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I hope they don't ever allow rifles in Putnam County.

you can already rifle hunt in all of those counties for coyote/fox/etc (outside of deer seasons)

UPDATE::: Well after negotiating back and forth, Air Canada gave me and my Dad $400 cash back and $1200 worth of flight vouchers, so looks like I will have to return to Canada at some point in 2013 to use up these vouchers.

They are my father's. He is away this week and I am away next week. I will take pics mid-may and post them.

Weatherby CUSTOM Mark V Deluxe Rifle. .300 Weatherby Magnum Caliber. Purchased new Dec. 9, 1967 ( 45 years old ) Have original bill of sales! Traded in three Wearherby Mark V Deluxe rifles and cash to obtain. Babied, hardly used, excellent condition. Manuf. in West Germany. California Mesquite deluxe grade stock, hand carved basket weave checkering, butt stock inlay, two forearm inlays, engraved gold mongram inlay on underside of forearm. White diamond inlay on the rosewood pistol grip cap with maplewood spacers. Rosewood fore-arm tip with maplewood spacers. Deluxe German engraved floor plate and trigger guard with silver whitetail deer on floor plate and silver pronghorn antelope on trigger guard. glass bedded 24" barrel and action. Fully checkered bolt knob, hand honed action, damascened bolt and follower, high lustre polished blued barrel and action. Topped with Leuplod 2x7 Vari- XII Golden Ring Scope with 2 piece deluxe Buehler ( high Gloss blued polished ) Rings & Bases. $ 5,400.00 Weatherby LAZERMARK Mark V Deluxe Rifle. .30-06 Caliber. Purchased new Jan. 16, 1993. Less than one box of ammo fired ( just to sight in ). Excellent condition. Deluxe grade fancy walnut stock with Lazer generated Oak Leaf checkering with black out background. White diamond inlay on the rosewood pistol grip cap with maplewood spacers. Rosewood fore-arm tip with maplewood spacers. 24" high lustre polished blued barrel and action. Topped with Leupold 3x9 Vari- II Golden Ring Scope with 2 piece deluxe Buehler ( high Gloss Blued polished ) Rings & Bases. $ 2,400.00 * Take them both together for $7,500.00 * * PICTURES UPON REQUEST *

This was 10-12 years ago.

Took an Elk at 70+ yards and a Mule Deer at 103 yards with it.

A guy I know hunted and killed elk and mule deer with a 110lb draw custom bow made by PSE. He had to go to the Tuscon PSE shop to tune it, as nobody there could draw it back.

Yup, I know....I was there in february, did 13+ miles on foot in 1 day, in the Southern Arizona mountains over 8,000 ft. elevation.

I am heading back to AZ late October/Early November to hopefully get a mountain lion. I plan on applying for the Mule Deer lottery, since i will be there at that time.

I still claim zero and get a monster return each year. I know its a free loan to the government, but I have always done it this way, and I look forward to $6-$10K back every spring.

simple question, weatherby.

Really? thought they had a hairless tale?

what is that?

Excalibur Vortex with Lumizone scope.

186 on 1/1/12 173 on 4/1/12

Many whitetails have been shot with Weatherby .243 win.

The guide I hunted with in Arizona used to shoot a custom made PSE at 110lbs (he had to drive to PSE to tune the bow as nobody there could draw it)....he took several mule deer with it over 100yards....also took a few nice bull elk at 75+ yards.....

Yea it took my Dad 30+ days of hunting wolf over a span of 5 different wolf hunting trips before he got a shot at one. Im up to 13 days now (including 8 from 2008 in Alberta).

What a disaster of a trip. I flew out with my Dad on Saturday, March 17th on Air Canada from NYC to Toronto. Then we took a small prop plane by Air Canada Jazz from Toronto to Timmins, Ontario. We get to Timmins to find out the gun case didn’t make it. It was on the plane, but the plane was too heavy so one of the few bags they took off was the gun case. Unbelievable! They are told that when they have to take off bags for weight issues, to never take of special items like gun cases, etc that people pay extra $ to fly with. It was probably some anti or something in Toronto. They said they would have a taxi bring it up to where we were staying, but it wouldn’t arrive till 2am, so there goes sighting it in, etc. Needless to say, we never even took the time to sight our guns in and borrowed one of the outfitters instead. Next up we had a 2 hour drive north from Timmins. The outfitters wife picked us up. Going 90+km/hr on the highway, one of the tires blows out. Once again, unbelievable. Now to the hunting. The temperatures were insanely high. 2 years ago my Dad went to the same place a week earlier and has temps as low as -38 degrees F. This past week, we hunted in temps in the mid 70’s F. It was all over the news up there about it being the warmest temps in March in over 100 years, etc. We didn’t see any wolves, saw 1 red fox, 2 moose, 2 rabbits and that’s about it. We did see tons of fresh wolf tracks, but I think with the crazy temps, they probably only moved at night. When we got there, there was over 4 feet of snow on the ground, when we left 5 days later there was barely any snow. Lots of places were flooded, frozen lakes became open water, so we really got limited when it came to access points to hunt. I found it interesting that there are NO DEER whatsoever in this area of Canada. The deer cannot make it through the winters with the extreme cold and deep snow. All they have up there is Moose, Bear, Wolf, Coyote, Fox, birds, rabbits, etc… Lastly, on Friday, March 23rd we got to Timmins to fly home to find out that Air Canada was on strike for flights to/from Toronto. We then had to fly some other small airline company from Timmins to Toronto, only to land at some tiny airport in Toronto, which was 45 minutes away from the main Toronto airport. After a ferry and 45 minute cab ride, we got to the main Toronto airport, and Air Canada was back up and running, and we got a later flight back home. I’m done with hunting for a few months now. Done thinking about it and talking about it. Very frustrating….Anyway, its onto Fishing, Playing golf and men’s softball, and watching baseball……Next hunting trip is October 1-5 to Wyoming for Mule Deer & Antelope.

may not be frozen after shipping.

If this is how your fishing, its exactly how I fish for Lake Trout and Brown Trout on the nyc reservoirs in westchester and putnam county. Instead of a strike guard (bottle in your case), look into the Okuma Epixor Baitfeeder Reels. They work amazing. You just flip the switch and the tension if enough to hold the bait (sawbelly/shiner in my case) at the desired depth, but when a fish hits it, they feel no resistance whatsoever and your line starts peeling out (screaming sound). I give it 15-30 seconds before setting the hook. Good Luck!

Im still going, just talked to the outfitter. They still have snow, its just sloppy and slushy. I will be sitting over whatever baits are actively being hit when I get there. The 1 positive is that with the warmer I will no problem hunting sunrise to sunset. That wouldn't have been an option in sub zero temps. I'm leaving Saturday as planned, hunting Sunday - Friday. 2 guys are up there right now, 1 guy missed one this morning around 200yds.

If you ever get anything in eastern NY, you'd have a ton of buyers.

im sure he would, problem is that most airlines these days give you a credit less $150 or $200, but the credit is good for 1 year from the date you booked, not schedule flight. Of course, these flights were booked well in advance. Therefore, unless im going to Canada this summer, my flights will be a complete loss. sucks!