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    Why do people have to be such jerks

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    1 hour ago, WNYBuckHunter said:

    I like the ones that drive 5-10 under the speed limit and then flip you off or speed up when you go to pass them. People are just dumb. 

    A ton of stupid drivers. Had a guy 2 weeks ago pull of the side of the road just over a hill. I go around and he proceeds to make a 2 pt u turn literally just over the crest of the hill on C Factory rd. Someone could have crushed him coming over that hill. 

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    Property Purchase Journal

    in Member Hunting Journals

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    3 hours ago, phade said:

    Should share an update here. Still looking and searching every single day. Found one parcel in NY I liked about an hour ten minute drive south. Not ideal but I can swing it. Has one border I am not excited about and the DMP allocations are not high/high, which I am also not excited about when digging into that WMUs take and ratios. It's not horrible, but I'd be concerned with materially lower numbers than areas I currently hunt in NY. 

    Property lays out well for hunting IMO, short of the one border, which has a public access trail nearby. Both themselves are not knockouts individually but combined, I am less excited about it.

    Ohio has been a whiff so far. Alot of retained OGM rights coming up on properties as of late. Kentucky I am still getting a feel for and haven't seen a must have property yet.

    Missouri - dang it. I've seen 3-4 properties that peak my interest in my range and the area I prefer. I so want to pursue it but my wife is more hesitant and that is giving me pause. 15 hour drive. One was a stunner in terms of hunting layout and documented history of bucks taken. It went off the market in less than a week. 

    Still looking for that perfect place.

    MO is a big commitment due to the distance unless it eventually becomes a full-time residence down the road. GL

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    Kids age

    in General Hunting

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    22 minutes ago, YFKI1983 said:

     

    How old were your kids when you first took them hunting? I remember being 7 or 8 the first time I went with my dad.

     

    My son is almost 5 and is obsessed. He's been in the woods a bunch but never out with me. He's dying to go but I don't think he truly understands what it is yet.

     

    Should I try to take him out a couple of hours or too young? I am pretty sure I wouldn't shoot anything with him there. He's seen deer I've brought home but still not sure he knows what happens.

     

    Sent from my SM-G991U using Tapatalk

     

     

     

    My son was probably 5 or 6. Hunted only out of a blind. He couldn’t last 45 minutes each time.

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    Youth season.......

    in Deer Hunting

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    We hunted all day Sat, could have shot  lots of doe’s and spikes but my son wanted a 6pt or better. Yesterday we hunted the afternoon and saw one of the spikes again. Going out this afternoon for one last attempt at a buck.

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    Youth season.......

    in Deer Hunting

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    Son and I will be hunting hard all weekend. I have seen more bucks around my house the last month that I did the entire last year. He has harvested 2 doe with his bow but no buck yet. Hopefully I can help get him some horns.

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    Youth baseball thread

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    21 hours ago, NYBowhunter said:

    Guess this no longer qualifies as youth baseball , my boys first college game  and he started the first game of the fall season. Beyond proud, he pitched first 2 innings, couple strikeouts, gave up no runs. We traveled to play away at Bard college. This college baseball is legit and players / coaches all around are fantastic. Such a pleasure to watch.

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    How fun it must be watching,  congrats!! Keep posting em up here!

    Youth baseball thread

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    On 9/25/2022 at 7:21 AM, REDNECK4LIFE32 said:

    We'll tryouts are all over for travel baseball team. Brantley did well fielding and batting, 30 yard dash. We should be hearing soon if he made the team. Seen lots of competition between the 2 tryout days. Today is the start up of instructional baseball. I paid $65 for 5 sessions which are every Sunday through end of October. They have special guests that come in and help kids work on what they need help with. One thing Brantley needs to work on is arm strength he's holding back. He's so small kids 9-10 u are bigger then him and he's 10. Coaches asked him how old he was and what grade he's in. He said 10 which he turned on 9/11 and 5 the grade. He's a lefty the coaches told him small but mighty. They liked his batting. Coach kept telling other coach look at his swing. This is all about development and I hope this helps out. I think it will be good for him.

    No worries with arm strength. My son never threw with a full pitching motion, he kinda brought his arm halfway pack then threw, hence giving up some speed. Finally this summer at 14 he’s finally come around to a full motion. He hasn’t had a pitch lesson in years btw so this has been a natural progression. He was always the 3-5 best pitcher on his teams and now he’s moving up the depth charts for pitching. This games start to matter more going into hs than 12u and under. So really no worries imo.

    Throw a football with him, basically a weighted ball, thats a great fun way to build arm strength and sprinkle in some long toss. 

    Another awesome pitching option is the Mustard App. Created by Tom House. Its free and has arm care stretching videos and more. You can video your sons pitching motion and forward to them for evaluation and it tells you what to do for areas of improvement. Its a must have app imo. 

     

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    Careful bee’s

    in General Chit Chat

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    9 hours ago, Versatile_Hunter said:

    These are wasps? How do you identify the nest, just a hole in the ground? Can you hear them as you approach? 

    1 bubble bee and 2 wasps. Didn’t see any of them until after I mowed. U will see a hole and bee’s flying around it. 

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    Careful bee’s

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Skillet said:

    Been mowing state land fields with a tow behind brush hog.

    Last week, we hit 3 huge paper wasp nests that were suspended in the woody brush we have been mowing down. 

    Man they were pissed. 

    Thank God for enclosed cab tractors. 

     

    Them sob’s are aggressive.

    Careful bee’s

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    Today we brush hogged some trails that have been neglected the last few yrs. In the process of cutting trail and pushing brush back with the front bucket we uncovered 3 ground nests. Not sure how none of us got stung along the way.

    My dad 2 weeks ago got stung a bunch from a different ground nest. 
    Be careful and keep an eye out.

    Youth baseball thread

    in General Chit Chat

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    On 7/14/2022 at 7:00 PM, REDNECK4LIFE32 said:

    Looks like there is 3 different locations there playing at also. Send me a pm and meet up. Maybe Brantley and I will go up and watch some games. Should be a fun weekend and lots of baseball 

    Hey, sorry I hadn’t been back since my last post. It’s been a wild few weeks of baseball.

    Youth baseball thread

    in General Chit Chat

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    Well I wanted to post updates along the way but its just been to damn busy!

    Season is going well for Ben. Team has been struggling a bit for a bunch of reasons. We have been all over with tournaments. This week we’re heading to Lake Placid for a wood bat tourney. Then next Thursday starts a PBR tournament in Toledo OH.

    Son tried out for the PBR Jr Futures games in Cortland last week. If selected he would go to LakePoint in Georgia at the end of the month. 
    He ended up doing extremely well and was picked!

    He played 2 simulated games. First game the opposing pitched was throwing 79/80 fb, kid struck out the first 5 batters, I was anxiously watching Ben the 6th batter as he loves fast pitchers. Anyways he hits oppo shot down the right field line for a triple! Big sigh of relief knowing ur kid did well in that spot. Next at bat was a ground out. 3rd at bat was another triple right center one hop to the fence. Now I'm feeling like he did well enough for an invite.

    2nd game: first at bat was another right center field triple, next a check swing hit to 2nd baseman, last at bat was another right center field triple. It was a wild day watching him do so well. Went 4-6 all triples. He was pumped afterwards, I’ll never forget that day no doubt!

    So after Ohio we head to Georgia for the week as he represents team NY. 

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