grampy

A diamond in the rough! You got it sparkling now! Can't wait to see the old girl lying next to a deer this fall!

Though the Mendon property was certainly magical, and many great memories were made there ( I have some myself). Your Cal property is pretty sweet too, with lots of promise, and new memories to be made! And being it is yours, you have a lifetime to make them! The is where Natalie will shoot her first deer, and where you will likely shoot your last. Lots of great stuff will be in between those milestones!!! Wishing you the very best my friend! I'll be waiting for your text from the woods like always!

And this is a lot on Boone too. It's his job to get these highly paid, mamby pamby, excuse makers, in the mindset to go out and play for what they are paid to do!!! You can't be all buddy, buddy with the players, like he is. You need to give em a boot in the arse!!! My opinion is most ALL the Yankees NEED a BIG boot in the arse right now!!! We need a Billy Martin! Not a Captain Kangaroo or Mr. Rogers! Old George S. is surely rolling over right now....... Rant over..........I feel better now..........

Exactly right. The gun control nuts can't get what they want in one big grab. But little by little they keep chipping away. As we all know, NY is NOT gun friendly. Wake up and stand up.

Happy Birthday!!! All the best to you my friend!

That's not too far away from me!! Nice out there! Great pic's!

Still Have enough to keep me going for awhile. But finding everything I need for my special recipe hunting rounds is kinda tough right now. I like to shoot ALOT! So will use any store bought, or otherwise ammo for trigger time.

The smallmouth are plentiful, and should be biting good now up there. Use a rappala, or any minnow bait imitation, white curly tailed grub, or quarter ounce, white willow leaf spinnerbait. Look for the many submerged rock piles to throw your bait. Target water from shore, out to eight to ten feet deep. Good luck, and have fun! Forgot to mention a Senko worm rigged wacky style (just hooked once through the middle, with a #2 worm hook) with no weight. Any color you have will work. Green pumpkin and black with blue flake are good ones for there though.

As you know, the BIG rocks we have up in the Helderbergs make the post hole diggers not so good either. Unless you get VERY lucky and don't hit one where you need to have a post. So just digging the holes with a backhoe is usually the best option. My hunting partner has a new Mahindra that he may do some local work with? I could ask for you??

With the amount of rocks we have on the farm, a backhoe is the only way to dig anything. Digging by hand is just a recipe for much frustration.

I will take some of the 270 ammo if still available???

Almost like they have built in timers!!!

Happy Birthday Sir!! Hope your day is filled with all the good stuff! Family, Friends, and Food!!!

So sorry man. Sometimes our furry friends are closer to us than "most" people.

For early season Matt, beans and brassicas. Late season, the standing corn, and winter wheat. The deer seem to stay a little longer in the mornings, and come earlier in the evenings. Be happy to take you over to show you our set up, being we are so close by?

We went from hay, to corn, beans, brassicas and winter wheat. Made a big difference in daytime deer sightings during the early and late deer season.

To solve the see through burlap problem, just tack up some dead branches on the outside of the burlap, that you find on the ground nearby. Won't cost a thing, and will break up your outline nicely.

Both blinds look awesome! Nice work! The budget cost is an added bonus. Great planning. Will be all good to go, for some quality time with your son in the woods. That is priceless! Best of luck to ya this fall!

Thanks so much everyone!!! Ran out of "likes"........ Had a great day doing a bunch of little things, making the new house our home. Kids and wife took me out to one of my favorite restaurants for surf and turf. It was delicious as always. Just sat down in my reading room, to relax and enjoy the rest of the evening with a crown and 7!! Never would have guessed 40 years ago, that I'd be this blessed.

Gotta love "old guys" like that...... You have a fine, classic, deer thumper with that Rem 760. It will serve you well for a lifetime. Be sure to send the old man pictures of the deer you kill with his old rifle. And also stop by, to tell him all the details when ya can. Bet he'd really like that. Looking forward to the pictures! The optics of today, are so much nicer than they were even a couple of decades ago. But if you like what's on there, by all means use it!!!

Real sweet set up! You're gonna love it! What's the info on the unit you are selling?

Most Native Americans consider the owl to to be the go between, this world, and the spirit world. I was told this on my many trips to the reservation, where my grandmother was raised. I believe this to be true, and the owl has always been my "spirit bird". The tribute to Lee is beautiful. He smiles down now, like he does whenever you hear the call of the owl, with your brothers voice on his wings.

Dan, I'm expecting a last inning rally from ya!! You got this buddy!

That really shines!!! Beautiful work Bob.

I will be happy to support the ENY, NDA raffle too. Be sure to make a new thread when you are ready.