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This is a lie. If they were really looking for input they would let all stakeholders participate! Instead they will send out their surveys according to some libtard formula (DEC probably paid Cornell to come up with it). I would be willing to bet that less than 10% of the people on this forum will receive a survey. So, if you have an opinion, DEC probably isn't going to get it.

NYS banned nunchucks in 1974. Federal Judge Pamela Chen recently invalidated NY's law ruling that their use/possession was protected under the 2nd amendment and the right to self defense. Judge Chen is an Obama appointee and her district is in Brooklyn. Go figure. Good to see judges that actually follow the constitution and Supreme Court decisions. http://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/nyregion/nunchuks-ban-overturned-new-york.html

I've been trying to find out the disposition of the charges against him. No luck so far. My research indicates the slobs name is Loren G La Bombard. So, Loren, here is your 10 minutes of fame. I mean shame!

He is facing three charges: 1) illegal taking of protected wildlife , penalty could be up to a $250 fine or up to 15 days in jail or both 2) illegal taking of wild birds, penalty could be up to a $250 fine or up to 15 days in jail or both 3) illegal taking of a bald eagle, penalty for a first offense is up to a $5,000 fine or up to 90 days in jail or both I hope the town justice makes an example of him!

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Video is almost 13 minutes. It would be better without the middle section and reduced in length to 6 minutes or so. Nice buck? yes. Huge? Not really!

Update: the investigation has determined that the dog ran towards a bear with cubs and that the woman tried to retrieve her dog. Bear attacked both. Dog distracted the bear long enough for the woman to crawl back to her house.

Dog is reported to be a chihuahua mix. Don't know if the bear attacked the woman and her dog came to her defense or if the bear first attacked the dog and she tried to defend him. To bad she didn't have a real dog like an Airedale.

http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2018/12/woman-critically-injured-in-pennsylvania-bear-attack.html

Niece lives in Cortland County. I have a friend/contractor that lives in Schuyler County and swears by his co-op (this is not the same one that the niece belongs to). If there is one in your area, you should be able to find it with an internet search.

If it were me I would check to see if there is a propane "co-op" in your area. Not available in the county that I live in, but I know a couple people in other counties that belong to co-ops and could not be more pleased. Wife's niece owns 1000 gallon tank and buys years worth of propane each summer when the price is low. They heat their house, pool, water and cook with propane. Her unit price is a fraction of what I pay.

There are on going trap/radio collar studies being conducted in Michigan's UP to better understand seasonal deer movements. According to the UP Whitetails Association website, one group of deer traveled 14 miles in one night. They say most of their deer migrate 28 to 32 miles from their summer and winter ranges. They have documented a few deer migrating as far as 60 miles!

We almost made it through the gun season without one. http://www.mytwintiers.com/news/local-news/lockwood-man-shoots-friend-in-hunting-accident-now facing-manslaughter-charges/1651288591

I take one for the freezer off of my 38 acres which is about all we need for the year. Anything after that is gifted to relatives or donated to the venison coalition. I could probably take 20 a year and it wouldn't make a difference to the local population. The two parcels to my west (excellent whitetail habitat) total 209+ acres and they don't allow any hunting. During the gun season most of "my" deer spend the daylight hours on those neighboring properties and cruise my property at night. So, it is hard to make the case that hunting is controlling the deer population in my area. The first week of November I saw 8 different bucks visiting a scrape on my back lawn! I do not doubt that there are bucks that die of old age on those neighboring properties.

I am not looking to start a discussion about climate change or global warming with any of the sky is falling types out there, but I think it is very note worthy that this year is my 50TH year hunting deer in NY and it is the only year where we have had snow cover on each and every day of the regular season! We used to feel lucky to hunt one or two days in the snow. As I get old I can't tolerate the cold like I used to. I don't know how much of this "global warming" I can take.

On two occasions I have shot coyotes at first light and taken bucks from the same stand later the same morning. If you have a concentration of coyotes in the area the deer will move out for a few days. Because you have half a small deer left I have to believe that you have a limited yote population feeding at that location. A large pack of yotes can clean up a small deer in a day or less. Then again, you may have multiple gut piles in your greater area, so the yotes are probably fat and happy.

The DEC personnel that inspect teeth are usually biologist ageing the deer- They aren't the enforcement types.

Your stand is much higher than mine!

I live in an area where farms are going out, but I have no doubt that almost every deer visits the few remaining corn fields on a regular basis. I set up as much as 1,000 yards from the nearest cornfield, but I have had great luck intercepting bucks returning from their nightly visits to the fields as they head to their bedding areas. In my area their is no area where there is "no corn for miles". I checked the area of my last gut pile this afternoon. The yotes had even removed a pair of bloody latex gloves which I had inadvertently left behind. Sometimes they leave the stomach pouch, but I couldn't find it. I would probably have a hard time convincing a LEO that I really gutted a deer there! I don't think their finding a little blood or hair would be evidence of baiting. BTW, I never (EVER) gut my deer anywhere near the kill site. Why would I purposely draw yotes into a prime deer area?

Assuming that I stay in NY...….I will be popping 3 pear and 3 more apples trees in my back yard. I will also be making some travel lanes by removing some culled trees that are acting as a fence near one of my prime areas.

If asked by a LEO to see a gut pile I would probably laugh my butt off. Such a waste of time. Yotes/foxes remove almost 100% of the evidence overnight. Perhaps there would be a few spots of blood left- nothing left from the doe I harvested last week due the heavy rain and 14 inches of snow melt. For what it's worth, every deer I have ever checked, (either accidently or on purpose) has had corn in it. And no, I have never baited.

DEC aged this buck at 2.5 years. (Of course some of us knew this). LOL

While I disagree with almost everything you say, I can see that the NY you live in isn't the NY I live in. You are happy that you can concealed carry every day. I can't do that in the county I live in. The judges here will issue a restricted permit here, but unless your job requires concealed carry (LEO's and security work) you have virtually NO CHANCE of obtaining a CC here. Crime is rampant here. There are two separate unsolved murders within two miles of my place. A neighbor was the victim of an armed (illegal handgun) home invasion by a druggie after cash for his next fix. The State Police swat team recently raided a house within 500 yards of my place and arrested the occupants for heroin sale and possession. Meth use is rampant. I have traveled all 50 states and the drug problem here is as bad as any place except maybe some inner cities. If it sounds like I live in some big city, I don't. I live in a rural township of about 4,000 people. The statement that " Your real estate is worth more here than anywhere else" might be true where you live, but that's not the case here. This year the assessed value of my land was reduced from $2,000/acre to $1,400/acre. My land sits on top of 700+ feet of natural gas bearing shale and there is Trenton/Black River gas below that. Thanks to King Andy's fracking ban and my local township's ban on mineral exploration my mineral rights are worth nothing. I would be lucky to sell my place period, let alone get a good buck for it. There are places in the South that have deer, bear, turkeys and yes: brook, brown and rainbow trout. And no Cuomo!

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if you think that because you don't care about semi's and pistols you will be isolated from the coming gun restrictions you are horribly mistaken. Andrew has already promised a "red flag" law (the courts will take your guns at the drop of a hat if they think you are a danger) , you can expect to see gun storage laws where you will be expected to keep your guns under lock and key, you may be required to have liability insurance on your guns, you may be required to register that bolt action, and how do background checks on ammo purchases sound? Andy has also promised a ban on bump stocks. I'm sure they have other tricks up there sleeves. You can bet some of this stuff will be on the books by the end of January.

I gave this one 2 free passes. I have more interesting deer on my hit list. He wasn't so lucky today. He walked out of my woods and made it about 50ft. before my neighbor promptly nailed him.