Daveboone

I live right in Cleveland....I think its great the school was sold to the DEC. Many downsized schools are left vacant...right up the road in North Bay is another elementary school that suffered the same fate, still empty and another up in Williamstown has only a small portion of it in use (last I knew). Vellas North Shore is still empty, and is sorely missed in the community. The Vellas were foundations of the community and are missed in many ways. Hopefully the school re-use will help attract a new grocery owner. The school had been on the open market for years....at least a real estate sign has been out front. I don't think anyone will complain about the price, just be happy it has a good planned future.

I usually hang my jackets and pants out on the line to get rained on/ wind dried for a few days, then put them in a bag with some pine branches from the trees I sit in. Other than that, make sure my flashlight has fresh batteries, drop my knife and a few shells in my pocket as I go out and we are ready for the season. Oh, I also bought a fresh bag of Snickers bars. Last years are ok, but getting real chewy.

Usually meat...but.... If I have an empty freezer, I hope for a nice doe with muzzleloading season (NT). Once I have meat in the freezer, I am happy to hunt the rest of the season just to be out in the woods...BUT if a nice buck comes along, so much the better. That just kind of gives me a reason to go out. This year though, I have quite a bit of venison from two big deer in the freezer yet, along with about half a moose. I have to do a meat inventory soon. I may choose not to shoot one if it isn't exceptional...be it buck or doe, and likely not until late season. My scheduled time off I can use stretching my cycling season, fishing or small gaming in the S tier.

Cool! I had a poor picture of one on my camera once, but I don't think they frequent our area.

That's it! Great movie, fascinating book. I found the book on Amazon for about 3 bucks.

my biggest problem is usually loading it onto my atv rack. Once it is on there, I am pretty close to the truck level. Using a sheet of ply wood to slide it onto, then up and in is a real good idea. I think I will look into that, and make a few cuts in it to hold straps to hold the deer in place. Any one have a good idea to load one on the atv solo?

I am sorry not to remember the name, but a Russian movie came out based on the book/ logs of a Russian military/ mapping officer in Siberia, in the 1900s...It was mostly about the elderly native Siberian hunter/ trapper who assisted them. It was great, showing his skills, wilderness survival methods, etc. Subtitled, but a great movie... Considering Jeremiah Johnson was a hunter/ trapper, I have to go along with that as my favorite runner up, but The Revenant was great also. I can remember watching "A Man Named Horse" as a kid, and thinking that was a great movie (Richard Harris as an English gentleman on a western hunt), but I recently watched it and it was god awful.

Outstanding! I love bear hunting, haven't been in a while, need to plan a hunt! What did you use? Bear cooks and eat very well prepared like beef pot roast, just try to trim as much of the fat as you can.

It doesn't surprise me they aren't doing well. I have only been in the Cicero store, but from the start it hasn't seemed like they knew what their market was. I understand the mark up on seasonal clothing is huge, thus a lot of profit, but they have a fraction of what the old gander had. The shoe department is greatly reduced and not shopper friendly...set up self serve. Anytime I had an interest in a firearm, I was amazed at the complete lack of knowledge of the sales people. They may be able to answer simple questions about the more common stocked firearms, but gheir general knowledge is horrible, and no one has ever been able to show me how to field strip ….even a colt .45/ variant. (Before I buy, I will know how to and have done a field take down on each weapon I buy...also lets me get a better idea of the workmanship/design), The handgun selection is really crappy. they seem to have a lot, but then you realize they just have a lot of the same models. I worked high customer service retail for many years, and their sales people just suck. No customer awareness or courtesy at all.

Even if the Who is just Roger and Pete now, I would love to see them but cant afford the tickets. I would have loved to have seen them in their Keith Moon days, but I didn't even know who they were back then.... I saw the Stones in Syracuse in (jeesh, I forget, 87 or 89...Steel Wheel tour?) We had 11th row seats, which were great. They put on a fantastic show and looked like they were really enjoying themselves. I wouldn't mind seeing them again, but am concerned I would be disappointed after my first show. I am amazed that they are still putting out the quality of show that they are.

Cool, a little mink I think, or at least some type of weasel. Up around the 1000 islands, fairly frequently we see mink along the shorelines, occ. swimming out around our boat looking for bait or other goodies. They can be very bold! Keep your fingers to yourselves though, they are vicious little thugs.

It looks a bit hunched and tucked, which makes it difficult to discern.

It is so commonly done it is impossible for the state to play clean up after these folks....I get it. They wouldnt have time to do anything else. When I find a new pile near my camp (southern Jefferson County) i always look for incriminating evidence (address labels, etc) to call in to the local ranger or DEC officer of the area. That gives them something to follow up on. Otherwise, there is darn little they can do after the fact.

I used to love to hunt squirrel, preferably with a .22. I really haven't in years mainly because I have never found a recipe I thought was worthwhile. I have wanted to head to the western edge of the state for Fox squirrel, but understand they can be pretty tricky to find.

I also have a set of Cabelas name brand camo rain gear. I have been using it for about 8 years, quite frequently. It is very quiet, so I frequently wear it even if not raining, and layer appropriately. Just remember even with breathable stuff, it is very important not to wear cotton, and wear synthetic wicking base layer or wool and insulation layers for optimal effectiveness. I really hope that with Bass Pro taking over Cabelas, they don't start degrading the quality of their gear. A lot of Bass Pro stuff is inferior in my opinion.

Why do some folks try to see how small a round they can use, seemingly and especially rounds that were never designed for hunting, instead of simply getting the right tool for the right job?

I have aperture sights on two model 94s and a Krag. The key need is practice. A lot of folks never learn the secret to shooting with open sights is NOT t use to use the center of the front sight as the aiming point (as it covers a huge target area) but to use the top edge of the sight as your aiming point. A very fine hold can be done. Next, get to a range as late in the day as you can to practice those low light shots. I have to admit, while I am totally confident in my aiming with apertures under ideal conditions, for early morning and late evening sits I still prefer my scope. Probably the biggest adjustment for you with your Garand is just lugging it around!

Normally when hunting, to find the bucks, find the does....Both need the same cover, food, will utilize the same trails...bucks just leave more distinctive seasonal calling cards. I would look online, even Google Earth, to get an overview of the*- area, looking for funnel areas, east west ridges, etc. Find the food sources and the deers access points. Any fields, meadows, etc. you can prescout dusk and dawn? I would probably start by hiking as many of any available existing trails, preferably after a rain to look for tracks, travel routes, esp. near water, tertiary areas.

My Timney (I have actually installed three on different rifles) were all pretty much drop in. If I recall, on one rifle I needed to shave a little more wood off the stock in the area of the trigger is all. You don't need to worry about changing the sighting, just a few shots to be comfortable with the change in trigger. I am not quite done with the Mauser...it is still wearing 1930s vintage bluing, but I am not sure what I want done. Most likely a duracoat/ ceramacoat type finish. I have a 2nd 98 Mauser, 1943 vintage. A friend paid 50 bucks for it at a garage sale in the seventies. It was very coarsely sporterized at the time, and he bubba' d the bolt and sights up. I have decided to recreate what a half way decent 1950s era sporterized 98 could be. It also sports a Herters stock which is fine, but have put a vintage Redfield scope (3 x) and a new turned down bolt with a low swing safety. She shoots just fine as it is. It is a bit of a tribute to Dad and Jack.

Splendid looking rifle! Well into the eighties, I remember seeing more sporterized surplus rifles in the field than domestic manufactured: Enfields, Arisakas, Springfields and Mausers, Krags…..No one ever thought they were undergunned. I think probably around the time scopes really took off in the late seventies coincided with the fade in the surplus guns, but not necessarily the reason. My favorite rifle is what was formerly my dads 8x57 Oberndorf Mauser 98. He had it pretty basically sporterized, with a Lyman aperture and Herters birds eye maple stock he finished. It weighed around 11.5 lbs! Since I have had it, I have drilled and tapped it for a scope (1.5 x 5 Leupold), Timney trigger, competition firing pin and spring, some metal removed from the action and bolt and an alloy trigger housing/ magazine well with push button trap door. it sits in an overmolded hogue stock, bringing the weight all together to just about 7.2.

Selling to ANY gun store you will take a killing on their worth. When I needed to sell a number of rifles, handguns and pistols a year ago, I went through Hessneys Auctions in Geneva. They took pictures, posted descriptions on line, and then the guns go for high bid....generally speaking market value. They got a 20% commission, if I remember correctly, but across the board I got what I wanted. They handle all paperwork, advertising etc. I dropped them off, and within a week of the auctions I had cash in pocket.

I have found a rare tick on me in my yard, but for all the time I spend in the woods at my camp never there. That is up on the Tug, (well for that matter so is my house, but fifty miles further north), where we do get considerable sub zero temps, as well as sometimes early snow, later October, and late snow. I wonder what affect that makes. Or maybe I just taste rotten ? When I hunted down in Georgia once, I was horrified by the mass of vermin you could accumulate. I certainly understood why they bug juiced up.

About ten years ago I took the trappers course...fascinating. I keep hoping to have the time during deer season when I am at my camp more consistently, to put out a few traps, but keep getting lazy. I would love to hook up with an experienced trapper to get rolling a bit. Over the years I have talked to quite a few, and most all are very welcoming to newcomers. I just lose track of the contacts. You might look up to see if your county has a trappers association, and sit in on a few meetings. You may be able to meet up with someone to give a hand.

DOH!! That explains all the broken china in the washing machine!!!

? I had never heard of treating ...at least, deer hunting clothes, with permethrin. Verboten. Nothing goes on mine. If needed with soiled clothes, i may run them through the dishwasher (after running an extra rinse cycle ) with baking soda, or a mild detergent, scentless, made for hunting clothes. More likely if needed, I will put them on a clothes line to get rained on, and air dried. I like to pack them in a container with some local brush...pine cones, etc. from my area in my case. But I would never treat my clothes. Bugs be damned. Usually by the time I am out there has been a couple frosts anyway to thin out the chiggers, anyway.