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Louis Spina. Used to be in Rome, NY but he's moved. I think he's in Deansboro now but I haven't had a reason to go to him since he moved. He's done two for me, one for Dad, one for my brother and one for a good friend of mine.

It is still legal (for now anyway) to posess magazines with a capacity over 10 rounds as long as it was made before September 1994.

Because I'm such a nice guy I'll give you 60% of what it's worth! Only 55% for Savage 99s though because nobody wants those ugly old things.

Last year was the first time. Me and a friend had just gotten back to the truck down to Tassell Hill and a Forest Ranger pulled up. Checked our licenses and pistol permits, made small talk for a minute and headed on his way.

What did you say the coordinates were again?

Personally I'd get my "is it safe to shoot" answers from a qualified gunsmith who actually inspected the gun and not from the interwebs.

Depends on how much it's swaying I guess. If you can just feel the tree moving back and forth slightly is might not be much to worry about. If your idea of slightly swaying is 18" of movement in either direction, that's a different story.

I cured myself of any interest in that today. I got my 20ga Ithaca Featherlight out today for nostalgia reasons and promptly missed (twice) a big beautiful buck that I would've waffled with the rifle. I don't plan on ever shooting another slug again as long as there are areas open to rifle in NY.

Off the top of my head I think you add 20% but I'm not positive that's the exact number.

Looks like a beaver to me. 2 years ago I caught a 65 pounder and a 55 pounder. Pretty tought to climb a bank with that load in your packbasket, I tell you what!

Maybe they were coyote hunting.

Actually I'd bet he picks up customers.

Personally if I already knew the guy was flighty I would've just told him "nope" when he asked if they were mine.

Some of us don't get home from work until after midnight. Makes it a little tough to be in the woods before daylight every day.

I nearly was once. I actually was close enough to take a shot at a nice 8 but there was a branch about the size of a broom handle that crossed his vitals. Wouldn't you know it I stuck my arrow dead center in it. Couldn't have done it again if I tried.

Did you consider that maybe that's where he was shooting the squirrel because that was the particular squirrel that was raiding his bird feeder, or making a nest in his attic? All year I wake up, slide the .22 out the bathroom window and ding the dang Starlings that are trying to get in my bluebird and Marten houses. Then later, after I get dressed, I go out hunting.

Agree on the ugly but I do like that breech plug design with the threads on the outside.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/regs/3928.html#13412

We have six regular members in our group that hunt out of a 12x14 wall tent in 5H in the Adirondack park. We have a couple guys who will come in once a year for a weekend so we normally can get 4-5 guys in every weekend. We have averaged something like 1.6 bucks/year since 1999 and a couple black bear. Last season I ran into two people in the woods; they were the first two people I have encountered up there in 17 years. We are the only tent on the trail we set up on and we are at the end of it seven miles back in the woods. No motor vehicles allowed which is why we don't see anyone, it's so much work to get in and get a deer back out if you do get one. Make sure you bring two ways to start a fire and two compasses and leave specific information with someone as to where you plan to be hunting. Two of our guys have tried GPS in our area and couldn't get a good enough signal to get a fix.

I would, if someone goes outy and tries it that means I don't have to!

Cold doesn't even bother Listeria.

Unfortunately I've never had that problem.

When we've gotten deer when it was warm and we couldn't get out of camp right away we've gutted them and then thrown them right in a cold Adirondack stream to cool them down quicker. Haven't gotten sick yet.

Looks almost like one of those Fallow Deer but I can't tell if it has spots.

Speaking of that Doc, wasn't it about this time last year you ended up with goldenrod fluff in your eye and couldn't hunt?