[Federal Fusion 308 wanted]

Botach has it. No idea if they ship to NY.

[Anyone hunt small 5 acre size spots]

We used to "hunt" a 2 acre patch of brush immediately behind a house during the firearms season. We wouldn't go near the place during the first week or so while the main woods near there was hunted hard by us and others. The patch would fill up with deer. Since we were within 500 feet of a house on the West side and a trailer park on the North side, the drivers couldn't shoot. We would push it from the East towards the West with a blocker on the North side. Deer that exited the patch to the South ran square into a no win ambush on my in-laws property. Deer that exited West ran across a lawn and crossed the road to run hundreds of yards down a hedge row seeking a large woods. Stander was placed near the end of the hedge near the woods. Deer were usually walking by the time they got there. We stacked them up. One year we figured 27 deer came out of that little patch!

[Remington Firearms moves HQ to Georgia]

Remington Firearms announced today that it was moving it's HQ from Ilion, NY. to LaGrange, Georgia. They intend to invest $100 million in a new manufacturing and research facility. They plan on hiring 586 employees over 5 years. No word on what their plans are for the factory and employees in NY.

[Your thoughts]

Nuisance tags on neighboring farms? Say, within a mile?

 

[What's your guess on weight.]

Back in the day, when the NY southern zone gun season opened on a Monday and the PA bear season opened on a Saturday, I would travel to Wellsboro  (Gaines before that) to observe the fun and games at the bear check station. PA bear hunters are required to take their harvested bears to a check station within 24 hours of harvest. There wildlife technicians weigh the bear, pull a tooth for aging, determine the sex of the bear and sometimes do parasite studies. Wardens check hunters license and the determine GPS coordinates of each kill. Some harvest data is posted on a whiteboard so the public can see what has been brought in. Most bears are brought to the check station in the back of a pick-up where they are weighed on a tripod scale in full view of the public. Many people venture guess as to the weigh and most are quite wrong. I have probably observed the weighing of at least a hundred bears over the years, I still can't guess their weight. Smallest bear I observed weighed 28lbs and largest 640 lbs. Most weigh between 100-150lbs. My (bad) guess for the pictured bear would be 350-400lbs. The really big ones stomachs are close to the ground.

Didn't go last year due to the Cuomo-19 virus. No idea what PA has planned for this years check stations.

[Plugged Firearm Barrel?]

I knew a guy in high school that fired his Ithaca Deerslayer with snow in the barrel. I wasn't with him when he did it, but I saw the results. End of his barrel liked just like a trumpet!

[Chimney repair questions]

If your furnace is that old I would take a hard look at it's efficiency. Some years ago I replaced a 25 year old fuel oil furnace with high efficiency propane furnace (no NG lines in that area). The old furnace was maybe 65% efficient and the new one was 97% efficient. I also replaced an ancient propane hot water heater with a high efficiency one. My fuel costs went from $4K annually to $1.7K per year. To be fair, these changes were not done in a vacuum. I added insulation, upgraded a few windows, and changed fuel vendors. And yes, I torn down the 60 year old chimney.

[9mm carbine for deer ?]

For what it is worth, here is my experience with a 9mm for deer. I had the unfortunate experience of hitting a medium sized doe with my pickup truck some years ago. I hit the doe broadside and  caused $4,300 worth of damage to the truck. The accident did not  kill the doe, but her pelvis was broken and she could not stand. She was laying in a ditch with her head up when the Sheriff's Deputy took dead aim on the top of her skull from about 10 inches away and fired his 9mm. He did not miss. Doe dropped it's head for a moment and then it popped right back up. Deputy shot a second time and that one killed the doe instantly. Don't know what he was using for loads, but I was not impressed.

[New DEC Proposal]

Don't like the idea of a confusing patchwork of open and closed counties. Keep it simple stupid!

 

[Ammo]

Buddy scored 3 boxes of Winchester "Deer Season" .308 cal. 150 grain at the Ithaca WalMart the other day. $26/box. He said they also had a large amount of .270.

[Federal Fusion 25-06]

Are those rounds lead free?

 

[Pandora's Box Has Opened On All Gun Manufacturers]

Maybe. Maybe not. Defendants regularly settle cases to make them go away. All depends on the terms of the settlement. I don't see anything in the news article stating that Remington has admitted anything, I only see the financial side which Remington might see as a "win".

[Looking to trade .270]

Wally World in Watkins Glen had .270 on the shelf the other day. Limit one box. I don't know if they have any left and I also don't know how many grains. 

 

[Lifetime license]

Of course I haven't received mine yet. Last year I had to go to wally world (in September) to have them printed off. They  also printed new DMP's which I wasn't entitled to. It took the ECO from region 8 two trips to my place and hours on the phone to get it straightened out with Albany. He told me every time DEC rebids the license contract they choose the lowest bidder and the results suck. Hope this year goes better, but it would be less than honest if I said my expectations were high.

[Ruger hiring people and they are getting desperate]

Ruger also has production facilities in North Carolina, Connecticut, New Hampshire as well as Arizona. As far as affecting product quality, I don't know what they make in Prescott. Last Ruger rifle I bought was manufactured in NC.

[Acorns?]

The oaks in the pics that I posted in June have leafed out and are starting to look "normal".

[First Critter with which Implement ...]

I think I remember them all:

Winchester model 69A .22      first squirrel, rabbit, woodchuck, opposum, ratsI

Western Field model 550 20 ga. with C-Lect choke (Mossburg 500)  ruffled grouse  (never should have sold this gun)!

Ithaca Deerslayer model 37 slug barrel  deer. coyote, raccoon, red fox

Ithaca 37  modified barrel   pheasant, crow, Canada goose, turkey

Hi Standard ,22 semi auto pistol     mongoose

Winchester    30-06 bolt action rifle  hog   (borrowed from friend)

Remington 870  20ga. morning dove, rattlesnake

 

[King andy declares gun state of emergency.]

He is giving people the right to sue gun manufacturers. This will affect all gun owners eventually. Since NY recently took your ability to manufacture your own guns (it's now a felony to manufacture or possess a "ghost" gun in NY), how in hell are you going to legally get a firearm?

[Leupold scope coming in the mail]

I have a 2x fixed power Leupold scope which has seen heavy use since 1969. Zero problems. So, bought another Leupold late last November similar to yours in 2.5X 10. Has features I don't use, I do better when I keep things simple. I have taken it the a range several times with no issues, no woods time...........yet.

[Acorns?]

This years gypsy month infestation is the worst in decades. Late June and these oaks are barren. Can't imagine they will produce any acorns this year. Pics are from the Watkins Glen area. I hope other areas of the state haven't been hit as hard.

[Bear spotted.....]

There are areas where the bear population is nowhere near carrying capacity. Areas where their stated goal is to limit the population at current levels. From a conservation standpoint, why do we have bear seasons in areas where bears haven't been legally harvested in at least 100 years? IMHO, bears should be protected in these areas so that populations can be allowed to expand. If they used the same logic on moose as they do on bears, we would have a moose season in the Adirondacks!

[Bear spotted.....]

While on one hand many hunters would love to see bear numbers increase in NY, the DEC's bear "management" plan does not advocate for bear population increases anywhere in NY. SAD!

[Ammo]

Remington and Federal are owned by the same group.

[Bag Limit For Whitetail?]

During the January season one could legally take 2 doe per day in the Tompkins County Deer Management Focus area. That would add another 46 to the aforementioned bag limit!

[America's Most Ineffective Deer Management Program]

So..............Back to the original thread. I worked on the Cornell University campus from 1979 until my retirement in 2009. I watched the campus deer population explode and it was mostly because of societal changes. Back in the day, deer were hardly ever seen on campus and then usually in the dead of night or during the rut. Dogs on the other hand, were every where. As long as they didn't bite anyone they were allowed to run free. Students would bring them to class and leave them outside to play with the other pooches. Eventually, the policy changed and dogs had to be on a leash, often tied to campus landscape while the folks attended class. The CU Grounds Department successfully advocated for the removal of such dogs and the deer took over the landscape. By 2008 the sterilization program had started and 130+ class bucks were visible tending does for hours at a time on campus lawns!  I honestly believe that a program of harrassing the deer population with dogs would have significantly reduced the campus deer population.