Lawdwaz

Do I need to put a "grin" in there for ya? Come on man...................grin

Give him another year? How about I give him a couple months, instead. grin... (Click on pic to play video)

Great news Greg. You hunt local, right? PM sent..........

Fumbling around and having a good time. The kid gets credit for making things happen with less than top shelf stuff. He isn't afraid to do things himself, has great ideas and gets it done. It doesn't sound like he is shooting too bad at this point.........

When your 16 years old, groups are a good thing. They'll help to develop good form.

Ahhhhhh come on. Gimme a break. I had to really think back for something. The problem is, usually something dies in MY stories!! I type with one bent finger and I'm running on decafe coffee....................................................

OK, almost 30 years ago a group of guys I hunted in PA with had an idea. They wanted to hunt the back of a mountain in Tioga, PA. To access it we'd have to use a boat & motor we could carry down to the Tioga river from the highway. Opening day of Buck Season dawned cool, damp and foggy. We got to the water edge at least an hour before legal shooting time, after lugging the boat & motor down the slick bank. I don't recall the exact number of guys but 9 could have been it. Multiple trips back and forth to ferry the guys took some time as I don't think we had more than 4 in the boat at a time. Between loaded packs, empty guns, heavy clothes and winter boots we were pushing the Coast Guard limits on the boat tag................................. All went well during the days hunt, typical opening day in Pennsylvania; rain, snow, wind, ice and fog. We fanned out all across the mountain, some climbed to the top, others stayed near the bottom. We had the entire joint to ourselves, we thought. One of the guys shoots a spike buck near the top and while tracking his buck stumbles onto a back tag that some other guy NOT in our group lost!! (in those days that was called a bonus tag) The weather got even worse, the snow/rain mix turned to ice pellets for a bit that stung like #9 shot from a .410......................All this is before cell phone or even reasonably priced two way radios or we probably would have beat it out of there. We had no contact with each other during the day, the plan was to meet at dusk back at the cruise ship. (12' Sears row boat) One deer died that day, that was it. One guy saw a bear, most saw zip when it came to deer, some doe of course but they were safe, We noted when we got to the river at dusk that she was starting to skim over with ice. Ahh, that could make it sporty! The wind was picking up and now snowing harder. Two guys and the captain per trip was all we could do with the gunnel's close to the water line. The boat had some water in it from splashing over the edge in some of the open water we tried to navigate through. It was cold and damned scary. The young guys were last to go across. Three of us, a spike buck and 4" of water in the boat made the water line closer to us than we liked. Breaking ice on the water, snow, darkness and crappy little flashlights made for a white knuckle ride back to safety. We pulled the boat & motor back up the hill with the help of all the guys and a couple drag ropes (that didn't see any action that day either) to the highway, Rt 15. Cars were spinning out and a tractor trailer jack knifed into a ditch. A couple of the guys have passed on but it is still fresh in the minds of the rest of us.

I'm thinking......................................

I like Joe, I like.

I'd gladly give up all of October if I had to, to be in shape for Election Week Madness. Easy choice...........

OK, did you pull the card and see what you have? That'll tell the tale......................(whitetail hopefully)

How do you know it is water damaged?

Gun shop? Hell, we're doing the transfer through a knitting supply store..............

Ya, $10 + $20=$30 The extra $20 is to rent shelf space while the gun is registered and put on my friends permit. Should take a day or so........ Call it what you want, I don't think anybody will do it for a ten spot and I don't blame them at this point.

I think we have a taker! I won't mention the name of the shop just yet but we have a plan. I guess we (me & the seller) will have to meet at the shop (that has funky hours of course) and leave the pistol at the shop after we do the background check on my buddy, the buyer. After the successful BG check, the gun will stay at the shop until my buddy gets it added to his Ontario County permit. THEN I take the paper work to Erie County to have it removed from MY permit. All for the tidy sum of $30 Piece of cake..........................................................................UGGHHHHHHHH

Time to talk to a Realtor........................... You're young and not married yet. Get the heck outa' that town. We could use a (whatever your profession is) upstate. I had a great place in mind for you in Depew but you didn't bite..................

It was kind of tough on the toes this morning with the sandals on....................heavy dew and cool temp will sideline the Jesus Sneakers here pretty soon I'm thinking. Brrrrrr........

The best I've used in many years is the Helly Hansen Impertech. I wouldn't waste my time or money these days with anything else. Yes, I have others. A coat from Cabela's and one from Marmot round out the stash. The Marmot leaks but looks cool The Cabela's is heavy but doesn't leak Go with Impertech and don't look back..................... http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/search.cmd?N=0&Ntk=AllProducts&Ntt=helly+hansen+impertech&WT.srch=1&WT.tsrc=PPC&WT.mc_id=google|mec_Rainwear_General|USA&rid=20&WT.z_mc_id1=&gclid=CKbyltTJtrkCFcuf4AodNlsA3g&gclsrc=aw.ds

I'll say this, you sure do put in the effort! Only thing is............you'll have ZERO excuses with all the potting done up so snazzy if you come up a deer or two short this year. (doubtful it'll happen though!)

From a sticky on this site........... http://archeryhistory.com/archerytalk/The_Nuts&Bolts_of_Archery.pdf Maybe that'll help get you in the tree stand hunting deer 10/1/2013 and NOT hunting squirrels. Grins...

Wait 'till the MODS see this crap....................................... Oh, never mind.

NOTE: The stripes were down the back of the deer he is talking about. I've seen that before and might even have pics of one that was straight down from my stand one time. The spots are NOT visible from ground level. What ya gonna do? Loose a friend over it, really? I'm sure the guy was highly embarrassed and didn't mean to do it. Shiiit happens.

It is a handgun.

Dude...............................................Maybe hunt some squirrels this fall, seriously.

I agree but it just fries my assssss.....................