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What is the official position of the DEC. as for harvesting feral hogs? They are in how many counties now and spreading. I'd like to see something in the 2013 NYS Hunting and Trapping Guide on this matter.

Looks like it has a bone deflector on the mower deck, so you should be alright, LOL. Troybilt makes a good lawn mower. Their old tillers are still going strong.

What coating can u put on the underside of the top, where it touches the side to make the sound ?

Might be able to flush the deer out.

Congrats on your first bird.

Special congrats to him for the first bird reported on here. Any pics?

Dirt_A_KISS, can understand your frustration. and I am not one to quick judge you. DEC needs everyones help to control this big problem. Is worth a phone call just to file a report, so they have a heads up and a report on file. Then their is a better chance to catch these criminals and reduce their numbers.

Thanks for the info bubba.

Are they going to keep class size where it is or increase? Is it decided by the instructors, how they want to break the sessions up?

They keep u dry if caught in a cloud bust out in the back forty. Their also handy to carry, hook right over front of shoulder. Don't know about anyone else, but I never seem to have enough hands going out to the blind a mile away. Gun, decoys, chair, blind, calls, camera, tripod, drink, and oh ya, foo............d, just some much stuff to lug.

Nice to get out earlier in another state and harvest a fine bird, congrats.

Looks good, thanks for sharing.

Last day to sign up for the Spring Turkey Classic. Get in, if u haven't already. The turkeys are showing here also. Sounds like it's going to be a very gobbling experience this season. Good luck to the upcoming youth season this weekend, enjoy! Hope for some decent weather.

Good news, finally. How many instructors will be teaching the field work training?

Great Food. I will try this one next. All your recipes are good. Thanks for posting them.

Ah, the old 63 Bel Air, brings back so many memories. Rode many a mile in one. That when Chevy made'em. Looks like that one might still have some good salvage parts on it. How many hours of shed hunting, do u figured you logged in ?

Always get some nice stares with the Moultrie camera. Thanks for the pics.

Doc. maybe have been better off with an older flash trail camera. They seem to take a better close up picture at night then the newer models. Sometimes, I think manufactures try to improve their product, and ruin it in the process. Our older Stealth cam takes a decent night pic. The only complaint was it went through batteries quick. Having an external battery pack helped. My next one is going to be a home brew. The only trouble is that the Sony camera model they use, seem to be in short supply.

Going to try a jake and a few hens this year. I put out a full strut big tom decoy the 2nd week of May last year, me thinks I scared off a tom with it. When he saw it, he bolted in the opposite direction. I use the big tom decoy, this year for Thanksgiving center piece. I always like hens out anytime.

Still waiting on the bug suit. Been B. O. for 4 weeks now. Finally got an email today from Cabelas saying it's back in stock and being processed. Figured the bugs are gonna be bad as soon as the weather pops. Boy it's dry out in the fields right now, for this time of the year.

Very nice, congrats. Thanks for posting. Nothing better than family.

Growing a "cover crop" will help incorporate organic material into the soil. It is a cheaper form of antler dirt which could be wheat, rye, danish radish, or even red clover. Planted in the fall, it is left to regrow the following spring and plowed down when growth has reached an acceptable level. Using clover, u will loose a year, as it take longer to grow than the others, but u will reap the benefits of the clover for deer grazing that year. Most soils have been "farmed out", and the bigger farms use this method to improve the soil introducing organic matter. Danish radish has an advantage over the others as it locks in the N,P,K nutrients in fall and winter, releasing them in the rot down stage of spring time. It is like a huge turnip. The deer here never touched them last fall, but it was the first year I grew them. Plow down is interesting as they are rather soft now.

Vetch is best foraged by deer in may and june. By july, it has gone to seed forming little pea shape pods. The plant turns brown at this point, and if cut, has very little if any regrowth. Birdsfoot trefoil is a nice legume that, once cut, regrows very rapidly, provide the moisture is there. Yes the seed is rather pricey, but once established, will grow for years, provided it is cut. It also will grow on soils that are somewhat poorly drained with a lower ph. Deer seem to graize it best in early spring and in the summer once cut, and regrowth begins again.( Second cutting hay) I paid $2.10 a lb. for mammoth red clover seed and it only last two years., so trefoil is a good value, considering it's life span.

Yes, it's income tax d day. Don't forget to at least file, or get an extension. Always wait to the last day myself. Want to hold onto the last penny , before I ship it to the goverment, so they can waist it, LOL.

Their made to fold up quick like an umbrella, and get going fast. Sneak up on that old turkey while his back is turn, yeah right. If someone thinks a product will sell and make money, they will market it. To bad, nobody told them that stalking should never be used in turkey hunting. Guess if they show them stalking on tv, it's ok. Not........Just like selling baiting products for deer in N.Y., ok to sell, ok to buy; but sure against the law to use. I don't get it, DEC advises against stalking, a certain percentage of injury is due to it, and yet they allow it to go on. Kinda like the wear orange while deer hunting debate. oops