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Long long ago, my two year old started walking toward the road. A shout, "Hey, Get back here" meant to him run to achieve his goal. I ran, caught him by the arm, swung him back toward the house with a slap across the butt. (admittedly harder than intended). Mother-in-Law tells me "You didn't have to do that". I was still pissed and held out my hand. "I'd rather it be this than a Buick". Things are different today with "timeouts". Still I can recall the boots and once a belt as corrections to bad behavior. I don't hear young adults today recalling corrective timeouts. Just my old fashion view of psychology speaking. I suppose the new methods work but it seems there are more that never learn.

More good boots in the tail section, yes! That and reality training. So many video games and movies provide and show challenges where if you're quick enough you can get yourself out of a bad situation. And, if you fail there is nothing to worry about, you can just start again. Many real life situations have serious consequences for failure and often there's no second chance. Why, at the age 17 and old enough to drive a 4X4 would one think you could get away with such a stunt. They're not stupid, they just haven't been taught to think rationally. Some blame has to go to the parent.

I thought I'd give this a try. Looks real cool. The maps came out fine but was unable to get anything beyond step 9 to work. It kept coming up "Address not found". I tried several different property PT_KEY numbers thinking it might be local to various areas. It never displayed a green button. Does it still work for you? Am I doing something wrong? I would love getting names for Landowners.

I don't have a lot of experience and I'm just attempting some of the same stuff myself. Nor do I know the elements of your land. This may help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_fPWzsHtC8 By going to this link you'll find it goes to many more. Up to now I've always paid attention to where they are traveling during hunting season and find a good spot to be. The following year I build a blind and cut what I call shooting lanes that radiate outward from the blind. Six lanes will do and I never cut the brush near the blind. This places you on the crossroads of those shooting lanes and many times the deer hit a lane and walk toward you. Other times they'll stand in the brush between lanes. You'll know where your shot is going to be and can move into position while they're view is blocked. Deer like edge and narrow paths. ​It sounds like your first step is going to be establishing a series of paths just so that you can get through for the first hunt. And of course look for last years rubs, the big oaks, and wild apple trees.

I too think it's a great idea. I would like to see this happen in the Rochester area. I've been "Burb" (suburban) hunting two years and have my own set of rules I adhere to. ​My arrangement with the land owners is an attempt to reduce population because of deer damage and deer/vehicle accidents. So "Doe only" I'm in small open 1 acre back yards of $400 and $600 thousand dollar homes. So "Bow or Crossbow only" and establish permission from all neighbors. Other non-field hunting rules apply as well. Like: Exhaust all efforts to recover broadheads. No one wants a hidden razor blade in their backyard. There are also many "Don't shoot" situations: Don't shoot if an unleashed dog is near. Try not to let children or non hunters experience a harvest that could be unsightly. And more. I also share harvest with landowners.

Good choice. It's actually 5 to 70 lbs draw weight adjustable and is around $380. If he remains excited to shoot he can grow with it. But, If in the future he doesn't follow Dad's love, It's still a good bow for resale. That being said, it's a tough choice. $80 throw away or $380 good bow to grow with.

If you see a red bulls eye ring around the sight there's a good chance it's Lymes. But the bulls eye only shows 85% of the time. The other 15% of just local redness can still be Lymes. Me, I'm not waiting to see a bulls eye or not. I got the Rx (doxycycline) regiment started. It's just 14 days of two pills a day to greatly reduce the risk of a life time of suffering. I have a friend that's suffered with it for 12 years now and a Brother-In-Law who contacted Lymes but suffered only a year or so because he identified it early on. My message here is to see a doc anyway.

Yup. I did that. I need a blood draw this afternoon and start Antibiotic today as well. Both deals are precautionary because it's believed ticks need to be on for 48 hours to do there potential Lyme injection thing. My case was 30 to 40 hours of attachment max. But, it's wise to not take a gamble, no matter how low the risk. At least not in my book. Thanks for the heads up anyway phade. I do appreciate your advice. This was my second experience with tick bite. I should have mentioned it in the first post as to the importance seeing a doc for checkout and proper meds.

I acquired a tick probably sometime Saturday morning while out checking the target range at the Avon Bowmen Archery Club. The tick wasn't discovered until last night when I took a closer look at the spot of irritation. Lets just say it was on the inside upper portion of the leg about 4 inches south of the business district and took mirrors to investigate. The wife performed a successful removal and found it to be the black legged deer tick variety. So half the reason for being online this morning is to read up on the signs and symptoms of Lymes. I also thought I'd share a few findings about ticks. It seems spring and summer are the critical times according to this chart. Are any of the shed hunters out there taking precautions? Anyone else with bites yet this year (Mar. 2016)?

It's on my Calendar and only a half hour away. I'm going to try to make it.

My Dad used to fix old pocket watches. "Old" as evaluated back in the late 50's. He collected ten or so watches and, every once in a while, he'd tinkered with them to get them running. There were a few that never ran. When asked; "Why not just throw the bad ones away?", he'd say; "Even a stopped watch is right twice a day". I still have three of his old watches but only one watch still has its hands to keep it right twice a day. Another saying he had was: I man with a watch knows what time it is, A man with two watches is never sure.

Yes. I had the rack scored by a member of the Northeast Big Buck Club for Non Typical score, but I never registered it with the club. The attachment is my spreadsheet file of the numbers as extracted from the score sheet. It officially it's only a 19 pointer but the family always spoke of it as a 21 pointer because we counted two of the extra three points it had. I do show those lesser points on my spreadsheet. And added note: the inside spread is limited to 18" for sheds. We really don't know what the spread may have been but as mounted the inside measurement is 19-1/8.

184 Gross 177 Net

Dad's shed find 1929.

Yes. Back then worms were 25¢ a dozen. My neighbor always boasted he'd get two extra worms buying through me and those two worms were the ones that always caught fish.

I use to pick Night Crawlers once or twice a week. A local boat livery was my buyer at $0.01 a worm. I made anywhere from $3 to $5 a night. I had a neighbor that would give me $1 for 50 worms when ordered on Friday and I had them ready for the weekend.

Not the new postage stamps, you don't. How about: "The hurry'er I go, the behind'er I get."

So with proper cuts, the tree just fell that way. That is good. Thanks for sharing.

I bought and built a "Rocket Dragster" model car back before glue sniffing (vintage 1959). At nearly a foot long, it was powered by a CO2 capsule mounted under the driver. The woodshop teacher allowed access to a long school hallway where I set it off as the class watched. No chemical reaction, hot gasses, or oxidizers, but a rocket just the same. It ran straight and true down an 80 yard hallway and the wheels turned so fast it melted the plastic axels. It lost its rear wheels and slid sideways, parking itself against the nurses office door. Who's to say the next fun weapon couldn't be CO2 charged arrows fired from some sort of hybrid airbow/launcher/gun thingy. No matter how diverse people are with new weaponry, there will always be a cool super refinement to sell after that. Not to mention the new forum threads generated where hunters are either backing it or opposing it for legal use.

Here's a twist to this topic. Could the arrow cominmg off the rod of an airbow be considered a rocket? If you think about it, compressed air pushes the arrow down the rod to the point where the arrow initially leaves the rod. At that point remaining pressure in the rod is the same as the remaining pressure in the hollow arrow. As the arrow leaves the rod the gasses in the arrow continue to exhaust and accelerates the arrow as if it were rocket propulsion. Now, there has to be a law somewhere regulating the use of rockets. Now I'm grinning ear to ear waiting for opinions to pounce on that issue.

Avon Bowmen is on a strong comeback with close to 70 members now and membership is only a mere $30. The Avon Bowmen Club held three 3D events in both 2014 and 2015 with plans to host three shoots in 2016. The talk is that one shoot in 2016 may be a NFAA event. The club has their own website www.avonbowmen.org and Facebook page www.facebook.com/avonboweman/ Although there are winter meetings offsite from January thru March the grounds officially open up beginning in April. In addition to 3D events Avon Bowmen also hosts Wednesday Night League play which starts early May.

Beautiful morning, 24°F, no wind and sun beaming down on 23 deer out across the field out back. 16 in low brush (dried goldenrod) with 5 of those bedded down. The 7 more up on a field rise where the snow has melted to expose the grasses. I had the spotting scope out and could see one that looked like a buck who had just lost his rack. I'm not absolutely sure but it was definitely a gnarly forehead. During the 15 minutes or so of watching/counting deer, a very healthy looking fox came out of the nearside goldenrod obviously looking for mice.

Tried cooking fox maybe 25 years ago. I took a second bite just hoping the leg might be better than the back. Discovering both bad taste and tough chew, the project when into the trash. I suppose one could survive on it but I'd try to find something else to cook first.

You need to boil the toes from three deer. 24 toes in all. good luck

Did the survey. Diddo on seeing the results. Do you expect to get more than 3000 responces?