genesee_mohican

Hello CFD, I've been doing a load of google.com research on the different deer calibers for just ny deer and coyote/ varmint combo I'm looking at 25-06, 257 Roberts or maybe a 7mm 08 if you want to include bear too. I'd love to find a good 25-06 as it seems to have it all covered with much less recoil than a 270 or 30 06. Just my 2 cents in an area where there are a million opinions. GM

It sounds like the frost in the ground may be heaving the posts. Did you dig down 38 inches or more for the posts?

How much land do they have?

I would take a hard look at balistics and recoil information from pages like chuckhawks I like the 25-06

Nice looking deer to have show up this time of year. Keeps the fire burning for sure! I pulled my cam last weekend and had a pic of a decent 10 that I was hoping made it through.

Does anyone have experience with a Thompson Center Encore with a center fire rifle barrel? I'm wondering how accurate they are. I was thinking about buying a frame and then buying a new barrel and wood.

That Rhino setup looks like the way to go.

The 2wd Honda Recon was plowing like a champ until the last snow melt left an inch of frozen ice on the ground. Back to the shovel for me.

I just read the article in NY Outdoor News too. I bet you got to see some great country and taking the #14 bobcat of all time, pretty cool stuff, congrats!

Nice looking pair of beagles there. As a child growing up we always had a beagle or 2 and my Dad would take me out every weekend (unless deer season was open). It sure was a lot of fun and a great learning experience.

A shark

Nice looking pack. You get what you pay for when it comes to a good pack and it's not something you want to skimp on especially if your spending all day in the woods or walking a good distance too and from your stand.

Some beauties on here. Wow to nyantler and stoneam2006, nice wall hangers!

Doc, where is this falls located ? I'm always looking to experience new ones and get pictures.

I'm with you Doc. And I'll do everything I can to spread the word to everyone I know. There is so much at stake now and it's scary. I fear the average gun owner and hunter is not informed on the current issues and they do not realize what is at stake so they won't even take the time to vote. They don't believe any of this will affect them now or that it will snowball somewhere down the road into something much worse that the safeact. I for one have had my eyes opened from news and members on this forum. I hope we will all take the time to read up on things and arm ourselves with knowledge so we can inform others and get this ship turned around while we still stand a chance.

I'll second that. Sure looks like a coyote.

You got it right hunter49. Everyone on here needs to join forces and lead others to join as well along with campaigning against our anti gun governor and his followers in gov't.

Great deer, deer of a lifetime for sure! I sure hope he took the time to get some good pictures with the deer in the woods.

Bobcat tails are quite small compared to a coyotes tail. A coyotes tail is thick and puffy in the winter and most have the black tip.

Sure looks like they are well fed. And the coyote is sticking around too.

I pulled my cards this past weekend and was surprised to see these bucks sparing in the 0F air. Maybe they were just trying to stay warm. Then again, why would the button buck be mounting a doe? Could have been some fawn makin' action that week? I love having cameras out there to catch a glimpse of what goes on. You never know what you'll get and it sure is enjoyable running a camera line, trying new locations ect. Camera: Moultrie MX 80XT 5 MP, set on High resolution.

The high taxes will make it hard to retire here but I've never really thought about leaving until the unsafe act. IF gun owners don't unite and vote this commy nutjob out out of office it will be another straw. Tenn maybe?

I watched the entire thing, very interesting. Coyotes and 'coywolfs' have to be one of the most, if not the most adaptable, intelligent animals in North America. I like having them around so it was nice to hear that no matter what we do, no matter how many we shoot, they will just keep reproducing and repopulate. They are like ghosts out by me. I hear them at night, I see their tracks in the snow, once in a while one will show up on my trail cameras, but I rarely see them.

http://poststar.com/hundreds-rally-in-opposition-of-safe-act-after-one-year/article_f5a67a76-8094-11e3-a885-001a4bcf887a.html A crowd of hundreds who gathered for a forum on New York’s SAFE Act on Saturday heard an encouraging update from the man leading the organization that’s challenging the constitutionality of the year old gun control legislation. Tom King, president of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, also a National Rifle Association board member, predicted the fight against what many called the “unSAFE” Act will land in U.S. Supreme Court. The Warren County Chapter of grass roots organization New York Revolution hosted the forum. Coordinator E. Jay Stokes brought in several speakers to discuss the anniversary of the law, which was signed Jan. 15, 2013. The forum was moved outside in the parking lot of the Waterhouse Restaurant in Lake Luzerne because of the anticipated turnout, which was a crowd of hundreds dressed in “Don’t Tread on Me” and Tea Party gear, donning buttons with a red line through Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s name and holding signs urging the repeal of the strictest gun-control measure in the nation. Cuomo ahs said the measure prevents mentally ill people from buying guns and increases penalties for people who use illegal guns. Speakers called for civil disobedience when it comes to the part of the law that requires the state’s definition of military-style assault rifles be registered by April 15. Failure to do could result in a misdemeanor charge. They said there are modifications that can be made, too, that will exempt weapons from requiring to be registered. Second Amendment advocate Melody Burns in her full-length fur coat lead the crowd in chants “I will not modify, I will not comply, I will not surrender,” followed by a lone shout from the crowd that “King Andrew’s got to go!” Lisa Donovan and Jake Palmateer of the NY2A Grassroots Coalition urged people to get involved by volunteering or serve on political party committees to get certain candidates in office. Palmateer said the group is raffling off an AR-15 at the educational forum coming up Jan. 29 in Glenville. In a Dec. 31 ruling, Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny in Buffalo found the majority of the SAFE Act constitutional, striking down only the magazine limit that prohibited more than seven rounds in a magazine. “Don’t believe what you read in the papers. It was a split decision. If it wasn’t a split decision, the governor and New York state would not have filed an appeal two hours after we did,” King said. King, who said the organization is now taking its suit to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, said there were “inconsistencies” in the ruling, and the judge “did one thing we’ve been waiting for all over the United States” when he said assault-style weapons are illegal firearms in “common use.” “You know why that’s huge? Because Heller and McDonald (two previous Supreme Court cases involving Second Amendment rights) say you can’t ban a class of firearms that’s in common legal use,” King said. King said he didn’t expect the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to be “friendly” and said there is a silver lining if the appeal fails there. “There have been three cases in the Circuit Court of Appeals around the United States that have been pro-gun victories. There’s only one anti-gun victory. We need one more loss in order to have a conflict among the circuits and to ensure the Supreme court will take the case. That’s where we’re headed, and we’re not going to stop,” King said. He said so far the organization has spent $426,000 on the suit and asked, “what are your Second Amendment rights worth?” “Then ask the follow up question, if we lose Second Amendment rights, what is this country worth?” King said. Former Saratoga County sheriff candidate Jeff Gildersleeve, who works at Warren County Sheriff’s Department, spoke on behalf of Sheriff Bud York, who could not attend. He said there have been no SAFE Act related arrests in Warren County. There have been 1,291 charges issued under the legislation with most of those in New York City. Of those, 1,155 were for felony possession of an illegal firearm, a misdemeanor before the SAFE Act. There was a Moreau man who was charged under the new law over the summer. William G. Greene, 51, in August pleaded guilty in Saratoga County to fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor, with the understanding the two misdemeanor charges filed under the SAFE Act would be dismissed. All of the charges were the same level of misdemeanor. He was sentenced to a conditional discharge, paid a $200 fine and required to surrender the semiautomatic rifle, which was seized after he allegedly illegally sold it on April 16. The charges were punishable by up to a year in Saratoga County Jail. “The vast majority of law enforcement doesn’t like it and doesn’t feel its constitutional. It doesn’t pass the sniff test,” Gildersleeve said. Assemblyman Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, who was there with Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, R-Melrose, passed out a list of legislation that he’s co-sponsoring that seek to repeal all or parts of the law. One measure would revert the law to prior definitions of assault weapon and large capacity ammunition feeding device, though he wasn’t hopeful it would make it to the floor under Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s leadership. “There are people among us that this isn’t a big issue for, but it should be. They like gun control. They’re not gun people, but this is what bothers them, the process. If you’re going to tinker with the Second Amendment in the middle of the night, what isn’t on the table? What is off limits,” Stec said of the unusually quick passage of the law. On Wednesday a measure requiring ammunition sellers to register with State Police and require retail sellers to do background checks and record sales when a state database is established. An open letter from State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico said that database is not operational and still under construction. “Notice will be given to all sellers on a timely basis before the database is completed and any requirements are relevant,” the letter said.

How do we inform all gun owners on the importance of what is at stake here? That is the question! Most have given up and don't realize they can make a difference by voting. How will the very small number of NY'ers who are informed, and ready to take Cuomo and his anti gun agenda on, get organized to get the word out to the millions of apathetic gun owners and hunters and light a fire in them so we can be heard and turn this around?