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Timbeck2

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I flew on American and at the insistence of my wife, flew first class after flying coach for years. Every flight was on time. I should fly first class more often because when I flew coach, we were always delayed for one reason or another.

I got an 8 point, 130lb buck on the 4th day of hunting. The temps were unseasonable warm and were in the 70's when I left yesterday. Thirty minutes after I took off from Watertown, it was 43 degrees and this morning there was at least 4 inches of snow at the cabin.

Hope I didn't miss much. :)
 
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image.jpeg Great! Need you to take out some of the bucks in my neighborhood.
 
Did you get my address for some Venison Jerky?

Send me 3 pounds and I'll share 1 of them with the DFW area members :happydance:
 
Not a big fan of venison so I always leave it for the guys I hunt with. I have enough partridge, trout, pheasant, and walleye not to mention all the cheeses I want to get me by while I'm up there. I got some real estate information this time, when I retire (again) I would like to move up there for good.
 
I got a nice 11 point buck the other day, had to walk all of 800' or so from house.
 
Timbeck2 said:
I flew on American and at the insistence of my wife, flew first class after flying coach for years. Every flight was on time. I should fly first class more often because when I flew coach, we were always delayed for one reason or another.

I got an 8 point, 130lb buck on the 4th day of hunting. The temps were unseasonable warm and were in the 70's when I left yesterday. Thirty minutes after I took off from Watertown, it was 43 degrees and this morning there was at least 4 inches of snow at the cabin.

Hope I didn't miss much. :)
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Nice! Can't believe you didn't keep your meat, but not bad, where were you hunting, north of the blue line?
 
Timbeck2 said:
Not a big fan of venison so I always leave it for the guys I hunt with. I have enough partridge, trout, pheasant, and walleye not to mention all the cheeses I want to get me by while I'm up there. I got some real estate information this time, when I retire (again) I would like to move up there for good.
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Living the dream! Nice...

You should have your buddies find a good meat processor that'll make some venison pepperoni out of some of that. You'd want to take that home...

A plate of crackers with some venison pepperoni, a little cheese, a few seconds in the microwave...
 
This morning. Catskill Park Region.

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Rich
 
Shortly after the above pictures were taken, I went grocery shopping. (Hey, the sales were good at Price Chopper.) It was a 27-mile drive each way, and the roads were all nice and clear. It was still snowing (and still is), but the plows just keep going back and forth and clearing it.

The snow-removal here is excellent. Most people here are pretty independent and don't ask much from the government other than that they plow the snow, which they do very well. It helps that the local highway supervisors responsible for clearing the local roads are elected officials, but the State crews who clear the major highways do a great job, too.

The only time things get messed up is when Governor Andy Cuomo dons his mask and cape and commandeers control of the snow plows, at which point he starts a process that inevitably leads to gridlock across the entire Northeastern United States. He's often made huge mistakes that resulted in his being ridiculed, such as shutting down Interstates in anticipation of blizzards that wound up missing them entirely, but it doesn't stop him. The guy's a piece of work.

In fairness, the lake effect is hard to predict with any semblance of accuracy. A slight shift in wind direction can change the snowfall pattern dramatically. But the snow-removal crews adapt to it very deftly -- when Andy leaves them alone to do their jobs. But when he does gets involved, fuggedaboutit.

Rich
 
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Timbeck2 said:
I flew on American and at the insistence of my wife, flew first class after flying coach for years. Every flight was on time. I should fly first class more often because when I flew coach, we were always delayed for one reason or another.

I got an 8 point, 130lb buck on the 4th day of hunting. The temps were unseasonable warm and were in the 70's when I left yesterday. Thirty minutes after I took off from Watertown, it was 43 degrees and this morning there was at least 4 inches of snow at the cabin.

Hope I didn't miss much. :)
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How was the flight back? When I left yesterday it was starting to get sporty.
 
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Some fo my friend who work for the railroad are hunters and, thanks to the "deer in the headlights syndrome" they get plenty of venison from Bambis who are too stupid to avoid a locomotive, they have a year-round supply. They have some great recipes for venison on the grill.
 
RJM62 said:
Shortly after the above pictures were taken, I went grocery shopping. (Hey, the sales were good at Price Chopper.) It was a 27-mile drive each way, and the roads were all nice and clear. It was still snowing (and still is), but the plows just keep going back and forth and clearing it.

The snow-removal here is excellent. Most people here are pretty independent and don't ask much from the government other than that they plow the snow, which they do very well. It helps that the local highway supervisors responsible for clearing the local roads are elected officials, but the State crews who clear the major highways do a great job, too.
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Rich, your pictures make me glad I live in VT! ;) We only have a dusting on the lawns this morning (and on cars parked outside), though more is forecast to come down during the day. I live at about 800 MSL though, the ridgelines and higher summits are another story. Still, so far it's been a bit of a bust, given that we've had a winter storm warning in effect since yesterday morning.

And yeah, we have pretty good snow removal too. I expect we will need it before too long.
 
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Nice! Can't believe you didn't keep your meat, but not bad, where were you hunting, north of the blue line?
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Never heard of the "blue line" but I assume that's what divides the "tiers" because "southern tier" isn't open yet. I hunt around Rodman, Barnes Corners, Adams.
 
Timbeck2 said:
Never heard of the "blue line" but I assume that's what divides the "tiers" because "southern tier" isn't open yet. I hunt around Rodman, Barnes Corners, Adams.
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Rifle season opened Saturday. Early bowhunting and crossbow have been open for a while.

Rich
 
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Rich, your pictures make me glad I live in VT! ;) We only have a dusting on the lawns this morning (and on cars parked outside), though more is forecast to come down during the day. I live at about 800 MSL though, the ridgelines and higher summits are another story. Still, so far it's been a bit of a bust, given that we've had a winter storm warning in effect since yesterday morning.

And yeah, we have pretty good snow removal too. I expect we will need it before too long.
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I'm at about 1540 feet.

Rich
 
Timbeck2 said:
Never heard of the "blue line" but I assume that's what divides the "tiers" because "southern tier" isn't open yet. I hunt around Rodman, Barnes Corners, Adams.
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It's the boundaries of the ADK park, originally the line on the map was blue, so it got known as the "blue line".

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The only thing I don't like about the snow, the idiots who salt the roads, hurts everything except a few folks pocketbooks, also requires me to wash my rig all the time or end up with rust, which is unacceptable.
 
James331 said:
The only thing I don't like about the snow, the idiots who salt the roads, hurts everything except a few folks pocketbooks, also requires me to wash my rig all the time or end up with rust, which is unacceptable.
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They use more sand than salt here because we're in the watershed. They use salt around some tight curves and some areas where the roads are known to freeze up, but that's about it.

Rich
 
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RJM62 said:
The use more sand than salt here because we're in the watershed. They use salt around some tight curves and some areas where the roads are known to freeze up, but that's about it.

Rich
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Not just watersheds, salt messes with vegetation, personal property and really does the number on our native amphibians.

Between not driving like a fool and sand, there is zero reason for salt, aside from profit.
 
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S...Governor Andy Cuomo ... The guy's a piece of work.

Rich
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I'd FTFY but I'd get put in the penalty box. At least his father had some level of slimy charm, like a Mafia Don.

-ex-NYer
 
He's a piece of something... work isn't the word though. A true traitor to the constitution.
 
Norman said:
Some fo my friend who work for the railroad are hunters and, thanks to the "deer in the headlights syndrome" they get plenty of venison from Bambis who are too stupid to avoid a locomotive, they have a year-round supply. They have some great recipes for venison on the grill.
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That's not stupidity, its a self defense mechanism. Predators see movement which triggers the chase, so when a deer "freezes" it is using the non-movement to hopefully escape detection by predators.

Unfortunately, deer see cars and other fast moving objects as predators, which can have disastrous accidents between , airplanes, trains....

And yes, When I lived in Texas a friend of mine was a game warden. I would call him and tell him I need some meat and a day or two later I would find a dead deer in the yard.
 
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Rifle season opened Saturday. Early bowhunting and crossbow have been open for a while.

Rich
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Here, rifle season opened last Saturday (the 13th). Have yet to actually encounter anyone hunting, though I still make sure to wear hunter orange when hiking through areas where it's allowed (which is nearly all public lands in VT).
 
RJM62 said:
They use more sand than salt here because we're in the watershed. They use salt around some tight curves and some areas where the roads are known to freeze up, but that's about it.

Rich
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They use salt everywhere here. I wish they would rely more on sand, I've already had to replace a pair of ice trekkers because of rust, even though I take pretty good care of them. (And yes, I know that's a minor issue compared to trucks and farm equipment, but just goes to show that they use a lot of it.)
 
azure said:
They use salt everywhere here. I wish they would rely more on sand, I've already had to replace a pair of ice trekkers because of rust, even though I take pretty good care of them. (And yes, I know that's a minor issue compared to trucks and farm equipment, but just goes to show that they use a lot of it.)
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Salt is rarely necessary, in my opinion, if people actually know how to drive in the winter and have suitable tires.

Almost all the accidents I come across involve people from out-of-town who have no idea how to drive in the snow. The worst of all are male hunters from downstate and New Jersey, usually driving 4WD vehicles, who don't get that 4WD vehicles become 4WD sleds when they hit hard-packed snow or ice -- especially if they don't have winter tires. It must be pretty humiliating when they have to hitch a ride to the nearest place with cell phone coverage with a bearded old fart driving a Kia Soul, while their brand-new 4WD pickup is in a ditch.

Once in a while people who just moved here ask me how to drive in the snow. I tell them to start practicing in August, and that the practice should consist of learning to drive without brakes and adopting a five-second following rule. I'd estimate that 75 percent of winter accidents begin with braking, especially in turns and coming down hills; and another 20 percent are caused by following too closely.

I'm also a big proponent of winter tires. I personally like studded tires (especially on 2WD vehicles), but any good winter tire makes a big difference. It's not just the tread, but also the rubber, that makes them better. The rubber in winter tires is optimized for cold temperatures. You can actually feel the difference by trying to push a fingernail into the tread. "All-season" tires get rock hard in extreme cold. Winter tires stay pliable.

Rich
 
This was a few minutes ago. The Lake Effect Advisory still has about five hours to go, so there could be a few more inches before tomorrow.

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We had between 12 and 14 inches total since Saturday night. That's fine with me. I rather enjoy snowblowing. There's something Zen about it.

Rich
 
RJM62 said:
I'm also a big proponent of winter tires. I personally like studded tires (especially on 2WD vehicles), but any good winter tire makes a big difference. It's not just the tread, but also the rubber, that makes them better. The rubber in winter tires is optimized for cold temperatures. You can actually feel the difference by trying to push a fingernail into the tread. "All-season" tires get rock hard in extreme cold. Winter tires stay pliable.

Rich
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One of the first things I learned when I moved here is that you really need winter tires in VT. In Michigan we used to have them before all-season radials became common, but since then they've been virtually unheard of, at least in the southern counties, and I never owned a set. I don't even recall downstate tire stores stocking them. Having driven through a couple of winters with them I wouldn't be without them now. Even though they cause my gas mileage to go down a few percent (with much of the rest of the mileage hit being due to winter blend gas, and the rest of it to poorer engine efficiency in cold weather), the traction is so much better that it isn't even a contest.

Agree with your comments re: winter driving too, though they're applicable outside the heavy snow areas as well. I've been nearly sideswiped at least a half dozen times by Michigan idiots fishtailing by me who obviously have no idea how to drive in slippery conditions. It's generally worse in December, after that people start to learn, or at least remember.
 
You guys really should get the "joy" of the darling of CDOT, Magnesium Chloride...

We should set up a nice marketing campaign to sell the crap to everyplace so you all could "enjoy" it sticking to everything in sight.

I'd take good old rock salt over this sticky crap any day of the week. At least until it dissolves the rock salt acts like little gravel bits... they spray the magnesium chloride from tanks and it mostly serves to a) turn any existing ice into wet behind-the-zamboni skating rinks all nice and smooth, and b) get splashed onto every possible surface of vehicles and take high pressure washes to ever get it off...

Eats everything, too.
 
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