[Off to the Syracuse Gun Show]

Forgot it was this weekend.Should have gotten up early and gone .

[Otter in my trout stocked pond]

Contact DEC. See what they say. Harass the hell out of them . What ever it takes in the end . 

[Touch a Moose]

Wish they had showed a full video of the dumbass getting stomped and the after pictures. 

[Grouse]

I would imagine that clear cut is 5 years old now . Dont have my pointers anymore  and the Hickory  nut trees are gone so I haven't been back in there since .probably  making great deer cover . Perhaps a muzzleloader  hunt back in there for late season.

[Grouse]

I don't spend near as much time  small game hunting as I use to . Erwin state forest did a bunch of logging a few years back. Big patches of clear cutting . I was in there hunting the edges with a pistol and bumped quite a few grouse. Looked to me like it was 2 year old clear cut so I would imagine its prime . Problem for me was they took out my favorite  grove of hickory nut trees and I was there hunting squirrel. 

[Gun Powder]

I bought a bunch after 2013 safe act. There was a guy at the Syracuse show selling winchester primers for $30/k. I dont shoot as much as I use to but I am still well stocked. I have a family member that travels south and he picks me up stuff from time to time. Seems the southern states don't have the problems we do in NY.

[Gobbling]

One thing I do miss is the gobbling fools. Last 2 birds I killed never gobbled after fly down . Back in the 80s and 90s you couldn't shut them up. Only real common denominator is increase in coyotes. 

[DEC Summer Camps Need Help!]

But no fishing ?

[DEC Summer Camps Need Help!]

If you were at the DeBruce club you have to expand on that ... how was the fishing ? Just not right mentioning the DeBruce club with no comment to the  fly fishing .

[What is it fox?]

Big fat old fox .  

[Bow Fishing, Ever Try It?]

I was into it back in my teens and early 20s . Was a good time . Was a pain the butt finding somebody to take the carp. All went away when I met my wife . Working three jobs to help support 3 step kids in my instant family took all my spare time and alot of my sleep time .

[stuck shot gun choke]

Kroil  is a true miracle worker for freeing up heat stressed and rusty bolts . Also works to keep rust off tools in the garage. I run a spirits of that in all my air tools also.

[Machined my first choke Tube]

Thats cool you have the skills to do that . As an industrial mechanic I can do basic machining . I always wished I could take that up as a trade but the opportunity never presented itself. Looks like a fun project. Interested in seeing the results.

[Handgun Storage]

I like it ... I have been looking for something like that to hold my scoped revolvers. Most wont hold a longer barrel  or the weight of a big bore revolver and a scope.

[On Such A Winter's Day!]

Not sure where you at but I don't want that snow . I'm over it ... looking forward  to trout fishing.

[Sad news… if correct]

Sorry for your loss Dan . 

[Single Shot Shotguns Should be Allowed During Muzzle Loader Season]

Got to love these open discussions. I'm all in if they let me use my single action revolver.

[heading into a dead-spot]

Steelhead fishing fly tying and reloading.  Will get after the garden in May.  To be honest my job is kicking my butt. Up at 4 am, at work by 5:30. Getting out most days 4 to 5 pm.  Never seems  like I get enough sleep. Hopefully things will change.

[Members leaving]

I have been there a few times mostly to look at the fly fishing which I had hoped to be more involved. Same people stirring. Most action over there is about weed... go figure. 

[65 degrees in February????]

I almost ordered  a new ice hut this year. Put it off because the prices jumped so darn high ... should be a bunch on sale .... I should probably  be looking now.

[65 degrees in February????]

Yup great weather minus the 25mph winds . Problem is my apple trees are pushing buds and will probably get frosted again  this year. With no real snow pack and warm weather I see another hot dry summer . We could really use a decent spring with some rain. We are still way off the water table norms . Have been thinking about putting in a big patch of sweet corn but I don't want to have to water it all summer long .

[Hare Hunt on fresh snow]

Got to love it .

[Great North Dakota Blizzard Of 1966]

40 foot drifts ... they were probably finding body's in August. 

[Otter drowning set]

Pretty cool . Never actually seen an otter in the wild . Imagine  the local fish pop will get better.

[Coyotes]

This doesn't look like the coyotes that we learned about in trapping class in the 80s .