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I haven't really had to make a choice since I developed an age-onset alcohol allergy - one beer and I'm okay, but the second beer makes my head explode. But even beforehand, I limited myself to a couple of drinks after a successful hunt, or after a particularly grueling one. I'm on board with alcohol and firearms not mixing, ever. And if anybody wants to make a go of climbing into what we've termed, "The Nosebleed Stand" drunk, I will video it.

Lots of scrapes opening up and little bucks starting to trail doe. Seems normal. C'mon, Mother Nature!

That's tough on a mutt! Particularly headed toward a move, when there's extra anxiety in the house and impending changes - dogs, like us older guys, are creatures of habit. Our Finnegan ended up eating not one, but two collars of shame while crated, recovering from Dr. Snip. The vet said they'd never heard of a dog doing that before. Made for an interesting couple of weeks watching bits of plastic pass through the GI tract. Good luck with recovery! And the move, of course. We can't wait for the story to continue.

Luckily it's a short walk, and so $80 an hour equates to ~$4 net. Truth be told, I don't know anything about that. But if it's like everything else, it will probably impact your wallet. My daughter got rear-ended standing still at a traffic light. The car was called totaled. Now we need to get her a new car ASAP, and it looks like they're paying MSRP or above for many models. It's catching up with us, and it ain't going to be pretty.

In response to the vaccine causing myocarditis, or heart inflammation, in young men: the FDA has access to the same numbers that socialist health care systems have used to nix the Moderna vaccine. Our FDA has decided that the VERY small risk of myocarditis following vaccination is outweighed by the more significant risk of myocarditis from actually catching the disease. That makes sense to me, particularly since the former trends mild, but the later can be quite severe, even in youngsters. In response to Outdoortom's open letter from the director of a small hospital: you are not wrong. While most doctors actively support vaccination, I know a number who, like me, are profoundly in opposition to mandates. We are losing people who should be exempt - it's going to catch up with us. I do not think that health care workers are the primary vector for transmission of COVID at this point in time. These efforts should be focused elsewhere. They are misguided and IMHO foment discord where none should exist.

Awesome story, and right on so many levels

This data is from 12-15 year olds in the UK, who are at very little risk of viral complications upon early infection. Of course, the same is not true as we are finding out a year down the road, but that data is only now emerging and isn't solid enough to support rigorous conclusions. Regardless, I would urge interested readers to compare the vaccine risks of myocarditis to similar risks in unvaccinated children before jumping up and down about how the vaccine is hurting our kids, and also ask how myocarditis was defined. The devil is in the details, and it's easy to make numbers fit a narrative. As always, I am not in favor of mandates, but I am in favor of informed decision making and sound judgement. Although of course that's not necessary either - people should be free to make as many stupid decisions as they want about their own bodies. I have some bad hair pics and drunken ink that I'd like to take back proving just that lol.

This is heartbreaking, and I feel your loss. There's some likelihood that I knew your Mom, as I've been at UR for 32 years, but regardless, it sounds like she was a special lady. You and your family will be in my prayers tonight.

Thank you for making the exception and taking the time to provide a detailed explanation. I am in the process of transitioning, and I can assure you that I will be in touch as my network grows. Right now, I am running several different brands in order to find that sweet spot that is right for me. But good advice is always valuable! I will reach out to you as I narrow down the field. Again, much appreciated.

Phade, here's a question for you that I just spent 20 minutes researching and couldn't find the answer to. With the Tactacam, do all of the cameras have to be on the same data plan? And is there an option to purchase more photos or upgrade one of the plans when a camera reaches it's limit without having to upgrade every camera's plan? I realize that the simple option is to go the unlimited route, but this seems like a waste of money for cameras that are in low traffic areas. Thanks.

I will wait for the story to unfold further before passing judgement. Sometimes appearances are deceptive. If in fact it's exactly as it appears, then yeah, the guy deserves what he will get eventually, courtesy of the big man.

I'd be willing to believe that there's more to the story than anyone will admit. But man, that goes for almost anything. I doubt that many of the conspiracy theories online are even close to the truth, though. As for docs not getting the jab, I guess I simply haven't seen it. I'm sure such a thing exists, but in my department of 500, with 1000 doctors total at the hospital, I don't know a single one who wasn't vaccinated as soon as possible. However, I do collaborate with a very smart individual who hasn't gotten poked, and she is resisting it with all of her effort, but she's also doing it out of a sense of stubbornness. She simply doesn't countenance being told what to do. She has no concerns as to the safety of the vaccine.

So, I figured I'd post this quickly before headed off to work on stands and blinds. Heard lots of folks say doctors have no right to get frustrated with unvaccinated patients. After all, do they get frustrated with obese smokers? The answer is yes, but the difference is that obese smokers are hurting themselves, while unvaccinated folks are contributing to the continued stream of patients, some of them in good heath otherwise who are now in a bad way with COVID. Let me be clear that I am not advocating for vaccine mandates. I'm really just trying to interject a bit of perspective into the conversation. Doctors perceptions are skewed because they only see the worst outcomes. That having been said, it's tough to ignore what's right in front of you all day every day, and it's equally difficult not to feel frustration when you perceive others to be contributing to the chaos. Whether that's a valid perception or not is immaterial. After eighteen months of this, docs just want it to be over more so than anybody. This is just one man's opinion, and my dad had a saying about opinions and arseholes...

Lots of ways to get messed up in the woods. Here's a simple example that maybe can save somebody else from doing the same thing. My Mom's husband was putting up a ladder stand by himself. When it started to lean back too much, he tried to save it from falling, but instead positioned himself as a human fulcrum. The ladder tipped over and one of the bolts cause inside his wedding ring. It took his finger right off his hand. And he was a pretty good fiddler, too. This sounds like a freak accident, but turns out to happen with some regularity. Bottom line is: take off your jewelry when you're hanging stands. You don't want there to be anything gets caught if something falls.

Thank you for sharing. All of my own personal concerns are addressed in the response from DEC - whether I agree with their response or not, at least they've made an effort. I would certainly love to know what the breakdown was among the letters they received on support vs. opposition to the early season. Like you, I have yet to meet anyone who is in favor of it.

We had the same situation, but the guy riding the ATVs was hosting groups of friends to trail ride - admittedly only using our land to traverse to his Mom's place a couple miles away, so other than a few ruts, it wasn't a big deal to me. Unfortunately, some of the neighbor's land that he rode through is extremely wet, and the ruts he and his buddies created made the trails there unmanageable. Hence, the neighbor withdrew permission. Since he couldn't get through without riding the neighbor's land, there was no use cutting though my place either. And that was that. No drama, just a polite exchange. Now, this was between grown men and understandable due to the nature of the situation. But even prior to the final decision by the neighbor, the use of ATVs was nevertheless limited to the months G-Man describes, and nobody had an issue with that. It seems reasonable to me.

I will put this in both of the threads here on the September doe season - you will need to burn one of this year's tags for the appropriate WMU, as last year's expired on July 30th. Just an FYI for those who might be wondering.

I will put this in both of the threads here on the September doe season - you will need to burn one of this year's tags for the appropriate WMU, as last year's expired on July 30th. Just an FYI for those who might be wondering.

A single point attachment with a cam lock is quieter in the woods. I had one (I think it was an Apex) that rotated into two couplers, and it was so loud I ditched it after the first few uses. Solid, but tough to detach, and a wake up call at early dark thirty for every creature in the woods. My G5 is fantastic, and reasonably priced. Regardless, I like a four arrow quiver for hunting that sits close to the bow and doesn't force me to take out a second mortgage.

heh, heh, heh. Bunch of five year olds, we are. With big stands.

You and I are on the same page. I cut my trails on Wednesday, taking advantage of the cool weather. I tow a Kunz Acrease MR55K behind my Yamaha, and it's a beast. Very similar to the Swisher. And onto straps and lanes this weekend.

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Tough to find a processor, and you need to be prepared to butcher it yourself in a timely manner if you shoot one. Also, it burns a DMP - not that they are hard to acquire for the open WMA - but I'd rather shoot my doe during muzzleloader and leave them alone to nurture fawns during the early season.

I'm going to have to disagree with you, and the emerging data supports me. Not wanting to start an argument, so I will only respond once, but even fully healthy folks are more at risk from COVID than the vaccine - both in terms of mortality and complications. But that doesn't mean that it's not your choice. Everyone gets to decide for themselves whether to get the jab.

Recent studies appear to indicate that post-infection immunity equals or is greater than vaccine-mediated, at least in the short term. I have no idea how quickly that immunity wanes. IMHO, having had COVID justifies punting on the vaccine. But that's just one opinion, and I suspect the ultimate answer will be more complicated. Which variant, symptomatic infection, how was infection ascertained, how long ago? With the vaccine at least, you're comparing apples to apples for everyone. For the unvaccinated who haven't had COVID though, the disease's potential immediate and long term repercussions outweigh the jab, even in this short one year period that we have to pull data. But of course nobody thinks that it can happen to them, and everybody should be able to choose their own flavor of risk.