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  1. And dirt cheap. How much for a box of .22's? $10.00 for 100?
  2. .44 mag? Ouch. I actually had a couple of friends that worked at R & S in Newport NH. I know they make some of the rifles (10/22) there. Handguns mfg.in AZ?
  3. I used to hunt with a .243. I had anybody that wanted to know the difference between that and a .22 stand closely behind me at the range when I fired it! RINGGGGG!! I still remember "that ring." The campground I usually go to has a sand pit. The owner brought up one of his...... .338 One shot. RINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG....................................... Then he taps me on the shoulder and says I really should have been wearing ear protection. Thanks. I have a chronic tinitus anyway(ringing) That just turned the volume way up. For only three weeks.
  4. No hunting on Sundays because of the Blue laws. Same reason you couldn't buy beer on Sundays. New England, NY & NJ 300-400 year old Puritan law. Not even allowed to target practice on Sundays in MA. Still. Now. 2006. And a Pinto for a hunting vehicle? Like I said; small percentage that shouldn't be allowed to walk.
  5. Lurking at this one for a few weeks. Need something to do in work. Figgered I may as well put the GPS to use for something. At least get the dust off and get it out of the house. Actually found this one because I did a search on "benchmark survey" I thought it was the name of a surveying co. an old friend of mine worked for. Decided to hang around for a while.
  6. I was going to suggest being courteous and not caching deep in the woods during prime hunting season. For bowhunting the prime season is during the rut which typically runs from late October through early November. I used to bowhunt. It is a lot of fun but it takes a lot of effort to be successful. If we all thought about each other a little more this world would take a big step in the right direction. My point exactly. See above. I know some who wait the whole year just for "The trip." Not about to go out a ruin a hunt that some wait the whole year for. And there is a percentage. A small one. Who should not be allowed to walk unsupervised, let alone possess a firearm or a bow. I don't want to be shot in the back. Tha's not trying to stereotype anyone. Or trying to start an arguement. Self preservation. Instinct. Common sense. It only takes one shot. Never thought I'd get scolded for recommending common sense. And for the record I joined here after doing a search on "survey benchmarks." Found a lot just walking. Map & compass. GPS has hardly left the house.
  7. Yeah, right. Someone can't even do basic math. Your teacher says hunters in New York generate 365 million dollars a year in fees and taxes that go directly back to the conservation department. Assume there are 1 million licensed hunters in NY. That means each unter spends 365 dollars a year on fees and taxes. If they pay on average, $65 dollars for fees and licenses, that means every hunter pays $300 a year in special taxes that go directly to the DEC. Now assume the tax rate, beyond state sales tax is 10% on whatever hunters buy. That means that each hunter must spend $3,450 to be taxed that $300. So each hunter must spend $3,515.00, in fees, and special taxable items such as ammunition to generate that $365 million. That works out to a total expenditure by hunters of 3.65 billion ollars a year in the state of New York alone. Perhaps my math is off, so feel free to show these numbers to your teacher. I would love to read the response. BTW, you must have purchased ammunition in New York. What percent is the DEC tax on a box of shells? 11% additional already figured into a box of shells and guns. Knowing some of the hunters i do 3,515 is low for how much they spend a year inbetween multiple guns and ammo for those guns,scopes, bows arrows ect. I know one student that has multiple guns that are well over $1000 each I also know many people with over 20 guns each. I've spent close to 1000 this year so far and hunting seasion and I have only a small % of what I will spend this year I still need another shootgun rifle and a scope for it so when its said and done I will easly spend that much. Also the licences most people buy are eather the sportsmans licence at $45 i belive or supper sportsman at $65 so the $19 license is rarely bought and thus the feas from licenceing alone generate alot more money. Not to mention all the ammo I use for target practice and just for fun. So yes I'll run it by my teacher but he is getting his info right from the state and I doubt that when I run your numbers by him he'll disagree that your math is right but I think he'll say the same thing you underestemate the amount of money we spend in a year. ... PyroDave Here's a link that indicates about 500 Mil in 2000-2001 expenditures in NYS Dept of environmental Conservation of which only $36 mil is directly related to fishing and hunting support. Only some of the $36 comes from licenses. http://www.nynjtc.org/news/2000/nysbudget.html All the other money whether for back trail or purchasing and improvements to land comes from general tax revenues. So even if hunters are spending thousands of dollars on guns, the sales tax just like a person who buys a new car, goes into the general tax revenue fund. So the new car owner's taxes goes to the upkeep of those woods just like the hunters. Yes it is true that licenses and other such fees may go directly to the $36 Mil but those are mainly for services that benefit the hunter and fisherman directly. The idea that licnese support the "woods" is pretty much like the idea touted about that Off Track Betting revenues will go for education when everyone now realizes that the money just goes into the general tax revenues and are spent on whatever the legislators decide. None of this of course gives the right of non-hunters to interfere with the activities of hunters. That's just common courtesy. I sometimes fish and don't appreciate it if a motorboater speeds past by rowboat while I'm fishing. It's just common courtesy and has nothing to do with with license fees or how taxes are spent. Oh, and I buy a fishing license as well. I'm brand new here but I do spend a lot of time "out" when I can. I also possess a sporting license(hunting & fishing.) Not common courtesy in Mass. Law. Illegal to harrass hunters in MA. "Hunter harrassment is against state law. Report violations to the Office of Law Enforcement 1-800-632-8075 or state or local police and prepare to provide a description of violators." MA 2006 hunting abstracts. Page 6. Stay out of hunting areas during hunting season. (500 feet from a dwelling or 150 feet from pavement?) Or hunt. Mid Sept to mid Dec. Common sense. (Widespread absence of that in this world 12 October 2006)
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