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  1. 6 hours ago, Five Seasons said:

    I mean you can interpret that however you want. But that's exactly what big tech wants to do with the 1st and the left wants to do with the 2nd. You can't just pick and choose parts of the f'n constitution that get to be overturned because you lost the game my dude. He's still throwing a temper tantrum. All the candidates he supported lost or barely won. There was no red wave, we didn't even get the senate and his cronies are now embarrassing the party by not certifying a speaker. 

    The dems are just laughing at it all as I would too if I were them.

    Ok so you don't understand... sorry thought this was going to be an intelligent debate... nevermind

     

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  2. "A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution"

    This is the quote we're talking about that was misinterpreted by Trump haters and media outlets. What he was saying, if you read the entire context of the statement, is that if we are willing to allow a massive fraud of this type then we will also be willing to allow for the termination of all other rules, regulations and articles... even those in the Constitution.

    Trump is NOT and has never called for the termination of the Constitution... SMH

     


     

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  3. 7 hours ago, Four Seasons said:

    Only an idiot would think their life is better under the idiots we have now compared to Trump. And to read anything from the Times pretty much would take the same kind of person.   And if any team is all about destroying the Constitution it’s the team that shows that fact in a daily basis. Regardless of Trump or not it would take a complete idiot to support or believe any of the shit show that this country is being lead by now. A Complete Idiot. 

    I have found that there are way more idiots out there than I had ever thought... the world is full of them... and getting worse every day. Life is not really so complicated in my opinion... the idiots make it more complicated than it has to be.

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  4. 48 minutes ago, First-light said:

    But don't you believe back then was the beginning of big Hunting shows that had product to sell. Wether it be videos or food plot seed it all came into play. Buckmasters, the video series bowhunting October Whitetails, Bill Jordan outdoors, Realtree. It all changed hunting forever. Big business for sure and hunters bought into it. 

    Absolutely... the idea of managing for big bucks was how QDM was sold to the hunting public... back then the idea of antler restrictions and killing does was hotly contested by the hunting community... but hunting shows loved the idea because it brought about a plethora of new hunting related products... food plot products, blinds, treestands, cameras, calls, scents, scent eliminating products, etc. etc. New fodder for their hunting shows... and yes, hunters bought in hook , line and sinker

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  5. 9 hours ago, First-light said:

    I don't know, the kids we have at my camp and my neighbors are as excited as I was the night before opening day. In fact they get a charge out of prepping shooting lanes and tending to food plots. The kids around us are super busy with school and sports. We have to carve out time to get them to camp. Throw in a travel sport team and it's really hard. When you do get them to camp hunting is all they think about! 

    Of course there are some young hunters that have the fever, but in general I don't think that is true. Not as many would hunt on their own without coaxing from the old timers... and I'm not sure that many will carry on the tradition in the same way when those old timers are gone. My sons are excited about the hunt too, but only because Dad is... on their own... not so much. They and their friends are not nearly as avid about hunting as me and my generation.

  6. On 12/26/2022 at 3:49 PM, Doc said:

    Sometimes I have to wonder if some of these changes in hunting goals and styles aren't "part of" the reason that hunter populations are waning. It seems to me that hunting used to be a whole lot more fun before we started hunting for scores and judging our success by the numbers. It also seems that today hunting is becoming more of an agricultural endeavor. I see guys buying tractors and implements in the thousands of dollar all to get a deer that satisfies the numbers and measurements that they now setting as a deal-breaker in their hunting enjoyment. I don't know...... the numbers that seem to be creeping into hunting now seem to be the declining hunter population. It makes you wonder.

    I even notice that the enthusiasm of younger hunters isn't close to what I had as a young hunter. In my opinion hunting has become too sterile... you and I grew up without all the fancy clothing, boots and other doo-dads available today... yet we were so excited about the hunt that we toughed out the bitter cold on our uninsilated feet and other uncomfortable conditions... I remember the night before opening day of gun season being like Christmas eve at my house with the same lack of sleep because of the anticipation... Even my mom would be up early to make a hearty breakfast for us before we ventured out into the woods. Just a different time I guess.

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  7. On 12/18/2022 at 11:26 AM, Four Seasons said:

    Well that’s kinda a double edge sword. I think the state itself kinda dropped he ball ball on the overall management of the herds in many places with their rules and laws such as changing the mandatory check stations all the way to giving farmers the green light to kill deer all night long which many just gut shot and let run off to die elsewhere. Then your spot on with hunters taking things in their own hands if you will with them trying to make their hunting better and a better chance for bigger bucks. When everyone wanted to be their own Bone Collector things sure did change. I don’t see it changing back anytime soon with the money involved in the chasing of big antlers. Evolution I guess. 

    I agree... it's probably here to stay... like I always say, If it keeps people hunting I suppose I can live with it

     

  8. On 12/15/2022 at 2:47 PM, Doc said:

    I had stick-built treestands even back in the 60's, eventually "graduating" to the old Baker climbing treestands. But somewhere along the line (about the mid 80's), I started getting a fear of heights, and have been a ground hunter ever since.

    Yeah, when I started (early 60's) there were no videos or TV programs telling you how you HAD to hunt. We all learned from our elders or one of the hunting magazines. A lot of the methods were by trial and error. And of course there were the B.S. sessions around the coffee pot at work.

    It all seemed so much more exciting before we all became educated and scientific about it all. Heck, it was years before I even knew what "scoring a buck" was all about. Didn't know.....didn't care. Counted points and that was good enough.

    One of my big regrets is having helped to bring much of the "educated and scientific" ie. QDM to New York State. It became the Mr. Hyde to the Dr. Jekyl of hunting. I believed I was introducing a great management program to the state... when, in fact, it just became a trophy buck farming program... utilizing food plots, cameras and selfish hunting practices to produce a hit list of whitetail bucks with little regard for the true management of healthy whitetail deer populations in general.

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  9. 4 hours ago, Doc said:

    There is a strong connection between my hunting and our American culture and heritage. Yes, among all the categories of people, even we have such things as heritage and culture. We began this nation as a land of hunters, and it was the thoughts of that sort of thing that first interested me in all the outdoor activities that I have been into all through my life.

    There is also an element of independence even though if we had to count on my game harvests for our food, we likely would starve to death.....lol.

    Hunting also teaches the participants that meat does not come from trees or originate in cellophane wrapped Styrofoam packages.

     

    Okay.... I'm going with what you said :) I don't think it is necessarilly as deep as some get about it... it is just something that seems to be in our blood.

     

     

  10. Definitely not the same shooting activity as in years past. Much of it I believe is due to less hunters, but also a different hunting style than years ago. Hunters no longer move through the woods during the day, which used to bump deer and cause more sightings of moving deer. Is that better or worse for hunting? Not sure... maybe it's just different.

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  11. On 2/8/2020 at 6:27 PM, Steve D said:

    I for one do not hate coyotes, black bears, or much of anything. But when they become destructive and more aggressive I thing steps should be taken to reduce the impact they have on others.

    I agree... and the key word here is destructive... a coyote doing what it does naturally (eating to stay alive) is not a reason to try and eradicate coyote populations, but because man has eaten up much of our wildlife habitat for development it is necessary for man to also help keep populations in check. However, we should always be careful not to give preference to one animal over another... that is not conservation... that is selection... and who are we to decide which of God's animals are more important than the others?

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  12. 7 minutes ago, left field said:

    I don't know much about coyote hunting but aren't these contests controversial even within the hunting community? 

    Some hunters are not fans of any hunting "contest". My personal view is... When prizes, be it money or merchandise, are introduced into hunting it tends to bring out the worst in some hunters. Some of whom will have no problem pushing the envelope of hunting regulations and ethics to win one of those prizes, or establish themselves as "the winner". I have no problem with a celebrated day where hunters get together for a city, county or state wide group hunt, but making it a contest has never set well with me.

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  13. Just now, WNY Bowhunter said:

    Thanks. He's about to be a "former taxidermist" in a few months...lol.

    LOL.. I know the feeling. Fortunately a friend of his that went to the same Taxi school in PA was still doing work and was as good or better than my first guy. :)

     

  14. On 1/2/2020 at 1:49 PM, landtracdeerhunter said:

    I have to ask why the nostrils are so white. Was that the way you you found him

    Usually this is from the taxidermist not dremeling out the nose part of the form to create a realistic nasal cavity. Instead they fill the area with putty to keep the form from showing through. Resulting in what you see in apexerEr's mount.

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