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In stead of stuff like this stretching out for weeks, Just put collars on inmates with tracking hardware built in the minute the prisoner arrives at prison. Should discourage this kind of behavior....easier to find people who wander away from prison...Oh wait, that would be inhuman....

against fireworks. Let the pros do it.

...just spit out my coffee...

Yearlings that were healed...I guess..LOL

DEC personnel are good, hard working people. They care. Would be great if the entire hunting population would care enough to properly report their kill/non kill each season to help them out. If hunters don't report what happened during their season, you do not get a license the following year. Simple.

Makes one wonder about just doing things simple...if weeds grow, just mow em down. You want to sit in the sun? well maybe you should not do that and avoid trip to the dr. for skin cancer. I would hate to give up my car and buy a horse. World is crazy. ISIS will straighten everything out.

Need a Billion gun owner march to head this crap off at the pass...

I would like to see our Club buy an ATV for use during deer season and for chores here and there, but most members are leery of ATV ownership, due to possible misuse of the unit. I should just buy the place and kick everyone else out, then do what I want....maybe start a winery...

Now that's dedication to a sport

Yep, I agree that he will do whatever it takes to grab guns. His rants are very disturbing.

...And don't forget about those poor souls living next to transmission power lines. Used to hear a lot on TV "News" about that not long ago and people worrying about growing that 3rd eye. Not so much anymore. I'm gonna find a Wind generator to live under and be safe..

...How did Charlton Heston put it..." From my cold dead hands...."

I'm hoping for my itty bitty garden to sprout some good stuff later on this year. I have a little pin wheel attached to one fence post just to know wind direction.

Yes, Town of Allegany, near Olean NY. Essentially, the plan to erect some 23 turbines was dropped due to legal battle, plus Wyoming county has a couple hundred scattered about, with a couple situated next to our camp property, and they are annoying. 400 footers with constant whooshing. Fracking has been done in the oil fields in Allegany for decades. I'm sure stuff was not done completely correctly years ago, but lessons were learned, processes improved and progress continued. What company now would even take a chance at doing something incorrectly in the fracking process and get hauled into court. Hopefully, Fracking will evolve to the point where very little water is required to do the job. I understand research is underway to get away from water injection. I wouldn't be surprised if peanut butter was injected into the frack well that some group would squawk about it. Man o man it's getting tough. Cannot drill, cannot mine, cannot burn wood. What else is left to burn but cow methane gas and human popcorn farts. Sorry grow, I worry about the direction country is heading...I'm frustrated. I do enjoy the debates and discussions here at HUNTINGNY.

Great, let's line 'em up from Lackawanna, NY down to Erie PA. What the hell. I wish that construction starts tomorrow.

OK, now that fracking is banned in NYS, there should be no objection in erecting wind turbines within the townships that objected to the fracking wells in the first place. What the hell, build on the sites that were reserved for fracking wells. Sounds like a no-brainer to me. Those townships should step up and volunteer for turbine construction. What a great way to fight global fracking. Just call Andy...he'll arrange everything.

We, as a country, need to protect our rear ends when it comes to energy requirements. If the fracking can be managed safely, why not grab the available resource and utilize it? I see Olean will be building a solar park of some kind soon for several million dollars, financed by other than private investment. I wonder how it will turn out? I worry when stuff like this appears...I guess people smarter than I have worked out the bugs in harvesting solar power when clouds obscure the sun here in dismal valley...oh and after the sun sets. Oh well, we are getting N union street ripped up for roundabouts and reduced driving lanes..Gee, can't wait for all this good stuff to appear on my dime.

First off, congratulations on the harvest of the bird. Second, in your write-up, you did not mention about the 5 beards on the missed bird. I have to assume you saw multiple beards on the first attempt at the bird. Do show pics.

had heifer from the neighbor nesting underneath my bedroom window years ago in Hinsdale NY. That sucked, including the fertilizer the dang thing left behind, and the hoof prints in the soft ground....sonofabee....

Contact the utility company. Ask about the land on which the tower structures sit as well as the property you are interested in. Grab a tower number off the nearest tower and check in with the local utility engineer. It's a long shot, but you might be able to legally gain access to the property as long as overhead line clearances are maintained and you double lock the gate you would need to install. .05% chance of success, but noting ventured, nothing gained. Long shot at best.

rather live somewhere in S Dakota, than in Baltimore, Buffalo, Detroit, Philly.

Significant drop off in sightings in our area 9H. Combination of hunt pressure from adjoining county property, to the construction of the wind generators destroying the traditional roosting areas, to Geo Cachers tromping through the county property in search of one of those cache things. We don't bother hunting turkeys anymore...they are gone.

Sorry to hear about the dog. Was the area fenced in or not where the dog lived? Could some sort of leash/run line have been strung for the dog, keeping it in the owners yard if no fence? Seems to me like this situation could have been avoided if the dog was secured in some way. Just my opinion.

wasn't fully awake and no coffee when I wrote my message...had my coffee now...good to go. Those Primos shooting sticks are neat. A couple hunting buddies use them and like them.

Made a shooting stick with an old cross country ski pole. Spent about 2 dollars. No height adjustment, but cut the pole to about where I needed the height to be.