Lawdwaz

Cool looking critter!

Nice job.......looking forward to the pics.

And........a trail cam looking upon the den may reveal some interesting things come fawn drop time.

Hell no you wouldn't be wasting your time. Go, have fun and good luck. Extra points for pics..............

Check this bulletin out......................................(HOT off the wire!!) URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY344 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014NYZ010-011-060445-/O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0001.140106T1600Z-140108T1100Z//O.CON.KBUF.WC.W.0003.140106T2300Z-140107T2300Z/NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...BATAVIA344 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAYTO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY......WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 PMEST TUESDAY...* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN ERIE AND GENESEE COUNTIES.* TIMING...LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. EARLY MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING.* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES MONDAY...6 TO 12 INCHES MONDAY NIGHT...9 TO 17 INCHES TUESDAY...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES TUESDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF MORE THAN 3 FEET IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS.* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.* VISIBILITIES...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.* WIND CHILL VALUES...AS LOW AS 30 BELOW AT TIMES.

I hope Cadillac Jack's sells hot cocoa........................................ I don't know, Joe......The weather sure sounds nasty. I hope the powers-to-be make the right call.

Looks good.

I'm no skier......did it once; fell and lost my new glasses. A pile of people came to my rescue, one found my specs but stepped on them.......junked. Ellicottville NY................ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellicottville,_New_York Snowshoes are my mode of travel if I'm getting cabin fever...........

Nice going, congrats.

Can I get a ghost writer, please? As a young boy I remember my father going duck hunting in the Alabama Swamps. On the odd occasion he'd bring some ducks home it would just freak me right out, I thought they were so cool! He also hunted pheasant and deer but the deer were a rare sight for him in the mid 60's. Another fond memory was going to my grandmothers house and messing with an old longbow that my uncle owned. I was maybe 7 or 8 years old, shooting arrows up in the air then running like hell to hide! I got my first bow for xmas in the late 60's. A lemon wood longbow that broke in half the first time I drew it back........SOB did the tears flow. Shortly after that I got a Bear recurve. I had a ball with that. In 1970 my father bought 10 acres of land in Canadice. The following year he had a modular home built and the die was cast.............we spent just about every weekend there until 1983 when, due to a divorce he decided it was time for a change in his life. Those 13 years on Lawrence Hill Rd were filled with all kinds of good time. From fishing every small pond, stream, creek or ditch for miles to spending time on Honeoye, Hemlock and of course Canadice. My buddy Steve & I had a boat stashed on the east and west side of Canadice for our uses. The best one was a 16' Lyman that his dad helped us set up. How about two sets of oar locks? We could darn near get 'er up on plane That boat was great until it was lost in a storm........ I got my Jr Archery license in 1975, the first year it was made available. I killed my first deer at 17, a button buck which was fitting! Killed my first racked buck a year or two later. a fine little 6 point. I also was doing some killing with the shotgun then too. I started hunting Pennsylvania in 1981. I've only missed one year there since then. It was in the late 80's and I don't remember why but I'd like to think it was work that caused that....In the 30+ years hunting there I'd guess I've killed 20 or more bucks with the rifle and one with the bow. I only bow hunted there 6 or 7 years though. Killed a few doe with the bow and a couple with the flintlock in PA that are very memorable. Most of my buck/rifle season hunts there were only a day and a half at the most. I've hunted Tioga primarily for deer with some flintlocking in McKean County. Killed some spring gobblers in PA also. Fond, fond memories of the ride down before opening day and the first few days of the season. I probably did that hunt from about '81 until the mid 2000's. I kind of lost a little interest........ I went on my first out of state hunt in 1982. Texas deer and turkey hunting, via a motor home and a tag along p/u. We had a blast!! The deer I killed there still hangs in my house and the pictures tell the story. We all killed a doe or two and turkey also. Then there were the jack rabbits with the spotlights and CF rifles!!! All killed from the back of a Jeep.......sometimes moving. All with the blessings of the rancher From there it was Wyoming in 1985 for deer & antelope, 1989 for caribou, multiple trips in the 90's to Colorado for elk, antelope and deer, Saskatchewan for spring bear, Alaska for spring bear and Wyoming for antelope. The 2000's had me heading to Colorado for a mule deer hunt, an elk hunt and a couple trips to Alabama for January deer hunts. Of all those hunts; only the caribou, both bear hunts and a Colorado rifle elk hunt were guided. The Alabama hunts were kind of guided too I guess, they just pointed us in a direction and said have fun........... The self guided trips were always more fun, hands down. Lots of unfilled tags but always a good time!! Here in NYS I am blessed to have more than my fair share of land to hunt from a family member and a couple very close friends. At one point close to 2,000 acres but that is shrinking a bit as time marches on. Plenty of deer, turkey and all sorts of small game has fallen to my weapon of choice over the years. I've filled deer tags here in New York with the rifle, shotgun, muzzle loader (flintlock, smokeless and original in-line) bow (recurve, longbow and compound) and even a couple with a pistol. Over all these years, dad has still hunted but nowhere near as much as me. He sparked the fire and I have burnt out of control since! He went to PA on many dove hunts with me and we hunted antelope in Wyoming also. His still gun hunts for deer but is loosing a little interest. Here is a buck from a few years ago he shot. (actually he wiped out the entire family that day; he killed a doe and a fawn and the buck all on the same drive, hence the big smile!!) That about does it for me for now. Thanks for the time..........

He had to end up somewhere since he ain't there anymore.........grin. I had some PM's with him over the years and he was ok. Sometimes he just talked tooooooo much!!

Seeing patients today? Happy Birthday and a big one at that!!

Looks like buildings in the distance. Maybe not such a good idea to be shooting that way?? As far as his marksmanship, musta been buck fever??

That's an well kept secret.....................that you Jeff O? You hang out at that "other site" also??

I have NO idea on age, nobody does. Score; although you can't tell width too easy 'cause his ears are back I'd say 150+ He is outstanding!! I hope he is still alive.........

After a couple boxes of ammo at the range with 300 win mag I bet you'll be reaching for that 308 instead for 98% of anything you'll be doing the rest of your life. I'll gladly shoot my 243 or 7-08 over my 300wsm any day at the range ! Seat time is priceless, at any age.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/8419763/gonew/1/WTS_Tikka_T3_Blued_338_Win_Mag#UNREAD Here's a 338 to ponder.............price seems fair too.

Buffalo, Rochester Grand Rapids. I could have a long lost brother in Michigan.....................

Wait a minute..........those SIX "members" have a COMBINED GRAND total of ONE post!!!! Maybe it's time to start nuking these inactive slugs.........................................................

6 birthdays today. Do people plan for this, do Dr's yank 'em early or is it just one of those deals????? http://huntingny.com/forums/calendar/1-community-calendar/day-2014-1-1 Regardless, Happy Birthday to the 6 members who's big day is today!!

I don't think I've shot a single deer with an open sighted shotgun. My first deer gun was an old Ithaca Deerslayer that I saved up for then found a cheap used Leupold 2x EER (or whatever they called it then) that mounted on the barrel with the dovetail mounts. That would have been around 1980 IIRC. I had used open sights for a couple years I think but didn't kill anything........ All the old guys had been using scopes for a number of years and seemed to kill plenty of deer. It didn't take me long to figure out that a single beaded gun or even rifled sights were going to be inferior, in my mind to a scope. I know peep sighted guns can be pretty darn accurate also but never interested me. I like glass.........!!

LOLOLOLOLOLOL false in small small print...... The next poster is sitting around dreaming of next year's big buck....T/F?

False as heck............The next poster is under the age of 40

I had the same question via text message and got "my .308" as an answer.

Atta boy!!