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smarter than climbing up with a beer in hand, btw since I don't drink much carrying a 6 pack to camp alone will give me a hangover

good insurance and forget about it

spray some on someone you dislike and invite them on a hike

forgot to bring my release and was searching for it while an 8 pointer was pooping 10 feet away from me, hangover will do that to u

I second that. I would think twice before taking a shot with a bow. But I generally hunt from the ground

bump question remains the same

awesome pics man, your dog doesn't look impressed though

sounds like you need to pick up a bottle of Nyquil and climb up the nearest tree, kidding, wife come first atleast until Oct 1st consider yourself lucky you can just go to your backyard, my camp is nearly 2 hrs away meanwhile there are more deer than people in my development

Belo, we are on the same page, didn't say if I do or don't disregard this law for safety reasons. Its not just bears, the other day had a happy yote approach me upwind 3 times and wasn't scared off so easy. Had he done it a 4th time he was going down. My buddies all agree that was 3 times too many and he would have gone down on the first approach. Pa-lawman, that was my concern if it was a sow with her youngens, whatever it was really sounded like it was giving a warning or got startled.

not sure if they still make it but bought a Rain Skin top and bottom about 15 years ago when I did a lot of saltwater fishing, its still in great shape, I highly recommend it if you can find it, not cheap though

interesting, never considered a fox, the foxes I have ran into usually run the other way when I see them, I have tons of them in my backyard but they just mostly make a yelping sound, this sounded too deep to be a fox but who knows, all I can say is it scared the crap out of me not being able to see it and only having a bow in my hands, if it was rifle season.....no worries, I backed off about 10 yards and waiting til it was alittle brighter, after my morning hunt I searched through the pastures for tracks but saw nothing, I hate the dec rules do not allow you to carry your legally owned firearm during bow season

I hunt in 6c which happens to have a decent black bear population. I got up this morning and headed to my stand around 5:45am. It was still pitch dark, more so as it was rainy and cloudy. As I am crossing the pastures, not very fair from me I here a low pitched but high volume grumbling. Sounded like when you are hungry just much much louder( and yeh I had breakfast). I assumed it was a black bear either warning me or got scared as I was crossing in front of it. I googled black bear sounds and found similar sounds but other sites say black bear really don't growl. Anyone have any insight? I don't think it was a yote and cant imagine anything else which would be that loud.

Sound advice. thanks!, The atv I was looking at basically looks brand new although a 2008, it has 250'ish miles on it, I was not considering a used one but this one came up at a great price from a friend of a friend, actually I wasn't even considering a 4 wheeler and was thinking more on a side x side until this deal came up, think I will seal the deal this week

+1 on passing up on the deal, no road frontage/landlocked parcel means little value in the land for various reasons, biggest problem for me would be its resale value, if and when you decide you want to sell it you will be stuck with it until you find the one person who just wants to use it for seasonal recreation On the flip side if you can snag it for a cheap price and somehow buy an adjoining lot with road frontage you just hit the jackpot

thinking of picking up a used wheeler but don't know much about them, looking for general advice on what I should be looking for when I go take a look at them, if anyone is really knowledgeable on them would love to talk to you in PM as I have a deal that sounds real sweet but have some hesitations, thanks

grind 25% pork with your venison and spice it up

or for the cost of the baking soda and vinegar you can buy a cheap PH meter that can actually give you a number you can work with

I should add .270 has my vote

I agree shawn. From what I have read lead can accumulate in the barrel. It seems to me the rifling on the slug would conflict with the engineering of the rifling on the barrel and make the projectile unstable. As I understand it though the rifled slug itself does not spin in the barrel. A buddy of mine with military and ballistics training didn't think there was a safety issue. Personally, I wouldn't try it.

Most versatile caliber in NYS= .223, although in my opinion hunting big game with this caliber is borderline unethical Most versatile firearm in NYS= shotgun

Anyone here ever shot a rifled slug through a rifled barrel of a shotgun? If so what were the results? accuracy compared to a smooth sabot? Is it safe ? Before anyone gets on the soapbox, no I have no intentions of doing this, yes I know smooth sabots are designed for rifled barrels and vice versa etc. A friend of mine is planning on trying this out and we were just debating the pros and cons

looks like an ideal place for C. botulinum to grow, be careful and good luck

interesting read, I haven't owned my 6c land very long but did notice the low average deer population in comparison to my home back yard which is only about 100 miles away, also I owned land in Oswego county prior which also did seem to have more deer, I do notice there is a bigger coyote population at the farm then I am used to, I also notice the area is heavily patrolled by the DEC, forest ranger and federal game warden, In 8 years I have owned my home in CNY I have never encountered any type of patrol, in the 4 years I owned land in Oswego county I have never run into any type of game law enforcement, now in 2-3 years I have owned this farm I have met more DEC than I thought they employed, I consider this a good thing but wonder why the heavy patrolling

I've owned the Ruger SR22 for about a year. I have had absolutely no issues with it. Have only ran CCI and Rem through it due to the .22 mania/shortage. I did see some bad reviews on it after I purchased it though.

We are practically neighbors, Talcville is pretty close to me, agree with you on the deer population, cant beat the scenery though