Chrud Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Re: Realtree...a REAL company That is great! Realtree sure is a top-notch company! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Re: Realtree...a REAL company Thanks for the great story. That's great. Joe, are you really a Mo$$y Yoke guy? That's ok...you'll grow out of it soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted August 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Re: Realtree...a REAL company I'm gonna try to post the original article from the newspaper that made all this happen. I may have to ask Joe for help with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Re: Realtree...a REAL company That's a great story. Those realtime boys are great... Joe look into my eyes. Deep into my eyes. Watch the clock go back and forth... Your getting sleepy...Very, very sleepy... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! When I count to 3 you will wake up and become a box of Ben Gordens Fish Sticks... No! That's my dinner... Ok you will wake up liking Realtree camo... Remember these words... If It's Real... It's Realtree... Congrats to the both of ya... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Re: Realtree...a REAL company hey anthony... is joe too big to slap around a bit????just kidding. mossy oak is good stuff. i just prefer the best.... which is realtree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheDeerHunter Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Re: Realtree...a REAL company That is awesome man! It just goes to show you how much of a better company Realtree is. Mossy Oak is nothin compared to Realtree. I'd like to get some Realtree Roadtrip stickers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMSD5 Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Re: Realtree...a REAL company great story...i use realtree when possible.... have used it since it first came out and have watched and enjoyed all their video's....in andwhere i hunt the realtree hardwoods is great.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Re: Realtree...a REAL company As requested, here is the story: [ QUOTE ] Youngster happy to be in the hunt Jane McManus Staff The Journal News Chance to take aim at game serves as bonding experience for Garnerville teen, dad Jane McManus The Journal News GARNERVILLE - After years of waiting, Joe Picariello finally got to go hunting with his father, Anthony. He had taken the requisite safety course for juniors, he had the hunting license and the air gun, and the pair spent a weekend last year on some property they have upstate in Hurleyville. The first game they came across were two small fawns in the woods, but Anthony let them pass. After hours of near-total silence and stillness, a group of three deer walked by, and his father took deadly aim. "After I kill an animal, I thank the animal for allowing me to harvest it and I thank God also," said Joe, who at 13 years old is limited to small game such as rabbits and squirrels. With the opening of spring turkey-hunting season last weekend, the pair was back up there tracking birds. New York state, which has nearly 700,000 hunters, sets aside the weekend before the official start of the season so that juniors can head out with parents and get their first shots at the birds before the woods get crowded. "It's great," Joe said. "We're the first ones calling to the birds; we're the first getting a crack at them. They're not as wary as they'll be later on in the season." They didn't get a bird in the first two weeks of the season, but that was only part of the goal. For them, hunting is about bonding, learning and remaining safe in the woods. "Turkey is a dangerous hunting proposition because you have to dress in all-camouflage," said Anthony, who works as an electrician in New York City. "A lot of hunters get shot setting up decoys." Joe is the oldest of three boys, and his Garnerville bedroom window overlooks a reservoir where deer come to drink. He uses binoculars and a red light to track them; he watches them move and sees what startles them. It is information that will come in handy. "Most kids my age have never really met anyone who hunted, and they get interested," Joe said. "It's usually their parents are holding them back." He wrote a short vignette for Ultimate Outdoors magazine. In it he detailed a trip during which he bagged a 5-pound squirrel using a "Gamo Young Hunter with 6.9 grain RWS Super H Point pellets fitted with a BSA four by 32 scope," although the Picariellos also hunt with bows and arrows. "I love that they do this," said Joe's mother, Dawn. "I love that they're so into it." She is supportive but not interested in participating. She has never even visited the property upstate, and she doesn't eat the meat either, only marinates it. Dawn also isn't exactly a fan of the dirt-scented detergent her husband and son use to clean their camouflage. "I couldn't believe it. My dryer smelled like dirt," Dawn said. Anthony Picariello, who lived his whole life in the Bronx before moving to Rockland six years ago, is an old-school hunter who learned from his uncle. He studies the habitat, respects the environment and uses what he kills. He isn't interested in shooting an animal for the sake of it, but sees what he does as part of what humans have always done. There is, he said, more honesty in the way he consumes meat than in the neat packages at the supermarket. "It's called hunting, not shopping," he said. Wild turkey meat is not like the roasted gold consumers are used to from the deli. It is veinier and its texture is tougher, but it also lacks the hormones and antibiotics that are fed to caged birds. The Picariellos like to eat the breast and make a soup from what remains. "(The meat) is rough, because they're constantly running around and they're wild," Joe said. Downstairs, the Picariellos have an extra refrigerator that is essentially a meat locker. Anthony takes fallen prey to a butcher, who turns it into chops, jerky and salami. Small fillets of squirrel and rabbit that Joe killed also await the grill. The coats, horns and feathers of several animals are tacked to the wall of a small workshop downstairs. Anthony recalls one summer when he tracked a deer unsuccessfully for an entire year, taking only the molted horns. The next year, he patiently waited for the same buck and eventually got close enough to shoot him. Now he has both sets of horns. He doesn't believe in what he calls "canned hunts," where an animal is herded into a fenced area and shot. "That's not sporting," Anthony said. "You're scouting, documenting your animal. It's so much more difficult to hunt from chase than to shoot a fish in a barrel." Sons A.J., 11, and Michael, 8, are already interested in joining their father when they are old enough. A.J. is taking a safety course. In order to hunt for turkey, a youth must be at least 12 years old and hold a junior hunter's permit. At 16, Joe will be eligible for a full hunter's permit, with rights to hunt all the animals his father can. Joe and his father have an ongoing argument about camouflage. Anthony prefers the traditional "real tree," while Joe goes for the rock-star "mossy oak." To the uninitiated, the patterns look pretty similar, but for hunters, it is the difference between Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock. Michael has already taken a side. "Real tree," he said with a shy smile. Useful Web sites www.dec.state.ny.us/website/ dfwmr/wildlife/worhunt.html - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation manages hunting regulations. Here is where to find all the specifics. www.newyork.thehuntingtrail.net - A site that links to all kinds of New York hunting information. www.newyorkgameandfish.com - A link to New York Game & Fish Magazine. Safety tips The state Department of Environmental Conservation has some hard and fast safety rules for hunters: · Assume every gun is loaded. · Control the muzzle. Point your gun in a safe direction. · Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot. · Be sure of your target and beyond. · Wear hunter orange. Jane McManus [/ QUOTE ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted August 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Re: Realtree...a REAL company One thing I said that was NOT put in that article was ,"even though I don't like canned hunts, I support anyones right to do so" I tried to make that clear to the reporter, but somehow it was omitted. All in all I think it was positive toward hunters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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