Sir-diealot

RIP

Getting the stuff together to make them, anise cookies and chocolate rum balls. Not sure how much whiskey to use in them though. Bought this just for making them, picked it up last week.

I remember when it happened but I had no clue who he was.

I'm a meat hunter so I would have taken him.

@blackbeltbill would you please respectfully edit your post, I think there were some mistakes made because reading it I do not quite understand what you mean and I know from here and OG that that is not like you and I do not want to reply to something I am not really understanding. Again this is asked with all due respect and no insult intended in any way. Thank you.

Again, if they are not there to be found it will not matter.

If they are not there to kill then that 90% can't kill them either. I am personally for eliminating killing hens in the Fall and dropping to one Tom in the Spring.

I have seen more this Fall and so far this Winter than I have seen in a very long time but most have been hens, (Or juvenile jakes that I could not tell were jakes) I have seen a few flocks approaching 30 and on Saturday almost hit 6 on my way home as they ran across the road, again mostly hen.

Think Amish with electricity.

Thank you. There is one that I like more because of the coyotes eyes but it is not centered as well.

They are not great here in Yates County, they have lost so much habitat because of the Mennonites constantly rapping the land. Not that they are the only ones, I know of 3 "English" families that love to rape the land as well.

I know Covid played big in the increase, but how the heck were people finding them, they were silent every place I went and I hunt private.

We had an unusual double this year, sure did surprise us.

Take was up 4,303 over 2019 Hard to believe after all I had heard from fellow hunters. Take was up 119 birds in my county which surprises me because I only heard 1 gobble the entire season myself and every other hunter I know said they did not see or hear many turkey/gobbles either. Note that this is Spring season only. https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/30420.html

I will just attach this here. Thank You To Our Veterans And Those Still Serving Happy Veterans Day and thank you all for all you have done and continue to do.

To everyone thank you all for the comments, I am going to go ahead and get the larger one though I am sure it will be more than I need, it will also serve as emergency heat if a blizzard knocks the power out during the Winter. @Fletch I am actually worried about that myself, it will be on the ground.

They do not make them big enough for me, maybe by deer season 2021 if I do not have to have all the surgeries it looks like I am going to have to. (Both knees replaced and ankle has to have something done with Achilles tendon. Thank you much for the suggestion though.

I just checked and they are unfortunately out of stock of the refurbished ones.

That is what I was thinking looking at the pictures and it only weight I think 3 or 4 more lbs.

Thank you all for the replies, another quick question I meant to ask is how easy do they tip? I was thinking of cutting a small piece of plywood or maybe using an old cookie sheet to place it on to stabilize it. Sorry I can't reply to each of you, have to head out trapping shortly. This is the blind I got by the way, I lost my balance and fell through my other blind during Spring turkey season so it gave me an excuse to buy another. OX5 Hub Hunting Blind from Barronett

I was just wondering if anyone has used a heater of any kind in a blind or stand and any insights you may have in using them? I am hoping I will be able to stay out longer as I often have to stop because my tailbone, hips and back will start hurting quite badly in the colder/damper air and I won't take my Oxycodone when I handle a firearm. Another reason I am thinking of using a heater is I am losing a lot of weight and do not currently have a decent parka for hunting, just my Carhartt that does not keep me very warm at all and I don't want to buy an expensive parka that will be to big on me come this time next year. https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/mr-heater-big-buddy-portable-propane-heater-18000-btu?a=1836544 I have a $40.00 gift certificate to Sportsman's Guide and they have this model I could get for 102.00 for the unit and carry bag to go with it. I could also get the quick connect hose that would allow me to attach to a 45 gallon tank I have also had frostbite on my hands and feet and though my feet are not normally a problem my hands don't really feel cold, they just go straight to pain and I am also hoping to with that since I truly hate to wear gloves at any time.

I have had MANY Ameristep blinds, best one they ever made was the Roundhouse and I wish they would put it out again instead of the Doghouse which costs about the same and has far less room than the Roundhouse had. I have also had their Doghouse blinds, Penthouse blinds (Loved these though not the window placements for gun hunting) I currently have the 2 man chair blind and it does not work well for me for turkey hunting because the barrel I have is long I guess and it is hard to not make a ton of noise and hide your movement because it is small. Oh I have also had their Outhouse blind as well. I bought a Barronett Blinds Pentagon blind when they first came out and it has been the biggest pile of junk I have owned, from the very first time I put it up it had all these little pin holes in it, the corners were deteriorating to the point that I could see light through the corners including the one at the door. Mind you I love all the room it has but for the $229 I paid for it when it first came out I expected far more. Why did I not return it you ask? Simple, I bought it from Gander Mountain and the day after the blind was delivered they went belly up so I was stuck with the blind. I actually fell through the blind this past Spring when I lost my balance so it gave me an excuse to order another blind. Now with all that said I understand they have improved greatly since then and just ordered the Barronett Ox 5 Hunting Ground Blind because it has all the room of the Pentagon blind and it is waterproof, not water repellent. I was going to buy the new insulated Ameristep blind but read several reviews that said it leaks badly. As others have said stake it down, don't use the ones that came with it, buy ones that are all steel and have a good head on them so you can use a hammer to drive those stakes into the ground and be sure to do the same with the tie down points, I always like to tie at least one guy wire to a tree or something else that will not moved, tied it to a old trailer 2 years ago, worked great. I firmly believe in wearing black in a blind as the interiors are black, that includes gloves and mask and or face paint. Before you set up be sure you clean the area of any sticks, twigs or leaves so that you do not give yourself away when trying to position for a shot. I have NEVER brushed in a blind, set a blind up Friday night just inside the woods and had deer, turkey, squirrel, chipmunks and birds all around me less than 16 hours later I guess it would be. Nothing wrong with brushing in, I see no reason not to, breaking up your outline is always good, but make sure you set up in the shadows if you can, that will help as much if not more than brushing in because some of those blind fabrics are shiny and you don't want the sun on them both because it will destroy the blind eventually and the reflection can scare game away.

Of which to you refer?

I would have just divorced her!

I do not like to get venison processed like that normally, I would rather just have steaks, roasts and a small amount of burger but Costanza's hot Italian sausage is the closest I have had to the hot Italian sausage I grew up eating from Scapelliti's in Lowertown in Lockport, NY where I grew up.