I suppose you could end up with a bunch of AR's in the woods and I'll admit that I find them distasteful as well, but for what it's worth, there are a ton of AR's in NY, both the modified ones that comply with recent laws and older ones that are grandfathered in. I see them at the shooting...
Huh. I have never hunted in PA, and maybe things are extra-crazy there....? But, you can hunt with semi-autos in NY. There are lots of 742's and BAR's in the woods here and I've never thought of them as contributing to dangerous behavior, or of making it easier to shoot critters... I don't...
Cool footage of a really impressive buck. Congrats! Any idea of the dressed weight? He looks to me like he'd be over 300 pounds (though I don't know how big you are).
If any of you have, or see an older pop up 18 for sale, please let me know. I'm not interested in one of the newer ones that has the "luggage extendable handle" pole system on it. Thanks!
They're pretty common up here. I see their tracks all the time and usually lay eyes on a couple each year. Frequent appearances on game cams. They're cool critters. Usually when you run into their tracks, you'll be running into them again and again for the next half hour, or so. They seem...
That's really the one part of the Adirondacks that I don't know well, but I know it's got a great hunting tradition! I live in the NE part of the park.