Well I just had my 22nd birthday last week.

I have always used Federal .22 long rifle hollow point. I pick up a box of 500 rounds or so and that last me a little while. That is the joy of a .22 there ammo is cheap. Hopefully it stays that way.

I to am looking for a weapon to conceal, thinking maybe the glock 23, just because of the military pricing.

I had my first dog when I was 2, 14 wonderful years later I had to put her down. My father made me take her to the vets. They asked if I wanted to be with her and I said yes. They allowed me to pet her until she died. They wrapped her up in her Bart Simpson blanket that she loved. We took her home and I buried her.

There were four of us hunting up in NY, we were pushing woods all morning long. We finally got a deer, which was a doe dressed at 150lbs. We did not realize how far we were from the vehicles until we had to drag that deer out. We think that is was over two miles and took about 2 and a half hours. One of the best days I think.

After my friend missed a tom early one morning we moved and started calling there was a lull. So we pulled our masks glaves and leaned our shotguns against a tree. Then a big crash ten minutes later. We were unprepared but they were about 50 yards out. I took my first bird at 45 yards so I made up for it.

venison back straps and trout

The ugly stick is my go to pole and I have a custom St. Croix made for me that is a one piece and I lvoe them both.

Mine is when people say they know how to fish and do not. Once my friend went with my dad and I, my dad said do you know how to cast? He said yup next thing you know his first cast was up on the bridge. If you do not know then just ask!

Real Tree

I started when I was 12 and now I am 21, mostly small game at first then deer. Now I am a turkey fanatic.

In Afghanistan Vienna Sausage was fine quisine. I took it out on missions with me all the time. I pulled out the middle one first with my knife, then the rest with my fingers. Darn MRE's do not come with a fork.

I would state to not move and that I had a gun. If he advanced then I would shoot. But if he goes to run out the door then I am not going to shoot a guy in the back.

I love beef jerky and trail mix. Good amount of protein.

I would buy as much as you can. Here in NC ammo for handguns is hard to come by. I was thinking of buying a .357 but wont because I can not find any ammo for it.

In NY we hunt on sundays and I have never had a problem. So it was new to me when I was going to go hunting in NC on sundays. I think it should be open on sundays.

I think you should be able to hunt on sundays, some people only get saturday and sundays to hunt. NC finally changed the law to bow hunting on sundays on private land this year, that helps. City limits hunting should be allowed with bow, there are problems with deer overpoplutation in city's atleast in upstate NY in Auburn there was. SO I am all for both. Good luck.

Shotgun though I am going to try and take one with a bow this fall in Wisconsin.

If you buy Ugly Sticks and they break you can return them for new ones. Ugly Sticks have a lifetime guarantee.

Not even going to go there on this subject because with my views I would get alot of negatives. But it was all in the way we were raised and what we believe in. I am a free thinker and allow other the same opportunity. To same that evolution could not possibly happen is ridiculous, and to say that there is only one holt book is just as ridiculous. Were you there when the book was written? Where you there when the fish turned into mammals? All of it is hearsay if you really think about it. Again I am not bashing anything I am just saying that everyone have their own opinions. Well I guess I went there.

I had that happen to me turkey hunting, I shot the bird it went down. Once I got to it, it was still flopping around. I took off my jacket and covered it up as to not get bit or spurred. Then I cut its throat. There was not much else I could do.

I ate squirrels as a little kid when ever I killed them I cleaned them and cooked them myself. Not to many people in my family hunt so I guess I picked it up on my own.

I do most of my hunting in North Carolina, being from New York all of the terrain is new. So I always worry about getting lost in the woods.

I swear by the mossberg 500 great all around gun.

I totally agree with both of you. I hate it when my buddies are late. I make it a point to be early, or if I will be late then I at least call. I hate it when you have an animal coming in and all of a sudden you hear footsteps, and it is your buddy. Saying that he hasnt seen anything and wants to move.

Where in Central New York are you from?

I have been out a couple of times now but have not had the chance to pull my bow back. I spooked a doe, and a couple of nights ago I saw a smaller buck 80 yards out but couldn't get it to come in.

Mine has a decent selection compared to the things I am hearing. But it is flying off the selves, locally most places will not let you buy more than 5 boxes of ammo in a week.

I love my Victrinox Swiss Tool Spirit. It locks fine I have never had it come unlocked, everything is on the outside and accessable with one hand. Mine came with a nice leather carry case for your belt. I love it though and think it is of high quality and carry it every where I go.

I have always used my .22 remington semi. I have never had a problem shooting them in the head with it. I also have a scope on there which helps. But they do get messy if you hit them anywhere else. I have you my 12 ga. with game loads but you have to pick out the lead.

I got a gerber air ranger, kinda ironic being a Marine.

Well atleast here in NC that would be a decent sized doe so yes I would take it.

Up in NY when I was working on the farm we always had a shotgun around. There were others farms that would buy ammo for us and we would walk around shoot them and the pigeons. All there crap would get in the feed and make the cows sick.

Yeah I would not be running with a heavy pack on my back if I was you. Trust me it will wear your knees out when you do not need to. But you can run or hike with a pack but I would not advise running. I have had to do it in the Marine Corps and it sucks. Kills the knees after like I said.

This will sound weird but when you are young you think you see things. My brother and I were walking through the woods and I turned really quick to look in a tree and thought I saw a bigfoot type species. I know that there is no bigfoot but you better believe we took off like a bad out of he**. Another time my cousin and I were trout fishing a mile or so from his house and got chased by a coy dog. A coy dog is a domesticated dog that mates with a wild dog. Not to friendly and not scared of humans. One more time we were out coon hunting on this island and began to get surrounded by two packs of coyotes. Our coon dog shut up and would not move me boogied out of there really quick carring the dog.

I love bass pro but gander mountain always has better deals on ammo.

I was requalifing on the rifle range a few weeks ago and we use trijicon acog scopes and after people made adjustments I saw them tapping on the scope. I thought the did not know what they were doing but maybe there is some truth to it.

I agree with Clay most of the time when I was hunting in NY the night before opening day I could not sleep. I was so excited about the next day, but when it actually got there I would end up falling asleep while leaning up against a tree. Now I stay alert at the snap of a stick the russel of a leaf but its only some chipmunk or bobcat. But still it keeps my attention up.

Yeah you just made my work day. I was bored until now, people are so clueless. So now you are compared to Mike Vick now I do not care who you are thats funny. Sucks that everyone is coming down that hard on ya but I would buy a tee from you too.

20 arrows a day is all it should take but I tend to shoot more than that. We have an archery range on base and I go there every day at lunch.

I have one that is a sure fire they run around $100 but it was military issue. I also have a gerber that was $85 that is really bright.

I envy you Kolbster I am in the east and have to wait until this Saturday. But the best of luck to you.

Last October I returned from deployment and my watch broke. So one of my buddies gave me a dive watch. Now I am not big on watches and not this one because it was to big... I have this GySgt that was showing me how to fish salt water and I being a Cpl respected the fact that he would help me learn. So when he said that he needed a watch I gladly told him that I would give him my watch that I had only wore for a week. He tried to pay me for it but I would and could not take a payments for something I got for free. About a month later he asked me to go out to his truck to grab a pole for him. So I grabbed it and brought it in the shop. It is a 8 foot pole with a really nice reel on it. He gave it to me, said that I was working hard at trying to catch fish and needed a better pole. He also said it was because I was his friend, now I know some people will say thats fratinization but to me I still respect the rank and I am not calling him by his first name. That made me proud when he gave me that pole.

I am not a fan of spiders, they just creep me out when I am walking through the woods and walk through a web. Eww I just can not stand it, I always carry a stick or something to try and knock them down as I walk through the woods but I do not get them all.

I have owned my 500 for 5 years now and love it. I use it to hunt anything that moves and clay pigeons. It is a great all around gun I think. I have fallin in love with pump and can not justify spending alot of money right now when the 500 still shoots on target.

I love just getting out in the woods and waking up to the fire.

I bought a pair last year in NC and took them up to NY with me. While I was out fishing I cracked them open and I do not think they got much above 70 degrees. I am not a big fan of them at all.

I carry my cell phone for that exact reason. You never know what will happen even if you get lost at least you can call to let someone know to send help.

It will prove to be a tough job, I was in the west last year. The Police do train but you can not keep them out on a mission for more than a day. Hopefully they will do an outstanding job.

I just bought it and I love it. I bought it about a week ago from Bear and it came in the mail within 5 days. But I got mine for a military dicount. So that always helps.

I use Miltec, I put some on before I started shooting then after I warmed the barrel up I put on some more. My gun stayed lubed all week, on the package it says that you only need to lube every 1000 to 2000 rounds. I had other Marines walk by and ask why I used so much lube. That was on a Thursday and I just told them I haven't lubed it since Monday. It worked good for me in Afghanistan to in the heat and desert.

64 but why could I not put my name on the top scores? o well

Your draw weight is 55 so go with the 55-70 because the other are rated at 65 so why would you go with them. Basically thats what everyone else is saying that you answered your own question.

NC

This one time I came across this catfish bait that you use with a worm or any bait, it was a gel that you put on the sinker. The gel was sticky and smelled horrible but I caught alot of fish using the stuff.

Cooner up in NY at Salmon Creek Sportmans club we have a turkey shoot every year that includes a running deer target.

The first turkey I took on my own, what a rush.

I had this problem before hunting ducks on the lake. We were sitting in a boat right behind a small sand finger bar next to the bank. When this man comes out of his house crosses the road and begins to yell at us to get off his land. Again we were in the water, so we kindly told him he does not own the water. After 10 minutes we called the game warden but he was to busy to come out and told us we could wait for him to show up in a few hours or just leave. The guy was wearing blaze orange so we left because no ducks were coming our way with him around.

Tightliner we have moved on from that lets hope you do to, because I would like to see some more worth while posts on here again.

I made a box trap in 6th grade as a science project. All I used was some 2" x 4"s and chicken wire. I put dog food or a dead bird in there for bait and caught 3 coons, 2 possums, a cat, and a skunk. I put it only 30 feet from my house. Quick and easy to make and I had alot of fun with it. Still wish I had the trap.

I agree with idahooutdoors rooster tails are the way to go.

Up in NY we would use corn to fish for carp most of the time. Always seemed to catch them just did not always stay on the hook.

I agree with Clay let them have it but it is hard to say what I would do. I hope I never have to experience this though.

I love to bring home made goose jerkey with me and some water.

I agree with bella and alex, I am 21, 22 in 2 weeks. So not to long ago it was illegal for me to drink alcohol, in this time from about the age of 17 to 21 I drank alcohol. It was not because I had nothing to do because I worked on a farm and played sports year around. We all got together and like stated it was the cool thing to do because it was illegal. Since I have turned 21 I have a whole bunch of beer in my fridge going bad every day. I may have a beer on the weekend buts thats it. When the forbiddeness was taken away there went to fun and secrecy of it all.

I just do not think that would have been a very ethical shot. Its just my opinion though, I mean you were using bird shot. You could have easly missed and loaded up the deer with all those pellets. Again its not a shot I would have taken, and as a Hunter Safety Instructor not one I would advise my students to take. But congrats on the shot and deer.

Season opens here in NC on the 12th of September. This is my first year of hunting with a bow. I just purchased a new Fred Bear Lights Out RTS two days ago. I was shoot a 1992 Hoyt Eclispe Super Slam, now I am looking to sell it if anyone is interested. Can not wait though. I am more of a challenge type person while I am hunting. Thats why I love turkey hunting so much. So I hope archery hunting gives me more of a challenge than a gun, which I am sure it will.

I always used stink bait, but that was awhile back. I had a tube of this paste that I put on the sinker, added with a nightcrawler worked amazing.

hjohn429 I picked up a black widow slate call last year. I love it, it was my first because I was a diaphram caller. The black widow was almost effortless to make perfect calls. You should check it out at a local Bass Pro if you have one.

12 ga slug at a running rabbit, double lunged it and a few more.

Del this happened to a friend and I up in New York duck hunting. We had a duck spread out in the water about 100 yards off shore right on the ice shelf and a goose lay out on the ice. Ducks were coming in from the left. My friend said "wait" so I did, the ducks came in range and he said take them. Two dropped and I asked which one he shot. He said "the goose" now he is the one who taught me so I know he knows what a duck and goose look like. Ends up I shot both ducks with one shot and a goose was coming in behind us at the same time on to the ice into our setup.

Once I turned 21 it became no fun, ha not the right thing to say but many will agree. I may have a beer on the weekend but not more than 2 a week. I do not know how some people drink alcohol like water. Thats just not me, I would rather be the DD.

I have had a 50 cal. machine gun shoot right above my head while I was a trunk monkey in Afghanistan. I do not care what hearing protection you have in, thats loud stuff.

With some magazines I have noticed repeat articles from previous years. I had a turkey mag that I kept from the year before, when I bought the new one I read it and thought I remembered a few "new" gear reviews. So I opened last years and sure enough the same article was used in some fasion.

I love back straps and tenderloins fried up with a little evoo, with cracked pepper some salt and a steak rub. So much flavor and so tender.

Birdseed always works for me though it may take a day or two to find it.

USMC for a little over 3 years now, 0431 Embarkation/logistics. Combat Wounded OEF Afghanistan Aug 4 2008.

My first was an older mossburg bolt action 12 ga with the poly choke. It was a great goose gun.

I agree with the previous posts but early in the season my hunting buddies and I have taken geese with a L-shaped piece of wood painted black on top with a plastic bag hanging off it that was white. We used a bunch of these in the early season and got our bag limit. But again it has to be early, and should really just be used as fillers because we did have half a dozen decoys in the mix.

I think the best rabbit call would be just walking around the brush. Kick up any brush pile sand hopefully a rabbit will run out.

I would say a MRE, I have eaten plenty of them on deployment. With everyone talking about using water to heat them, you could always use the water around you. We were doing training near the ocean so I filled up the heater with salt water. I have used stream water and gatorade. Any liquid will do, also they are coming out with new meals like tuna and sloppy joe filling. Some of the items you have to mix and have an imagination. (Like mixing crackers + spiced apples= apple crisp. I know it is not the really thing but its the next best when you are far from home.)

Its not gross to most people but I ate goat liver. I was in Afghanistan eating with the Afghan Brigade Commander. There was a whole spread of food most of which I liked and ate. Then they passed around what appeared to be beef tips so I took one, ate it and almost spit it out but did not want to offend him or his peers. Then they gave me another piece that I had to choke down.

Had a NYS trooper called on us for "shooting from the road, though we were more than 400 yards from the road. The lady whose property we were hunting next to didn't like hunters. Anyway the land owner also got called. So my friend and I were standing on the side of the road talking to the owner with a muzzleloader that was unloaded. The trooper showed up walked around the truck saw the gun and freaked out. He drew his weapon and started screaming. I thought I was going to be shot by one of NY's finest. We ended up not getting any tickets but two wounded deer were still in the woods and the lady would not let us go get then because they ran on her property.

Sorry I am posting again I wish I could just add to my previous post. I believe the reason is because of the depth and length, takes more time for Cayuga to warm up than the other lakes.

When he says I will gut your deer this time and help you drag it back.

Well Matt if you are talking about the pump moving around like it may be loose then we have the same problem. Well I do not know if it is a problem, mine has been doing it for the last few years and I have not had a problem with it. Not sure if this helps but hopefully someone will let us know whats going on with it.

I agree with you Elmer Fudd, people always complain that everyone always uses the answers board but it is easier to get to and navigate but is over used. People need to stop caring about points and just post quality information.

I have shot two turkeys, been only out 5 times because I joined the Marine Corps and was deployed. Going to try and take one this year with my compound.

I do not think that is a good idea, then you would have the deer spoked already and you have not even began to hunt. Plus all the scouting you have put in, will be for nothing if they are pushing thru the woods.

The Black widow by HS its is amazing an very easy to use.

The ones they showed are a standard USMC issue and work great. You will be very happy with them if you purchase them.

I think dogs should be used for coons. I am from NY and thats all they can be used for. Down in NC now and can not tell you how many times I have had a deer getting in range and a pack of dogs is near by and off goes the deer.

I use my Mossberg 500 pump for all the above.

I like bolt but that is because I had a bad experience with a single shot 12ga. We were out rabbit hunting and I pulled up on a rabbit but it went over the crest of a hill. When I went to release the hammer it slipped and I accidently discharged the weapon and hurt my thumb. That was very dangerous and I am glad I did not hurt anyone.

I say a camp that has the bells and whistles because it makes it nice something to get away to.

This happened to me during my first turkey season. I was told to hunt the tree line and everything to the left of it. Once I was moving in the woods trying to relocate I spooked a flock of turkeys. I hurried to cut them off. So I sat on this tree line a propped up a hen decoy. This tom came running out and I shot it. It was on the other persons land but only by 30 yards or so. So I grabbed my bird and headed home.

Mine is the Quaker Boy youth sized diaphram. It is made of foam and I love it alot more than any latex that I have.

Quaker Boy makes their diaphram calls with foam. I think it seals in the mouth much better and just has a more natural feel. With the small size I am able to keep two in my mouth at a time for quick changes with out having to move my arms.

I do both right now, even though I am a younger guy I am trying to take more people out hunting and fishing to show them how much I enjoy it. In a few months I will be taking the hunters safety insructors course. There are very few hunters safety courses around my area so I figured I could give back by becoming an instructor.

Well I choose mine by putting my profession and love in the same name. I am a United States Marine hence USMC and I love turkey hunting hence turkey.

I use a wood striker as of right now but may by a new one when I hit up bass pro.

I have fallen in love with the HS Black Widow so easy to call like a turkey with it.

AA's for clays, Remington slugs, and winchester for turkey.

I like a nice crankbait, most times I go with a perch pattern.

I use Mossburg for deer, ducks, turkeys, squirrels, rabbits anything really.

I used wolf ammo for a while for the pistol. It always shot well and accurate. I was pleased with the ammo.

I love bass pro go there when I am back home atleast 3 times a week. I never do any shooping online so I have never had any experience with Cabelas.

I like watching Hank Parker.

Not really it just means they are knowledgeable on a subject or two, or they have been hunting or fishing and like to share their advice.

I would want a fire starter, a knife and a wind up radio with the weather channel. You can use a knife to make a bowl and purify water, with the radio atleast you have the voice of someone else around and can tell if there is a storm system coming.

The economic downturn has not effected me at all. I am still going to be going hunting and fishing as much as I can. I do not spend that much money on either activities to enjoy them. You just have to think smart about your purchases.

Last year we were out before 3 in the morning, we figured there was going to be a rush at the stream we were fishing and there was.

We have a herd of them in New York on the Old Seneca Army Depot, senecawhitedeer.org/. I have only seen a few but pybalts are popping up more often.

Primos nothing like it.

Be still and full camo is a must. Pattern your shotgun and know your distance.

You could shoot a diamond with it and its not going to hurt anything. The bullet has already left the rifle.

Cabelas, though I have never heard of sportmans warehouse I am up for trying any store atleast once.

Field and Stream by far.

I would say Cabelas though I have never heard of sheels. What is it like?

Chicken, trout is good though.

Mossburg 500 pump, 3 in winchester turkey shot.

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If you go to youtube and type in turkey or turkey calling there are a few longer videos that should help they certainly helped my calling.

Thank you very much libertyfirst, it is a great day to celebrate. Last year at this time I just got back from a supposed to be 3 day mission in Afghanistan that turned into 5 days. Popped my "Combat Cherry" on the 2nd of July and we had to wait for an air drop to fix our vehicles and get fuel.

When there are men trying to buy you a drink.

I saw it last night, thought it was okay. It was not the best show ever but some amazing fish on there.

From what I can see is people on this topic are ill-informed. Everyone says public land is to crowded the animals are so pressured. Why do people not think out side the box. Most public land hunters will go on, is not far from the road. People need to get away from these heavy areas and do the research. I admit seeing alot of people on public land. But when you get into the woods deeper then they are willing to go you will score and score big. Change up the routes if you can get to the back of the land by boat do it. Trust me not many people are thinking of places like that. Just go a little farther off the beaten path you will be happy you did.

I just sit and watch anything that moves. Occasionally I sleep but thats only when it is really could out and I am sitting next to a log.

I work as an Embark NCO, I plan and coordinate movements by air, land, and sea. I wanted to be a parachute rigger but my recruiter never signed me up for that but as a logistics option. When you are in infantry they tend to play alot of games with you, games that are not that fun. Besides if you do not make a career of it what do you have to fall back on? Well a day in the life right now is 0700-1600 just like a normal job. But I use a computer all day and when I am not busy I tend to be on F&S. Though a day in the life deployed is completly different. Though I am a logistics Marine I went out on almost every mission. I have my combat action ribbon and a purple heart. You never know what you will be doing and can still get into the fight. Military Police may not be what you think, more like gate guard until you pick up a few ranks. I would say find a career you will like and be able to use if you decide to get out after 4 years. But make sure if you pick a job that job is guaranteed in your contract. Not like me with logistics as the broader option. O and it does not hurt to ask for a bonus. Let me know if you have any more questions. Semper Fidelis

Back in New York a few years ago we never had a problem with our guns in the truck if they were unloaded. But one day things just changed over night and we could no longer do it.

The 45 GAP was created for Glock to be used in the more compact 45's. The casing is necked down a little bit trying to give less recoil in a 45.

My uncle did all of the processing.

Steps for sure I know of at least one time when one of the screw-in steps has failed in the same hunting season.

I have a remington 597 and love it. I put a 4x20 scope on it and it shoots accuratly.

When I was 13 I started milking 75 head of cattle a night by myself. By the age of 15 I was feeding 125 head of cattle a night and all other farm work that goes with it, and on sundays I was a trapper at the local sportsmans club.

I want to be a game warden or a guide. I am still young so there is still a chance.

Maybe PB blaster, does a good job cleaning other things and breaking up rusted bolts.

I just walk around the woods in the and kick up brush piles with a mossberg 500 pump. I do not need snow but it really helps.

I am a US Marine, work logistics. Also just recently I became a Hunters Safety Instructor so am looking forward to teaching a few classes.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/answers/hunting/big-game/how-hunt/game-animal-you-shot-goes-down-when-you-get-it-it-still-alive-how-

That is just wrong, you are inflicting more pain and you do not know if it is dead or in a coma. Use a little common sense. If the media ever heard of some hunter hitting a deer in the head with a golf club imagine how bad that would make us look. Why would you even have a golf club while you were hunting?

Hey 2poppa I also use the 3D ones Big O is talking about work great even for turkey hunting. Just turn them inside out when you wash them even though the directions do not tell you that.

I joined the Marine Corps after a year of college back in 2006. So far I have hit my three year mark last month. Picked up E-4 in a year and a half, have been deployed to Afghanistan where I was wounded in an attack. Like stated before the service is what you make of it. Go Marine Corps you won't regret it. Anyone can be a soldier but not everyone can become a Marine. Semper Fi!

Never been buzzed before, but have had a chipmunk jump on me while I fell asleep.

Four-Wheelin, I thought I remembered your name you are the one who didn't have a problem hitting a deer in the head with a golf club. On another instance you said to kill a deer after it was downed by shooting it in the head with a gun, even though it was archery season. I hope no one takes any of your answers seriously. I do not think you even have a right to post on here.

21 Jacksonville, NC but originally from central NY

Memorial day ceramony, Rest in Peace Capt. Garrett "TUBES" Lawton KIA Aug 4 2008 and SSgt Edgar Heredia KIA Jun 26 2008, gone but never forgotten.

They are not actually in the picture most likely. It is a play on image. Like they are hiding but you can not see them.

Have any of you seen the 5.7x28 shoot through the phone books. It takes some looking on youtube, but in the video they show about a foot of phone books being shot by the 5.7x28. Two rounds both go all the way through. Yall should check it out.

saw it in the exchange today peaked alittle but wanted to wait til it comes.

Of course it is a good idea to buy from a gun show. You do not have to worry about it being stole property and they will be able to tell you alot about the gun and the company.

Well when I was younger I was walking through the woods with my brother. I happened to look at a tree five feet away and thought I saw something. Do not know if my mind was playing tricks but I ran a little and looked back but didnt see anything. I will never know, but I do believe there are things out there. We find new animals every day.

Look for deals and coupons. My stepfather buys from Gander Mountain alot and when he gets his rewards like a % off thats when he will buy his ammo in bulk because it is on sale and then he gets his coupon. Sometimes he gets ammo for next to nothing.

I too bought the quaker boy calls that are foam and love them.

We always hung our deer head down. Was never told why or even tried hanging it head up, but you could give it a shot and let us know.

Three years ago I was hunting the Co-op in central New York. Out of no where a dog came running by me but did not spot me. I watched him run off with his nose to the ground. About 10 minutes later I hear some trees and brush moving. Then I see brown but not a deer, there was a guy wearing a brown carhart cross country skiing with his dogs. He is lucky that I was a responsible shooter and didnt just shoot at brown. This should not happen, so when we left the woods the guy was still around. We confronted him and he jumped in his truck and drove off. Not really sure what the game warden did though. But some people need common sense.

2 jakes so far, do not get the chance to go out that often the last few years.

Marinade it in Italian dressing over night then grill it like grilled chicken breast. Quick easy and tasty.

I always carry my Benchmade Nim Cub II, USMC issued. I also carry a BUCK knife.

I am ashamed that no one wants to help your family. My best advice would to be read alot, everything you can get your hands on. If you have a Bass Pro Shops near you they are always doing seminars. If not ask your local hunting store for help. Hope you can find something.

Mil-tech, or otis

It was July 1 2008, in north western Afghanistan. We had been on a patrol in our vehicles for 4 days. We meet with a local police chief who says there is a wanted man a few clicks away. Only one man but they are scared to get him. This sounded fishy to me. We proceed to head to this village, one the way the police begin firing at nothing saying they saw taliban but nothing. We begin to clear a few villages but turn up nothing. Just as we started to head back we saw three motorcycles with AK's head in another village. We clear that village but nothing. As we begin leave yet again after 3 hours of clearing and chasing "pink elephants." Out of no where a huge blast hits 10 feet behind my vehicle. The first of many mortars. We begin to scatter and try to fight. Rockets begin air bursting all around us. As we start shooting the spotters, machine gun fire opens up from three sides. Chaos ensues but we were prepared. Just two days prior the Spanish got hit in the same spot and ran back to their FOB with out firing a shoot. Thats not how we fight. We begin to charge up the hill with our vehicles. I am the last one, when my MRAP tilts quickly almost rolling. Quick I throw it in reverse jamming us on the mud but saved us from rolling. The MRAP being so heavy collapsed a small road on top of a spring. Every one is ok but we are still taking mortars and rockets. We bunker along a small wall and begin directing targets. The rest of the team has pushed up the hill and taken fire. We are by ourself with the afghan army, not the best fighters. An ANA soldier with a rpg hops over a wall, we start to get away from him when his rocket discharges. The rocket thankfully went away from me but was loud as h*ll. In all my vehicle is buried and we take 3 more hours to get it out. When we begin to leave my vehicle was over heatng bad. It was 2200 at night by this time, intel gets passed that both exits out of the valley are mined. Thats when they told me I was lead vehicle, we begin driving on NVG's. When another MRAP got stuck in a wet spot in the dried up riverbed. We try until 0100 to get it out, we pull back and start security for the night watching the MRAP. In all we have been in the kill zone for atleast 7 hours now. We each get a hour of sleep. At 0430 sun rise comes and we are able to get out the vehicle by 0800. We eventually make it back to base with out any more incidents. We had no Marines injured, but had 5 Afghan Army soldiers injured. One got shot in the back of the leg, another burns from the RPG, and 3 that got injured from their 50 cal machine gun.

I agree with Beekeeper, on the farms back in New York the farmers buy the ammo for us to rid the pigeon population because they are carrying diseases and their feces are everywhere.

The short reed goes on the bottom.

North Carolina opened April 11th and New York opened yesterday the 1st. Still no luck yet, mostly just a bunch of ticks. Which I cannot stand.

12 gauge black widow glass call, quaker boy diaphram, 3-d leaf camo, hen decoy and some more calls in my bag along with a headlamp, knife, orange safety vest, water and some snacks.

I feed my dog Purina dog chow or healthy morsels. Our vet recommended this dog food. Another point I check most treats to see where they are made. Most treats are made in China and I am not buying them for my dog. Check it out for your self.

It may go through, most time when I shot them they would bounce off the side. If you only have them sitting on the ground this will happen. A bowling pin works well too.

I would be up for it, why not?

I shot the Barrett 50cal. before we deployed while training. In the clips it looks like it has alot of recoil but was not was I expected. Though the thing was load really load it was a joy to shoot. You could probably shoulder fire it if you were super strong but then again why would you want to. You would not be that accurate.

I am currently in the Marine Corps. I have been to Afghanistan once where I was injured from an IED. Was not sent home they just stiched my forehead up and I stayed.

I agree with hengst in the Marine Corps we use otis kits and I have a few at the house I use. I love them they are simple to use.

small film container with cotton and petrolium jelly rubbed on it. One easy way to get a fire started.

I have always wanted to get a full mount. I do not care about the position really. I just loved the way yours turned out. Keep up the good work.

We do use a few of them in my unit, but I have my own and love it. I bought it as my first pump and have not bought another one yet. I have both barrels for it, so it has so much versatility.

I agree with Beekeeper, you do not need 3.5 inch shells. I use a Mossberg 500 with a 28in barrel and a HS Undertaker turkey choke with 3in shells. I have killed two birds. One at 45 yards and on at 33 yards. You do not need 3.5.

I agree with all of you on this subject. Most places pick the deer they want you to shoot. I even saw on VS. hunting in Texas where they shot from the truck. They were just driving along spotted the buck and shot. Never even bothered to get out. That is crazy to me.

I just use your average night crawler. They have always worked well over the years.

I would say a shot gun but then again I do not sit and hunt rabbits. I walk around and kick just about any brush pile I can find.

Um Lakes are really big bodies of water and ponds are smaller areas of water.

I had a gamo I used in town to rid the expanding squirrel population. It shot 1100 fps and came with a scope. I think it cost around a 100 dollars. Got it at the one day harbor freight sales. I thought it worked well on squirrels and was very quiet. I do not think anyone ever knew what I was doing.

I could not find anything in the magazine about sending tips directly to them. I would just use the Message Board under tips.

Beekeeper, In Afghanistan I had the Trijicon ACOG on my M-4. I shot it a few times and it worked amazing. I never had a problem with it, even shooting back in the states I love it. I think they are a good buy.

I do not live in WVA but up in New York we have fresh water eels. When most of us catch them we just cut the line. None of us want to touch them.

If it is before the season opens I highly suggest you do not try and call turkeys. If you spoke the turkeys while calling they will remember you and the noise you made.

I use a HS Black widow double glass call and a few mouth calls. But I use them within conjunction to sound like more than one turkey.

My friend and I were muzzleloading on opening day a few years back. We spotted a herd of does and decided we could take two. We low crawled 100 yards and shot at the same time. Once we both found blood we followed it until the edge of the woods. When we asked for permission to go get the deer the lady was watching us from the road. She told us no, she called the police and said we were shooting from the road. Untrue, after all the hassle was takin care of we asked the trooper and NYDEC if we could get our wounded deer. They both said there is nothing we can do if she will not give you permission. This pissed me off so much becuase we had two defined blood trails and the deer just died somewhere.

You hav eto practice even when the season is not open. I practice year around on my way to work. If the sounds are not coming out right you may want to try a youth size diaghram. That is all I use, the small size really helps with the fit. Give it a try.

I saw a smaller jake out there but nothing worth shooting. Heard a gobbler about half a mile away but could not get him to travel far enough in. Maybe next weekend.

I am sure alot I have put more than 5000 rounds through my 22 and havent had a problem yet.

When he or she starts runnin and gunnin, shooting from the road, taking fawns or hunting on posted property. Then it is time to get out because it is not worth it, for you to lose your license for their stupidity.

Water or Propel, not a big fan of the soda when I am out fishing.

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Heading there myself in the morning hope the thunderstorms pass by time I try and get into the woods.

I have seen the aa-12 shotgun. This thing is crazy, all the rounds it can shoot. Not to mention the types of rounds ie: (HE rounds are awsome) I hope to be able to fire this some time soon while I am still in the Corps.

Del how did they contact you?

dont forget the needle nose pliers.

I was up in Central New York when it happened and it was all over the news. I just clicked it off until later that night. I knew there would be so much speculation and every channel said something different.

Your problem maybe be the birds have previously made the association to decoys and humans. It could be any number of things that has scared them away. Another possibility is that they are timid around birds that they have never seen before. We will never know but those would be my guesses.

A really old catfish that had blue gills, lips and the tips of its fins were all blue. This was caught on the Seneca River in NY.

United States Marine, I am a Logistics/ Embarkation planner. I have been to Afghanistan, and a few other countries on the way over and back. Currently in NC.

If you are on active duty you get a one year NRA memebership free I did it for the first year.

Spring turkey in NY starts May 1st.

I shot a decent sized 4 point jackalope a few years back.

I got a ticket once, I was trying to find a place to primative camp. Once we found a place we parked and set up the tents. We started a controlled fire and all was well. About 10 minutes later the Warden pulls up, I greeted him and he asked if that was my fire? Of course it is, well there was a ban on burning in the forest that I did not know about and a dumb law on camping within 200 yards of a man made structure or road. Thats bull, but he ended up giving me and my friend a ticket for leaving the road way to unload our cars.

Well if you can hold the target and the mp5 doesnt run all around then it maybe be accurate, but I think the glock will be more accurate.

Fly fishing any where

Yeah I have heard of them, we have them in New York in the Erie Canal. They are fun to catch and release though. I do not know much about the destruction they cause. We also have Zebra Mussels that have ruined the fishing.

Normally I take my time on a lake or river. Maybe a hour or so of not catching anything and switching baits. But trout fishing up the stream I will only stay in an area for 10 or so casts then work up the stream.

Some night crawlers at night with my dad, down where the water from the lake rolls over a small damn in the river.

I had a lady hit a doe down the street from my house. She used our phone then we went down to see the deer. When the police officer got there we asked if we could keep the deer and he filled out the paper work and we took it. Another time we were in a squirrel tournament and needed one more. We found one on the way to the weigh in.

Always plan for mutliple set ups, always plan for things to never go right and you will never run in to this problem.

I release all the fish I catch. I do not have any desire to eat the fish, so I catch them for sport.

I will not be getting out this weekend but heading up to NY for the next weekend to do some catfishing and trout on April 1. Then back to NC for turkey April 11th.

I have always wanted a viking burial. In which they build a small raft with some of your prized items. Then push you out to see and light it on fire.

They actually said that the June issue will have his reviews.

Out in the field its always black to wake me up in the morning.

I do not think we should touch them. They are a natural life form that we pursue and love. rjbedrock is right there is to much placed on the antlers of deer. Getting a deer with a high score is few and far between. If you change that then everyone will be shooting world class bucks.

I would also add that calling comes in next. It is one thing to sounds like a so-so turkey. Yeah do not get me wrong you will still sometimes get a hot gobbler but strive for the best. Even mix it up with a diaphram, pot and peg and maybe an egg. Sound like a group of hens just wanting a gobbler to come with them. Always practice year around.

We used bowling pins to shoot at, since I was an avid bowler I just asked the lanes if they had any old pins and they gave them to me. We did many different shooting challenges. But my favorite hand gun to shoot at them would be the S&W 500, it just tore the pins.

Where are you coming up with these questions?

You can offer to take local kids hunting and fishing if their parents accept. Say kids that are in groups like boy scouts and other groups like that. Or go to the local school and spread the word about the trap shooting. MAke discounts for young shooters at sportsmans clubs, maybe even offer hunting classes or classes that teach you how to shoot.

Yes I posted a message earlier on the message board. He has copied every answer he has ever posted. Something needs to be done with users like that.

The backstraps and tenderloin are by far the best meat. Then what ever I make into jerkey.

That is the one I have. I love it, the smaller size fits in the roaf of my mouth better. The sounds that it produces are amazing. The foam is an added bonus because I think it seals better in the mouth. Definatly worth buying I think. I have used it for the past two years and got a turkey each year. Planning on using it next month on my hunts.

I agree with rrmont that is what I wear. I think they work great and I wear them year around.

put it down regardless, not matter the size you have to do the humane thing.

Yeah there are some guys back in NY that do this. But they do have really decoys in their setup.

My uncle really got me started hunting deer. Small game was my father and turkey was one of my friends. I love taking people hunting or fishing for the first time. Taking 3 people out this year that have never done it before. In a few weeks I will be taking a guy from work turkey hunting. When I do this I let them take the gun and I do the calling. I think it is a better experience for them.

I was issued the military version on the 1911, we put thousands and thousands of rounds down range. I haven't heard of anything breaking on our weapons.

I would have forward this I am conservative.

This happened to me a few years ago. A friend and I were hunting the opening day of muzzel loader. We crept within 45 yards of a herd of deer. Both of us shot deer and found blood trails going into the woods. The land was posted and we saw the land owner on the side of the road. She called the cops told them that we shot from the road. Within 10 minutes out in the middle of nowhere the state troopers, county sheriff and the DEC officers showed up. After they checked us over and we told them what had happened they would not let us get our deer that were wounded. The lady said that we could not go on her land to retrieve the downed animals. That day we lost two deer to a pointless person. She was never charged with falsly reporting a crime because she was the under sheriff's wife.

no way you have to post in order to get points.

I had a bean chair and my Jack Russel would drag it around the house then lay in it on her back, legs sprawled.

Your welcome, I was not sure what to think. I mean the questions you were asking were off the wall yet you have 4 stars so you must know something about hunting or fishing.

I used a tru glow on my shotgun. It worked well and was magnatized for easy removal. I would recomend these to others.

We hung ours for a day or so depending on the weather. My uncle does the proccessing so it is quick and easy.

I was there and wounded and stayed to help as much as I could.

I agree, though there are not as many post on the message boards. I am on the site 5 times day, there are always new questions posted but hardly ever any new ones on the meassage board.

Depends what you are fishing for, catfish in New York is down by the mudlocks.

I would say about 200 a year. with the tags and everything maybe a new turkey call or two.

I love my ugly sticks.

I think that is a good idea. Sometimes I would like to ask certain users questions but am unable to.

Love it

most nights I get off it at midnight or so then back on at 6.

The S&W 500 would be the biggest gun I ever shot.

Thats ok I was in GA for last weekend. We got 6 inches of snow in 10 hours. I am from New York and expect that kind of weather, but this is in GA!

I grew up in NY but currently live in Jacksonville, NC.

The Salmon river that comes off the southeast corner of Lake Ontario is the place to go for this. People catch some amazing fish there. You can even go down stream a ways and still catch nice fish.

I do not think this is true, think about it no matter how far you are shooting the bullet is coming out to the rifle the same velocity. Why would it strain the barrel? This just doesn't make any sense.

Dale Jr, Martin Truex Jr, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, and Carl Edwards.

Thanks for the useful information I will have to check these out.

I would put them about 15 yards away from you in between you and where you think the tom would be coming. Put one hen facing you acting like it is walking away then about 2 yards away put the jake and hen really close together.

My dog a while back kept poking her head thru the blinds in the house. Finally they broke and the wife was not to happy about it.

Who even won? It was so boring on tv I switched it to the UNC vs. Duke game. I love NASCAR but it was a long race.

I have not seen any here in North Carolina with their antlers still on their head. Hopeing to find my first shed of the season though.

I worked on a farm about 7 years ago. I had been working on a few farms from the age 12 to 17. We did hay, corn and soybeans. The owner probably had a couple hundred acres. I also helped my friends to on their farm. In upstate NY that is about all there is to do for a job, when you are young.

Confront them with knowledge, knowledge is power and the anti-hunters only know it because they are not educated on what we do.

I like the Quaker Boy foam. They with well in my mounth and have a decent sound to them.

I use a headlamp to walk to my tree stand and have never had a problem with it.

I have a Mossburg 500 with the bird barrel and use an undertaker turkey choke. I picked up all of this for 195 dollars. The gun was used and came with a slug barrel to. I love this gun I use it for everything from clays to deer to ducks.

These people are ill informed and do not understand that guns do not kill people because if that was the case then matches cause arson. They just do not understand.

You need camo for your entire body, an decent shotgun with a tight choke. Learn to call well before the season opens. I use a hen decoy I picked up cheap. Thats really all you need.

I would say deer hunting with my grandfather out behind his house. Just me and him, in the woods wouldnt matter if we saw anything. Just to be there.

I just love being out in the middle of nowhere, no one around and it is so peaceful. Or being on the river and catfishing at night, but again it is so quiet and peaceful.

I try to get out as often as I can though it is not often.

I hardly fish anymore though it is due to workup and deployment now I am looking forward to trout season in April.

I do not know how to take this question I agree with mdhager115 on their post, but your question could also be taken in a different way. The way I took it was people post the same questions that someone else posted a few days before. That would be the users fault for not looking before they ask. Had some people taken the time to look they would not ask.

I use Ivy Dry, you spray it on and it dries out the rash. But be careful not to spray to much it will give you a chemical burn, I found out the hard way and I was going by the directions. Hope this helps.

When I was little my father, brother and I went fishing down the river from our camp. We were just out having fun and hit a hot hole of crappies and sunfish. I was maybe 8 or 9 but it was the time of my life. As soon as we tossed in the line we had fish. Just a great day of fishing.

I think the number one thing is be ethical, just like it was said before. Make sure the shot is within your limits. My first time hunting I saw a huge buck limping across the field. It was missing its front left leg, from that day on I have always shot within my limits.

You do not need much to hunt rabbit. Most of the time I walk around until I find a rabbit or a brush pile. I kick the brush pile and hope the rabbit comes running out.

I agree but I wouldnt want them to pay money to get rid of them. When hunters would do the same thing for free. But then PETA would get involved and say allowing hunters to kill them would be inhumane. Bunch of crap.

North Carolina and New York they are flying off the shelves, along with ammo. My exchange said they would be backed up for a month or two. Which sucks because I want to buy my first pistol.

When she says that you go out in the woods more than you go out with her in public.

No one knowd how many points you need so you will just have to post.

nope and I have not seen it in stores yet.

I agree with kolbster, I have always used a HS undertaker choke. Killed two turkeys one at 45 yards and the other at 37 yards. Can not go wrong with one.