GreenDrake

An eCollar gps. She points so stiff I cannot hear her bell at all when she points in thick cover. She HATES it on her neck.

Happy birthday Wolc. See...we all love you here

Wife and I made this18 years ago from copper pipe and wire.

Having my uncle tell me the week before deer season that instead of selling me the property I have hunted and managed for 25 years and which he promised me every year...that he is putting a solar farm on the property.

None of the newer guns are worth anything. I bought 3 of the new Browning A5s last year...the Deluxe...Wicked Wings....and Stalker. I own over 25 of the original Auto 5s. All 3 are going back to Browning because they jam on every other shot. One now jams every shot. I ran every load through them with the same results. Extremely frustrating.

And same to you. I hope everyone takes this next few days, no matter your faith, and enjoy the peace of heart only this season brings. The music is all around you....all you have to do is listen!!

Usually just put them in a pile out of the way. Coyotes and other critters eat them up pretty quickly

Killed 12 crows this morning. Only saw about 20. Was not in the morning flyway. The new flapping decoys worked well.

First hunt. Killed 12. Very few birds in the area I hunted. Can’t find where the big flocks are going out to feed in the mornings. They have been bouncing around. Ive been scouting the mornings before work and just can’t find them. They will hopefully start hitting the usual areas. Off with nephew to shoot some pigeons.

Now that deer hunting is closed anyone going to get out and target the black bandits? I have been scouting my usual areas and it looks good. Thousands of birds have been staging behind my office every night before going to roost. Going to hit them hard in the mornings and then get on the pigeons after they stop flying. We are just shy of 800 pigeons since July and want to break 1000 before the end of the tear. We can probably get out 3 or 4 times before then. Our crow goal is 350 this winter. We shall see.

Holy DoeZilla……. Biggest I killed weighed 168 dressed. She was a horse. Of course it fell down a deep ravine of extremely thick stuff. I had to use my leather belt to drag her and it broke on me. Several stops for the dry heaves....and eating snow to quench my thirst....I finally got her out.

The Benoits hunt(ed) Ontario annually and shot some pretty big deer. I have considered it myself. I kind of like looking for the "sleeper" areas myself and hopefully you will be rewarded.

First winter pigeon shoot. Nephew and I killed 44 pigeons and 3 crows. Will fire up the foxpro as soon as deer is closed and get on the crows big time!!!

Ohhh....and my smartass wife offered to make him neck "gauges" from the ends of the brass of some of my spent casings. He got a good laugh out of that.

My neighbor came home yesterday. He called me from his office last evening. Amazes me. Shot clear through the neck Sunday and back to work Wednesday. Other than a little hoarseness to his voice, he sounded fine. Will go over and visit tomorrow so I can get the full story. What he was able to tell me is as he was driving he heard a shot....then a second which seemed much closer, and next thing he knows his passenger window shatters and he was hit. He was able to pull over, where a woman walking her dog assisted him. She saw the deer running after the shots. He is a man of God....was on his way home to play guitar in the folk group at the 4:00 p.m. mass......he has good angels indeed.

He was able to tend to himself and call for help. There is not a whole lot of room in the human neck to get of it without paralysis or other significant damage. By all accounts he is expected to make it without any long term effect...at least thats what I’m told. The guy hunting was only 150 feet off the road. Morons like him make us all look like a bunch of goons. I hear you on the harping on safety. My nephew wanted to shoot me bf every hunt because I would give the same safety briefing until he was 25 I still do it on occasion to this day

Thank you for your kind concern. I am at the point that I quit hunting the SZ 10 yrs ago. I stick to the quieter NZ and hunt exclusively out of box blinds. SZ becomes a frenzy to so many that just want to kill a deer. Too many people packed into small areas they should not even be hunting with rifles just to shoot a deer. I was always on edge and flinched when I heard shots.

I just got a call from my neighbors wife. Her husband left their second home on Skaneateles Lake...about a mile from their home a bullet came through his car and went clear through his neck. He had a successful surgery and should be home in a dew days. State Police and DEC have the hunter and are investigating. Sounds like he shot at a deer and you know the rest. Once that bullet leaves the gun we have a responsibility to know where it is going. Please be careful out there !!!

Good luck to you all. 4 Steelhead yesterday and wife hooked her first. We started late and only got 4 hours in on the water. Wind made it tough. Grabbing breakfast and heading out soon to try to pick away at a few. I expect big crowds so we will see what we can do. Be careful out there

Since I lost my hunting area this year, wife and I are heading to Altmar today and are staying at the tailwater lodge through Saturday for some Steelhead fishing. Fishing has been less than great but at least we will be out of the office and I can try a couple of the new Switch rods I built this fall while not hunting.

Moog...I used Gorilla Glue on mine and it saved them for at least light duty stuff. Great boots. My more expensive rubber boots all ended up cracking at the ankles. The Mucks lasted the the best for the money.

The property is in 5H. Not too far from Hinkley.

I usually wade out off the canal but its a real mess now. Its hard dodging the idiots out there. They crawl right on top of you as soon as you catch one. Was almost a brawl last week on the canal. Im going to start hitting the northeast part of the lake. We try to get up there 3 times a week if we can manage.

Did I mention he expected me to negotiate the deal and draft the contract for the solar project????