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What about them? As an adult I would think they would be able to do enough research or learn from their experiences to become successful more so than a kid. If an adult wants to learn how to hunt then all they have to do is ask around. I know a lot of guys that have started hunting later in life that I have taken or walked through the woods in the off season and showed them different things to look for. It really isn't that hard to walk up and ask someone to help you. I haven't had kids outright approach me about hunting unless they already do it. The ones that want to learn about it are shy and afraid to ask. Adults should be able to ask for help, and have more perseverance than a kid would. I know guys that have hunted 6 years without killing a deer but refuse to let someone help them. Not everyone has to kill something to enjoy the sport.

Shut the breaker off. Wire the leads on the switch together to by pass the switch Turn breaker back on, if breaker pops immediately either you didn't wire it right or there is moisture at the lamp post. if it doesn't pop go to next step Go up and see if the lamp post turned on If it is on then I would imagine your switch is shot.

If more people passed young bucks on state land you would have the same effect.

Can you take a picture of the breaker? Is there any exterior outlets on the post or somewhere between the switch and post? If it is a GFI breaker and you have a little moisture at the pole it will trip really easy.

I have no problem with kids killing the first deer that walks in front of them, so 18 and under no big deal let them shoot what they want. Add MAR's to anyone older 3 or more on one side. Even if the kid is 16 starting out for the first time gun hunting they can shoot what they want for their first 3 years. So you don't want MAR's because someone will shoot the deer you want to shoot out of season anyway? What if they shoot it completely legal during the season would you still be against them because they shot the deer you wanted to shoot? We have practiced AR's on our property along with neighbor land owners and I will tell you it works. We have shot large deer every year over 130" most all of them 10 points 4.5 years old or older.

Take 2 pallets like you see there lash at the top on both ends and you should be fine.

Yup, I wonder if the hunter pictured portrayed it as a wild deer to the media or he told them it was a high fence. I can't stand the A$$ hats that go and send their pictures to the newspaper that lie about the deer they shoot. Just last year I think there was a guy that supposedly shot a deer in NY up by Watertown that was supposed to be some state record and he lied about it and had to face legal action because he broke some law. Here it is. http://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/news/wayne-long-kills-giant-ny-buck-accused-of-defrauding-record-books/

Actually it used to in the NZ on Sept. 27th. You could use the previous season tags, we used to hunt it as not many people had tags left and you got fist dibs on the state land deer. We used to whack something early every year. It was nice as we would have a little meat in the freezer and could wait it out before taking an early archery doe and leave them alone to bring in a mature buck. It was only for 3 days then you had to use your current season tags. The reg season tag became and either sex and your DMP's were still good if you had them for that area. I remember shooting 2 deer within 10 seconds of each other. I don't think I'll ever get the chance to double during archery season. Guys that we hunted with shot a couple bucks in velvet while you could hunt early season before 2 weekend in Oct. opener. Actually the year it went to Oct. 1st they did away with early 3 day season in the NZ.

I have to agree for what you're getting I think an ATN scope would be a better deal. I found the higher magnification scope for $579.99. Nice unit and really tempting at that price. My .222 only comes out when I decide to go out with my buddy for yotes so making a dedicated predator rig would be ok.

Western NY towards near the middle of the state. Huge amounts of AG fields, I have friends that hunt in that area and some of those deer are similar to what you would see on ranches.

If you go the .22 route get a bolt action. 2 reasons one being you can't just spray and prey making the kid line up the shot and will need to learn to be patient. The other reason is it gets them ready for a bigger rifle later on for larger game. If they learn one bolt action rifle pretty much all others are the same.

Yes it does even with 3" slugs, my wife doesn't like a lot of recoil so when it was shotgun only in 8F I bought her the 1187 20 gauge slug gun. That thing is a breeze to shoot. Compared to my .270 it kicks less. I haven't put any birdshot through it but I would suspect it would kick about as much as a .243.

In my area we have to watch our dogs, my weim got tangled up with one when we first moved to our house didn't escalate more than him chasing it off thank god. I have had them hanging around 50 yards out my backdoor. I managed to whack it during bow season big yote about the size of a german shepard should have tracked it down and had it mounted but didn't want to mess up my hunting. It was a pretty dog but with enough other predators out there I don't think there is a huge need for them except to keep the insurance companies happy.

I know we are talking about caliber what about lights vs night vision? I am thinking one of those nice ATN scopes would go nice up top my .222.

Now that is impressive. Those kids must sleep like logs!

They are tougher than most think, I have put arrows with gapping holes through them at 20 yards to have them go 200+ yards spewing blood everywhere. I am planning on setting up a bait pile behind my house with a wireless sensor to signal me when they are out there. I have a horrible problem at my property and they usually hunt in packs. I know many say they don't but I have camera photos and have seen it first hand with multiple coyotes working to corner prey. I have only seen it with 3 coyotes no more than that. Personally I would be using my .222 but the .22LR might come out if I can get her setup, only issue I might have with the .222 is the sound with my neighbors. Too bad NY doesn't allow suppressors that would make life a lot easier. Anyone tell me how the .22LR compares to the .22 Mag sound wise?

Yeah happened this year too in NYC area, they are close and in low light I could see someone making the mistake.

20 gauge will be cheaper to buy and shoot. 20 gauge with low brass field loads won't have much more kick than 3" .410 loads, and you can get 2 boxes of 20 gauge for the price of 1 box of .410. Don't ask me why but .410 is expensive to shoot. When I was 10 years old I got my 870 20 gauge, with 3" slugs it was uncomfortable to shoot at 12 years old but lots of rabbits, squirrels and a few grouse have fallen to that old gun. Great starter gun aside from a bolt action .22

Thermosoles. Mine work great for what they are.

Be patient! That is still my downfall but getting older I have slowed down and take my time. Also would tell myself to not shoot the first thing that walked in front of you, you have 3 weeks to fill a tag or 2. I would have learned a lot more if I didn't just whack the first deer that walked in front of me.

For the life of me I haven't been able to get the solid coppers to shoot out of my .270, I'm not sure if they foul faster or what. I have tried a couple different brands one being the Barnes the other I can't remember. It has been awhile since I reloaded them for the .270 maybe I should give them another try. This was about 8 years ago or more.

I reload for all of my guns but my reloads for the .270 and .243 are a little hotter than factory ammo giving me more fps and flatter trajectory. The term fragment refers to when a bullet starts to break apart into smaller pieces. Those smaller pieces are called fragments. Usually a lighter bullet going faster will fragment/break apart easier when it hits a hard object soft tissue has no effect other than the mushroom effect. I have had some factory ammo do the same thing but less of it. More of the ballistic tip ammo seems to fragment than the soft nose nosler partitions or my sierra gameking bullets.

He is a member of SCOPE so that's a plus. Maybe someone that can get rid of the SAFE act that has done nothing.

Put a camera on it first and check it every couple weeks before the season starts to see if there is a pattern to it. Then time your sits and vacation time around the pattern. If during the season I would check it once a week if you can get to it without spooking game. Make note to when the scrap is visited and stay away from the scrap you shouldn't need to get within 20' of it with today's cameras.

That was me this year, usually I take an early doe during bow season but didn't because of warmer temps and I like to let the deer hang. This had me scrambling the last week just to put some meat in the freezer. I managed one doe on my dads in 8F then another down here in 8W that I shot literally the last few minutes of regular season. I won't wait so long next year but I will still be trophy hunting like I usually do all season long.