Pygmy

I can recall at least FOUR times standing there, blood dripping off the end of my nose, feeling like a DUMBCHIT...hehehehe...

Geeze, Growie...You were in Corning and didn't look me up..?? I'm CRUSHED...!!..

Geeze, Larry... Don't DO s**t like that !!!.. I was cutting firewood in the winter years ago with a friend..He was running the saw and I heard him say " Uh-Oh.." He had a cut in his carharts right across his knee... I said .." Check it out..If it's serious I'll help you..If it's NOT serious, I don't want to see it "... He peeled off the carharts..His jeans were cut....However his longjohns were just FRAZZLED..No cuts on the skin..SCARY, but we lucked out..

She's not smoking..She's chewing on the index finger of one of those bikers she just dismembered. And YES there are lots of women like that. Have you ever been to a place called Cameron ?...

That's GROWIE, all right, taken a few years back.. See the debris in the background ? That is the remains of six Hell's Angels that she caught poaching on her land...

She'd KILL you Biz-R-O Dude... There would be nothing left of you but pecker and eyeballs..Mostly eyeballs... And I agree with Steve..The chipmunk stew would be the SOUP de grace... << Pygmy chuckles at his clever pun>>.......

Can't go wrong with a Leupy... Keep in mind that with a variable, eye relief decreases as power increases..

I thought it was called HOT FLASHES.....hehehehe...

Thanks, Growie... I'm always careful with a chainsaw...The things scare the CRAP out of me and I hate running them, but I surely appreciate the labor they save.

Straight line here, although I saw a cell phone picture of a funnel cloud just west of the village... It came blasting through very fast..all the damage occured in about two minutes.

Addison got hit pretty hard, albeit not as bad as Elmira...I lost a 12" diameter fir tree...Broke off and landed on the neighbor's house .Fortunately not much damage...My yard is full of limbs, uprooted lilac bushes, etc..Gonna have a busy morning here with the chain saw.. My boat was under a big locust..Fortunately no big limbs came down on it. Others were not so fortunate...Several large trees down on houses..One friend of mine has a big maple down on his new truck. All you can see is the back bumper.

When I saw the title of this thread, I thought I'd be looking at a picture of Mayor Bloomberg.

LOL... Doc..I love hunting "old lady goats" because they ALWAYS taste better than "Old Man Bucks" and they have more meat on them than yearlings... I agree that they are some of the TOUGHEST deer to hunt..They are always on the alert, usually because they have offspring to look out for.. And as far as challenge goes..That is why I gave up my bow a few years back...I don't need the challenge and would much rather use an implement that I feel more competent with..Preferably a centerfire rifle, but I can still get by with a muzzleleoader or a slug gun also.

Elmo, Ol' Buddy... I have eaten crow LOTS of times.... However, it was always FIGURATIVLY, rather than LITERALLY....<<Big Pygmy GRIN>> The crow hunting forums give recipes...If you wear disposable gloves while cleaning and cook the meat thoroughly, I suspect that chances of any disease would be minimal.. I have never eaten crow for the same reason I have never eaten possum.. I have seen the stuff that THEY eat...

I guess I may be putting a somewhat different spin on the term "challenge" than you are, Doc.. I don't prefer going hunting over going to the supermarket because hunting is more challenging, but because it is a lot more FUN and exciting.. We all enjoy a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment when we are successful but it is not necessarily related to the challenge.. I would interperet CHALLENGE as raising the bar, to make our goal more difficult, thus more CHALLENGING. Lately I have been trying to find easier ways to do things ,rather than more difficult or more challenging ways as are many of my older hunting buddies. I spend a lot more time sitting in a blind for turkeys rather than running and gunning. When I pick a spot to hunt for deer, I am more concerned about having a rest for my gun and the relative difficulty of the drag, rather than whether it is a buck or a doe or a yearling or a mature animal.. Nope...Maybe I am an exception to the rule, but I'm not looking for a challenge..I'm just looking for some pleasant recreation, and hopefully, a little meat for the freezer.

I agree with Lawdwaz.. Buy a Leupold..End of worries... No one EVER takes my advice on scopes because they all think they need a high power variable, HOWEVER, I will say once again, there are no BIG GAME applications within the range of most non magnum calibers ( like the 30-06).. We are talking 400 yards here...That cannot be efficiently handled with a QUALITY 4X or 6X fixed power scope ...<< Did I mention LEUPOLD..??>>....

I don't want to discourage you from buying another rifle, if you want to buy one... Lord knows, I have MORE than I need.. But don't do it because you fear your 30-30 isn't enough gun for whitetails.. It has killed hundreds of thousands of deer CLEANLY, as well as many elk, moose, bears and other big critters. If you put your bullets in the right place, it will do the job.

Wow, what a beauty... The first two beards look nearly the same length and the third one is not too much shorter.. Possibly the best triple beard I have seen... I have taken 4 or 5 double beards, but only two had equal length beards..A double 9 .5 " and a double 8".. The others had a larger main beard and a significantly smaller second beard.. I took a 4 bearded bird in Kentucky a few years back, but he had a massive main beard and wispy smaller secondary beards.. Congrats on a fine trophy..

Cool beans, Paula... I have a couple of mine from mid 60s... I remember the $3.25 fee...Duck stamps were $3.00.. I also have a party permit armband from the late 60s...It took 3 people for one either sex tag, and that was with landowner's preference.. Only the person wearing the armband could legally shoot the party deer.

I admire your enthusiasm..You remind me of myself when I was younger.. Perhaps some of our north country members can steer you in the right direction. My daughter lives near Potsdam and I have seen birds in the area, but I don't have any hunting connections there..I suspect there is a fair amount of public land in that area. Also, turkey hunting permission is usually easier to get permission on private land than deer hunting.. You might spend a weekend driving around and knocking on doors to ask permission and find some property to hunt.. Good luck on your slam...Merriams in Nebraska and Rios in Kansas ?...

Welcome to the forum, Mark... I hunt your fair Province every spring, near Picton in Prince Edward County.

They are excellent..I have killed and eaten hundreds of them.. Rock doves..Barn pigeons..Domestic pigeons..Whatever you want to call them. The squabs that are taken from the nest and have never flown, are very tender and can be cooked many ways and considered a delicacy. The great majority that I have eaten were flighted adults, and they are excellent, but CAN be somewhat tough.. Due to this they are best cooked in the crockpot, braised, or other moist, slow methods..The flavor reminds me of wild duck or of thier kissin' cousin, mourning dove. Every time I eat them I wonder why I don't hunt them more often..They are fun to hunt and are strong flyers.. They can be as tough to hit as mourning doves or ducks.. Some of my most enjoyable wingshooting days have been while shooting pigeons..

Doc..Challenge.. ?....REALLY ??.. I know that many hunters are inspired by somewhat of a "competitive" nature, whether it is trying to get a bigger buck than the average guy or just trying to outwit the animals themselves. However, I think many of us, probably mostly us old farts, are there more for just plain enjoyment and recreation rather trying to fullfill any kind of challenge. I just enjoy the freedom of the woods and the adrenaline surge of seeing a deer or a turkey or a squirrel, and I enjoy having a deer or two and perhaps some small game and birds for my freezer.. I honestly don't identify with any sense of "challenge".. It's enough of a challenge for me anymore just to wake up on the right side of the GRASS...lol... There was a time when I was younger man...I did some unguided wilderness hunts in Alaska and other wilderness areas that would scare the CRAP out of me to attempt today.. I do treasure those memories.. Nothing wrong with meeting a challenge..I have a friend in Florida who fills four gobbler tags every year with a recurve and a longbow.. Now THAT is a challenge..hehehe.. I'm happy just to be able to spend some time in the woods, and hopefully get enough action so that I can keep enjoying the game meat that I have enjoyed all my life..

You are right about that, Larry... One of the biggest scars on my body is on my left thumb... I got it when I was about 12 years old, trying to skin a coon with a dull knife...

You can't believe people still do drives..???... Well, not all of us hunt on little "postage stamp deer preserves" like you do.. Admittedly, I'm down to having several hundred acres of private land that I can hunt (rather than several thousand that used to be available to me) but if I recall, you have less than 100 acres... Driving deer is not my primary choice of hunting methods, but I know LOTS of people who have driven deer all thier lives and never shot anyone.. Up until just a few years ago it was probably the primary method of hunting in this area, until the flatlanders started buying up thier little 50 to 100 acre "postage stamps" and breaking it up..It can be done safely with just a small amount of common sense, and you don't have to run around the woods blowing a damn WHISTLE either...