Deer love carrots. Doesn't do them much good nutrition wise though.

I saw a llama in the deep woods hereabouts too. It was the talk of the deer camp. It had wandered waaay off a farm. We just let it be. On another occasion, I saw a car with a goat tied to it on the NY State thruway during the southern zone deer season. Guy looked happy with his trophy.

I just renewed a subscription. Got a Trout and Goose bag FREE! Whatever that is.

"Going like hell threshing rats" "Busier than a cat covering sh*t in a stone quarry." "Everyone likes a little ass, but no one likes a smart ass"

I got a goose last year in central ny that had been banded in minnesota in 2001.

Falling and breaking a bone.

I did the exact same thing on the evening of Sept 27. Shot my first deer with a bow just before dark in the rain. I thought it was at 30 yds, but ended up pacing out at 45 yds. I hit it good but low and well forward. The buck ran back to the woods and snapped the protruding end (about 6" including broadhead) of the arrow off on a tree. We searched, no blood. Came back in the A.M. first light, no sign, no nothing. Frustrated, my friend and I scoured the woods all morning and gave it up. I can only hope the wound was not fatal. I feel your remorse, Tony167n. I intend to work on my distance judging, for one thing. Wish I could take that shot back.

I have been wearing Muck boots and like them well. I have a bad foot and these boots are great for it.

Go to SWFA.com and check out the "samples list". Lots of good prices on rangefinders and other optics.

Now that I am aging, I wish I had 13 year old eyes to peep thru the aperature of my 03-A3!

Watching all the locals swimming around the lake here and hoping they will stick till opening day, which is sept 1 here. Got a new coffin blind to try out for later in the season.

Hearing shotgun slugs clacking thru trees overhead while hunting in the southern tier of New York State.

I replaced my factory choke tubes with stainless ones from Trulock. Great value for the money and lots of selections. They have tubes for almost every make of shotgun I can think of. You can find them at www.trulockchokes.com Good luck!

I bought a Khan 12 ga. O/U at Gander Mtn two seasons ago for use in the swamps. It is a working mans gun with matte finish and turkish walnut wood. It cost $250 and has been well worth it. I replaced the choke tubes with stainless steel Trulock chokes because the factory ones cracked with 3" steel loads. All I know is it works good and I would rather drop it in the spooge than my browning.

I'm just getting started with that as well. A message board dedicated to reloading would be a welcome feature on this site.

Write Cabelas. May not do much good, but will certainly get attention if you state that your seeking to start a boycott over this.

I think I'm stuck in two star limbo!

I've got sucked into the "moving around the scopes" thing and it proved to be a bad deal for me. My advice is ditto to the above - mount it and leave it there. You'll save on ammo costs for perpetually sighting in.

There are gun auction sites on the net that have lots of info on vintage military arms. You might want to keep it if its original. It will only increase in value over time.

I knew an old timer that drilled an antler on a great buck. Neat little 1/4" hole right thru the main beam. It stopped the critter long enough for him to drop it. Had to make its head spin, for sure.

Smear limburgher cheese around the seat of the outhouse at hunting camp. He wont smell it in the cold, but later when it warms up on him....

Still got my compass.

Say something true? The truth is, those of us who enjoy the out doors mostly want to be left alone. We are whats left of human hunter gatherers and recognize that the way of this world is that our votes register as futile, and that the greedy ones almost always prevail. This has gone down historically and will repeat itself until the end of time. All sides of all issues can rant and rave forever to no end. The only fix is in faith and prayer.

I watch "catch and release" bass fisherman pull bass off their nests, boat them, then release them all the time in the early spring. Meanwhile the bluegills, etc. loot the unprotected nest. Maybe I'm wrong, but when I fish,or hunt, its to catch and use the creature. Otherwise I'm content to leave them be.

I think one example of a good hunter is someone who can let a mature buck go by in favor of dropping a doe out of an over populated herd. Or one who will specifically target drakes in the duck swamp. In other words, one who has their fingar on the pulse of the area in which they are hunting.

When I was young, I tried loading steel ball bearings in a shot shell and firing the load thru my Dads Lefever single shot shotgun. Ruined the gun. I wish I had asked questions first. Like Big O says, there are no stupid questions.

As a farm kid, I wore out a BB gun hunting english sparrows. Kept the farm cats well fed with them. Yet, the population never seemed to decline. I would say go for them.

There is an good article by D.E.P. in the new F&S magazine about the new model 70 built in the FN plant in Columbia SC.

Many counties, at least in New York state, feature websites with links to Real Property services. Locally here, we are able to access tax maps overlaid on recent GIS aerial photos complete with owner data. It sure is convieniant, though kind of feels like "Big Brother".

Try to get your hands on a canoe or some kid of boat. I use live shiners early in the season, either still fishing with a bobber and the bait hovering over structure, or slowly drifting by structure and casting a bait hooked thru the lips. Rapalas work great too, until the weeds get thick. My $.02 worth.

I re-upped my subscription recently, got the "free" bag, and the magazine came about a month later. Trouble is, the magazine is so thin in content I had to read the male enhancement ads to feel like I got my moneys worth.

Browning A5. Even tho its not 3". Size don't matter with a Browning.

I have a new ruger hawkeye in .270 and an older model ruger tang safety .270. Both are great guns for what I spent on them. I also have a 25-06 on my Thompson Center encore, which I just got, and I really like it for the recoil is negligible.

New York has a separate zones, but are now modifying them some to include rifle in what used to be shotgun only.

I been a bluegrass music fan most of my life. My all time favorites are Doc Watson, John Hartford, Norman Blake. I have a host of other artists that I like as well. Been playing Gospel Bluegrass latley in church.

Mine partially buried a deer head in my mother in laws flower garden. Just the nose was sticking out of the ground. That had both my wife and her mother set off.

I have the muzzle loader barrel and two rifle barrels for my encore and all of them are scoped. I found that I needed to use a tighter hinge pin in order for them to maintain accuracy when switching the barrels, for the factory hinge pin on mine was sloppy. My trigger was good, but other people I know had to do work on theirs. I replaced the hammer spring on mine, for the factory one was too weak to function consistantly with a hammer extension. After all this tweaking, I now have a rifle that shoots great with all three barrels and functions flawlessly. I also spent a pile of $$ to get there. A great website to visit for info on these rifles is Mike Bellms TC's at www.bellmtcs.com To sum it up, this is one gun I'll never get rid of.

I have been using the same dirt cheap wood tip ups for 30 + years. All that is needed is a sturdy, well attached spool that wont break off if a big one strips your line before you get to it. The expensive type that lie flat on the ice can get lost if there is a lot of snow drifting.

My wife cooked one once. She deep fried it and said it was "OK". I declined because I was full of Crappie fillets and the Bowfin meat looked kind a grey and jelly like. I can imagine one caught in the winter would be fine fare.

I have a used straight 4x leupold on my TC that I bought for $100. Works great. Check out the SWFA website for used optics. Ive had good luck with them and the prices are good as well.

I have had a Brit female for 8 years and she is a real treasure. She was never trained, but has the nose for grouse (finds them if I hit one too)and woodcock. She is as vibrant at 8 years as she was as a pup. I would get another tommorrow if I could.