steve863

"Might" have to sell the gun? If in doubt, I'd say it's better not to sell it. In my opinion it would be a big mistake selling a cool old gun like that unless you absolutely need the cash. Even if you got $1,500 for it, that isn't a great deal of money these days. I'd surely rather have the gun than the money.

I think the Amish lifestyle would be good for you, Biz. You'd go from a BMW to a Ford Truck to horse and buggy.

Why such an aversion to killing does??

These bucket/boonie hats look like they could double as emergency potties. LOL

I guess it depends on what your definition of "better" is. If it's killing trophy deer or deer for meat, maybe there is public land out there that could compare to private. I can't, however, ever visualize any public land being as good as private for most other facets of hunting, such as the knowledge that you will be the only one in the area and knowing that the likelihood of someone interfering with your hunt will be low to none. For things like this there is NO public land that will ever compare. Yeah, you can go deep into public land somewhere to get away from others, but it's still public land and you have no more right to it than anyone else. That to me is a BIG difference.

$5K split four ways for 200 or more acres, not a bad deal. For only 50 acres not a good deal in my opinion, especially for someone who is predominantly a gun hunter like myself. You've got less than 15 acres per man which is not a hell of a lot. You can reach each other with a rifle shot. Like I've said before, you guys will price yourselves out of this pastime if you are so willing to throw big money at small pieces of land. I want my son and the next generation of hunters to be able to afford this game. Giving landowners anything they ask won't help our next generation.

50 acres in my opinion is too small of a plot to be paying $1,250 each. The problem here is that this year it will be $1,250 and then next year the landowner will be telling you that he was offered $7K for the parcel, even though he may not have been, and then you will be swindled into paying even more for this dinky plot of land. Like I said, I have nothing against leases, but I surely won't be paying unreasonable prices for them, either. You all will be costing yourselves out of hunting anywhere if you pay these type of landowners anything they ask.

Oh what a sensitive soul. Was I talking about outfitters? You will obviously recoup the money ( and more ) you spent on a $5K lease. Anyone else who'd spend $5K on a 50 acre lease in Westchester or Putnam counties I still consider a dumbbell. I have absolutely NOTHING against leases. That's what the future of hunting will be and I can accept that. But for an individual to spend $5K or more on a small lease to hunt suburbia is ridiculous.

If I lived in Manhattan and had lots of money and liked to hunt, Putnam or Westchester counties would be the last places on earth i’d be hunting. My hunting would not be taking place in suburbia if I had that kind of money to spend.

I would say that this guy is not very smart if he's dumb enough to pay $5k in Putnam county.

You saw this in NYS? I honestly don't believe it because absolutely NO one would ever pay such an amount in NYS. You can kill monster whitetail bucks in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Texas, etc. for way less, so why would anyone in their right mind pay such an amount in NYS for 20 to 30 lousy acres????

Haha, learned something new today. From my experience Greek pride is so over the top that it makes total sense that they would put their own spin on the cups. By the way those types of cups stink and are the ones people spill the most. The coffee heat comes right thru cup to the fingers of the person holding it and they are accidents just waiting to happen.

Many coffee drinkers have weird rituals, that's for darned sure. I hate to see people bringing these huge cups into the train and then trying to keep control of it while the train is rocking back and forth. Meanwhile you are sitting below where they are standing and you just wait for them to lose control of the cup and spill the hot coffee all over you. My biggest pet peeve is people who insist on getting into a crowded train with their backpacks on. Many of these backpacks are over a foot thick and these SOB's are totally oblivious to the fact that they are pretty much taking up the space where another person could fit with these backpacks firmly attached to their backs. I can't stand it. If you guys hear a news report of someone slashing a backpack off another subway riders back and then stabbing them in the neck with a hunting knife, it will probably be me.

The latest report is that they are heading west along the NYS Thruway. They must have seen the signs for "Buffalo", so they are heading that direction. LOL

+1. I'm not one to run to a doctor for the smallest of things, but you definitely need to be careful with animal bites.

I think I posted this last year when you did your fuzzy math defended guys like Degrom winning Cy Young awards with only 10 wins during the season. in 1972 Steve Carlton won 27 games during the season for the Phillies. The Phillies won only 59 games the entire season meaning that Carlton won 46% of the total games his team won. How about that compared to DeGrom and others who could barely get to double digits in wins during a season on teams that were not totally bad? These modern day pitchers are chumps compared to the work horses of yesteryear.

His camp is an engineering marvel. If Bob can't fix it, it can't be fixed! Rumor has it that he's the real life character behind the kids TV show "Bob the Builder". LOL

Thanks. So, I think you are saying that a 12 year old can get a DMP even without purchasing bow privileges or having a bow hunters safety certificate?

Here's a good question. A youngster 12-14 cannot hunt deer yet with a firearm, but are they allowed to apply for a DMP? Does anyone know the answer or have experience with this? Nothing in the regulations says that they can't, and since big game and small game licenses are no longer separate licenses, I would think it would be possible. Unless there is something built in to the licensing computer system to intercept those that are under age?

You beat me to it, those were my thoughts exactly. Cuomo even lit up the Empire State Building in pink to celebrate women's "reproductive rights". Unbelievable how mentally screwed up these people are.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/30409.html

They are trying to bring down everything that used to be deemed moral, honorable and traditional. If you are white, straight, christian and have a strong work ethic you don't fit into what they are pushing. Their message has never been clearer. It's all about the poor blacks, undocumented immigrants, LGBT, women and their right to abortions (even at 9 months), criminals, etc. It's quite sickening to watch. Absolutely everything the liberal media says and does puts this second group on a pedestal while they take every opportunity to show the first group in a bad light every chance they get. Yeah, I know FOX news can be ridiculous, too. If they would just take the high road and not use the same tactics as the left is using they would have way more credibility. Unfortunately, these days it's all about brainwashing the masses. Between TV, internet, social media no one can think for themselves anymore.

So, if I drive without it I start the car only once to get to a destination. If I drive with this feature on the car may stop and start 10 times if there are 10 lights I have to stop at. What does this do to batteries, alternators, starters and such? I can't imagine all this stopping and starting will be good for these parts? I am no car expert, but maybe someone who is can tell us? This may just be another way to give car mechanics some more business. Plus, most people discover that they have a dead battery when they attempt to start the car and with the car sitting in a parking spot. What happens when the engine gets turned off at a red light and then can't start back up due to a dead battery?? You'll just have a big traffic jam on your hands with the stalled car that you probably wouldn't have had with a normal operating car.

OK, so now I know why I've been hearing a lot of new vehicles starting up when the light turns green. I was thinking their engines had stalled and they had to restart them. This stuff is getting crazy. Don't quite understand what sense a feature like that makes, but whatever. We already have some vehicles driving themselves. I think I'll get a truck when that becomes a standard feature. I'll just install a shaggy carpet like Moog has in the bed and go sleep on it and wake up when the truck reaches my destination. Hopefully it can have some coffee and donuts waiting for me, too. LOL