Elmo

I've looked into it before. It's only a pistol range and .22 rimfire rifles. It's expensive as far as range prices go. http://westsidepistolrange.com/

One person I talked to told me it shook so hard, stuff was falling off her office desk. Another person I talked to that was exactly 12 city blocks away did not feel a thing.

I forgot my phone at home in the Bronx today so during lunch, I decided to go home to grab it. I felt nothing but all of a sudden I kept getting tons of messages about it. Everyone in the office felt it. What timing, huh?

Another option is used guns on online auctions. Here's my experience with used online auctions. I used auctionarms.com My first bid was for a Savage Model 12 FVSS with a Choate Ultimate Varmint Stock chambered in .223. I won the bid at $400. The next day, the seller and I exchanged emails and agreed on payment process and a FFL. I mailed him a bank check. I emailed them back a couple of days later to see he received my check. He emailed me back saying he was at a shooting competition in San Diego but he'll have someone in the shop call me. I received a call an hour later from someone at the shop and they told me that the mail man just dropped it off and so they're going to ship it out immediately. I received the rifle two days later. I called Savage Arms and gave them serial number to the rifle and they confirmed that it is indeed the rifle the seller claimed it to be. Everyone I show the gun to told me how great of a rifle it is (FFL, the range master). When I told them I only paid $400 for it from an auction site, their jaws literally dropped! Great product. Great service. Great experience. Second experience with online auction. I then won a bid for a scope to go with that gun. I ended up winning at pretty much as much as the scope is worth so I didn't really save anything but it still is a brand new scope and not used. I sent my payment the next day via PayPal. After a week, I never heard from the guy so I sent an email. No response. I called and left a voicemail. No response. I called again and left another voicemail. No response. I emailed again threatening to ask PayPal to recover my payments. He replied that he's sure he had already sent my scope but he can't check until he gets back in a week because he's on vacation. I waited slightly more than a week and emailed him again. He a couple of days later saying that it had indeed been sent and gave me the tracking number which I demanded. I checked the tracking number, it was sent the day of his last email. I ended up receiving the scope 5 weeks after I had paid for it.

I'm also a second year hunter so take my advice with a grain of salt but here's my points: 1. Best advice I heard from this forum is get the one that feels the best in your hand. When I was deciding on my rifles, I eliminated certain ones just because their handles were too skinny, the forend didn't feel sturdy, it felt too light/cheap, etc. 2. The prices you've quoted are significantly lower than the listed MSRP. So much so that it seems fishy to me. Are they used guns? 3. Add me in with the Remington 700 camp. I bought the 700 VTR in .308 and can't be happier. The only thing I wish it had was a box magazine but I just didn't like the look of the 700 BDL. Yes, the way a gun looks factored into my buying experience as well. Sue me. 4. Everything you've quoted was in the $500 range so I'm assuming that's your budget. Check out the Thompson/Center Venture. I heard so many great things about that gun. 5. Why a semi-auto shotgun? If money is an issue, you can get a pump action for much less than the semi-auto counter-parts. If you really want to dig low, a lot of gun shops that are affilliated with law enforcement has used Mossberg 500's for sale. I have been told that semi-auto has extra moving parts that can go wrong and thus not as reliable as simpler guns resulting in more jams (particularly in colder weather) if not properly maintained. Again, take my advice with a grain of salt. This was something that was advised to me from multiple "experts" and it seems to make sense.

On Friday, I got my sportman's license (small game, big game, fishing) and won 2 DMPs. I left them in my shorts and my girlfriend did the laundry today. Needless to say, the tags got ruined. Now I need to replace them. I checked the DEC site and it said $5 per license type (so $15 total for small game, big game, and fishing). Then $10 per carcass tag set. Does that mean $10 for each carcass? Because that's buck, bow/muzzleloader, bear, and 2 DMP. That's 5 tags at $10 each or $50 total . Add the $15 for a grand total of $65! That's more than what I paid initially! Did I do the math right? I can replace the DMPs right?

I just stumbled on this British show. Apparently, it's been on for 5 seasons now. It's really more of a cooking show but Gordon Ramsay goes out and hunts/catches a lot of the food he cooks in the show which I thought was interesting. Warning: I think he named the show "The F-Word" because of the amount of time he drops the F-bomb in the show.

Ha...we're all wrong. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-buzz/post/mysterious-creature-trapped-in-md/2011/08/16/gIQAgWUuIJ_blog.html

Look at the google images. The real name is actually "Peruvian Inca Orchid" and there's actually 2 versions. A haired version which is the one I saw and pictured I posted and a true hairless version. The truely hairless one are skinny and looks like a black hairless greyhound of sorts. Apparently there's also ones with a lighter skin color.

Me and my bro got both our selections: 3P = Yes X2 3M = Yes X2 I hope I don't waste it (as in scoring these tags and not harvesting any this year).

This should be the right one: http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/10/15/t_lkr_blue/overview/Loctite-Threadlocker-Blue-242.htm

Theres a coon in the pic, just hard to see Oh snap! Sneaky little bugger! I had to stare at it for a while to see him.

Last one is definitely a coyote. What's odd is the first pictures. Something set the camera off but there's nothing there. I say ghost.

Doewacker, don't think haven't already thought of that. It changes every year since their calendar doesn't exactly align with the Julian calendar which is the one everyone here in the state uses. This year works out well for me for the most part but as an example, Yon Kippur falls on a Saturday this year which does me no good. Next year, it might fall on a Tuesday or something like that.

Here's the guy I met in Peru.

Since I work for a Jewish-religious institution, I basically only work Mondays, Tuesdays, and half day Wednesdays during the first 3 weeks of this October due to Rosh Hashanah and Succoth. Unfortunately this is before deer season so I guess a lot of squirrels and hopefully a coyote or two will be in my future.

I know it's not exactly the same topic but I think it relates if used as an example. When I was learning photography, I was advised to use an old Nikon FM10. This is a old style camera replicating cameras from the 70's. Not a single bit of electronics in that camera. To take pictures on it I had to adjust everything manually for every shot. This forced me to used every bit of my skill to produce a quality picture since there was no technology to assist me. Some of the best pictures I've taken was with that camera even compared to the ones I take now with equipment that cost thousands of dollars. Moral is, you don't need fancy equipment to shoot well. If you want to shoot better (camera, rifle, bow) you have to practice, practice, and practice.

So we'll assume #5 will be #1 tonight Yeah, it was suppose to be the night before. She's been complaining that I've spent too much time lately on #1 and #2. But by the time I logged off HuntingNY, she was already passed out. Go figure.

It's a Peruvian Hairless Dog. Saw one at a nature center during my trip to Peru a couple of years ago. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=emsp&cp=11&gs_id=z&xhr=t&q=peruvian+hairless+dog&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS425&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1157&bih=804&wrapid=tljp1313760762970018&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

Hilarious!

Sam, Haven't made it out to Sterling all summer. I don't hunt muzzleloader. Just regular rifle/shotgun. If things go well (meaning money to buy a bow and get some range time in), I might try bowhunting this year but I don't plan on it. Odds are, bowhunting for me won't start till next year.

That is awesome!

Things on my mind in order of frequency: 1. Hunting. 2. Giants football. 3. Project due 8/26. 4. My large pile of debt I'm accumulating. 5. If my girlfriend will be in the mood tonight since she passed out early last night. 6. Fantasy football draft. 7. Up coming mini-trip to San Diego in late September.

Ditto. The only time I'm not thinking about opening day is when I'm having sex.

Welcome. What a coincidence. I also started last year by hunting small game at Sterling.