nyantler

It didn't take long for someone to jump in and prove exactly the point Doc and I are making. If there has been a socialist downward spiral of any kind it has been created by the apathy of the people that said it would never happen and did nothing. Again, ready to give in or just deny long before the fight begins... yet squawks the loudest after losing without ever having thrown a punch.

Its not hard to see why this might be tough to get rid of in New York ... just the number of "glass half empty" guys on here pretty much explains things. Many ready to give in before the fight even begins.

I think you vastly underestimate the ratio of voters and non-voters... gun owners being a large portion of the voting population. Not to mention the number of non-gun owners that still believe in the protection of the 2nd Amendment and the Constitution. Wrong is wrong and most people still know it.

Liberals have got themselves all kinds of nervous about everything... not just guns, but smoking, carbon emissions, bullying, global warming and on and on. They love seeing themselves as victims way before anything has happened. Now they want to pass that mentality on to our kids through the school system... it is definitely a sickness and one that has been detrimental to the fabric of society.

That's the kind of excited I like to be after the kill... cool video... love the smile on the kids face!

Close to my camp... nice color on the rack

I have to admit I have not tried the merino wool base layer, but I will after listening to how some of you fellas like it. I'll stick to fleece for my outer layer though.

I would add that when it comes to my family I'm always going to err on the side of their safety... whether it means facing charges later or not... my family can visit me live in jail, the burglar's family can visit his grave at the cemetery.

wool is great, but a bit more confining I think than UA or a polyfiber base layer... same with the jacket... wool is a great choice if you don't mind all the extra weight vs fleece.

The newer fleece is pretty water resistant ... obviously not as good as regular rain gear... especially in a prolonged downpour... but on those drizzly, dreary days it works quite well and still keeps you warm.

I would have taken that shot when I was 13 years old... wouldn't have been my choice today... but still a cool video

Fleece is the answer... anything fleece... what's great about it is how light it is... you won't feel all bundled up and confined. I wear under armor bottom layer, usually a turtle neck to keep the neck warm, then a fleece jacket AND pants. It's like wearing pajamas in the woods and I stay toasty warm.

It's very easy to see how the people can be manipulated by our government... kind of like the whole gun control thing where some of you fellas were blind to what liberals have been doing for years to get rid of your gun rights in NY and America... "It hasn't affected me yet... so all is good here, what do I need the NRA for?".. The SAFE acts sneaks in the back door and gun owners are scrambling to get an NRA membership... "It Hasn't affected me yet!" LOL famous last words...

I always wonder when these guys are in grave danger if the camera crew is in the same danger or do they go home and leave the guy to fend for himself?

They're not really serious bow hunters... they'd rather jump ship than bow hunt... hunting seems to more about the weapon than hunting for lots of guys... if they said I could only hunt with a rock I'd be warmin' up my throwing arm! I'm sure someone would try creating a sight and a throwing glove just to get their gadget fix.

I run to the frig just before a good movie... does that count?

My favorite thing is to have a small project everytime I go to camp... if it gets completed, great.. if not, there is always another day... before you no it you are seeing progress.. once you're into it.. it's hard to stop.

I got my kids a H&R single shot youth 20 gauge when they were 12... very inexpensive ( $100 new ) and they learned to make one shot count... they killed a lot of turkeys with that gun... when they outgrew it I passed it on to a friend who's son turned 12 and told him to do the same when his son outgrew it. pay it forward!!

I think so too.. I wasn't sure so I dialed it back... Northern Maine it definitely vast and I'm sure you could find a place for the camper. I hunted Old Town, Benedicta, and near Moosehead Lake all where excellent.

Extremely hard terrain because of all the logging... clear cuts are huge but get like a jungle after a few years... some places get so thick you can walk on top of the new growth... deer are so use to seeing loggers that when they're jumped they don't run far before stopping to take a look back to see if it was just a logger.. usually a fatal mistake...lol.. Got to be in great shape to hunt far from the road.

I have a cousin who is the Dean of Biology at the Univ. of Maine.. so I've hunted there quite a few times... tough place to hunt, but I loved it. 1000's of acres of paper company land to hunt and the bucks grow BIG there!

I'd have shot him too... from what I saw.. may be more to it though...

I would have tracked her down but she is a doe ... that's all you buddy..LOL

Most animals have the ability to sense changes in barometric pressure. When the pressure drops they know a storm is coming and will be very active before it hits and they have to batten down the hatches. But during the heavy winter months it is more about catching up on nutrition... they will feed anytime that the weather is good enough where they don't have to expel a lot of energy finding food... for example during winter thaws when the snow leaves for a bit or melts enough so that it is easier to move around.

We all keep saying how we want more people to take up hunting... worried that hunting numbers are down... so now your saying we ought to pick on the crossbow because of the added pressure from more hunters? so if more guys start hunting with a compound or recurve that would be ok? Because they probably aren't going to be a lazy smoker with a crossbow? I've seen guys walking through the woods whistling carrying their compound... I would hate to see more compound hunters because I'm worried they might be whistlers too. Unfortunately, there are always going to be a list challenges for guys that hunt small parcels or state land... I'm pretty sure crossbow hunters aren't going to be the biggest challenge on that list.