Definitely OT - Stoneboat

Brian G. NY · Nov 17, 2012

When my brother and I were just little kids we used to think this BIG rock in the woods looked like a boat. We had another square rock about the right size we used to call the "Jeep" rock.
Both my Dad and my brother are gone now and this part of the old homestead is mine and I get out a bit during deer season, more for the exercise than anything else. I happened to have my camera today so I took a picture. The other picture is of a rock I found a couple of years ago that I think looks like a Christmas stocking. It is only about 3 feet long and I keep telling myself the next time I'm up near there with my WD Allis, (there's the tractor) Ill bring it home. I think if I paint it red with a white fringe at the top it would make a nice holiday lawn ornament.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 17, 2012

I see a deer

Rollie NE PA · Nov 17, 2012

I have alot of the same type of rock on my place. It is very hard. That bottom rock looks like it may have come from a place where rock was quarried by hand in the old days. Rock was quarried on my place years ago.

thesmoothedeere · Nov 17, 2012

Very neat stuff. We have a very large rock just below Wapakatomica a former Shawnee indian village. I would go back and sit on it and i swear you could feel the history oozing out of it . They probably used it for various things.

Brian G. NY · Nov 17, 2012

Rollie, Funny you should mention that as I do have
an abandoned stone quarry on my property. It has
not been used since before the turn of the 20th
century but all of the "tailings" were thrown over
the bank adjacent to the quarry and nearly all of
them have at least one straight side.
I found the "stocking stone" way up in the woods
where there are a lot of ledges, some of which do
have some nice flat tiers.
I'm attaching a picture of a stone retaining wall
I built (with the help of my B.I.L.) a few years
ago. It is mostly built with the tailings I spoke
of along with other flat stones I found around the
property. Never built one before but how hard
could it be? After all, a stone wall is nothing
more than a pile of stones, stacked neatly! LOL

Brian G. NY · Nov 17, 2012

jc,

While I was taking pictures, a friend of mine got this "perfect" 8 pointer on State Land not a quarter of a mile from where I was.

JayinNY · Nov 17, 2012

That's pretty neat, that's one thing you can count on here in NY is the abundance of rocks! Lol

37chief · Nov 17, 2012

Thar is nice you got part of the home place, and all the memories associated with it. Dad's farm where I grew up is a housing tract now. As I drive into it I still see some landmarks they didn't destroy. Stan

Mike (WA) · Nov 18, 2012

Around here, that's a real nice 3 point- count one side, and not the guards.

Mark-Ia · Nov 18, 2012

In Iowa, that is considered a 8 point. Any part of the antler that you can hang a ring on is considered a point.

OliverGuy · Nov 18, 2012

Looks like Italy!

Brian G. NY · Nov 18, 2012

In my part of New York State, a buck has to have at least 3 points on one antler. And to be considered a legal tine, it must be at least 1 inch long.
I ran into a young kid yesterday just over the line on his Dad's property which adjoins mine.
He had just shot a wannabe 6 pointer. Very small rack and I told him you just made it on the 3 points.
He said he studied it thru his scope for a while before he was sure the one brow tine looked to be 1 inch. I'm thinkin' we're gonna see a few deer left in the woods from being shot as legal only to be found a tad shy on the tine size?

SweetFeet · Nov 18, 2012

Brian G,

Neat photos. Love the stone boat... and really neat what kids can imagine. My swing set was always a train - I was the conductor.

I think the second one looks like a leg.

Tony in Mass. · Nov 18, 2012

Holy cow Brian! 3 points to be legal? What part of New York are you in? They usually get hit by a car before they get that old! When I was in the northern tier a 6 inch spike was legal... but after awhile they got so thick the warden didn't care as long as it didn't have spots...
I don't miss your rocks at all. Nope.

Brian G. NY · Nov 18, 2012

I'm in Schoharie county.
The antler restriction is basically in the counties of Schoharie, Greene, Albany, Ulster Sullivan and Orange.
D.E.C. is attempting to reduce the taking of 1-1/2 yr. old bucks with the expectation that taking 2-1/2 yr. and older bucks will result in more hunters bagging bucks with larger racks.
Time will tell.

RGMartin · Nov 18, 2012

(quoted from post at 18:24:55 11/18/12) I'm in Schoharie county.
The antler restriction is basically in the counties of Schoharie, Greene, Albany, Ulster Sullivan and Orange.
D.E.C. is attempting to reduce the taking of 1-1/2 yr. old bucks with the expectation that taking 2-1/2 yr. and older bucks will result in more hunters bagging bucks with larger racks.
Time will tell.

They PAGC tried that reasoning here, except you needed 4 points on a side. The result is a bunch of dead small bucks left to rot in the woods.

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