dbHunterNY

i'm going with gross non-typical. still doesn't matter it's an awesome deer.

installed typically under sink cabinet on floor. vent at floor in based of cabinet to throw the warm air at you. usually kitchen is consumed with cabinets and no place for hot water fin tube at floor along wall space.

yea don't know how much extra it would be. never had them done myself. front two hooves bent up to hold arrow and then stubs attached to a hardwood back board with the rest of the mount.

just a little too far for me. i'll probably be looking for one though as one in the new house has the lines crimped off and not plumbed in.

no halloween for me. busy moving from old house into a new one. wife taking out our 4 yr old.

we've got a 200+" buck called the Delmar buck up this way poached in the '70s. all it takes is a little genetic luck and always age.

my buddy paid a guy that was retired from it up in northern VT $850 for his shoulder mount with leg arrow holder. he intentionally asked him as he won awards upon awards and it was a buck of a lifetime. over 200" buck i've posted here before.

in the capital region or a bit north for anyone looking for one. i actually have a handful.

i wore out (cracked) a pair of Muck ArticSports. Still have a midweight Muck Hoser pair. also when gander closed up down in Kingston i picked up a pair of Irish Setter Rutmaster non-insulated rubber boots ridiculously cheap. they're awesome and will use them with good wool socks until it gets pretty cold. honestly for the price when it gets really cold i use the Walmart cheap Herman Survivors. My parent's got them for me and wasn't worth taking them back for what they paid.

look at all that bouncing fun! where's that place? top notch rides IMO.

Moving from old house into new house. Rolled in late last night. This happened. Havent touched it since college. It's a good local beer though. Owners live right down the road from the farm. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

i have one. used to use it but i felt it rubbed against the string more than otherwise. kinda defeats the purpose.

yea parts where cheap. wheel hub for example was bolt on and go for $75.

the general hunting population in ny is hunting private land whether they own it, lease it, or simply have permission. the idea of traditional QDM co-ops originates more from the south, even on public land. up here in the northern portion of the country it's coming on strong because properties are only getting smaller and harder to afford to own. Mississippi state for example has public land managed with unmanned checkstations and antler restrictions very similar to what we're doing with results just fine. https://www.wideopenspaces.com/another-possible-state-record-buck-taken-public-land-mississippi/?fbclid=IwAR0sFZkqiPqt4Y7yvyl8A1bs3rfcQBD95ggV2e29P4gQoS7AGIkTh0YU2tk

i had a strip down base model '03 chevy cavalier coupe with manual transmission with 2.2L ecotech 4 banger. didn't have anything auto. not even anti-lock brakes which is very odd. i just used all seasons and could go anywhere. i miss that car.

i went snowmobiling up in quebec out in the middle of nowhere roads are used by sleds and vehicles. saw a logging truck stop to check chains and put more on then went up a steep path that i didn't think looked like any road. same trip stopped at a cabin with a dog team for transportation. fueled up the sled after argued not to be rationed fuel. met a older couple in a buick sedan cruising down the trail/road slow and steady. they didn't have chains but could've had studded snows i'd imagine.

good to have but you'll rarely ever use them. only hills with a short run off a main road are where they shine. pain to put on otherwise when needed otherwise. if you're buried in a ditch they won't get you out with out doing more damage. bring a tow strap. i used mine to pull out at least a half dozen vehicles (cars, suvs, trucks) this past winter. deep snow on long camp access driveway are something i'd consider using chains on a car for.

front wheel drive cars are just fine with good all seasons and even better with snows. deep snow you'll push a bit which will slow you down a lot, especially if it's not fluffy powder. better than rear wheel drive for making it from point A to B. 4 wheel peel and weight is definitely better. cars now suck with stability and traction control. they bog down to get traction and stay straight instead of chewing and letting you keep it straight. it's burned me multiple times. momentum is your friend or trying to pull a hill might send you toward the ditch. studded snows aren't good on bare thawed roads once cleared later in the day. tire chains can't be left on and are a pain to put on before a hill. plus often the excess cable length frees up and slaps around your nicely finished wheel wells.

i can vouch for the ultradot red dots. they're very good. i'd like the idea of no battery but honestly i've never had one die. in either ultradot or burris fast fire ii. aimpoint and trijicon are good but never bought one for myself.

no they all have more than 3 posts now so their comments are now totally legit and acceptable.

hunted others from western NY to well up into adirdondacks but WMU 4C since i was old enough to hunt.

i'm mostly in WMU 4C that's traditionally been "if it's brown it's down". we're a lot of ag ground but can't compare to western NY and southern tier when it comes to antlers. handful of years we alone on about 300 acres tried 3 points on a side. nobody else around us really did despite we told them what we were doing and someone on us every so often would break that rule. we definitely saw more 2.5+ yr old bucks but we'd still never see anything 3.5 yrs old with just us doing it. a couple neighbors then somewhat followed 3 points to a side and that helped even more. now we'd have a 3.5+ yr old each year taken on any given property. results still weren't really there. i mean you were guaranteed an opportunity at a respectable rack buck but not filling the wall with shoulder mounts. fast foward to last handful of years. we formed multiple QDM co-ops in the area with voluntary ARs more than what would be implemented by regulation or law. each with their own set of voluntary ARs based on their own standards for age structure though. ours has min 3 pts on each side and a 15" outside spread (just within ear tip to tip). it protects all yearlings and many 2.5 yr olds. after that they aren't so ignorant and hunting is hunting. new hunters youth or otherwise can shoot whatever. we've gotten bucks 4.5+ yrs old. every year multiple people mount their best buck to date. rutting activity is insane compared to trickle of activity it was before. some years still better than others. co-ops have boomed around here. about 20,000 acres here in northern rensselaer county now and another 20,000 acres across the boarder in washington county. that's a lot of hunters that very in skill level and hunting interest. ARs flatten the learning curve versus trying to age a deer and everyone can count pts. still can equate to building an age structure though.

seems a tad low but a great shot from that high of an angle. you barely got both i think. little blood happens. sometimes the lung plugs the hole. offside lung you grazed on the inside. blood hits a lot of surface before filling and spilling out that low hole despite low holes are still a good thing.

heck i'd settle for the giraffe collaring. elephants sound better though. giraffe one sounds like you're sitting there waiting to get the call that the animal is down and sedated. elephant one sounds like you're involved the whole time, even scouting from air.

unless you live or work around the dacks you really don't understand. out west or even the catskill region isn't the same. topography makes as requested dead spot free cell service a massive undertaking that wouldn't justify the cost. there's massive overhead with any tower. you have a monster tower taking more acreage to lease and more infrastructure that's easier to get to. a short tower that's at a peak is less land leased, less infrastructure, but a b*&^% to get to for running power, comm, and simply maintaining access year round for maintenance. start putting a repeater and infrastructure in town on a water tower or structure and town will just rape them with taxes, provisions in place, and free services to just "let it" be approved for construction. maintenance practically shuts down on our cell tower during the winter. no amount of salt and plowing will keep the ice and snow drifting at bay unless it were plowed around the clock. they wait and it's usually too much snow built up to remove where it's drifting. for use it's fine. you just deal. while driving i'll lose you but can call back or pull over if it's important. certain carriers are good for a township here or there if you're settled in somewhere. otherwise, call you when i have service. no selfies required hunting deer up here and farther north.