steve863

Four Seasons was elected mayor of the forum?? Jeez, talk about fraudulent elections... LOL

Damn, you have had just about everything happen to you this season it seems. So you were half way down which is 10 feet when you fell? I hope not but you may feel it tomorrow. I never liked tree stands and these days I hunt only from a pop up ground blinds. Deer can be killed from the ground also. No deer is worth breaking my neck for. You seem to have tons of deer on your property, Burt, I am sure you'd kill plenty without having to climb trees. One can get hurt in many ways while hunting but climbing trees increases the odds drastically as you well saw today.

Absolutely! I'll take an old fashioned run of the mill Remington Core-Lokt over some of the modern plastic tipped wonder bullets.

Third base?? Not sure it's the deer since it hasn't been found.

Who is the "she" who doesn't want to drive an hour? I'm a bit confused how some can be so sure that this and other deer shot by members in the past few weeks are definitely "dead deer". Most especially when hit with an arrow. Hopefully this one is dead and gets found, but others were not or never found. The only time I am ever 100% sure that any deer I shoot at is dead is when I walk up to it and it's not breathing. Otherwise I will NEVER be 100% sure that it's dead. They can be tenacious critters and can take a licking.

Zeldin was a strong candidate and good campaigner. He even had a good deal of support in the big cities. He would have absolutely won this election if he hadn't been such a vocal Trump supporter throughout his congressional career. That was an absolute curse for him in a state like NY and blew it for him with many democrats who might have voted for him over Hochul if he wasn't such a Trump apologist. Even other states that are more conservative like PA had Trump backing Dr. Oz for the Senate and Mastriano for Governor and look what happened there? Trump has become a curse to republicans. American society as a whole wants him to go away. The sooner republicans get rid of his pompous ass the sooner they can get some respect back.

That's a good one! LOL

I think you are correct and this is exactly why I don't think a .243 is a good choice for the beginning hunter. In my opinion it's more of a caliber for an experienced shooter who will be more likely to place the bullet where it's supposed to be put. You can't always count on a beginner to do that, thus calibers beginning at 7mm-08 and up are much better choices in my opinion. I had my 14 year old son start hunting with a 50 year old Ruger .30-06 that I inherited from a late uncle. I surely wasn't going to spend money on another rifle that I know would do a poorer job. He had no problem learning to shoot it and so far hasn't missed any deer he has shot at with it. Calibers between 7mm-08 and .30-06 don't exactly kick ones brains out.

You and many others would be happy as clams if you were anywhere near good enough to make it to the big leagues and the manager put you in to play in 63% of the games.

Yeah, he missed some games in 2018 and 2019 but he played over 100 games in each of those seasons so that is more than "barely played". 2020 was the COVID year so what did they all play that summer, like 60 games?

I vividly remember your prediction a few years back saying that Judge wouldn't amount to much after his great rookie season. You said he was too big and that big guys like him won't last too long. Another one of your great predictions, huh Biz? LOL

It amazes me that there are hunters out there who have hunted for years and never butchered a deer themselves. From the sounds of it some wouldn't even know where to start. The only way you will ever know if the deer you are eating is the one that you put down is if you butcher it yourself. The drop off deer processors can claim that you are getting back your own deer all they want. One really has no way of proving if they are telling the truth or not.

It's more like the same old diarrhea from FSW singing his same worn out song that deer hunting is about nothing else but the "horns". LOL

Told ya! LOL

Look up videos on taking down a model 700 bolt. There is a shoelace method to get it back in the cocked position. I think it may work for you.

This early hunt is only allowed in a handful of WMU's, so it doesn't effect the majority of hunters in NYS. I guess some of these units have extreme overpopulations of deer, but I surely wouldn't like to see an early hunt like this implemented everywhere. I don't think it would benefit the overall quality of deer hunting in this state at all.

They are bulky, take up more space in your vehicle and way more expensive than most soft cases. It's one thing if you are flying or shipping a firearm, but to drive to a hunting spot they are absolutely NOT needed. You lay the gun down on softer surface in your vehicle and don't throw anything heavy over it and you are good to go. I've been driving to my hunting spots, usually 3 plus hours away for over 40 years and I never had a gun damaged or scope go off zero. And it's also way easier to remove or put a gun back into a soft case compared to a hardcase, especially with half frozen hands in cold weather.

I tell you. So exactly what did the supreme court decision accomplish?? Absolutely NOTHING. Just made life more difficult for ALL gun owners in this state never mind the ones who want to conceal carry. Makes absolutely NO sense that a state is allowed to sidestep a supreme court decision in this way. What authority does the supreme court really have then? Very little to none in my opinion if a state is allowed to enact such nonsense after a ruling is made.

I asked this question in the other thread. Can a DEC conservation officer bust you for leaving your hunting guns in a soft unlockable case or does only a State trooper have that authority?

I have NEVER seen ANY gun case, even the most expensive ones, that couldn't be easily opened. If the lock couldn't somehow be opened, a hacksaw or dremel type tool could easily cut through the metal or plastic case with NO damage to the gun inside.

I've often left a second long gun in my vehicle in one of those soft zip up gun cases while I went out hunting. So now this is technically illegal. It needs to be in a lockable hard case according to this stupid new law. The question I have is can a DEC conservation officer bust you if he would walk up on you while you are coming back to your vehicle and sees the second gun in only a soft case? I'm not worried about a state trooper walking up on me in this way so much but I've had DEC conservation officers stop where I was parked and asked if I bagged anything and asked to see my hunting license. This would really stink if hunters would now be getting into big trouble this way.

They are the same action as the Weatherby Vanguard. Howa makes the Vanguard for Weatherby as far as I understand. They are made in Japan but that wouldn't stop me from getting one. They are good guns. I'd take the Howa over a Savage or Ruger American, or any of those type of rifles with those crumby accu-triggers any day of the week.

I'm not underestimating this law, only saying that many things in it can't and won't be enforced. What should happen, and I am not fully up to speed on how the Supreme Court could and would do this, but what the court should do is address this law on 9/1, the very day it takes effect and somehow deem it null and void because of it trying to circumvent a decision the Supreme Court has just made. There has got to be some sort of penalties for not following a Supreme Court decision, should there not? What's the point of them making a decision if states immediately come up with their own laws to side step it? NYS should be made an example out of what happens when a Supreme Court makes a decision and the decision is not followed. If we ever had a bunch of justices to make this happen I think we most certainly currently do with the likes of Alito, Thomas, etc.

For whomever is interested, the link below has the 2022 probabilities for each WMU. https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/dmps2022.pdf

Here's another scenario for you. Someone is going on a hunt in another state and is flying out of an airport in NYS to get there. I have no doubt airports will NOT be putting up signs that guns are allowed. What you are saying is that the hunter bringing his firearm even if it is cased and locked into the airport to check it in for the flight will be violating the law subject to felony charges. NO way that something like this will ever get enforced no matter what the dumbass Governor along with the state representatives and senators who voted for these laws say. I can guarantee you this. Just like Cuomo thought that he'd get to have everyone go thru a background check to buy ammo, it NEVER happened and was pretty much ignored. Hochul is trying that again, too, but I can assure her that it won't happen this time either just as these signs won't be going up, especially at places like private homes or land. Half the BS in this new gun bill is unenforceable. These politicians are too stupid to realize that it can never be enforced.