WNYBuckHunter

True. Might be an interesting question to email the DEC with.

Archery is all about consistency, both in form and equipment. 70 grains of difference is going to affect accuracy in a pretty big way. Last year I moved from 100 to 125 grain broadheads and at 30 yards, it was a 2" difference. Thats only 25 grains coming off of a bow that is 300fps.

Would it be legal to hunt with in NY? A laser painting the target, etc? I dont think it would be.

I have a dehumidifier for sale, it works great. Has a stain on the bottom plastic, not sure if it will clean off or not. Comes from a smoke free home. $150 obo

I dont think so. Its not just illegal to sell them, its illegal to buy them.

Great bird! 23 points!

Shoulda taken it home and hatched it lol

Do you guys honestly think this rifle will be allowed for hunting use? Really? Its neat, yes, but most likely will not see hunting duty anytime in the foreseeable future.

They have been running these stings since the safe act was signed in. There have been arrests.

No doubt about that! Im hoping just to get one this year so I can enjoy a similar reward! My daughter and I picked a bunch of leeks this morning while we were out. Gonna go on homemade pizza tonight! Enjoy your turkey!

Did you just say "mint" geno? Hahahaha, classic! I havent heard that in a long time!

Congrats! Great bird! 23 points!

Congrats grow! 17 points for a contest total of 31!

Without technology, this country wouldnt exist.

I was able to get out to turkey hunt for a few hours this morning with my daughter, and man, was it a great time! The first spot we went to was where I figured the birds were roosting, based on where I had heard them roosting last year. We got in just at dawn and sat for about an hour. We heard some calls coming from the other side of the ravine soon after we got there, and it sounded like they were heading away from us, toward a recently plowed up corn field. I decided to head up to the corner of the plowed field, and we slowly walked that way along the edges of the rye fields. When we were about 100 yards from the corner i wanted to sit in, we heard hens calling, and some gobbling, which got both of us excited. I peered past the hedgerow up ahead, and sure enough, there were birds in the field! We slowly made our way to the hedgerow, as some of the birds were heading away from us. I saw a couple of jakes or toms across the field, and about 6 hens closer to us. We sat down and I started lightly calling. A hen poped up fraom a swail about 35 yards out and hung around picking for bugs for about 15 minutes. I wanted to get around to face a different direction, so I took the opportunity of the birds being gone to move to the next tree over, which gave me a way better view of the field and corner. I started a little light calling and all of a sudden a deer popped out about 30 feet away from us. It was a decent sized buck with about 2 or 3 inches of antler already. He turned toward us and got to within 15 feet before he spotted my daughter when she turned her head. He stood there for a few seconds and took off as another deer popped out where he had come from. 5 minutes later a squirrel hopped up on a tree about 4 feet from us, and sat there looking at us, trying to figure out what we were. Within a couple of minutes after he had left, I heard some rustling behind us and turned to see a big hen about 15 feet away. I told my daughter not to move and as I was trying to see if there were any other birds there, i felt my daughter nudge me. I turned and she whispered "Dad, theres a big coyote right there!" I turned my head and sure enough, there was a big yote crouched down about 15 feet in front of my daughter. I got my gun up off of my lap and it turned and took off. I looked back and the turkey was gone as well. That was about as much as my daughter could take for the morning, so we headed out, stopping to dig out some leeks on the way to the truck. No turkey coming home with us, but the leeks will be great on our homemade pizza tonight, and my daughter got to see her first turkeys and first coyote out in the field. She was more than happy with the morning, and I am happy as well. Some good memories made, and thats what really counts! Hopefully Ill get back to that spot before the season is out.

Cool pics. I see them quite often in the Livingston/Ontario county areas as well.

A couple of the guys that bought trees from the same order as I did didnt cage their trees when they planted them. They all got destroyed by the deer already. Not sure if I want to take the cages down at all for a few years.

We have that site and a couple of others in a thread pinned to the top of this section. I like reading lots of reviews, and reporting on my experience with gear. I read the reviews on the DLCs on the major sites but didnt make the jump until I read what one of the members here had to say about them. His personal experience was the kick over the edge for me.

Well, I ended up grabbing one of the 2013 models, which are HD video with sound and 12 mp. Both should be going into the woods this weekend. Both will be using the same brand batteries and the same brand and size memory cards, so it should be a pretty fair comparison.

Which defeats the point of carrying in the first place. You cant tell someone to wait a second so you can rack a round. Mine is almost always carried with one in the chamber and the hammer uncocked. All I have to do is cock, unlock and pull the trigger. Most guys wont even carry the way I do, they are always cocked and locked.

Ive seen them listed in the NYODN, but I believe they get them from the DEC site. You have to keep checking back, as it gets updated as they are scheduled. You could also call around to your local gun clubs, or maybe your DEC regional office.

All we need now are trail cam pics from the feeders!

I carry most of the time, doesnt matter if Im in a "bad part of town" or not, and alot of it is pocket carry. If you dont have a holster, dont put anything other than the gun in your pocket. I can imagine he probably had his keys or something in there that caught the trigger and boom. I pocket carry sometimes with no holster, and its no problem as long as the gun is the only thing in there.

Im gonna have to try this. Sounds great, thanks for the recipe bud!

Holy cow, I havent updated this in a while. Back in March I ended up going out shed hunting a couple of times and found one little 3 point. I dont have any pics of it, as the camera on my phone died a while back. Since then, its been all yard work and helping my mom move, so I havent gotten out to do anything. I wanted to get out shed hunting more, but no such luck. Im hoping to get out turkey hunting once or twice before the season ends, but its not looking very promising for this year.