Fantail

There's a joke there but we know what you mean. ;D It's all good medicine.

Had the 700 bore sighted but that was - years ago. With shotguns it's right to the range. And some of you guys might think it's silly but for sighting in I use some kind of shoulder pad, even if it's just part of the soft case. Hey, after a few boxes of magnum loads you can knock the crap out of your shoulder.

Nice slug gun. Very nice indeed. Most of the time I'm shotgun hunting I'm nowhere near an open feild.

I didn't figure they could run that fast being short and heavy. Sometimes I think well maybe their population won't get out of control in the NE but then again about 10 - 15 years ago we didn't seem to have half the geese that hang in NY either.

I remember one of my bow course instructors mention you can use what ever target you have, I guess even a stump in this case, and take a few damaged arrows you saved then toss them within 20 or so yards of the target. Where they land is where you shoot from. I also like to practice from an elevated position. Landlord sort of put the kibosh on using the roof though.

If your having a hard time understanding where that came from let me point this out from this thread: It doesn't take a detective to see where this was going right after page 1. I didn't side track your thread. Or miss that point. The reporting system, is not convoluted as it is imo. Taxing it with more regulations and fines for unused tags would add complications and create apathy, and still not give accurate harvest reporting. And so that would be a big change. I think your idea does not encompass all the changes in a hunters plans, bad weather, a snooze, the hunters who pass on several shots because they are after points, even so far as fawns lost to predatation, the list goes on. But it does outline punishment for folks not in complete compliance for data that imo would still not be accurate as you would like. And I don't think that's what hunters in this state need. Whats next we have to report unused Turkey tags?

"does the DEC even use the term?" Come on Doc, are you kidding me? You know the DEC site's search engine is clunky but functional. And for the record, before you try and lecture me about obeying the law, I've been abiding by the DEC regs since I bought my first fishing license. And it's not so complicated. As far as reporting goes, I'd bet some of the hunters who started after the decals / phone system was put in probably don't know how easy they have it. Point is, another set of rules, regulations, and laws if you will that you seem to want the rest of us to jump onboard with will only take another stab at whats left of a traditional hunting experience. It would be like a defacto state of control for data. Another turn-off to being outdoors. Turning it all into a business. Wouldn't want that kind of hunting future. For mine or anyones kids, or for what time I have left on this earth to hunt with for that matter.

Yupp it's fine. To Quote: The clowns making policy at central tractor apparently don't agree. Tried to place an order there for some plot spike Forge Oats. I had a rep actually call me back and tell me their script about their company policy. They are missing the boat. Took my business to Gander, where bags of seed are stacked on pallets. Now, take 200 guys buying say 2-bags of seed and fertilizer - $$ By the way, C/T does have a handy hand operated broadcast spreader you wear over your shoulder that works well and much cheaper then the "branded" copy BPS & Cabelas sells.

Which is recomended for use with modern sabots? There's a place on the way to camp that sells both.

That's dedication in the heat & humidity.

I think Larry was talking about a kill not reported, not an unused tag. I also think some of you guys are off your rocker a bit. Here, your willing to bend the definition of a term we are not doing just to help enforce another rule you'd like to see enforced for data. How convenient. "Look at that guy he didn't use a tag, he's a poacher." Unfrickinbelievable. I'd have to disagree out of principle.

String loop works fine.

Maybe the DEC can do more with reported harvests, maybe they won't. What I do know is I pay good money for my son and I to get out into the woods, lease & license included, and try to fill some tags. If i'm reading some of these posts right, it sure sounds like some of you guys want to exercise more control over myself, and other people, hunters in this case, and then punish us if we're not in compliance for data. I'm fairly sure I can't agree to that plan.

And that, is hunting porn.

7 pnt. from 09.

Fletch Hunter

Amen to that.

Well it's kinda cool when it happens. But then you realise how much that shot just cost.

Nice field! I bet the Oats pop up first.

Got a Gorilla vest harness. Buckles are coated with some kind of jazz to help keep noise down.

Went up to camp this Sunday to bring up a few supplies and checked on the plot. Should have brought the camera but I figgured after only a week nothing could be going on. The Forage Oats are already starting to pop! Inch or so high in some spots.

Ok. Uhm, think you could fix up you post just a tad?

For trails how about that shot-plot mix?

Frackin butt ugly product of narure. Kind of like a possum.

Yup, usually over a boonie hat or something like that. Otherwise the bugs try to have lunch and make a hotel out of your eyes ears and nose.