clayton86

I'll be at the Kbf national championship next month then I do all the Kbf regional challenges. One of our local events is a Kbf trail stop also on Cayuga in april. I'm a tournament director for WNY Kbf hoping to partner with the big series this year

I'll definitely be posting pics. It's going to be a intresting build with being in NY and the ever changing uNYSAFE act.

Just ordered a barrel to do a 20 practical build. My buddy messaged me about a deal x-caliber was having buy one get one 50% off so we both got barrels for a 20 practical build. 10 week lead time I went with a 20" stainless Sbr taper mid gas. Same buddy has a extra Anderson lower he is gonna sell me for $50 and what ever the transfer fee is usually $10-20. Leaves me with plenty of time to get a upper and then all the parts.

I've always wondered but never really dug just know what my crazy grandma has told me and my own deciphering of military uniforms in family photos. I know I have Italian and polish that my moms parents were with a side of Russian in there as well. Dads side of the family German and Scottish or English. I've thought about doing the ancestry DNA thing but don't know if I trust or believe it. And I don't have a "normal" last name where you could be oh yeah he's Irish or polish since I'm not a mick or ski. George is my last name often confused as my first name

The bufflehead we shot this year in the finger lakes were all high higher then mallards then would see the spread do a big loop and come in about 10' off the water and decoy in. Golden eyes were all on Lake Ontario and they flew like 10-20' off the water and would just with out warning cup and drop right in always singles maybe doubles where as the bufflehead we had some good sized flocks come in. Old squaw and Scoters here on Lake Ontario all fly skimming there bellys off the water it seems the little buggers are hard to see coming some times.

Now the buffies I had tasted better then the goldens, but then again I cooked the buffies and my gf cooked the goldens.....

It's the air pro max seat. Wilderness systems ATAK 140 is the kayak an absolute beast

Everyone asks me this and yes I eat them had it for dinner tonight actually. I marinate them in Worcester sauce, minced garlic , onion, hot sauce for 1-24hrs the cook in a pan like a steak since I'm out of propane for the grill. Turns out great I love it my 16mo daughter can't get enough of it. Got some scoters to try soon shot a drake white wing and a hen last week. The drake is going on the wall such a cool looking bird.

Wasn't all me just 4 of the drake golden eye took a newbie with us let him take most the shots

Got my first golden eye Friday the 13th.

Yeah I was thinking about that before but I still think I'm gonna go with the O/U. Now I'm trying to decided on a 12 or 20. I was hammering ducks yesterday with the 20 I have had such bad luck or bad shooting with the 12 this year I switched to the 20 yesterday and I was dropping everything. Got my first drake white wing scoter and drake golden eye yesterday with the 20.

My plan was to shoot as many clays and farm pigeons in the off season with it like I would hunt ducks so I don't need that 3rd shot. I know o said I don't plan on shooting trap but I will shoot some for hunting practice I want a hunting gun not a fancy trap gun. I suck at shooting ducks or anything moving with a shot gun I've been a rifle guy for so long last year was the first time I fired bird shot in 18 years.

Not looking for a trap gun just a duck gun. Got bit by the duck hunting bug pretty bad and don't want a semi and have a pump I've been using. Really want the over under for being able to have two chokes one for decoying birds and one for farther shots or pass shooting.

Hate that sound but that's because I hunt fox a few nights a week and that sound usually means I'm busted. Love watching fox though beautiful animals sneaky little things.

Now that I'm hooked on some duck hunting and been chasing rabbits while waiting for duck to open again I think I'm due for a over and under 12 gauge and maybe a 20 also. Nothing to break the bank really I mean it is a hunting gun after all for something that's done in some the worst conditions and thickest of brush. Been looking at the stoeger condor line leaning towards either just a field model with 28" barrel or the long foweler model with the 30" or the tristar not sure the model just seen it at Walmart for 337 in 12ga and did some research they seem to be good reviews on all of them and are all twice what i seen it priced for.

I had a 99 ranger danger and loved that thing swapped out the crappy vacuum locking hubs with manual ones and beat the crap out of that thing. Wish I still had it honestly but I blew her up a few winters ago.

Got a really mixed bag today. We went yesterday for day time predator calling and seen a bunch of rabbit tracks and pheasants out in some fields so we went back today for pheasant. Walked for for ever looking for pheasant didn't see any and I caught glimpse of some thing slinking along the hedgerow kicked it out and it was a mink so let it get away a little bit so not to ruin it and got it with the 20ga. Then driving we we see a rabbit acting all crazy in a field by some brush so we got out and headed towards it shot it and then seen the weasel run at it and grab it by the leg so got him also with the shot gun. Then went back to licking brush piles for rabbits kicked up the bigger rabbit in the pic. First ever mink or weasel we actually tried a little for them yesterday after discovering we can shoot them and don't have to trap em.

I had my boys first and then adopted my one daughter which is a long story but then my girl friend and I found out we were having a baby and turned out to be a girl. while my boys have a special place because they are my boys man my daughter really has me wrapped around her finger being the daddies girl she is. nothing beats the big hug I get from her when I walk in the door from work or being out fishing and hunting. She's also a little mini me also

Here in NY we get 1 buck tag for regular season 2 either sex for bow/muzzle loader if you buy each license otherwise it's just 1 either sex of you go just bow or just muzzle. Then we get up to 4 doe tags per wmu some will give you all 4 and some you get none. Where I live I usually can get 4 this year was the first time in my 18 years of hunting I've ever seen my county run out of doe tags. this year I only went deer hunting twice as I have lost my passion for it I spent maybe 4 hours in the woods for deer this year. Got my buck opening day of gun and then a button buck on thanksgiving pushing but so did 4 other guys shoot the same deer. That was it for my deer season the last day is today the 17th last day of muzzle loader which wraps up our deer season. I personally like like to get at least 2 normally but like I said I've lost my passion for it I've swapped my venison space in the freezer with ducks and some coyote hides.

Don't really watch any anymore but growing up I remember always watching them with my dad on my weekends with him. Shade tree mechanics is the only one I really remember though. I do remember cast members splitting and getting own shows though. Then the one where the guy always built trucks and had a guitar to go with the truck usually.

I've been doing some duck hunting out of the kayak the last few weeks in some frigid temps I've been wearing some 5mm neoprene waders and my galforce hunting jacket that's "waterproof" it's been working well. My hands have gotten cold that's about it but my hands are always cold. I was out on Lake Ontario in 15-25mph winds with 3-4' waves and stayed dry other then my hands from picking up downed birds in the water.

Man these guys are fun. Pulled up to the lake and seen hundreds of not thousands of buffleheads out in the middle and flying all over. We motored out to the middle set up and didn't see a single duck within a few hundred yards. We kept seeing them going into a cove so we picked up and moved and it was non stop shooting we went threw a box and a half each just about managed to recover 9 we lost 2 that dove and we never seen come back up. Adding another expensive hobby to the list of others I have. I'm gonna get munchies drake mounted I was gonna do my hen also but I think I'm just gonna do the drake for now considering I have two other birds I want mounted as well at $275 a pop.

Went out Sunday for some diver ducks in the kayak and man what a blast I'm definitely hooked. I'm new to duck hunting and have always loved the way an old squaw looks and wanted one for the wall kinda like the pheasant of the ducks. Well Sunday we probably shot at over 100 old squaw together we got 7 lost 4 though that dove before I could put them down and scoop them up. Planing on going again everyday this weekend taking Friday off of work also to go might throw some puddle ducks in he mix if they are in my one buddies spot. And 2 of these are going on my wall a drake and the hen.

Went out with some buddies this morning managed to get a mallard and merganser the only two that wanted to cooperate with us. Used the kayak to retrieve.

I hate both holidays, growing up with my parents fighting over who gets me on the holidays to no me fighting with my ex which one of us gets the kids I have come to just hate all holidays.