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He likely has straddled worse in his lifetime!

As long as the attachment duration is short (less than 10-12 hours) you should be GTG with no worries.

Good to hear!

BTW, thanks for the kind words turkeyfeathers. Where do I send the bribe $ ???

Wow, just WOW!

Well, I'm back home in hot Florida (96*) F. YUK! The boss and I did have a very enjoyable meet & greet with dinner with our vertically challenged midget and the Mermaid. Much to my surprise, Pygmy is a true gent who has succeeded in lassoing a fine lady companion! Great time. Thanks Dan! We'll be up in the fall fro hunting... unless I croak first. Hope to see you then. Perhaps a Bambi bashing outing would be in order???!!!

Congrats on a well executed (and successful) hunt.

LOL. A man can never have too many guns!!!

Not good. Virus issues tend to be problematic. Lyme is bad enough. Geez!

Typical New York B.S.

Nice birds! Congrats.

I have never seen a rattlesnake at our place in NY. Here in Florida... that's another story. They are all over. Killed a huge one at Dismal years ago.

Love the 'Mad Dogisms"!!!

Did Pygmy give you permission to use his picture???

I solved my vehicle rust problem years ago... I moved out of snow country! LOL

How about steel? LOL. Just busting' your chops because it's Friday... and I can!

Well, they don't really bury themselves (embed) into your skin. They do, however, insert their mouthparts into the host! So, sleep easy! LOL.

Being an Entomologist, I've worked with ticks for quite awhile. They are interesting little creatures but, alas, the Lyme Disease situation is real and troublesome. The comments on here are interesting and, for the most part, accurate. Using Permethrin is effective... it's what I use. Some other wive's tale repellents (such as the peppermint or citrus oil extracts) are fine, but may be impractical for large scale usage. In my experience, DEET isn't totally effective at tick repellency. Post-outing inspections and hot, soapy showers are definitely suggested.

Nice buck... congrats!

"Told ya, it tastes like chicken"!

Miracle on Ice. Secretariat. The Natural. Cinderella Man. Seabiscuit. Field of Dreams. Open Range.

This ^^^

We have lots of Ospreys around here... must be because all of the lakes! LOL

Sako's are fine rifles! I have a 75 now, and have had 2 85"s (the last was a Finnlight in 7-08). They all shot well and the triggers are fantastic. One of the 85's did have ejection problems whereby ejected shells would bounce of the scope tube and fall back into the action. It would put scratches in the scope tube... which I did not care for. Apparently it was a design issue with the ejector at 6 o'clock instead of being rotated up. I originally used the Optilocks (with the polymer inserts) that worked fine but were heavy. They now have a one piece ringmount available that should be fine. Although the tapered dovetails limit mounting, I never had any movement issues. My 75 currently wears Talley rings and a Swaro scope... it's a great combination. Good luck with that beautiful Sako. I'm sure you will thoroughly enjoy it.

Because it is NY!