Dr Ignominious Death

This morning saw two sets of yellow eyes about 40 yards away from my headlamp at 0400 walking to my stand. I've seen the same squirrel and chipmunk chase each other endlessly, saw a fox, an owl but no deer. That's 3 sits in this spot without seeing anything. Packing it in, heading home and going to try a friend's land tomorrow. Stay safe everyone.

Like anything in Science or medicine, you should just go to the source...i.e scientific journals. Some of the highest impact journals I can think of are Advances in Physics, American Journal of Physics, Annals of Physics etc. I have a degree in Microbiology and took several years of physics but still. most of these articles are way over my head, however every now and then the "letter to the editor" section has some "dumbed down" section that is easier to follow. If you are not proficient at at least a college level of chemistry and physics, good luck understanding anything about string theory......just try youtube.

I grew up playing video games and occasionally still find time to play a few video games with friends, albeit rarely. I've been toying with the idea of getting an XBOX 1 or PS4 a few years down the road so I can introduce my sons to another of my hobbies ( and I still love dealing out head-shots in HALO). Growing up I was an xbox fan and was leaning towards an XBOX 1. However, I read an article today that Bill Gates, native of my home state, donated 1 million dollars to the anti-gun community. Well, as much as I love xbox and was a loyal customer, I have to say that I no longer feel I can support Microsoft. I respect the Gates family and all the great things they do with their foundation, but I'm disappointed in his actions. I used to think people boycotting business for the actions of hands-off owners was a wasted-exercise, but now my attitude seems to be changing. Do you think boycotting a company because of personal, unrelated decisions of CEOs,presidents and/or owners is justified? For 400$, I'll probably end up using the money to purchase an AR, when I move back West. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/26/the-nra-pissed-off-the-wrong-nerd-genius.html

Thanks Bubba! I called the regional DEC office, they no longer accept bowhunter Ed course from the online source, however, the person I spoke to told me she would send me all the materials in the mail tomorrow. She said that the manual is not available online, fyi for anyone else in the same predicament. Again, thanks for the input.

Hey guys, Q: Does anyone have any recommendations for a shop that will help me get situated with my new compound bow (mechanics, measurements, arrows length, best grip and mechanics) near the Rochester area? I'm willing to drive for good quality help. I haven't used a bow since boy scouts and before I learn any bad habits, I would like to try and learn the "right" way to do things. I have searched places on the internet and they really don't have any helpful reviews. Some of the Pro shop threads have had some good info, ie which to avoid (E Henrietta), I just wanted to tap the brain trust first. Thanks for any recommendations. Derek

Hey all, Question: Does anyone know where I can access the "Today's Bowhunter" manual and test online? I signed up for the 2 part Bowhunter's Educations Class; home study and field day, unfortunatenly I had a family emergency that prevented me from attending the "class day" where we pick up the "Todays' Bowhunter" manual and I suppose question sheet that needs to be done prior to the field day. I spoke with a person representing the class day on the phone who said I could access the manual online from the DEC website and if I finished it and made it to the field day, I would still be able to get my certificate. Well I have searched throughout much of the internet and have not been able to find a copy of the manual for free, I found several for sale, which I would hate to pay and wait for delivery if there are free copies in cyberspace. Does anyone have any suggestions of where I may be able to pick up the necessary resources (online or in person) so I can get that done before the course? (Truth of it all is I just took my anesthesia boards and my wife is due with our second child in 4 days, and I'm currently working a week of nights...covering obstetrics, heaven forbid my wife comes in...so I have little time and energy to spend chasing this stuff down.) I appreciate all your help. Thanks. Derek

More like brother-cousins.

Okay, now military medicine is a different game altogether, especially if you plan to go career and stay in the military as a doctor. The overhead is way, way less, less hours, patients are usually low ranked so you get the "respect". I worked at Madigan Army base for about a year during medical school, all the physicians and residents seemed pretty happy, worked way few hours. They don't make nearly as much as private, but they have decent retirement and great benefits to make up for it. One of my co-residents is doing the Navy things and he is pretty happy about it. I have a wife and kid and it just didn't work with my plans to be in the military for medicine, but it could be a great way to secure a career in medicine and serve the greatest country on Earth.

You sure you want to go to medical school? I'm an anesthesiology resident at U of R right now and I wish someone had almost forced me to reconsider my career choice. Honestly, if I could go back, I would go to dental school..way easier, done in 4 years and get to start paying off the student loans right away instead of deferring them through residency and work way less once in practice. I enjoy anesthesiology and will likely do additional training, but medicine isn't what it used to be...pay is going down, tons and tons of regulation (the worst part), lack of patient respect, work tons of hours, lots of call, malpractice is insanely expensive...all things I didn't consider entirely when applying for medical school. Cost me about 15,000 just to apply for medical school and residency and fly to the interviews. MCAT, STEP 1,2,3 and Board testing-another 5000$ Not to mention you don't get to start saving for retirement until you are in your late 30s. Make sure you know what you are getting into, and not just shadowing a doctor and seeing the "cool stuff", look at all the "bleeping" paperwork, dealing with difficult patients, licensing and regulations. I thought medicine was what I would "love to do", now, what's most important to me is the little free time I have. Seriously, 5 years undergraduate degree in a insanely difficult major, 4 years medical school and 5 years residency...that's a good chunk of your life where most of your life is work and studying....I do find time to go hunting though. Good luck with your decision, I'm sure you can find people who are less discouraging than me about the future of medicine.

Is anyone aware of the online course we need to take (I took the gun hunters ed prior to 2014) to be able to hunt with crossbows? I've looked on the DEC website and couldn't find anything. Thanks.

Thanks for the info everyone.

A well placed eye shot with a .22 lr is my recommendation. Cheap? Yes. Requires skill? yep Make hunting brown bears more exciting? Probably won't live to tell about it. Second to that, why not a 270 over a .06?

"Fishtailing"- I knew there was probably a technical term. Here are my specs: carbon Piledriver shaft 20", 100g field point tips. Target is a foam/styrofoam target. First shots were cheap stock arrows where the fishtailing was much more consistent and worrisome. The tail would be left of the of the point of impact. I switched to the pile driver arrows with field points and felt they would still fishtail left but not to the same degree. Below is a photo of the piledriver shots at 30 yards. Looking at the picture, the fishtailing doesn't seem as apparent so I may either be hallucinating the degree of fishtailing because I was initially concerned for a possible bow defect and there is no actual fishtailing with the higher quality arrows OR the picture angle is deceptive. Thanks.

I sighted in my new crossbow this past week at 20 and 30 yards. What I noticed is that my shot placement is pretty accurate and I'm satisfied with my scope settings but one thing I noticed is that my bolts seem to enter the target at a slight angle; the bolts are sticking into the target at about a 20 degree angle from my direct line of fire. What is the implication of this angle, if any? Does this slow the speed of the arrow or have any bearing on it's ability to take down a deer? If anyone has experience with this, is my bow limb off center? (I measured the limb and it was as close as possible to even). Am I using my cocking device inappropriately and pulling the two sides unevenly? Thanks for any input. This may be completely normal but my concern is I am loosing FPS and killing power. Thanks.

Spent 4 days in 9H. First day saw one buck (no shot) and a fawn. Tons of hunters and tons of shots. Next few days were wicked windy and nothing was moving. this morning I walked deep into the woods and spooked a deer 20 feet away at 530 AM. Sat still and saw nothing the rest of the morning. It was very cold, 21 degrees and I lost hope and left the area around 10AM.