Nomad

Six doe in our neighbors yard around 4 today ,5 were very good sized . All I had was a 9mm and my truck so I passed .

I normally have the tourniquet out of the plastic and pre set it, this one is just an extra from on top of the refrigerator, right next to the 9mm . I look at it like this I hunt with friends and family , and even on a farm we’re a long way from help , and it weights next to nothing . The trauma pack i generally just take to quik clot from it . Oh and generally belts don’t work ,despite what the news or your scout leader told you .

Yikes ! There used to be a place here where all one use cameras ended up to,be broke down for recycling. Each Camera has a AA battery in it ,they put them in 4x4x4 foot boxes to be sent to a place that recycled the batteries .They had , no exaggeration rows and rows of these boxes stacked to the ceiling,to,many for the recycler . We would show up on duty , with a box of donuts for the warehouse guys , and a few five gallon buckets which we filled with the batteries . id use a tester on them , most were fully charged . I used to give zip lock bags of them to, friends and neighbors . There was probably 100s of different brands, although there’s only a few makers , most are just reskinned .

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Parents had a cottage , up the line was my metal shop teacher and friend of my dads big big gun collector ,M1s mostly . He shot a big rat with an air rifle which had little to no effect . He yelled to his wife, “ Betty bring me the shotgun !” She came a running with the loaded 12 ga from the cottage , he blasted it . What great fun for a kid to see unfold !

Another great day in the land of mandates ! I went to a Taylor ( I can’t wear off the rack shirts, to tight at the shoulders and baggy at the waist ) he didn’t have a mask on and when I asked if he wanted me to mask up he gestured like it was BS . Wife went to the grocery story up,the street maskless , same as many others there , no one said sh!t . We shall see how it goes in Buffalo tomorrow looking forward to a Tom and Jerry with lunch .

Don’t you know any first responders or veterans? They can shop at the place here I do . this year I’ve bought .22, 223, 556, 300blackout 6.5, 7mm, 7mm08, 308, 450 bushmaster . 380, 38, 357, 45 9mm ball and jhp 12ga slugs Not sure about 243 as I wasn’t looking for it , but I’m going again in a few days

Ha , I Seldom hunt late season , don’t even own a ML . Last year I hunted it with my crossbow, and two afternoons around 3:00 3 mature bucks came out into the field 300 yards away and feed, two of the sobs bedded down right in the open field . So me being a crafty hunter , borrowed a ML, went back the next day, came in from another road and set up in a hedgerow for an easy shot . Never saw a thing . Im going to wash the cars now in shorts while smoking a cigar, what great Dec. Weather !!!

No masks at my gym today .Tonight we went to a craft brewery place, no masks and it was crowded . Spoke with the owner who said “ F@#$ this bS ,fine me .” No one cares anymore , move on ,nothing to see here .

Come hunt with me, I’m pretty sure you wont flinch …

Same with stereo equipment , some produce sound in ranges the human ear can’t hear, but they can say it has more range then the competition. A nod is as good as a wink to a blind man .

See the issue for me is they could just ask for my vac card and be in compliance. Half the reason I got the jab, was I saw this coming , now the card is no good ? Wtf If the Buffalo Bills can check the cards of like 50,000 people entering a game then a store or restaurant sure can If they choose . We don’t need to shop very much and the county a few miles away is not enforcing it , if we do need to .

Well I went last year with the fellas, other then that I haven’t gone in years . I went up to the farms on that hunt , one side of the road heads down ,the other up and the park boarders some big farms there . My friends have ladderstands up year round . As it is now, my left knee, hamstring and lower back hurt a lot, I could barely make it into the basement for a can of coffee this morning . I’d need to,be hauled out of there ….

Daughters working the OT in a new “ nursing home unit “ see the nursing homes lost staff due to , mandate and aren’t taking anyone in . So the hospitals are loaded with PTs that would normally be discharged to a nursing home . This is plugging up the normal flow and causing hospitals to staff these newly created units . Hospitals are designed i believe to run at 85% plus capacity to generate proper income, it doesn’t take much to overwhelm that System. It was very common when I was working for one or two EDs to be “ red “ a few times a week . Red is full go somewhere else

It’s a adventure ! Some places we’d hunt theres access roads that are gated, in bow the park police would open them for us , which helps . We’d often have a cart , rope bags, pulleys ,webbing, carabiners and set up a 4 to 1 hauling system , for times we’re not on trails and such . But in reality your not going down those walls in the pic. access is via hiking trails to the River bottom . And you don’t shoot doe down there….

I have a whistle on my daughters harness . I’ve also “ practiced “ hanging from a harness. First it’s going to ride up a lot, so have it adjusted properly, second you may not be able to reach a phone, particularly if it’s in a pants pocket , third my stands are all marked on a screen shot of the land and my wife knows which stand I’m in . Also two nearby guys ( landowner, and another Hunter ) have that pic as well , as she’ll be calling them . Suspension strap is a must , although a screw in step is a good choice too . If I owned a camp I’d have a ladder there staged just for this , as your friends and fellow hunters won’t have ropes, webbing , carabiners and a braking system to do a pick off . located 5 minutes from dispatch is almost unbelievable, I’d like to know time to rescue and method used .

Yep .

But I can pitcher Moog sipping tea with his pinky out in those chairs next to the fireplace !

Working out well for our RN daughter ! The mandate got rid of some RNs , who mostly got wfh jobs doing insurance and medical billing reviews and stuff, other took travel jobs where in 3 months they make a years pay. So now Strong is short , our daughter will make $6000 working 4 , 12 hour weekend shifts . OT plus incentive pay , plus a $900 bonus at the end . She only works 4 week days as it is , so a extra 6k a month .

What a great night ! No wind , warm , corns all down , just need a bigger buck then gun to walk by .

Tonight I’m betting on the stand closest to my truck ,as it’s my turn to cook dinner and I’m picking the stand with the shortest walk out .

Well the gym posted that on Twitter and were interviewed on the news , but few counties here are doing any enforcement. Even mine with the blue woke county executive, has said they have to study it more . But it’s all moot, Gov. Kathy Cuomo just folded on the whole thing saying it’s up to each county, most around here already told her to pound salt . Eddie , Not just Livingston , but, Ontario ,Wayne ,Genesee, even Monroe hasn’t said they would enforce it . Mrs Nomad went to the Post Office and two stores today, without a mask, nobody said a thing .

Her house of cards is falling … Not my gym either .

I’ll join you tomorrow, to windy for me today , Thursday looks awesome temperature wise , if wind stays down that’ll be a nice afternoon hunt .

The new mandate seems to be ,largely a bust, several counties, including one the boarders mine have said they won’t enforce it .A UPS driver on Twitter says all his business stops seem no different then before , many are reporting they have gone to many stores maskless with no issues and others were maskless there as well . I have in the past gone in maskless in stores where signs required them, nobody says boo . My gym did the right thing, show your vac card at the door or wear a mask .