Dave

Can any compound bow use carbon arrows or is it for newer bows? I have a Golden Eagle about 7 yrs old when I had the string changed last year I asked if it would be better to switch to carbon and the guy in the bow shop told me to stay with the aluminum because of the bow I had, does that make sense to you guys? Dave

Guy's does anyone still shoot aluminum arrows? Seems I am the only one in my group that still does, is there a benefit to switch to the carbon? Dave

Practice at 25 yards and realistically take actual shots at deer within 20 yards or closer. Dave

Thanks Pal, your breaking me up Dave Just for the record you posted the video on May 15th and you mentioned the horse breeder where you hunted the chucks on May 23. If you had mentioned it up front there would have been no questions asked, as to why you were killing the chucks. End of my input on this subject. Good huntingDave

Thanks Pal, your breaking me up Dave

I was shooting woodchucks for farmers with a 22 and a 223 . I would put the dead ones in the holes they made . They would usually be gone the next day , taken by fox or yotes . It sure made the farmers happy as when their farm equipment hit those holes , it usually caused damage . I also had a non-hunting friend ask me to shoot some barn pigeons and also a chuck that was eating up his wife's vegetable garden . What's the big deal ??? ??? Shooting them for a specific reason is one thing but shooting them for no reason is another. The video never mentioned there were a problem created by the chucks or he was asked by a farmer to get rid of them because they caused damage .Dave

Blur I fully agree with you, my rule is if you shoot it you eat it no exceptions. Or let it pass and just enjoy the wild life. Hunting to me means you hunt to eat not to kill something and leave it in the woods to rot that's how hunters get a bad name. Dave Predators and scavengers have to eat too. Nothing that dies in the woods goes to waste. Going out and killing game animals for no reason is one thing, but shooting vermin is another. You say you agree that coyotes, pigs and rats should be left to rot, but not woodchucks? Sounds like a bunch of contradiction to me. Let me make it perfectly clear to you I don't believe in shooting anything even coyote or pigs and rat's etc. Just to kill them for the sport of just killing something. To me that is not what hunters do, may be you are ok with this type of conduct but i am not. So this is not a contradiction to me, I thought we were to support ethical hunting? Do you think this is ethical? Yes animals do die in the woods and mother nature takes care of that in her own way she needs no help from us just killing wildlife no matter what type it is to help her along.Dave Maybe you should have made that perfectly clear before you quoted him saying "Coyotes, pigs, and rats are an exception to that rule." and then said you "fully agree". I dont have a problem with letting chucks and other vermin lie. Perfectly ethical to me. Game animals though, nope, thats illegal to do, so it is not ethical and I do have a problem with it. You are right I should have made myself clearer with my answer. I was agreeing with the premise. Of not killing something and letting them lie dead in the woods or fields. Just because it is not protected by no means does it make it ethical to kill them. I am surprised that a moderator if this site can't see that. Just giving fuel to the anti hunters to come at us. By the way I have heard that chuck is real tasty though I have never tasted one. Giving praise for someone taking head short at chucks and leaving them to rot is not praise worthy. Not a good spokesman for hunting in my opinion.Dave Dave I dont claim to be a spokes person for anyone, and my views are not the views of the forum. I am not worried about your definition of what is ethical and what is not. Do you kill mosquitoes or flies? Maybe spiders or mice? Do you eat those? When you start to ask stupid questions that's when the responses end. May be you know the difference between ethics and stupidity, may be not, I think it's not!!!!!Dave They arent stupid questions. insects, mice, rats, etc are in the same classification as woodchucks (varmints, vermin, pests), so the questions are perfectly relevant and valid. Nice way to show that you cant come back with a viable rebuttal by playing the insult card though. : That wasn't an insult I was paying you a compliment. Hunter of insects, mice and rats and other pests, you know what we were referring to and that wasn't it. Hard to seriously rebut your type of logic when you deviate from the topic. Dave "May be you know the difference between ethics and stupidity, may be not, I think it's not!!!!!" Thats not an insult (or lame attempt at one)? Again, my logic does not deviate from the topic. The question still stands. I just hope you don't vote. Because you have a hard time with the issues. I guess anyone can be a moderator, if they don't have a handle on the topic.Dave Dave

Haha....Some moderator. Not only do you get into a stupid back and forth on your forum, but you lose the back and forth as well! haha Next time, win one before you get into two. The only thing WNY has lost is maybe a bit of dignity trying to argue with someone whose only tactic is to insult. Is that the only thing you can say when you don't get your way that you were insulted. What about calling members unethical if you don't agree with their stance. But you have a problem calling them out when they say something stupid. Seems like a bunch of sensitive individuals on this site, when you say something stupid people will respond. Especially when you compare insects to wood chucks and deviate from the thread to make a point that wasn't in question. We must not disagree with the moderator and offend his kiss ups.Dave

These are not attacks just responses from watching someone who gets off on killing chucks and pretends he is practicing for deer season. Don't make assumptions about the hunting ability of the members on this site, we are neither jealous or unsuccessful.Dave

Blur I fully agree with you, my rule is if you shoot it you eat it no exceptions. Or let it pass and just enjoy the wild life. Hunting to me means you hunt to eat not to kill something and leave it in the woods to rot that's how hunters get a bad name. Dave Predators and scavengers have to eat too. Nothing that dies in the woods goes to waste. Going out and killing game animals for no reason is one thing, but shooting vermin is another. You say you agree that coyotes, pigs and rats should be left to rot, but not woodchucks? Sounds like a bunch of contradiction to me. Let me make it perfectly clear to you I don't believe in shooting anything even coyote or pigs and rat's etc. Just to kill them for the sport of just killing something. To me that is not what hunters do, may be you are ok with this type of conduct but i am not. So this is not a contradiction to me, I thought we were to support ethical hunting? Do you think this is ethical? Yes animals do die in the woods and mother nature takes care of that in her own way she needs no help from us just killing wildlife no matter what type it is to help her along.Dave Maybe you should have made that perfectly clear before you quoted him saying "Coyotes, pigs, and rats are an exception to that rule." and then said you "fully agree". I dont have a problem with letting chucks and other vermin lie. Perfectly ethical to me. Game animals though, nope, thats illegal to do, so it is not ethical and I do have a problem with it. You are right I should have made myself clearer with my answer. I was agreeing with the premise. Of not killing something and letting them lie dead in the woods or fields. Just because it is not protected by no means does it make it ethical to kill them. I am surprised that a moderator if this site can't see that. Just giving fuel to the anti hunters to come at us. By the way I have heard that chuck is real tasty though I have never tasted one. Giving praise for someone taking head short at chucks and leaving them to rot is not praise worthy. Not a good spokesman for hunting in my opinion.Dave Dave I dont claim to be a spokes person for anyone, and my views are not the views of the forum. I am not worried about your definition of what is ethical and what is not. Do you kill mosquitoes or flies? Maybe spiders or mice? Do you eat those? When you start to ask stupid questions that's when the responses end. May be you know the difference between ethics and stupidity, may be not, I think it's not!!!!!Dave They arent stupid questions. insects, mice, rats, etc are in the same classification as woodchucks (varmints, vermin, pests), so the questions are perfectly relevant and valid. Nice way to show that you cant come back with a viable rebuttal by playing the insult card though. : That wasn't an insult I was paying you a compliment. Hunter of insects, mice and rats and other pests, you know what we were referring to and that wasn't it. Hard to seriously rebut your type of logic when you deviate from the topic. Dave

Blur I fully agree with you, my rule is if you shoot it you eat it no exceptions. Or let it pass and just enjoy the wild life. Hunting to me means you hunt to eat not to kill something and leave it in the woods to rot that's how hunters get a bad name. Dave Predators and scavengers have to eat too. Nothing that dies in the woods goes to waste. Going out and killing game animals for no reason is one thing, but shooting vermin is another. You say you agree that coyotes, pigs and rats should be left to rot, but not woodchucks? Sounds like a bunch of contradiction to me. Let me make it perfectly clear to you I don't believe in shooting anything even coyote or pigs and rat's etc. Just to kill them for the sport of just killing something. To me that is not what hunters do, may be you are ok with this type of conduct but i am not. So this is not a contradiction to me, I thought we were to support ethical hunting? Do you think this is ethical? Yes animals do die in the woods and mother nature takes care of that in her own way she needs no help from us just killing wildlife no matter what type it is to help her along.Dave Maybe you should have made that perfectly clear before you quoted him saying "Coyotes, pigs, and rats are an exception to that rule." and then said you "fully agree". I dont have a problem with letting chucks and other vermin lie. Perfectly ethical to me. Game animals though, nope, thats illegal to do, so it is not ethical and I do have a problem with it. You are right I should have made myself clearer with my answer. I was agreeing with the premise. Of not killing something and letting them lie dead in the woods or fields. Just because it is not protected by no means does it make it ethical to kill them. I am surprised that a moderator if this site can't see that. Just giving fuel to the anti hunters to come at us. By the way I have heard that chuck is real tasty though I have never tasted one. Giving praise for someone taking head short at chucks and leaving them to rot is not praise worthy. Not a good spokesman for hunting in my opinion.Dave Dave I dont claim to be a spokes person for anyone, and my views are not the views of the forum. I am not worried about your definition of what is ethical and what is not. Do you kill mosquitoes or flies? Maybe spiders or mice? Do you eat those? When you start to ask stupid questions that's when the responses end. May be you know the difference between ethics and stupidity, may be not, I think it's not!!!!!Dave

Good question, but the truth is that many hunters would have absolutely NO problem with it. They would even want Ted "the nuge" Nugent to do the voice over to it. LOL I don't agree.

Guy's have said that watching my videos and especially the winter bow videos have inspired them to get out more and they had success... mission accomplished! I try to make it look like fun, geared towards the newer/younger hunters to get out more and enjoy the outdoors. And I don't care what state a hunter is from, your brother is your brother! Jersey just recently allowed baiting, I have plenty of bow kills on the wall that were not taken over bait, including a 15 point non-typical w/drop tine(from Jersey) so really, no big deal, you would probably find something negative about that too... I have been to other states, something wrong with that too in your book... luckily not in Texas over bait or you would have all kinds of negative feedback on that! Archer that's fine you can hunt ethical when deer hunting but your post wasn't about deer hunting, the issue shooting chucks and leaving them to rot in the woods, you think that's an ethical way to practice for deer hunting. You have to present a better case than that, not the image we want the public to have about hunting.Dave

Spot on. Is this the picture we want to portray to the public. As ethical hunters.Dave

How about you speak for yourself and not the entire forum. Also, do you use trail cams, scents, food plots or calls to harvest your deer? Some would say you are not hunting fair if you do. If its legal, theres no reason to give the guy crap for it. If he was baiting illegally, then he would be poaching, but he wasnt. Worth repeating - both for the "not speaking for the entire forum" and the complete ignoring of WNY's questions. But then again, it is far easier to just post insults and think you are winning something. Steve adding fuel to the fire helps nothing. It's about the thread not starting trouble.Dave

Blur I fully agree with you, my rule is if you shoot it you eat it no exceptions. Or let it pass and just enjoy the wild life. Hunting to me means you hunt to eat not to kill something and leave it in the woods to rot that's how hunters get a bad name. Dave Predators and scavengers have to eat too. Nothing that dies in the woods goes to waste. Going out and killing game animals for no reason is one thing, but shooting vermin is another. You say you agree that coyotes, pigs and rats should be left to rot, but not woodchucks? Sounds like a bunch of contradiction to me. Let me make it perfectly clear to you I don't believe in shooting anything even coyote or pigs and rat's etc. Just to kill them for the sport of just killing something. To me that is not what hunters do, may be you are ok with this type of conduct but i am not. So this is not a contradiction to me, I thought we were to support ethical hunting? Do you think this is ethical? Yes animals do die in the woods and mother nature takes care of that in her own way she needs no help from us just killing wildlife no matter what type it is to help her along.Dave Maybe you should have made that perfectly clear before you quoted him saying "Coyotes, pigs, and rats are an exception to that rule." and then said you "fully agree". I dont have a problem with letting chucks and other vermin lie. Perfectly ethical to me. Game animals though, nope, thats illegal to do, so it is not ethical and I do have a problem with it. You are right I should have made myself clearer with my answer. I was agreeing with the premise. Of not killing something and letting them lie dead in the woods or fields. Just because it is not protected by no means does it make it ethical to kill them. I am surprised that a moderator if this site can't see that. Just giving fuel to the anti hunters to come at us. By the way I have heard that chuck is real tasty though I have never tasted one. Giving praise for someone taking head short at chucks and leaving them to rot is not praise worthy. Not a good spokesman for hunting in my opinion.Dave Dave

Blur I fully agree with you, my rule is if you shoot it you eat it no exceptions. Or let it pass and just enjoy the wild life. Hunting to me means you hunt to eat not to kill something and leave it in the woods to rot that's how hunters get a bad name. Dave Predators and scavengers have to eat too. Nothing that dies in the woods goes to waste. Going out and killing game animals for no reason is one thing, but shooting vermin is another. You say you agree that coyotes, pigs and rats should be left to rot, but not woodchucks? Sounds like a bunch of contradiction to me. Let me make it perfectly clear to you I don't believe in shooting anything even coyote or pigs and rat's etc. Just to kill them for the sport of just killing something. To me that is not what hunters do, may be you are ok with this type of conduct but i am not. So this is not a contradiction to me, I thought we were to support ethical hunting? Do you think this is ethical? Yes animals do die in the woods and mother nature takes care of that in her own way she needs no help from us just killing wildlife no matter what type it is to help her along.Dave

Blur I fully agree with you, my rule is if you shoot it you eat it no exceptions. Or let it pass and just enjoy the wild life. Hunting to me means you hunt to eat not to kill something and leave it in the woods to rot that's how hunters get a bad name. Dave

Have 3 Kawasaki 220 bayou's, Two 1997 and one 2003, Run great and reliable. Dave

So true.

I live near a high school and the kids all go out for lunch so the teachers don't have to supervise them during lunch. So they chase them away from the school if they congregate during their lunch hour. Then they migrate through the neighborhood and walk on lawns and litter , smoke pot and then go back to school. When you complain to the school they say they can't do anything about it. Believe me if these teachers think they are undespencible they are wrong other qualified people would take their jobs for much less. But they are a protected species. Dave

That's what you get from well fed deer in a deer farm, not like the deer we hunt almost starved to death through the winter.Dave

I will have to look at mine but the wheeler is 4' width and I don't think my rifle over hangs the sides When you could find the most damage is when you are turning and a the gun could be bumped.that's why I use a hard plastic scabard mounted on the side not front mount open end rubber attachments. Dave

Burt, stop you are breaking my heart. That's exactly what they want you to believe, they do squat and get paid a ton. My taxes went up $1600 for this year no notice just the increase in my mortgage, so guess how I voted. $9000 a year for what?? They play on your sympathy that they are hurting the children if you don't pass the budget. Know what hurts the children when their parents lose their job , they also don't have the same benefits the teachers do. So the teachers are just protecting themselves. On Long Island we just pay high school taxes so our children move to another state to live because they can't afford to live here, does this make any sense to you. So the tax payers get nothing for their money, our children have to move so who makes out on the deal the teachers. So don't tell me how hard they work you insult us. Also remember this they pensions are guaranteed by NYS of when the pension fund loses money from bad investments the tax payer must make up the difference. How many workers have that type deal, when we lose money in our 401K it's no one is backing up our losses. You touched a raw nerve!!! Dave

I would recommend the hard scabbard for rifle instead of the open gun mounts. First the hard case protects the gun in all types of weather. Second the open mounts on the front of the bike can present problems especially when there may be close calls moving along logging roads and bumping into trees that can damage the gun and scope. Dave