7 hours ago, NFA-ADK said:

You are basically jeopardizing the health of the dog and possibly terminating its life if you fail to come back, in real remote woods it is not a possibility it can become a reality.  Make sure that dog is leashed at all times regardless of if your hiking or not.  Not every hunter knows what a tracking dog is and in deep woods during hunting season a tracking dog can be mistaken for fox, yote or any other excuse to take him out as vermin, don't let that happen!

 

Don't bring your dog, just hit the range more, your confidence will be so high you will not worry about need a dog to track.  We all have some issues when it comes to shooting a big deer, make the shooting part of it second nature and practice stopping the deer or managing yourself to take more ethical shots and you will not even think about ever needing a tracking dog. 

Start tracking for some hunters, you will see why you as a tracker and dog recovery tracker should have the ability to take exceptional shots, so when you have a marginal error it still leads to a dead deer within 100 yards.  

when I first starting tracking and my dog was new, I was obsessed with using him on every track regardless of it was good or bad, I live on Long Island but would take him on my trips upstate with me as well, although he stayed back at the cabin while I hunted, and honestly my thoughts were always, "I hope I shoot something so I can go get the dog to find it".....my own hunting took a pretty big hit the first two years I was tracking because it does become an obsession....I didn't think the original poster was really looking to bring the dog as a crutch, but maybe because he's a little excited about using the dog and looking to see how the dog works, I really don't know, but that is a possibility......but in my opinion, using that dog as much as possible should be a priority if you want it to be as good as it can be, using it once in a while when only absolutely necessary isn't really the best way to go about it....so if you have a tracking dog and you're really serious about the dog and tracking, it really has nothing to do with you're own abilities as a hunter or your shooting abilities, it's about training the dog.....although if you're a crappy tracker yourself that certainly doesn't help either.

[Beer]

1 hour ago, ....rob said:

The norm lately.

 

The oldest operating brewery in the United States, they must be doing something right....

[deer hunting ethics]

15 minutes ago, SteveB said:

Be careful with that. With only 8 acres, they may do the same thing.

 

very true.....we have only 5 acres with our cabin, neighbors house is right on the line, and an ahole.....there is literally maybe one spot I could hunt on our property, if that with a gun, 500' feet is a pretty good distance.

[deer hunting ethics]

59 minutes ago, dbHunterNY said:

I'm with larry and john.  worst case scenario they have to be at least 500 feet away with a gun from any permanent "cabin" or "camp" you've built on the property.

find out the minimum requirements needed to establish a "building or dwelling"and build it near the line and there ya go, problem solved...and you may have one helluva hunting blind to boot.

[deer hunting ethics]

if the property they hunt on is mostly wetlands, that may be the only huntable area on their side...who knows, or maybe they located where the deer are.......it sucks, but as long as they are on their property and doing nothing wrong it's really not unethical, maybe not very neighborly, but that's about it. I guess it's really not much different then you wanting to hunt that line and shutting them out of it....like already mentioned, set up a clearly visible stand early before the season or get out earlier in the morning...........and I know not many people try this unheard of technique, but try talking to them before doing anything that creates bad blood.

[Biz-R-OWorld 2016 Season]

one thing for certain, you definitely have Coyotes in the area.

[DMP for 2016]

10 hours ago, stoneam2006 said:

 

Sorry to hear that. If all deer don't get your blood pumping may be time to find a diffetent hobby. Taking of a doe to me is just as awesome as taking a big buck

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I agree, most people won't believe you when you tell them taking a doe means just as much to you as a buck. I pretty much get the same adrenaline rush no matter what type of deer I take.

[DMP for 2016]

all deer get my blood pumping and I'll shoot a doe during archery, but the last few years hunting with the rifle I've been passing them up.........we've had a few kids start hunting with us, so I think it's more important the deer may give them an opportunity at some point, and just the lack of deer in general keeps me from wanting to kill more than one doe anyway.....that's upstate, down on Long Island I pretty much shoot anything and doe tags are a guarantee.

[DMP for 2016]

I'm usually fanatical about buying my license to see if I get the coveted DMP, for some reason this year the desire is gone......not sure what that's all about.

[Thoughts on Ameristep Brickhouse Ground Blind?]

I bought mine to use when I took my son with me when he was very young, that's why I also got the heater...........when it comes to hunting alone I'll be in a treestand until I can't climb up anymore.

[Thoughts on Ameristep Brickhouse Ground Blind?]

13 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

3 treestands already on the property. Don't want to deal with worrying about straps and harnesses etc.

Almost pulled the trigger a few times on Summit Viper, but didn't want to deal with hassle for the 5-6 days I hunt per year

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I got a little lazy last year with the crossbow and sat myself on the ground instead of my treestand......the buck I was after decided to pop out about 5 yards next to me.......no good, back in the treestand after that.

[Thoughts on Ameristep Brickhouse Ground Blind?]

I bought one of those "little Buddy" propane heaters from Cabelas  to go with it for those really cold days..............a comfortable seat and some warmth make an all day sit very doable.

[Thoughts on Ameristep Brickhouse Ground Blind?]

i do, only problem is the frame poles tore through the bottom pockets where they go.....which may be my fault for some reason or another but other then that it's roomy and comfortable.

[All Day Sits]

9 minutes ago, Uncle Nicky said:

About 6 hours is all I can take sitting in the same spot. I can still remember a week I spent in Maine bear-hunting about 20 years ago, sat in the stand from sun up to sun down (was still the summer, about 15 hours/day), did this 6 days before a bear finally showed and I killed it. Told myself NEVER again.  I do have a buddy I bow hunt with, he doesn't like breaking for lunch, and since it's his property and he usually drives, I'll get down around 11:00, sit down & eat my lunch, maybe take a snooze if it isn't too cold, and eventually work my way to another stand to finish out the day.

yeah, I did the same thing in Maine, worst week hunting ever.....plywood platform to sit on, by the middle of the week I had a pillow wrapped in a camo shirt to just make sitting semi tolerable.........and I didn't get a bear.

[All Day Sits]

I can do full day sits during bow, especially if the deer movement is good......during rifle it's a struggle to even do a few hours in the morning and evening, with the antler restrictions and lack of dmp's it's kinda put a damper on the whole thing for me.

[Stands on the line]

I gotta say, and not directed at anyone but just something that I thought of, it's a shame we assume the worst of people right away......and I'm guilty of that as well, probably worse then most.