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Yeah we are getting it surveyed by a local engineering firm in any case. This was the first thing they came up with--a map of the property as far as wetlands are concerned. I never even knew it was a thing to be honest. I knew wetlands were real, I knew that the water on the property acted as drainage for other properties so I couldn't impact it willy nilly but the 100ft just cuts right into decent land.

Nerve wracking as hell is another way to look at it

I've fully settled on buying this property or giving up. Not because of impatience but a scarcity of land in my area. Just hoping to figure out how much this impacts it!

Well it's been a bit of bad news today in fact because I had been unaware of this and my dreams of what I wanted done with this property are slightly impacted. However, it also means some of the neighboring property is, 100%, guaranteed, never going to be developed (this is good). Means no chance of the land being stripped away over the years and less capable hunting land (which is one motivation for buying it). I found this: http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6279.html So that answers my question: I could at least cut down some trees for firewood. I assume tapping my own trees for sap is "normal agricultural activities"? I can't tell if I could plant new trees...? Sounds like it. Also, the first bullet point seems to indicate that agricultural structures could be built on this land without a permit...so if I wanted a chicken coop I could as well as fencing for live stock? My wife thinks i'm nuts (she's right), but I'm dropping a fortune on this and want to know I'm not hamstrung by something because NY says I can't use my own land.

If on your own property there are NYSDEC designated wetlands, what can you do with that property? Can you cut down any of the trees? Can you plant new trees? Can you tap the trees for sap? In NY there is also an additional 100 ft buffer around all wetlands. I believe it's generally impossible to get permission to build any structure in this 100ft zone. What else can you or can't you do? Can you put fences in this area? Let livestock on it? Can you plant any sort of tree you want? Still exploring a land purchase and found out some of it unfortunately consists of wetlands and the 100ft thing is badly crimping my style. NY DEC offices are closed now and I only found this out at COB. Thanks!!

A Game Warden is walking along a beach one morning when he spots a man with a bucket of lobsters. The Warden walks up to the man, flashes his badge and says, "You're in big trouble, buddy. Poaching lobsters is a serious offense." The man answers, "You've got it all wrong, these lobsters are my pets! Every morning I take them out for some exercise. I let them swim around in the ocean for a few minutes and then whistle them back in." The Warden looks at the man skeptically and says, "Okay then, prove it." The man proceeds to throw the lobsters into the ocean and both he and the Warden stand there waiting. After a couple minutes the Warden looks at the man and says, "That's long enough, now whistle your lobsters back in." The man turns to the Warden and says "Lobsters? What lobsters?"

I got within shooting range (bow) first day I ever hunted, alone, by just walking around looking for deer. Dumb luck. I've tried to reproduce that many times since and I have spooked tons of deer and I only ever see them after they hear me and start running with one exception: I walked up on two deer who seemed as surprised to see me as I them. I couldn't get ready and they bolted. So, I suck at it. Some things that work badly when still hunting: 1) Doing it in an area pressured so heavily there are no deer left (I've done this a LOT) 2) Doing it on a still day, no wind, and tons of fresh scrunchy leaves (lol I've tried this a lot, too)

Definitely works and it is cheap. A few issues I noticed while doing it: 1) TVs start much slower than dedicated PC monitors 2) Tend to have lower refresh rates But yeah they can definitely work

Any itch to sledding around Rochester should be gone after the past few winters. So little snow. I know driving north east it is still pretty good, though. You know what? I've never even touched a snowmobile. And I hate that, but I never have. Isn't that sad?

Oops, sorry, I meant $50 ladder stands

Climber cause i've been doing public land. That said, with the $50 climbers out there next year if I'm back to public land I will put at least 1-2 climbers in some rarely visited spots. Saving carrying 20 lbs of weight and 5-10 min before and after for setup will be truly well appreciated. The Viper is very comfortable but it's still a hassle getting everything packed up or unpacked, the noise, etc.

Holy crap. Since I've been paying attention, just over two years now, the most deer I've ever seen at once is 11. I've seen that number once in 2015, once in 2016. Otherwise, I typically see 2-5 deer. Never seen more than two deer together at a time while actually hunting. This is in Wayne county. That number of 11 includes all the driving and looking at fields all months of the year, too.

This is one of my favorite topics (though morbid) and I've been reading up on NK for many years. Some of my views in summary: NK is not now nor has ever been particularly crazy. They are extremely good at portraying themselves as crazy, but I believe most of this is bluffing (Saddam did the same thing prior to the Iraq war, basically being deliberately vague about whether he had WMD, in part to keep Iran scared that maybe he did) NK has a massive but effective army. They lack infrastructure to support it, they have old equipment, no air power or navy worth mentioning. There is quite literally 0% chance they could ever successfully invade SK, and in an invasion of NK air power would run roughshod over them. Similar to what happened to Iraq. The NK regime is contemporary time's most evil and I believe is proof that we as a species have not learned from our mistakes. We said after the nazis never again, and yet meanwhile NK has hundreds of thousands in prison camps, including kids. Literal slaves. Fear and mass murder are commonplace and have been for decades, well documented and known. Rex is correct that the strategic patience does not work. In this century NK has evolved into a nuclear power. They have some nuclear bombs now (these would never, ever get past the DMZ on bombers, of course), and are working on rockets. They may or may not yet have the ability to put one into a ballistic missile, but they will soon NK is never going to preemptively attack any other country because--see point 1--they are not crazy and they know they would lose. The biggest risk to sitting around now is that when they have a strong supply of nukes and we are not 100% sure we can knock them all out of the sky, it then becomes absolutely inconceivable to ever force regime change because they may unleash the nukes in response. If we are ever going to see it, we literally have to do it NOW. It is not dying on its own. If the regime is going to be forced out, we have to do it now now now now now, it will be too late later and it may already be too late; there is concern in the military that it would not be possible now, given they are using solidstate rockets, to preemptively and convincingly remove all their nuclear program. So, sitting around on our ass (Bush and Obama get equal blame for this) has given us nothing except a lost opportunity Unless or until China gets on board, no preemptive attack on NK is really plausible because China will go absolutely bonkers over it.

Baiting makes sense to control population or if you're harvesting purely for food, but at some point it turns from hunting into simply deer farming.

It's too bad. I still go to the one in henrietta, but I bet field & stream is crushing it. When you enter F&S there is a hearth there and a nice atmosphere. When you enter the henrietta store the first display you see is for some cheap crap plastic guns they grabbed off a random shipping container from china (i.e. more fitting in a dollar store). I do still buy stuff from them though. Victor will have a bass pro soon, too. I also wonder where gander fits in.

Chevy Volt tried to do this--the original one was slated to be a 100% electric vehicle with a gas (not diesel, though) generator to keep the batteries charged, but drive train would always be from motor. When it came to market there were still some scenarios in which the ICE would actually mate to the drive train if I recall correctly and still help out the motor, acting more like a hybrid. But Chevy came pretty close. Hybrid tech is pretty mature now and well proven in cars, having been in the Prius for almost two decades. Everything has passed long term testing: battery, all the hybrid components. You can now get a full size sedan with 200 HP that gets far better mileage than even the most rinky dink of econoboxes, and the hybrid premium is only a couple of thousand. It's still a multi-year payback at current gas prices, though.

Aren't train's drive wheels also powered by electric motors? Short term, Tesla and others are already working on charging mats so that you need not even plug your car in when you get home. Although the electric car I had delivered generally poor range, it was kind of nice never, ever filling up with gas. Even though there are times it's nice to be able to do it (5 minute stop and another 400-500 miles), a car with a large pack and a quick plug in when you get home (or mats eventually on the garage floor) means you never even need to spend a minute doing it again on your primary commuter. Chevy volt takes a good stab at this: generally run on electric, but gas if you really need it. Main problem with the volt is it is too dang small. People have explored changing out battery packs to let these cars do road trips, and Tesla has fast charge stations throughout the country, but I still think it's a problem that in practice few people really worry about (just keep a gas car as the primary), and the solutions introduce their own problems. Hydrogen always seems to be 10-20 years away. In 10-20 years it will still be 10-20 years away!

These vehicles are just not suited to towing or off-road, but that's because only a small segment of the population needs a vehicle to do that, and for those who need it they could keep a heavy duty gas car.

Looks good. won't be long before these things are $100 and $5-10/month. The monthly cost is still high to me.

These cars are actually very heavy. They perform fine in snow; stability & traction control and even weight distribution. They are not meant to be used for road trips or towing trailers. They are for some people an acceptable primary vehicle and for most people an acceptable secondary. In my year of driving a Nissan Leaf my only complaint with it was that its cabin heat was underwhelming and it had range issues, particularly when cold. But that was a few years ago and they are getting better fast. The throttle response on an electric car is second to none; better even than the best exotic sports car with literally instant maximum torque. No ICE powertrain can deliver it.

Maybe not, but the government throws money into everything, everywhere. Look at farming subsidies, for example. Or the auto bailout. Without getting homoerotic over it, musk is almost a national treasure. I think if we didn't suppor these industries he would find a country that would (he wasn't born here). And just in our neck of the woods he's also involved in solarcity.

I owned an electric car a few years ago but got rid of it because its range was terrible (super, super bad in the winter). I drive a hybrid currently. Elon Musk is nothing short of one of the best tech minds of this generation. I believe that fully. What he's done with Tesla is nothing short of spectacular. He not only got a new car company profitable, which is insanely difficult, but he did it by leap-frogging the lethargy in the existing industry, by using a tech that they were barely bothering with (electric). Oh, and just because that wasn't enough his company is also the leader in automated driving. He is the perfect example of a fresh view and true motivation showing that the old way of doing things doesn't have to be the only way. And, before I forget, he also currently has the fastest 0-60 production car on the planet. So to recap, this guy comes along and in about fifteen years he goes from nothing to creating a profitable car company that: 1) Runs on batteries 2) Has the best automated cars on the planet 3) Has the fastest car I used to doubt him too, but no more. Did I mention Tesla is just one of his interests? He also founded space x, which is now bringing stuff to the international space station and then landing rockets back down on pads. And he's only 44 or so. As for Tesla, I absolutely can see one in my future. The model 3 will be an affordable car with a great range, plenty of power, and all Teslas will have their full suite of automated driving. For those who don't yet believe in the future of automated driving you can go on youtube right now and watch videos of Tesla Model S cars driving themselves for long distances on public freeways. Musk is one of those guys who does things while people are telling him it can't be done and he gets it done anyway.

I think it depends on how you're doing it. If you're walking onto your deck and shooting a deer in your yard it's no more a sport than going to wegmans. If you're hiking for hours then skillfully coming up on an animal and taking it with a weapon you have practiced with, yes it's a sport.

I also want land, but my wife wants closer to the city. We're deciding now if we're going to put in an offer on 6 acres at a price I dare not mention here. Even junk acreage is $6.5k/acre

If you are 100% sure you'll end up with that 40 acres, it does lend itself to the notion of owning a tractor, though I might want to wait until it's literally in your name and nothing else goes wrong; for all you know somebody could come in and offer that lady a price you can't. I'd want to locked down firm first.