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when I shot my NH moose in 2004 we hunted up around pittsburgh NH. back then you had to attend a moose hunting seminar that gave information on hunting and field care. it also went over how to retrieve the reproductive organs if you had a cow or either sex tag. if you shot a cow moose when you went to the check station you had to have those organs and you also had to give exact kill location. You do NOT need a guide in NH or Maine. You CAN quarter the moose to get it out. Do your homework if you get drawn, you can do scouting at your desk even more so today than back in 2004. most importantly be properly prepared with tools when you are successful. the fun is over when you pull the trigger. my buddy insisted on driving that day and ended up not having a single tool in the truck so we couldnt take the cap off. you can not even imagine what 800lbs of dead weight is like trying to get into the back of a truck. i was so dehydrated and sore I could barely get out of truck at the check station the next morning. shot the moose at 3:10 pm got to the check station at 10 am the following day and did not go back to the motel first. take an extra $200.00 with you and if you shoot one go find a logger to use his skidder.

I bought an aqua vu 715c 3 weeks ago and have been using it ice fishing. UNREAL! an absolute blast fishing with that camera. if your quick enough you can pull the jig away from the dinks and catch the bigger fish. biggest advantage is it leaves no doubt how the fish want the bait presented. either deadsticked or slow jigging or fast jigging. you also get to see what is there for structure. its like looking at the fish in an aquarium. lol. my buddy climbed in my 2 man hut the other day and within 15 minutes he was online ordering the same camera. I am anxious to try it out on the boat that should be a blast.

the amount of racism in this thread is to be quite honest sickening to read! I would bet that if some of these things were said about other races of people this thread would of been locked and or gone by now! there is also a LOT of mis information being posted. The amish folks DO pay taxes! local, state, federal. the ONLY tax they do not pay is social security because they do NOT draw on it. they most certainly DO pay school taxes, and they do not utilize much if any of the school system. the amish charge what they feel their work is worth, most people have no idea how much work goes into the things they build, and to be honest most english "carpenters and or cabinet makers" could not build comparable products by using the tools the amish folks use. no matter what people think they are no different than any other race of humans, there are good ones and bad ones. this is 1 poaching incident, how many English folks got caught poaching this season, the reason this is such a big deal is because of the size of the buck, no matter what race or religion the poacher is irrelevant they are simply a person that got caught poaching.

But less than 3 inches qualifies for an antlerless tag. Lol Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

Mom brought some pics up to camp and when I ran across this one it brought tears to my eyes. I had shot a nice 8 point with the bow the evening prior to this hunt and shortly after I killed a Jake. I allowed the birds to fly up and snuck out at dark so I could get dad to be there while I tracked my buck even though I watched him drop. We found the deer gutted him and before we headed down the hill I told dad I wanted to flush the birds so I could bring him back in the morning. Got a good scatter and we were back before the tree talk started in the morning. I started them up with a fly down into an assembly call. Soon there were birds talking every where and a hand full were closing the distance. I saw this Jake sneaking along the hill kee kee calling as he came in. When he got to 20 yards I told dad to shoot him first chance BOOOOM he got. Lol. This was his first ever turkey and sadly his only 1. The following fall I had scattered birds came and got dad. Went back set up and I had birds talking all around us. I heard something sneaking in behind us and when I turned around there was a guy with a shotgun shouldered pointed right at me....to say there was a profanity laced statement made would be an understatement. The guy had the balls to say you sound just like a real turkey with that call. Dad said he was done hunting and when we got back he said please don't ask me to go again as after this incident I will never turkey hunt again and he never did. But he never forgot his only bird and often told people about the hunt. Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

My pleasure Brian. My only regret was I didn't get to use any of my truckload of toys. Lol just kidding. Always best to be able to drive it out as its less likely to cause damage. I ain't gonna lie that machine is HEAVY. Lol. It did walk right out once you got up on fresh ground which was a good thing. Thanks for the conversation as well, it's been a rough week for sure. I did get my pa buck butchered and ended up with 78 lbs of deboned meat, cooked up a back strap steak that was just melt in your mouth delicious. Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

Don't know how well this is going to go but. I will give it a try. Life has been crazy busy since spring and although I've checked in I've not posted for a number of reasons. Hunting season arrived way too fast and had to do a lot to make the time to prep camp for the PA youth hunt. 3 of the kids arrived wed. Afternoon and were all ready to hit the woods Thursday morning. The 4th youth was on her way with her dad and by the time they arrived at noon the other kids all had adult doe's hanging in my Kubota barn. Abby had just turned 7 a few weeks prior and had been doing great on the target range. We set up a blind in mom and dads back yard and brushed it in good. 10 minutes before end of shooting time I heard her .223 savage bark and we were 4 for 4 with the kids. My dad was having the time of his life with all the kids and listened intently as each one told him their story. We had a great camp meal with everyone gathered around the table. While the guys were here we moved one of our tractors up to the shop to see what was wrong with it. By the end of the weekend I had the tractor split and the motor on my engine stand as it was set up so tight it wouldn't turn over. So first weekend of Nov we came back and brought judys son as dad wanted me to build a trolley system in the shop. Got that all done before he had to go back to my sun. Am. Monday am it was pouring rain so I sat in the barn and passed a nice 9 at 7 yards...the rain bothered me more than anything as he met the spread rule. Tuesday am was met again with rain and once again he came through the barnyard. Tuesday evening it had quit raining and I passed a nice 2.5 chocolate rack 7 point. When I got back judy said dad wasn't feeling right so I walkked downn to the house and knew immediately something was wrong. We finally convinced him that we needed to go to the hospital. My worst fears came true when I saw the film and saw he has developed a brain bleed. By 4 am we had him in icu and resting comfortable. I got back to camp in time to shower and go climb in my pasture stand. As I set there I had a million things going through my mind, most of which I knew I had to accept but certainly did not want to accept. About 650 am I turned to look in the barnyard and here he comes. He crossed the road and entered the pasture on the other side of my island. A spike had walked under me as the bigger buck was walking parallel to the fence and just before he cleared the brushy island I eased to full draw and when he stepped out I uuurpped to stop him at 8 yards and he locked on the spike who turned and started walking towards him. At the shot he just stood there for several seconds even though I watched the arrow go through him. He finally bolted up the hill but I could see the red circle getting bigger. As he hit the top horse trail and turned south I saw him cartwheel over. Tthe flood of emotions hit me like a freight train as I knew this would be the first pa buck in the last 38 years that I wouldn't go get dad to be there when we tracked it. Ther last 7 days have been a real struggle. My dad never wanted any invasive care nor ever wanted to be a burden to anyone. He wanted to come home last week and we made that happen last Friday. I got to spend time with him and had a really good talk on Sunday afternoon. He got a huge smile when I told him the buck we saw last Sunday was hanging in the Kubota barn. He knew that buck was in trouble lol. My dad passed peacefully yesterday morning. His final wishes were granted. I owe the world to him and his passing has left a hole in me that can not ever will be refilled. From starting out hunting to through ems up to being a paramedic acls certification.. He was a leader a mentor a supervisor but most of all not only my best hunting buddy but he was my dad. God speed medic 25 we will take it from here, all I ask is keep a good tree stand location open for me when I join you. Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

for the internet game wardens where we were hunting was clarified before I ever left camp.

Addison just got her bird a bearded hen that strutted and spit drummed all the way in. Tough to tell a 9 year old not to shoot a legal bird Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

1 down 1 to go Gotta run and get Addison now. Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

we put 7 longbeards, 3 jakes, 6 hens to bed last night. gonna see if we can get Gavin a bird first then take Addison after that. would like to take them both at the same time but having a 9 and 11 yr. old in the blind is like having 2 wet cats in a burlap bag. lol. bring on the PA youth hunt! Good luck everyone!!!

I got that pic in a text yesterday lol. while true we wont have skeeters to worry about we still have to guard against the ticks as they will still be out.

From the things I have read the hand loads like a more open choke and the factory loads like a tighter constriction choke. Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

we tried everything to keep the deer out of the garden. It was getting hit nightly so I hung up a tee shirt I had worn for the day and that put an end to the deer coming into the garden at night. I would swap it out after 3 days or after a rain.

My pattern target at a 40 yard measured distance a couple weeks ago. 3.5 inch tss 7. 2.25 oz. Mossy 835 with comp n choke. Tf how was the recoil or were you shooting a semi? Sent from my LGL58VL using Tapatalk

there is more area around the target than on the target

when and if it ever gets classified as an archery weapon for use through the archery season they archery safety course will likely still be required just as it is today for a new archery tag purchaser.

something about crossbows not being a legal hunting implement and they had to have 3 years of usage data to get the proper classroom material gathered to implement it into the current archery safety course...or something along those lines was how it was explained. I know 4 people that when and or if it ever gets full inclusion and the archery safety is required they will not be hunting with it in the archery season. they simply bought one to take advantage of the free 2 weeks.

care to share where there is credible evidence of this "switch"? I know a lot of pa bow hunters that still carry a vertical bow and I see far more carrying a vertical bow in and out of the woods than a crossbow. while since its inception it had generated more archery tag sales it has also brought along quite a bit of dissension between archery/crossbow/rifle hunters.

never used snow camo but I have killed a few ny gobblers in may with snow on the ground. i don't remember what years, I know one was on mothers day in the mid 90's and I think the other one was early 2000's one year it was mid to upper 80s may 1 and the next year there was snow on the ground may 1 or visa versa

restraining orders and oops are handed out like tic tacs anymore. marriages fail for many different reasons and no matter how young or old you are or how well you THINK you know your spouse or believe that your spouse would never swear out a oop on you and no matter how long you were married or not even married or even in a "relationship" with a person If you even for 1 second think that it wont happen to you personally you are living in a fantasy world. no matter what the circumstances for the ending of a relationship things happen and when you get vindictive lawyers involved ANYTHING can happen! It HAS happened even before this bill was presented I personally know several people that never once raised a hand to their spouse but were slapped with oop's and were made to give up their guns ALL of them including muzzleloaders. This bill is just another backdoor way of confiscation of guns. I am 100% for actual abusers to loose their firearm rights but not for 100% oop issuance to be the sole gauge of said loss.

will get the season started on 4/21 in pa with gavin on the gun. was at our normal youth season farm before daylight this morning and heard 18 different gobblers 7 rat pack jakes were making it hard to pick out good birds but there were 2 at one end of the hidden field that are likely the ones I was watching back in dec. all I need to do is put eyes on them to confirm they are the same birds. I hit 2 more properties just after daylight and saw 10 different longbeards and twice as many jakes along with piles of deer. Judy did her scouting from the porch at camp lol. we took a ride about 7pm and saw 131 deer. hope to be back the 28th to 30th in pa then back to NY. just depends on what my scouting reveals,,,,,,thus far its revealed a sizable march mortality rate around our area. The birds were stressed somewhat towards the last week of feb. then we got that heavy wet snow and then cold temps that turned it to ice snow. I was watching 1 flock of 11 birds all winter its now down to 4, the brood hen 2 of her jennies and 1 jake the other 7 were found in the area they have been roosting all fall and winter.

as others have said I will hunt until I can no longer get around. dad is 83 and he still hunts, not like he used to but he still goes out, still climbs trees but with his medical issues he can not take the cold. Him not hunting bothers me far more than it bothers him because he has always been my idol. He taught me the basics many many moons ago and I took it from there, what bothers me the most is that he was the most health conscious person I ever knew, never smoked, never drank a drop of alcohol i could not even fathom a guess to how many miles we have walked in our lifetime. But no matter the past he has been dealing with health issues that have taken some wind out of his sails. we are headed to camp today as we have some work that needs done and dad has come down with the shingles. He called me yesterday and one of our horses was standing on my porch looking for horse treats lol. ole bo knows those treats come outa that door so he was waiting on my porch. So I am going to run electric out to the fence and get the fencer hooked up. also need to do some tractor work since dad informed me that he tried to get the rear wheel and fender off my most used tractor and seeing how he couldn't get the bolts loose he cut them all off with the cutting torch......his cure for everything that wont come loose back to the question at hand, hunt as long as you can, heck I know a lot of folks that have hunted well into their 90's they just hunted differently than they did when they were in their 20's

congrats sir, great career in a great profession. in that line of work you are bound to acquire some injuries. enjoy your retirement Lt.