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Omg. 3.5 yrs old and only 150 lbs??? Everyone talks about Iowa and Illinois for deer but if I had my choice it would be Kentucky. Something about Kentucky and Tennessee deer herd having high incidence of non-typical racks.

I think I got Rick interested in the AFW Braid downrigger cable. It has a elliptical shape like "flea-flicker" line so it does not accumulate fleas too bad, it is a stealthy green color, terminates with a knot, soft on the hands, and does not make that hum that wire produces. There is a video on Capt. John King's site with underwater audio that depicts how loud that wire hum is under water. The hum has an attraction factor when fish are active....no doubt but what about those big boys that have been stung by hooks before? There may be negative feedback to that hum and big fish that are equating the hum with danger. Those underwater feeds of kings screaming in to hit a bait then turn away at the last minute. Negative cues to blame?

I see musky guys jigging the heads of deep holes when I drive by the river. Watch out for rocks around Strawberry Island as they are known to take out props and skegs. Always attach the anchor to the front of the boat. Be safe.

Save your money, those are expensive terminations. Just use the "wire line knot". For coated cable just strip off 10" of coating and tie the knot so the bare metal is on the swivel for transmission of your speed and temp signal.

Best post ever!

The OMNR Canadian representative Andy Todd worked with Steve LaPan of the DEC to come up with the short term (I hope) stocking reduction figures for Lake Ontario so I am not sure where you are hearing these rumors. Ontario is no longer stocking Kings in Lake Huron because the bait available in the lake is only plentiful enough to support the naturally reproducing population remaining.

Mussel biomass supposedly has peaked a few years back and has now dipped slightly. Lake Erie is a tough one to figure because schools of perch, smelt, emerald shiners and alewives can be displaced from Lake Huron esp. if looking for more fertile waters. This could have created the massive clouds on fishfinders a few years back. This would give a false sense of tons of fish that then leave or crash. Erie is always cyclical. On years when Erie freezes the amount of emeralds displaced into the upper Niagara becomes more pronounced. Jimski, I would not be worried about the bait in Erie or Ontario unless we have another crappy winter.

Yes, there is verbiage in the law about NOT shooting from the road, the shoulder, culverts or drainage ditches so including improved or maintained areas where the grass is mowed by highway departments as within that safety zone from which you cannot shoot from would make sense.

Not s Was the incident in New York? I asked my DEC buddy again and he said you can be one inch off the shoulder of the road and fire. You can even shoot along the road as long as you bullet never crosses over the road space. You are responsible for your bullet. Again, not good practice to shoot near roads even when legally done. If grandma is in her nearby farmhouse and wets her pants when someone nearby opens fire, she is likely to call the cops or the landowner. In either case you will have to take time out of your hunting day to answer questions or perhaps face losing hunting privileges from the neighbor farmer who granted them if he thinks you are unsafe.

Long Island has bow-only zones open til January 31st. Some great state park hunts are available for those willing to make the drive to get your deer-fix satisfied.

Thanks. I clarified the answer.

Here is another one. True or False. You can bowhunt in New York January 15th.

Yes #1 causes the most grief and probably gives anti-hunters lots of "ammunition" to showcase the ills of hunting.

Here is another that some may not consider. You can transport your loaded muzzleloader on your ATV as long as the primer cap is removed.