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  1. Gill-T
    Question, how long do you let a dog heal from raw pads before allowing them to run again?
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    Hit some state land yesterday to grouse hunt and look for new deer hunting areas. I could not believe the fresh scrapes and rubs all over the place.
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    Sorry for your loss. My grandmother taught me how to clean the first bird I every shot. Farm gals....god bless-em.
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    A couple of thoughts on the season. I predicted a great opening southern gun opening weekend due to the timing and the cold temps. WOW was I wrong! Very few shots rang out on the state land I was hunting on. Nobody in our group put a tag on a buck. More disappointing was the lack of big buck sightings throughout the whole season including bow by everybody I have talked to. The biggest buck I saw was the cull buck I shot during bow season. Reasons?.....a few things come to mind. First, with outdoor TV growing, more and more guys are sitting in comfortable treestands and not moving deer with deer drives. Better options for scent-free camo clothing means less pushing deer when walking to the stand. Second, we had a bad winter that probably had a negative effect on deer numbers AND antler growth. Third, is more of a question......has some of the diseases effecting western deer present in NY and we are not aware of it? To date the DEC states that none of the CWD or EHD problems have been detected here but there is always going to be a lag between when a disease hits and when it is discovered (see also WTF happened to the kings this year?).
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    Micromanagement minute: I don't know how easy it is to get into your slip, but with a boat that size you may want to narrow your search to twin screws. Trying to back a 30' boat into a slip in heavy winds with clients watching might be too interesting for onlookers for my taste.
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    There is something sublime about spending a summer day catching kings with high blue skies, 80 degrees, cracking a victory beer after the first fish is boated, then ending the day with a jump in the lake. There is little in life that compares.
  7. Gill-T
    Those hooks are probably Lakers.
  8. Gill-T
    Young does that are coming into their first estrus.
  9. Gill-T
    Ugly Stick lite action one-piece rods. They double as my rigger and/or leadcore rods for salmon. They are cheap, they torque way down on riggers to get out of the way, and they are almost indestructible. Cabelas sells them so you can use your cabelas points to buy them.
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    Isn't that why you are down there Ray? Diver down! You all suck! The difference between men and women is men can bust each others balls and not take offence. Start acting like men.....men.
  11. Gill-T
    Pheasant hunting has been excellent this year. Not sure if they put more birds out this year? Tinkerbelle has been giving me the sad eyes when she sees my deer hunting stuff by the door all season. This weekend thru Feb. I will be chasing grouse and ringnecks. Best table-fare by far..... esp crockpot Pheasant!
  12. Gill-T
    You send the blanks to Dave at R&R Tackle (mytacklebox.com)
  13. Gill-T
    Diawa sealine linecounters would be ideal, but I have a hoot with spinning gear and bass baitcaster sized reels.
  14. Gill-T
    Micromanagement Minute: Rob, stop p***y-footing around those field edges and get back into the thick-and-nasty!!!
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    Been slowly switching out my leadcore to Tuf-line Micro Core. You want the 27lb variety. One thing I have done for years is to color in the sheath of leadcore black with a fat permanent marker. You can now get dark colored "stealth core" at Great Lakes Tackle online store. Copper you want 45 lb for most applications
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    Then both. Early season browns along the shore a one or two color core is deadly out the back. Later into spring 5-7 colors will shine and double for June Steelhead. June.....shorter segments of copper in 150-250' sections come into their own. Come July and the fleas of Oswego you will find the 400-600 coppers useful.
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    What are you fishing for?
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    Cabelas is selling the Vari X I in 2X7 for $200.00.
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    Great buck! Very unusual rack.
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    It would be interesting to hear from the river drift-charters and guides on the Salmon River.
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    The run up Burt Dam on Eighteen Mile was poor to horrible from people I talked to. The Canadians I have talked to said there were strong runs on their tribs but dominated by naturals. Best non-scientific guess is something may have happened to much of the American year- 3 stockers. Combine that with the changes in the lake from the cold previous winter and abnormal amount of East winds or daily changing winds and I think you have the recipe for a tough year. I would like to know the final count at the Salmon River. Yes there was supposedly a good late run, but there was poor fishing most of the early season.
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    Ugly Stick downrigger rods and the Shimano Taloras are really good options.
  23. Gill-T
    The crew that was in our campsite showed up opening weekend with a 400 lb bear with and ear tag shot in Filmore. Eight guys took the entire opening day to drag the bear out. Filled the entire back of the truck with the head sticking out. Shoot a small one.
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    Bears

    Gill-T replied to whaler1's topic in Big / Small Game

    Ray bear-assing it again!
  25. Gill-T
    Been hunting the ski country of Western NY for thirty years. I can tell you when the food runs out, the deer leave. Deep hardwoods teaming with deer when the mast crops are dropping are devoid of deer in the middle of the winter. It is not unusual for Adirondak deer to travel 20-30 miles to yarding areas to winter. With the snow bands heavy in a narrow 12 mile swath, deer don't have to go too far to get relief. The hard thing is for the small plot hunter who has been seeing a good buck on trail camera may find his deer gone for good as the deer may find greener pastures in the move and stay.
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