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Of those two, 30/06 gets my vote. I am 3 for 3 on deer with that (CO mule deer and 2 NY whitetails). Usually (non-election years) ammo is very easy to find. No experience with a .308. That said, I am switching to 30/30 levers for NY whitetails because they are a lot easier to carry in the mountains than my heavy 30/06 bolt. Right now, that ammo is also tough to find. There seemed to be quite a bit of .270 and other oddballs on the shelves at Runnings last weekend. They did have some .243 but I would avoid that due to excessive meat damage. I like heavier, slower bullets to minimize that.

With a vertical bow, form, bend at waist, etc come into play but not with a crossbow. I always put some ribbons out at 50 yards, in a few different directions, at all my stands to help out with the range estimate on deer. If the deer is inside of those ribbons, it is in range for my Centerpoint sniper. It needs to be 10 yards closer for my Barnett recruit. If there are no ribbons, I range a few objects, as soon as I get in the stand with my laser range finder. It helps to do that before a deer shows up.

I did it at my folks place last gun season, and that ended my buck sightings on what had been a very hot property, up until that point. It was a case of mistaken identity. It happened when she switched places with one of two smaller antlerless deer. I was hoping to use a dmp on one or both of those. That property is surrounded by ag lands, on which antlerless deer are largely depleted on nuisance permits, prior to October first. When the rut begins, the few surviving mature does become real buck magnets. I will try hard not to make that mistake again at that spot in western NY. At my spot up on the NW corner of the Adirondack park, the situation is quite different. I see about 6 antletless deer per every antleted one up there, almost exactly the opposite ratio I see at home. There is a distict browse line, all around the lake up there, telling me that more mature doe harvest is needed. Dmp's are nearly impossible to get up there, but I hope to take a mature doe during the early ML week. I plan on hunting every day of that up there this year. The last time I was able to do that was 2016, and it worked out perfectly.

I picked my first dozen ears of silver queen sweetcorn this afternoon. We are having it for supper, and that kind is always my favorite. The coons have not got into it at all, so we may get enough out of the few rows that I planted out back, to put some in the freezer. I trapped 4 coons earlier, near some earlier ripening types that were planted at the same time and a few weeks earlier, but the coons wiped out most of that before I got them. Coyotes found the shallow buried coon carcasses and have been keeping the corn coon free the last couple weeks. Hopefully, they move away before I start deer hunting in early November. I think you can legally start shooting them in October so I might have to try some of that.

I leave all of mine up year round. I try to inspect them all, replacing straps, chains and other parts as necessary, prior to October first. I no longer deer hunt the Southern zone until the last 2 weeks of archery season. Last year, I turkey hunted from my favorite elevated blind, on the last weekend in October. I then killed a 3.5 year old buck out of it, on my first deer hunt, the following Saturday. Generally, I have had the most success on the first hunt of the season, from any stand. My archery seasons have been much more successful, since I have been waiting for the last 2 weeks to start. I think there is a lot of guys who burn their spots out from too much early pressure.

Red sky in morning sailor take warning. Time to head to purgatory cove.

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Thanks, that might have done the trick. It looks like the three here (versatile, left field, and chef) may have finally backed off. Either that or they had a rough night and are still sleeping it off.

Where can I get 3 of these for versatile, chef, and left field ?

It must have been a hungry bachelor group. They were all kind of thin, unlike the shorter, but stout females, that I caught yesterday on jigs. The second one off the dock wrapped me around a sunken branch. As I was unleashing the boat, to try and get over to it, it got off the branch by itself. That saved my only Zara puppy. A half dozen more casts, as I floated, and I had my limit. The thin males today did not fight as hard as the stout females that I caught on the bottom yesterday, but it was cool seeing them hit the top water bait. Most hit as soon as the cast landed, before I even started to "walk the dog".

Good top water smallmouth action in the Adirondacks this morning, resulting in my fastest 5 fish limit of the year. (5) 15 - 16 inchers in 20 minutes on Zara puppy. I caught the first 2 off the dock, then untied the boat and drifted about 50 yards for the other 3. I have yet to put an oar in the water or start the motor.

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I will try and answer this one for you after I get in a few hunts with stock scope on my Centerpoint sniper. I liked it for sighting in with good daylight, but I am not sure how well it will do in the woods, just after sunrise and right before sunset. The stock red/green dot site on my Barnett recruit has been good in those conditions. My only worry with that is if the battery goes dead at a bad time (I always carry a spare), and the intensity control knob is hard to turn. I underestimated the range on my first shot at a deer with that Barnett, resulting in a low hit. What I thought was a 50 yard shot, turned out to be 59 yards and the bolt struck low. Fortunately, the errors cancelled out. Insufficient penetration at that range was trumped by shot strike location. The mechanical broadhead just made it thru the heart. Had that bolt struck higher, where I had intended, the recovery from a likely single-lung hit would have been much tougher.

That makes me amazed that we still have 3 on this site who seem to be leaning towards Biden. You would think that they would have jumped ship after he named his VP. She is much further left than he ever thought of being.

I also think it is a housecat.

What is worse, calling them names or killing them off with covid-19 by sending infected patients into nursing homes where they live for "recouperation" ?

It does work well, and it has a very narrow blade. I use an old, made in Finland, Rapala one everywhere else. I leave the Camillus up at the in-laws place in the Adirondacks.

My father in law is very particular about knifes and sharpening. He gave me an old buck 110 that I make sure to use whenever I am hunting at his place. When it gets dull I give it to him and he gets it razor sharp. He also gave me a fancy Callimus fillet knife. I keep that sharp myself with a stone that has a coarse side and a smoother side. It holds a good edge for 4 or 5 fish. I just finished using it on a batch:

Food, glorious food. They started hitting right after the wind picked up and I signed off last time. (4) 12-14" "eaters". Time to clean them, vacuum seal, and try for a 23" "trophy" smallmouth. Starvation is averted for another day or so anyhow.

I was faster when I was young, but I am still pretty quick for an old guy. I put in a lot of time on a stationary bike year-round (while watching old movies on vcr) to keep legs in shape. My younger daughter is the fastest kid on her high school field hockey team. When it comes to eating, only when i can't find any food. I have a high metabolism and eat a lot (as much as the total of the three women in our family). I am trying to catch me some fish right now but not having much luck so far. I need the wind to pick up a bit so I can sneak in on them. Here it comes so I got to go. Goodluck on your diet.

Happy birthday mod.

The 17" rule is no big deal for me, nor is the 2 week season in the southern zone (thankfully they are the best 2 weeks). My $ 250, 300 fps Barnett recruit comes in right at the minimum width and has got the job done every time ( 5 for 5 on deer). My only big issue with the current rules in NY is just having 3 days, up on the northern zone, before the guns (early ML season) open up. Must be that the NYB has more influence up there. Those rules really screw the business up there, that depend on tourism dollars, but those selfish, elitist, NYB sob"s dont give a crap.

I prefer Berkley lightning rods for bass. I use a 6 ft light action spinning rod for smallmouth. 90 percent of the time, I use a 1/4 oz. Bucktail jig on 8 pound test fluorocarbon line with that. It is sensitive enough, that I can almost feel the fish breath on the jig. For largemouth, I use a 7 ft heavy action casting rod. Most of the time with 3/8 oz spinnerbaits, or weedless jig/swimbait combo on 14 pound mono. That works well for quickly winching the fish out of heavy cover. These are very reasonably priced rods that can handle some abuse and provide good feel. I bought the spinning rod new this year after having got about 10 years out of the my old one. When it arrived in the mail, the cardboard shipping tube was broke in the middle but the rod was still good. I also prefer the single piece rods most of the time, but I do have a second, slightly less sensitive, 2 piece light action spinning rod, which is easier to transport in a car or airplane. I take that one along as a spare on most outings. I will be using it as my primary in the next couple minutes up in the Adirondacks.

Happy birthday Tacs.