Wow, I can only imagine what this hunter must have felt when he spotted this 772 pound behemoth of a black bear and realized he could get off a shot at it. It took two shots to bring it down, from his deceased father's rifle chambered in .30-06. I can hardly guess at the number of steaks he is going to get from that or the amount of the taxidermist's bill for skinning it and turning its hide into a nice rug.
I figure that the largest black bear I have ever seen afield may have weighed in at about 300 - 350 pounds (and that is a conservative estimate) and it had me pretty concerned even though I was holding a 12 gauge loaded with slugs. It was only 30 - 35 feet from me and showing signs of nervous aggression before I fired a shot to scare it off; that was in an area that did not allow bear hunting at the time, otherwise I would have been eating bear steaks and roasts for a long time. I think seeing a 772 pounder though, that close, may have made me drop my shotgun and beg for mercy.
As for the hunter who bagged this brute, I hope he enjoys every mouthful (bear meat is excellent) and that his bear winds up breaking former records. It seems he may have bagged the world record black bear. The Boone and Crocket Club is currently making that determination based on the bear's skull dimensions.
Sources:
http://wnep.com/2013/11/26/hunter-bags-772-pound-black-bear-in-lackawanna-county/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/30/pennsylvania-man-reportedly-bags-772-pound-black-bear/?intcmp=trending
All the best,
Glenn B
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Gin and Cracked Corn...
...placed in a baking tray, with the gin allowed to soak into the corn for awhile, left outside for the turkeys to eat would be a very tempting end to the so called problem of too many turkeys in the neighborhood. I have heard said that such a mixture, when eaten by turkeys, makes them pass out and thus easy to collect, dispatch and eventually to get into the oven. Note, I said it would be tempting although I must point out I would not do it nor advocate anyone else doing it if illegal - which almost certainly must be the case within the boundaries of NY City let alone the rest of the state of NY.
See the video at this link:
http://msnvideo.msn.com/?src=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink#/video/0fa0abf0-594a-db27-c70e-61f4891faf35
All the best,
Glenn B
See the video at this link:
http://msnvideo.msn.com/?src=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink#/video/0fa0abf0-594a-db27-c70e-61f4891faf35
All the best,
Glenn B
Maybe The Judge Should Serve The Rapist's Sentence
I studied Constitutional Law in college and later again in a few academy courses in both the Border Patrol and Customs academies and thus learned about a person having a right not to be subjected to double jeopardy for the same crime. In it's simplest form double jeopardy would be a case in which a defendant was found not guilty and then arrested and prosecuted again, for the same charge, if new evidence was found that indicated his guilt. The state simply cannot do it and I agree, it should not be done because it would result in persecutions of too many innocent people against whom the state decided to hold a crusading vendetta, for whatever reasons - such a political considerations, against the accused.
I think there is a case now in which the claim might be raised by the defense that the state is subjecting the accused, in my opinion a heinous criminal, to double jeopardy. Although I certainly am no expert on this aspect of the law, I would think that if someone is convicted of a crime and sentenced, then once he has completed the sentence, it might possibly be seen as double jeopardy to sentence him to a longer term for the same crime. I hope it is not the case though - at least in this particular instance.
This case is more something like someone being convicted and sentenced to 30 years in jail, then getting out early for good behavior but having to abide by parole regulations which if violated would send him right back to jail to complete the original sentence except that the man has apparently not violated his parole and yet the state is seeking to sentence him to the longer term. What they are saying is that the sentence given was illegal on the part of the sentencing judge.
Is it double jeopardy if it was the judge who erred illegally in arriving at the length of time served relative to the sentencing? I hope not because in this case, a vile disgusting pedophile of a rapist raped, repeatedly, a 14 year old girl (made even more disgusting by the fact he was a teacher, reportedly her teacher). It may not be double jeopardy because the actual sentence he received was 15 years and upon sentencing the judge suspended all but 31 days of his sentence. Why the suspension of most of the sentence? The judge thought that it was fitting, proper and legally lenient. That was apparently, in part, based on the judge's belief that the victim was 'older than her chronological age'. I find it difficult to believe tat the judge was lenient to the defendant because the girl looked more mature than her years, especially when the rapist knew the girl and was reportedly her teacher.
My guess would be that the defense will say that any such imposition of a further sentence, without a parole violation, would be double jeopardy although right now, the defense is not saying anything publically. I really truly hope that the court does not decide such, as the actual sentence was to 15 years imprisonment as I understand and it is going to be argued that the judge's leniency was illegal. I especially there will not be a finding of double jeopardy and that the criminal will have to endure the complete 15 years behind bars if only in as much as the state should honor the memory of the 14 year old girl, the victim who was evidently forgotten or ignored by the sentencing judge. I say in her memory because she committed suicide before the trial.
Of course, there was a public outcry and the judge tried to resentence the man; however, the prosecutors went to Montana's supreme court to stop the judge from resentencing the man and I would guess because it may have been a double jeopardy issue had he done so or because it would have otherwise been illegal for him to change the sentence. The state is appealing the original sentencing saying it was illegal and I hope they win and that the rapist is sentenced to at least the 10 years they are trying to get him to serve. If the state loses its appeal, but somehow the judge is determined to have acted and found guilty of a crime related to the sentencing, I think it might be fitting to have the judge serve the full sentence that could have been given to the rapist. If the judge is found to have acted within the law, then I think he should resign because there is no way that I can see it as him having carried out his duties morally, ethically and within the spirit of the law.
All the best,
GB
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/30/montana-appeals-teacher-30-day-rape-sentence/
I think there is a case now in which the claim might be raised by the defense that the state is subjecting the accused, in my opinion a heinous criminal, to double jeopardy. Although I certainly am no expert on this aspect of the law, I would think that if someone is convicted of a crime and sentenced, then once he has completed the sentence, it might possibly be seen as double jeopardy to sentence him to a longer term for the same crime. I hope it is not the case though - at least in this particular instance.
This case is more something like someone being convicted and sentenced to 30 years in jail, then getting out early for good behavior but having to abide by parole regulations which if violated would send him right back to jail to complete the original sentence except that the man has apparently not violated his parole and yet the state is seeking to sentence him to the longer term. What they are saying is that the sentence given was illegal on the part of the sentencing judge.
Is it double jeopardy if it was the judge who erred illegally in arriving at the length of time served relative to the sentencing? I hope not because in this case, a vile disgusting pedophile of a rapist raped, repeatedly, a 14 year old girl (made even more disgusting by the fact he was a teacher, reportedly her teacher). It may not be double jeopardy because the actual sentence he received was 15 years and upon sentencing the judge suspended all but 31 days of his sentence. Why the suspension of most of the sentence? The judge thought that it was fitting, proper and legally lenient. That was apparently, in part, based on the judge's belief that the victim was 'older than her chronological age'. I find it difficult to believe tat the judge was lenient to the defendant because the girl looked more mature than her years, especially when the rapist knew the girl and was reportedly her teacher.
My guess would be that the defense will say that any such imposition of a further sentence, without a parole violation, would be double jeopardy although right now, the defense is not saying anything publically. I really truly hope that the court does not decide such, as the actual sentence was to 15 years imprisonment as I understand and it is going to be argued that the judge's leniency was illegal. I especially there will not be a finding of double jeopardy and that the criminal will have to endure the complete 15 years behind bars if only in as much as the state should honor the memory of the 14 year old girl, the victim who was evidently forgotten or ignored by the sentencing judge. I say in her memory because she committed suicide before the trial.
Of course, there was a public outcry and the judge tried to resentence the man; however, the prosecutors went to Montana's supreme court to stop the judge from resentencing the man and I would guess because it may have been a double jeopardy issue had he done so or because it would have otherwise been illegal for him to change the sentence. The state is appealing the original sentencing saying it was illegal and I hope they win and that the rapist is sentenced to at least the 10 years they are trying to get him to serve. If the state loses its appeal, but somehow the judge is determined to have acted and found guilty of a crime related to the sentencing, I think it might be fitting to have the judge serve the full sentence that could have been given to the rapist. If the judge is found to have acted within the law, then I think he should resign because there is no way that I can see it as him having carried out his duties morally, ethically and within the spirit of the law.
All the best,
GB
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/30/montana-appeals-teacher-30-day-rape-sentence/
Friday, November 29, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukkah
My wish to all is for a Happy Thanksgiving and my wish to my Jewish friends is that they also celebrate a Happy Hanukkah. It is a rare bird indeed when Hanukkah and Thanksgiving coincide and today is the last such alignment of both for the next 80,000 years, give or take a few millennia!
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Walmart Is Good For Some Things...
...and I do mean besides all those People of Walmart photos that make the rounds on the Internet now and then (I am overdue to receive an email with new ones). Yesterday, on my trip home from hunting, I decided to take a break from driving in the storm at an average speed of about 50mph (in a 65 zone). I figured that Middletown, NY would be a good place to stop because I could visit Gander Mountain to see if they had any 22LR ammo. I have a pretty good supply of it, but about half of mine if from the 1970s or 80s, so my supply could use freshening up. As it turned out, I got off the highway heading west instead of east (the direction of gander Mountain) because my stomach was talking to me. I made a quick stop at Mickey D's for two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, onions on a sesame seed bun and some fries. I did takeout because the clientele inide looked like a group of hoodlums. Then I took my food and headed to the other side of the road, into Walmart's parking lot, where I gobbled it down. While there I had the rather infrequent, for me, thought of going into Walmart to check for 22LR ammo. While walking back to sporting goods, I came across a bin of CDs for $5.00 each. I gave a cursory glance and was very surprised to almost immediately find a Roy Orbison CD I liked, something along the lines of greatest hits. That go me to digging and I came up with a dozen of them from Alice Cooper's first album to Waylon Jennings with some Lynyrd Skynyrd in the middle.
After that, I headed over to the ammo case, not really expecting to find anything worth buying. As I approached from afar, it looked as if I had been right since the shelves were about 75% - 85% depleted of a full load. I walked over to it and as I got closer, with some squinting since I left my reading glasses in the car, I noticed Winchester 22LR ammo! There were two boxes of Winchester M*22, 22 Long Rifle,40 grain, black copper plated, round nose ammo. I asked how much and the Walmart guy told me $50.87. It was a bit difficult to impossible for me to read all of what was on the box, so I asked how many rounds were in each of the rather large looking bricks. The clerk opened the outside box and took out one of two inside boxes and started to open them saying that the outside of the box did not say how many rounds were inside. I squinted again and gave a good once over to one of the boxes and there in the middle of the box, it said 1,000 rounds. I told him not to bother opening them and to ring em up. Another 2,000 rounds in the ammo supply and I was a happy camper.
I don't know anything about this ammo other than what it says on he box. I rarely used Winchester 22 ammo in the past. I am hoping this is a step up from their low end 22 ammo about which I have heard bad things - mostly that it was known for lots of misfires and firing very dirty. If this stuff goes bang every time and is fairly accurate I will be very satisfied considering the price at just a tiny bit over .05 cents per round. If you are like a lot of other folks, myself included, who have been looking for 22LR ammo, you may want to give a Walmart that sells ammo a try. (My local Walmart does not sell ammo, I don't think any in my county sell ammo). While there, if you are short of cash, just avoid the CD bin.
I did not bother heading over to Gander Mountain after that since I already had spent more than I needed to or should have spent on hunting and ammo over the past two weeks. What the heck, you only live twice and I am going to enjoy this second round of life as best I can. Anyway that's why God invented plastic and debtors courts.
All the best,
Glenn B
After that, I headed over to the ammo case, not really expecting to find anything worth buying. As I approached from afar, it looked as if I had been right since the shelves were about 75% - 85% depleted of a full load. I walked over to it and as I got closer, with some squinting since I left my reading glasses in the car, I noticed Winchester 22LR ammo! There were two boxes of Winchester M*22, 22 Long Rifle,40 grain, black copper plated, round nose ammo. I asked how much and the Walmart guy told me $50.87. It was a bit difficult to impossible for me to read all of what was on the box, so I asked how many rounds were in each of the rather large looking bricks. The clerk opened the outside box and took out one of two inside boxes and started to open them saying that the outside of the box did not say how many rounds were inside. I squinted again and gave a good once over to one of the boxes and there in the middle of the box, it said 1,000 rounds. I told him not to bother opening them and to ring em up. Another 2,000 rounds in the ammo supply and I was a happy camper.
I don't know anything about this ammo other than what it says on he box. I rarely used Winchester 22 ammo in the past. I am hoping this is a step up from their low end 22 ammo about which I have heard bad things - mostly that it was known for lots of misfires and firing very dirty. If this stuff goes bang every time and is fairly accurate I will be very satisfied considering the price at just a tiny bit over .05 cents per round. If you are like a lot of other folks, myself included, who have been looking for 22LR ammo, you may want to give a Walmart that sells ammo a try. (My local Walmart does not sell ammo, I don't think any in my county sell ammo). While there, if you are short of cash, just avoid the CD bin.
I did not bother heading over to Gander Mountain after that since I already had spent more than I needed to or should have spent on hunting and ammo over the past two weeks. What the heck, you only live twice and I am going to enjoy this second round of life as best I can. Anyway that's why God invented plastic and debtors courts.
All the best,
Glenn B
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Just Back From Hunting
Went hunting again today, up near Windsor, NY. Once again, the deer laughed at me. It was a lot colder than last week, 27 degrees most of the day on the mountain, but I loved it even though I did not see hide nor hair of a beast. Saw tracks, evidently I pushed two or three out of the beds (all of them were together) and must have come close because one of them startled a chipmunk that made a racket but never saw them. About 2 - 6 inches of snow on the ground, depending on time of day. A five hour drive home including a 45 minute to one hour stop in Middletown. It was slow due to it storming out, mostly sleet and rain for the duration of the trip. More blogging tomorrow.
All the best,
GB
All the best,
GB
Monday, November 25, 2013
It Is The Era of the White Man - 100 Amazing Facts...
I am willing to bet my life savings, that if I actually wrote a piece about how it is currently the era of the white man, and in that piece called African Americans Negroes, I would be branded as a racist by a great many people. Yet, it is apparently quite fine for a black man to write a piece called: It Is The Era Of The Black Woman 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: When did the golden age of black female achievement begin? and to call African Americans Negroes in his piece. Then again, it is apparently okay for African Americans to call each other "my nigga" and "nigger" but not okay for me because I am Western European American, aka: Caucasian or white. Yet, I have heard it said hundreds, if not thousands, of times by one black person addressing another black person all with no racial insult ever being taken. Yet, it is racism and nothing more, nor less, to restrict the appropriateness of using those terms to one racial group and to lambaste another as racists if they too use it. Then again, the whole idea of glorifying the achievements of any person, based on their race, is racist. Thus I find the article linked to above as abhorrently racist.
All the best,
Glenn B
All the best,
Glenn B
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Brr - What A Difference a Day Makes
No, I should say, what a difference a few hours make. Yesterday, it had to have been in the mid to high 50's where I live. Then late in the afternoon the temperature dropped and by about 7PM it was feeling really cold. The wind was blowing and that helped it to feel even colder. Then, I am guessing it was around 7 - 8 PM, the snow started to fall or should I say started to blow, it was really windy. Just got a bit though.
Today, it is as cold as a witch's breasticle! I just checked three different online weather services - one said it is currently 30 degrees here, the second said 30 degrees and the third said 29.2. What a drop over the course of a day and I am pretty certain it was colder last night (or in the dark and wee hours of the morning today). According to a check I just did for "yesterday's weather", the high here was 54 degrees and the low was 30. I know, realative to other places, even place to which I have traveled in winter, 29 degrees is not all that cold but it is still cold for this area in November. I think the coldest place I have ever visited wasPokeafellow Pocatello, Idaho. As I remember, it got down into the minus twenties when I was there for a FAM detail covering the Winter Olympics in 2002.
I was just out trying to rake up and bag about a ton or two of leaves (aggrandized by my imagination to be sure) in my tiny backyard and along the side of my house. I got only 4 small bags filled (30 gallon sized, I think) and had to take a break because my finger tips felt like they were about to frost over (no exaggeration). The leaves are dry and the wind kept gusting, so it is not the best day to do yard cleanup but - she who must be obeyed (at least now and again) had given me my work orders. Luckily for me, my son did around the front of the house. Guess I owe him a beer for that or some ammo or both.
Perhaps, I should get back to work before she who must be obeyed gets upset. I am hoping that the 4 piles of leaves, I had ready to bag up, have not blown all over the place. It seemed the gusts were much less strong out back of the house than along side it where it was like being in a wind tunnel between my neighbor's garage and our house, so Left those out back. I guess I'll know in a moment or two.
Later 4 U,
GB
Today, it is as cold as a witch's breasticle! I just checked three different online weather services - one said it is currently 30 degrees here, the second said 30 degrees and the third said 29.2. What a drop over the course of a day and I am pretty certain it was colder last night (or in the dark and wee hours of the morning today). According to a check I just did for "yesterday's weather", the high here was 54 degrees and the low was 30. I know, realative to other places, even place to which I have traveled in winter, 29 degrees is not all that cold but it is still cold for this area in November. I think the coldest place I have ever visited was
I was just out trying to rake up and bag about a ton or two of leaves (aggrandized by my imagination to be sure) in my tiny backyard and along the side of my house. I got only 4 small bags filled (30 gallon sized, I think) and had to take a break because my finger tips felt like they were about to frost over (no exaggeration). The leaves are dry and the wind kept gusting, so it is not the best day to do yard cleanup but - she who must be obeyed (at least now and again) had given me my work orders. Luckily for me, my son did around the front of the house. Guess I owe him a beer for that or some ammo or both.
Perhaps, I should get back to work before she who must be obeyed gets upset. I am hoping that the 4 piles of leaves, I had ready to bag up, have not blown all over the place. It seemed the gusts were much less strong out back of the house than along side it where it was like being in a wind tunnel between my neighbor's garage and our house, so Left those out back. I guess I'll know in a moment or two.
Later 4 U,
GB
Saturday, November 23, 2013
An Elk With Attitude...
...I should be so lucky when hunting as to have a Whitetail Deer try do this to me. If my son sees this he may wish for the same.
All the best,
Glenn B
All the best,
Glenn B
Friday, November 22, 2013
Men - If You Don't Use Dental Floss - You May Start Real Soon
Guys, if you don't already use dental floss, it may be time to break it out and start using it. That is enough said, just read this and figure it out for yourselves:
http://www.ivillage.com/pubic-hair-trends-70s-in-style/5-a-553694?obref=obnetwork
Reminds me of a Frank Zapa tune, something to the effect of:
I'm moving to Montana soon,
I'm gonna be a dental floss tycoon...
Who knows, maybe I should move to Montana and take up that line of work, I could make a fortune if that feminine fashion fad catches on (or should that be 'catches in' as in your teeth)!
All the best,
Glenn B
http://www.ivillage.com/pubic-hair-trends-70s-in-style/5-a-553694?obref=obnetwork
Reminds me of a Frank Zapa tune, something to the effect of:
I'm moving to Montana soon,
I'm gonna be a dental floss tycoon...
Who knows, maybe I should move to Montana and take up that line of work, I could make a fortune if that feminine fashion fad catches on (or should that be 'catches in' as in your teeth)!
All the best,
Glenn B
Folks Camping Outside of Best Buy A Week Ahead of Black Friday?
I was just over at Wirecutter's blog and read this: To save a buck. Stupid fuckers. It is a post about idiots who are already camping outside of Best Buy stores, a week early, awaiting Black Friday sales.
Are they fucking nuts (see this). There is nothing thatWorst Best Buy could offer me to cause me to wait on a long line, let alone camp out on line, to shop there - NOTHING! How the fuck anyone could wait on a line, let alone camp out on a line, to get into Best Buy is beyond me. That has got to be one of the worst stores in which I have ever shopped and I try to avoid it like the plague. About the only way I would shop there is if they were they last place in my area to have something I really needed. But to camp out on line for several days, just to get a few bucks off, that I probably could have gotten elsewhere at a place with much better customer service and return policies, no way. Any way, they can't be saving that much money on anything to make it worthwhile.
I have waited on lines too. Several hours for Rolling Stones tickets at Madison Square Garden and I was sixth on the line. Yet, I only got seats in about the third or fourth row. Guy right in front of me must have bought most of the seats in first and second rows. Another time, I waited in a long line for tickets to see Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden. The line was so unruly that several people, just a few feet in front of me, got pushed through a set of heavy plate glass doors and were badly cut up because the throng just kept shoving forward and there was no place to go except through the glass of those locked doors. I waited many hours (most of a day) to get the tickets for that show and got really good seats. Then, for the same Led Zeppelin tour, I also waited most of two days, in the friggin' cold of February, on a loading ramp of Nassau Coliseum. I got great seats for that,10th row. Then, a couple of days before the concert, I went fishing with a buddy, on a jetty at Rockaway (yes we were snockered) and while we were on the jetty with waves crashing into us, I collapsed in agony. As I lay on the rocks, another wave hit me and my buddy actually caught me as I was about to go over the side of the jetty and into the drink. My buddy thought my hitting the rocks had broken a few of my ribs but it wound up being appendicitis - great timing. They yanked it out of me the next day, only a day or two before the show when they kept you in hospital for most of a week for that operation. Luckily, at least, I heard it from my hospital bed; one of the NYC radio stations broadcast it live.
After that, I have rarely waited on long, long, long lines - I figure if I do then something else might go ass up inside of me. FUCK LONG LINES.
Hat tip to Wirecutter for giving me inspiration to steal his idea and write this post.
All the best,
Glenn B
Are they fucking nuts (see this). There is nothing that
I have waited on lines too. Several hours for Rolling Stones tickets at Madison Square Garden and I was sixth on the line. Yet, I only got seats in about the third or fourth row. Guy right in front of me must have bought most of the seats in first and second rows. Another time, I waited in a long line for tickets to see Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden. The line was so unruly that several people, just a few feet in front of me, got pushed through a set of heavy plate glass doors and were badly cut up because the throng just kept shoving forward and there was no place to go except through the glass of those locked doors. I waited many hours (most of a day) to get the tickets for that show and got really good seats. Then, for the same Led Zeppelin tour, I also waited most of two days, in the friggin' cold of February, on a loading ramp of Nassau Coliseum. I got great seats for that,10th row. Then, a couple of days before the concert, I went fishing with a buddy, on a jetty at Rockaway (yes we were snockered) and while we were on the jetty with waves crashing into us, I collapsed in agony. As I lay on the rocks, another wave hit me and my buddy actually caught me as I was about to go over the side of the jetty and into the drink. My buddy thought my hitting the rocks had broken a few of my ribs but it wound up being appendicitis - great timing. They yanked it out of me the next day, only a day or two before the show when they kept you in hospital for most of a week for that operation. Luckily, at least, I heard it from my hospital bed; one of the NYC radio stations broadcast it live.
After that, I have rarely waited on long, long, long lines - I figure if I do then something else might go ass up inside of me. FUCK LONG LINES.
Hat tip to Wirecutter for giving me inspiration to steal his idea and write this post.
All the best,
Glenn B
Ammo Alert - Winchester Super-X 12 Gauge 00 Buckshot
As I post this, Cabelas (a company with which I am none to enamored) has an excellent deal (considering current market conditions) for Winchester, Super-X, 12 gauge, 9 pellet, 00 buckshot, 15 round boxes @ $10.99 each. If your order amounts to more than $99, and you use promotion code 3Gifts, shipping is free. See the page at this link.
If you work it out, that comes to about $3.66 per box of five rounds. That is the best price I have seen on high quality American made 12 gauge, 00 buckshot, in a long time.
All the best,
Glenn B
If you work it out, that comes to about $3.66 per box of five rounds. That is the best price I have seen on high quality American made 12 gauge, 00 buckshot, in a long time.
All the best,
Glenn B
I Am Not Much of a Conspiracy Theorist, BUT...
...maybe there is something to at least some of these conspiracy theories after all. Nope, I am not talking about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. What I am talking about is not quite as evil as that but certainly may go a long way to explain something that has been happening in my life over the past several years during the fall season. As you probably are aware, if you read this blog at all, I like to go hunting when I can, especially for whitetail deer. That regardless of the fact that for about the last 7 or so years, the deer where I hunt just laughed whenever they realized it was me in the forest. Yes, that means I have not bagged one in too long a time.
I have oft times wondered, relative to me not bagging one each season, things like:
Is it that there are not that many deer where I hunt? Nah, it can't be, there is too much sign of them.
Perhaps that I did not have a doe permit and the antler size restrictions have affected my ability to bag one but alas I have not seen that many bucks to begin with.
Or could it be that I am doing something wrong and giving away myself, as I hunt, by scent or some other indicator. Well, I try to be pretty quiet in the woods, cover my scent by washing with scentless and odor masking soap, use laundry detergent specifically made for hunters, spray scent eliminator on my boots, and pretty much get rid of my man stink. I also wear blaze camo clothing. I do wind up walking up on deer, or see them from my stand, almost every season. This year was no exception, I saw 5 deer while afield, but they were all does and this year I spooked a couple of them even though, as far as I was aware, I was pretty much scentless, was being quiet and moving slowly (only a few steps at a time and pausing for several seconds before moving again) and had taken all the usual precautions.
I just could not figure my long deer-less streak. That is, until this evening. A few minutes ago, I spotted evidence that there is at least one member of my household that may have been sabotaging my efforts to bag a deer by leaving a scent behind that deer avoid. This family member may be acting alone or in concert with other family members but my bet would be that others are in on it. I say that because the one I caught in the act is the latest addition to the family and must have learned how to sabotage my hunting trip from somebody else before actually doing it too. Then again, for all I know, my family member maybe somehow was in contact directly with the deer and was instructed on what to do by them; those deer are wily critters. What was done was to add a scent to my hunting clothes after I just washed them in a scent free and odor blocking hunter's detergent. I would not even think of spraying down my hunting jacket before my next hunt because I would expect it to still be scent free but man oh man would I have been wrong on that one.
The fact that I was being sabotaged is plainly evident, see for yourselves:
The evidence could not be much clearer than that - caught in the act of leaving a scent that deer dread maybe even more that man stink. It was the evil - dog stink! The culprit is Abby, our long haired (and fat) Chihuahua who is atop my hunting clothes inside the plastic bin in which I store my gear. I had just put it in there and was about to get the rest of it to put in too, when I was distracted for a few minutes. When I turned back around, there she was looking fat, happy and very comfortable. That was until I asked what she was doing on my hunting clothing, at which point she put on that 'Who me?' puppy face. I just know that one of the other dogs, or maybe a deer, somehow told her what to do.
All the best,
Glenn B
Is it that there are not that many deer where I hunt? Nah, it can't be, there is too much sign of them.
Perhaps that I did not have a doe permit and the antler size restrictions have affected my ability to bag one but alas I have not seen that many bucks to begin with.
Or could it be that I am doing something wrong and giving away myself, as I hunt, by scent or some other indicator. Well, I try to be pretty quiet in the woods, cover my scent by washing with scentless and odor masking soap, use laundry detergent specifically made for hunters, spray scent eliminator on my boots, and pretty much get rid of my man stink. I also wear blaze camo clothing. I do wind up walking up on deer, or see them from my stand, almost every season. This year was no exception, I saw 5 deer while afield, but they were all does and this year I spooked a couple of them even though, as far as I was aware, I was pretty much scentless, was being quiet and moving slowly (only a few steps at a time and pausing for several seconds before moving again) and had taken all the usual precautions.
I just could not figure my long deer-less streak. That is, until this evening. A few minutes ago, I spotted evidence that there is at least one member of my household that may have been sabotaging my efforts to bag a deer by leaving a scent behind that deer avoid. This family member may be acting alone or in concert with other family members but my bet would be that others are in on it. I say that because the one I caught in the act is the latest addition to the family and must have learned how to sabotage my hunting trip from somebody else before actually doing it too. Then again, for all I know, my family member maybe somehow was in contact directly with the deer and was instructed on what to do by them; those deer are wily critters. What was done was to add a scent to my hunting clothes after I just washed them in a scent free and odor blocking hunter's detergent. I would not even think of spraying down my hunting jacket before my next hunt because I would expect it to still be scent free but man oh man would I have been wrong on that one.
The fact that I was being sabotaged is plainly evident, see for yourselves:
The evidence could not be much clearer than that - caught in the act of leaving a scent that deer dread maybe even more that man stink. It was the evil - dog stink! The culprit is Abby, our long haired (and fat) Chihuahua who is atop my hunting clothes inside the plastic bin in which I store my gear. I had just put it in there and was about to get the rest of it to put in too, when I was distracted for a few minutes. When I turned back around, there she was looking fat, happy and very comfortable. That was until I asked what she was doing on my hunting clothing, at which point she put on that 'Who me?' puppy face. I just know that one of the other dogs, or maybe a deer, somehow told her what to do.
All the best,
Glenn B
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Ammo Alert: Remington Premiere .22 WMR, 40 grain, PSP, 50 rounds @ $14.99
Bass Pro Shops is offering Remington Premiere .22 WMR, 40 grain, PSP, 50 rounds @ $14.99. They are also offering free shipping on orders of $99+ using code FREE99.
See: http://www.basspro.com/Remington-22-WMR-Ammo/product/19874/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.basspro.com%2FRemington--22-WMR-Ammo%2Fproduct%2F19874%2F&hvarAID=vantage
The best price I have seen on decent .22 WMR, in recent months has been $12.99. So, $14.99 is a pretty good price considering current market conditions and considering that the next closest in price, on http://gunbot.net, for a 50 round box is $18.99 (different brand).
I thought I had made my last ammo purchase with a case of 5.56 recently but I guess not since I just ordered some of this stuff.
All the best,
Glenn B
See: http://www.basspro.com/Remington-22-WMR-Ammo/product/19874/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.basspro.com%2FRemington--22-WMR-Ammo%2Fproduct%2F19874%2F&hvarAID=vantage
The best price I have seen on decent .22 WMR, in recent months has been $12.99. So, $14.99 is a pretty good price considering current market conditions and considering that the next closest in price, on http://gunbot.net, for a 50 round box is $18.99 (different brand).
I thought I had made my last ammo purchase with a case of 5.56 recently but I guess not since I just ordered some of this stuff.
All the best,
Glenn B
We Need More People Who Think Like Him In The Republican Party
Take the few minutes needed to watch this video by Senator Elbert Guillory (R-LA). It will be worth your while.
Wow, I thought that Republicans had long forgotten about those ideals. If Senator Guillory's record in politics matches his words in this video, I would vote for him for president in a NY minute. A hat tip and my thanks to Peter Q for sharing that with me.
All the best,
Glenn B
Wow, I thought that Republicans had long forgotten about those ideals. If Senator Guillory's record in politics matches his words in this video, I would vote for him for president in a NY minute. A hat tip and my thanks to Peter Q for sharing that with me.
All the best,
Glenn B
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
What Glaring Error Was Made By Fox News Relative To Obamacare
Here is a link to an online article by Fox News about a woman who got screwed out of a tax credit that would have helped her afford Obummercare. Read it and weep for her. Read it and complain about her getting screwed. Read it an be upset because health care is none of the government's business. Read it and wish that Obummercare would have been a figment of a bad dream you had last night. Then tell me, what did Fox news do that was totally screwed up!
Have you figured it out yet? Read the article before you read more here. You will have to scroll over the blank area below, while holding down your left mouse key (or right one if you have your mouse set up for lefties). And no, it is not that the Fox News article says that what she was going to have to pay was lower than what she had been paying - when in fact she had not been paying for a health insurance plan before this for 15 years (but yes that shows how stupid was the reporter and editor who let that slip into the piece).
Here it is, start scrolling over the black box below while holding down the mouse key:
All the best,
Glenn B
Have you figured it out yet? Read the article before you read more here. You will have to scroll over the blank area below, while holding down your left mouse key (or right one if you have your mouse set up for lefties). And no, it is not that the Fox News article says that what she was going to have to pay was lower than what she had been paying - when in fact she had not been paying for a health insurance plan before this for 15 years (but yes that shows how stupid was the reporter and editor who let that slip into the piece).
Here it is, start scrolling over the black box below while holding down the mouse key:
The Fox news article said that calls to the health insurance company Premera were not immediately returned. Why the fuck did they call Premera? Why didn't they telephone Obama, and Biden, and Pelosi, and Reid with their questions about why she was getting screwed? Better yet, why didn't they just call them all inept assholes and be done with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All the best,
Glenn B
Deer - 3, Me - 0
Once again, I have returned from a deer hunting trip with no meat for the pot! Spent three days hunting - the deer won all three days and I scored nothing. I saw a total of 5 does while afield on my hunting trip and am almost certain that I heard a buck sneaking away from me. First off, I spotted three does the day before the season opened. I could have had a clean shot at two I saw together in the woods. They were probably 75 yards away and broadside to me. I also saw another doe, under an apple tree, on somebody's lawn (right next to the state forest). That one I waved to and talked to, it was only about 15 yards away from me at most and it just stood there, broadside, taunting me mercilessly. Somehow, I got the notion that it knew I could not legally shoot it. I thought I heard it snicker with glee as I walked away - but nah that could not be - could it! I also saw three does, under apple trees on the farm that used to belong to my uncle, but that was from my car so they don't count in what I saw while afield. The first three I mentioned were all when I was afoot in the field.
Then yesterday, day three of the season, I saw another two does but had spooked them. They were about 30-35 yards out and headed toward me. I had been still hunting, and was about to stop and take a rest when I took that one more step, cracked a branch under the leaf litter and saw them bolt. I tried to call them back and as I did, I heard another deer creeping away from the same spot in which they had been. No raised tail, no bolting away through the brush, just a branch cracking and a swooshing noise in the undergrowth, several times, going in the opposite direction than the one the does had taken. That had 'smart old buck' written all over it. Certainly smarter than me; I gave them all awhile and then tried to call them in, all to no avail. Also tried circling wide around to spot them again but that did not work either. Oh well, still a few weeks left in the season.
All the best,
Glenn B
Then yesterday, day three of the season, I saw another two does but had spooked them. They were about 30-35 yards out and headed toward me. I had been still hunting, and was about to stop and take a rest when I took that one more step, cracked a branch under the leaf litter and saw them bolt. I tried to call them back and as I did, I heard another deer creeping away from the same spot in which they had been. No raised tail, no bolting away through the brush, just a branch cracking and a swooshing noise in the undergrowth, several times, going in the opposite direction than the one the does had taken. That had 'smart old buck' written all over it. Certainly smarter than me; I gave them all awhile and then tried to call them in, all to no avail. Also tried circling wide around to spot them again but that did not work either. Oh well, still a few weeks left in the season.
All the best,
Glenn B
Sunday, November 17, 2013
I WALK THE STRAIGHT SIDE WITH HETERO PRIDE
I am so sick of hearing about gay pride, lesbian pride, transgender pride and bi-pride and the implication that if we do not accept gayness we should be shamed. They want to make noise about it - okay, I too am making noise about my sexual preference (and yes it is a preference as I see it). I am full of pride for walking the straight side. Now tell me, is pride only okay if you are anything other than heterosexual, I don't think so! Proud and loud here - hetero and always will be so.
All the best,
Glenn B
All the best,
Glenn B
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Gone Hunting - Light or No Blogging...
...and definitely no deer, at least not today. First day out, had a nice spot, a couple of apple trees, lots of heavily used deer trails into and out of it, lots of deer sign, a few rubs, a scrape nearby nothing early on but I sort of figured this as a late afternoon deer stop. We stayed there until about 1:30 and my son asked if we could leave since his tendinitis was acting up and he was in a lot of pain. That sucks big time. Not that he asked me to leave but that a 23, soon to be 24, year old youngster is stuck with a condition like that because his doctor prescribed him Levaquin about 2 years ago. It also sucks because he did not even see a deer. He will either leave tonight or tomorrow morning since he has work tomorrow afternoon and will leave without any venison. I am hoping he will come up with me again for just a day in the next few weeks and maybe we will have luck on our side for a change and he will bag one.
Me, I should be here another day or two. Will try another area tomorrow, with which I am none too familiar but where I have an antlerless deer permit.
All the best,
GB
Me, I should be here another day or two. Will try another area tomorrow, with which I am none too familiar but where I have an antlerless deer permit.
All the best,
GB
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
The Car Is All But Packed...
...with all the guns, gear and clothes I am taking on my hunting trip. With a little luck, I will hit the hay within half an hour to an hour and then be able to get my arse out of bed at about 0400. I plan to be in the car and on the move by about 0445. It's about a 3 hour drive to my hotel but only 2.5 to the hunting area which I will stop at for a final scouting trip before I hit the hotel. I am in no hurry, so my drive may wind up taking longer but so what - it's a mini vacation. Deer hunting season opens on Saturday and that is the day I have to make sure I am at my hunting site early, maybe by 0400. Before then, it is all just having fun doing this and that.
My son will be driving up, to meet me, either tomorrow night or Friday morning. He only got off Friday and Saturday, so on Friday I can show him the spot and maybe we can bag a turkey. We will have a good time together. Then on Saturday we will be a team and hopefully not one at which the deer wind up laughing out of the woods.
All the best,
Glenn B
My son will be driving up, to meet me, either tomorrow night or Friday morning. He only got off Friday and Saturday, so on Friday I can show him the spot and maybe we can bag a turkey. We will have a good time together. Then on Saturday we will be a team and hopefully not one at which the deer wind up laughing out of the woods.
All the best,
Glenn B
Knockout - A Reminder To Always Be Alert
Young New Jersey urban criminals reportedly have been "playing a game" called knockout in which they randomly attack a victim to see if one of them can knockout the person with a single blow or flurry of blows. Amazingly, the reporter says they are playing a game, to me it certainly appears more as if they are committing a violent felony. They may think that a game but I certainly do not and I am sure that their victims do not.
The prospect of being attacked like this is scary and should evoke enough fear in you to not walk the streets alone. If you need to be out alone, I think you need to consider only going out while armed, in some legal manner, for self protection. That is easier said than done in NJ, so maybe some folks should just refuse to walk the streets alone, especially since these cowards are targeting lone victims. It should also make people scared enough to realize they should always remain aware of their surroundings and of the potential for threats. Even if you are armed and see a group of teenagers come your way, maybe you should consider avoiding them.
I can say that if anyone attacked me like those attacks seen in the video, and if I was not knocked out, I quite possibly would respond with deadly force if I believed I was still under threat. Anyone attempting to knock me out in one shot or a combination of blows and kicks would obviously be using enough force to seriously harm or kill me. (I refer to the videos showing the people hitting the concrete hard). Closed fist punches to the head and neck were considered to be deadly force, in our use of force policy, when I was a federal agent. In my opinion, I justifiably would be in fear for my life and limb if under attack like that. Think about that, study up on justifiable use of force in your state and locality, and be prepared. Do not let your guard down, and remember it is best to avoid such a situation but if you wind up in it, I think, you should be ready to fight for your life.
All the best,
Glenn B
The prospect of being attacked like this is scary and should evoke enough fear in you to not walk the streets alone. If you need to be out alone, I think you need to consider only going out while armed, in some legal manner, for self protection. That is easier said than done in NJ, so maybe some folks should just refuse to walk the streets alone, especially since these cowards are targeting lone victims. It should also make people scared enough to realize they should always remain aware of their surroundings and of the potential for threats. Even if you are armed and see a group of teenagers come your way, maybe you should consider avoiding them.
I can say that if anyone attacked me like those attacks seen in the video, and if I was not knocked out, I quite possibly would respond with deadly force if I believed I was still under threat. Anyone attempting to knock me out in one shot or a combination of blows and kicks would obviously be using enough force to seriously harm or kill me. (I refer to the videos showing the people hitting the concrete hard). Closed fist punches to the head and neck were considered to be deadly force, in our use of force policy, when I was a federal agent. In my opinion, I justifiably would be in fear for my life and limb if under attack like that. Think about that, study up on justifiable use of force in your state and locality, and be prepared. Do not let your guard down, and remember it is best to avoid such a situation but if you wind up in it, I think, you should be ready to fight for your life.
All the best,
Glenn B
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Battling Bucks - Antlers Locked - One Drowns...
...and the other struggles to free itself but to no avail until a father and son team arrive to give some help. Here is a link to a feel good video but I would have felt better if I had been out in the woods and blasted the one that made it (legally of course). What can I say, hunting season is opening in a few days, here in NY, and I am raring to go! Since I can use all the help I can get, a tuckered out buck would be okay with me.
All the best,
Glenn B
All the best,
Glenn B
A Military Drone Flying Over NY Crashed...
...into Lake Ontario. While it has been reported that another of the same model drone, a MQ-9 Reaper, had crashed due to technical and pilot error before, military brass is promising an investigation to discover the cause of this crash. (source)
With various hunting seasons open in that neck of the woods, including big game season for deer, one has to wonder if a bored hunter decided to take aim at it and give it a blast as it buzzed overhead. Probably would make me burst out laughing my arse off if it winds up that was the case. Then again, maybe it was an intrepid III Percenter practicing for a revolution or it could have even been a terrorist hoping for Jihad here in the US of A. Of course, there are lots of guns out in the woods for the hunting season so, if it winds up that it was shot down, my bet would be on the bored hunter.
Any way, it wasn't me, I am not going upstate on my hunting trip until Thursday.
All the best,
Glenn B
With various hunting seasons open in that neck of the woods, including big game season for deer, one has to wonder if a bored hunter decided to take aim at it and give it a blast as it buzzed overhead. Probably would make me burst out laughing my arse off if it winds up that was the case. Then again, maybe it was an intrepid III Percenter practicing for a revolution or it could have even been a terrorist hoping for Jihad here in the US of A. Of course, there are lots of guns out in the woods for the hunting season so, if it winds up that it was shot down, my bet would be on the bored hunter.
Any way, it wasn't me, I am not going upstate on my hunting trip until Thursday.
All the best,
Glenn B
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