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I am very passionate about the kids here are just a few pics of some cool hunts. Some were neighbors, girl with cap was a girl who’s mom approached me just to take her, friends kids, my kids, etc. The girl shooting the pistol was extremely against firearms. She says now it’s her favorite thing. The little boy with bow is from the city. His first time shooting anything. Our future

“West coast tech needs to figure out if they are censoring hate speech or speech they hate!” - Elon Musk.

Finally got it all finished. Just waiting on a new set of rings for the scope. These Savage rifles are very easy to work on and a barrel swap actually takes less time than my AR. I can’t wait to send some rounds down range to see how it shoots.

It is tough to get behind the eight ball when it comes to ammo supply if you are a hand loader. It is not to late to get into hand loading your own ammo. I am an avid shooter and other than rimfire ammo I can count on my fingers the number of boxes of factory centerfire ammo I have purchased in the last 50 years. 99.9% of the ammo I shoot and hunt with has been put up by me and to be honest I believe it to be the equal and in many cases better than the factory stuff. You will never be short if you are a smart shopper and scrounger, you will have good savings to boot. It can come down to even forming your own cases and casting bullets if need be. It can all be done if one gets serious and learns to do it. I have posted here before it does not cost a lot of money to get started, do not be afraid to buy good used equipment and equipment from multiple manufacturers as most reloading equipment is interchangeable and made to work together. Al

may have just wanted some ammo on hand to bolster a sale on a pistol they have. I can't think of a better sales pitch currently than to be able to say, "her, buy this gun and we actually have a box of ammo that will fit it"

This is why we are a divided nation even when it is proven that you are wrong you are not able to change your partisan position. Why do you compare the protest to the storming of the capital and not the riots of the past summer. A protest is a protest and a riot is a riot and neither cause should be excluded from the ability to protest. But rioters should be condemn in either case and I am willing to do it in both cases as you seem to be only able to do the capital storming which is wrong and will cause your arguments not to gain any traction.

Here’s a pic from a couple weeks ago. My buddy, his uncle and son and a neighbor kid he invited along. Kids first hunt he was estactic.

So that was my Daughter this year opening day. This other photo is a friends son I mentored back in 2011. He was 14 and shot this button buck on his second sit ever. He hunted with me for the next 7 years then moved out west. He hunts Elk, deer and such. The cycle continues. Get them involved and let it play out.

I think it's funny that you think that a President is polarizing for actually putting his countries welfare ahead of other countries. That's a Presidents job, not bowing to 3rd world dictators and terrorist organizations. Imagine what could've been accomplished if Congress was doing their job for their constituents, instead of focusing on impeaching the President and allowing and even condoning the burning of American cities down to make him look bad ? Who was suffering during those times ? Not them. For eight years all we heard was that this is the best we can do, so get used to it. Then Trump comes into office and in less than 4 months, he made what we were told couldn't get better, much better and is attacked for it relentlessly. Dems want to keep their voter base stupid, so they will believe everything they say and after reading some of the replies here, their succeeding well beyond their expectations. And where were your leaders during the 125 riots of 2020 ? Defunding the Police, Letting Prisoners out of Jail for their safety, Taking a knee in solidarity or showing off their freezers full of Ice cream ? Yeah, that's not polarizing at all.

This is what you get in return, that smile!!!!!!

The thing is none of us have a magic ball to tell us the future. If I knew I had enough I wouldn’t be buying, until I know what the future will hold I’ll keep buying. If that makes me a hoarder than I guess I’ll take it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m glad you know how much ammo I need. I don’t need to buy any ammo as I have stocked up for years and prepared for this. I shoot multiple times a week, I hope I don’t have to change that! I should be good for at least 10 years. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Its we as sportsman who are creating this . We all just need to sit back some . I know it stinks to say it . If you need a 1000 rounds of 9mm to shoot the guy trying to break in your house you need more practice. If you think your going to the range and blowing off 500rds of 9mm then going to store to replace its not happening. Hoping things settle down by spring but I have my doubts

Supply and demand. Panic buying of guns and ammo has the shelves bare. My nephew got two used .22's for his kid for Xmas, but couldn't find any .22 ammo. I helped him out so they could shoot.

Nope, wrong again. No democratic leader condoned violence or rioting, certainly not the way Trump did.

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But You discredited your argument when you posted a link in support of your claim that Trump- and , at least 1 member of his family- planned the riot , then gleefully watched after setting it it motion , which was clearly not true due to the fact that the film was shot BEFORE THE SPEECH. Not good... And I will mention it again,storming the capitol and protesting police violence are two very different things.- Bowman Mike You've said this before in previous posts and it is a false and inaccurate comparison. Didn't an ANTIFA/BLM mob threaten the white house last summer , such that the President had to be moved to the White House Bunker? And that was ok? If thats not an act of sedition , an insurrection, I dont know what is!! Also, protesting police violence is fine , but NOT when you loot and burn, attack, injure and even kill, innocent people ; and destroy millions of dollars of public AND private property.

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This one made me lol...

That’s my point, you said I don’t need a 1000 rounds to kill a bad guy. I don’t need a lot of things but if I want to have ammo while it’s still available I’ll damn sure buy it and have been. Hell, yesterday I bought 5000 rounds of buckshot. I haven’t shot 5 rounds of buckshot in the last 10 years other than at work. But it was available at pre crazy prices and one day it might not be so I bought it. I also added some 5.56 to the order, more than I like paying but same principle. I probably have a lifetime supply of it but things could change so I would rather have it. Thanks for the invite but I don’t shoot at public ranges. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ditto, I try to shoot 100 rounds of 9mm ball a month , so 1000 won’t last me a year . I feel somewhat comfortable with the three years worth I currently have .

I have bought 2 or 3 boxes at a time over the last 30 years of my life . I too have plenty for all guns and hand guns . That is exactly why I am not buying during the current price hike . But we as sportsman are . I dont know how much you , Tom , Dick or Harry need . My point is if you have enough don't buy more . That's whats driving the cost up.. You live in Saratoga Co if I recall or there abouts. I'm in latham neither of which are high crime . Heck one day maybe we can go shooting at the gun club.

You're probably right, but you don't know for sure what the LGS paid for them. A post above mentions a store asking a customer if he had any for sale. It's possible that he paid $100 which would allow for a 25% gross margin, which is probably standard. I'll give an LGS the benefit of the doubt until I find out otherwise.

Very good points. I think many parents miss out on having their kids become hunters because they lack patience, or are so into their own hunting that they don't want to sacrifice any of their own hunting time. I also think taking them only on deer hunts is not always the best way to keep them interested in hunting. Unless you hunt some prime spots where you will see deer at every sit deer hunting can be boring and often uncomfortable for kids due to cold and bad weather. Taking them out for something like squirrels where the action can typically be much better will keep them way more interested.

Same with us. Youngest daughter is an avid deer archery and gun hunter, oldest daughter wants nothing to do with it. Everyone was here for Thanksgiving and amid all the deer hunting talk, oldest asked if we were sure she wasn’t adopted, lol.

That is when I would refuse to ever give him any business ever again. He's price gouging at this point so fuckem #ThankYouForLessOverzealousModding #WeDemandUnlimitedLikes #WeDemandADislikeButton

Homemade pork smoked sausage for our “boil” tonight. Really close to the smoked sausage we used to get from Deitrichs in PA - wife and I used to always stop on the trip home from West Virginia. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Some perspective. I’m one a bunch of gun boards . On one , a guy in Oregon lives in county of 100 k , the one “ outdoor store “ got 60k rounds in one morning , limit two boxes per person, sold out by the end of the day . Go to Buds online and put your slugs on back order , in a few months you’ll get them .

Here was their chance and Democrats voted procedural action to not have to condemn the riots. Please give it a read and explain why they would not vote on it. And as the saying goes if you don’t condemn racism you condone racism it is the same with riots and I condemn both. You should not find the 6th anymore shocking than the riots of all summer don’t let your partisan emotions cloud your judgement. https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hres1023/BILLS-116hres1023ih.pdf

Where have you been all summer as Democrats condoned and encouraged this behavior. Again we as a nation are divided and a lot of people are okay when it is their side but act shocked when it comes from the other side. The riots where not okay all summer and storming the capital was not okay on the 6th. I am okay with both groups of protesters just not the bad actors in either group and I am not okay with only one group of bad actors being held accountable.

There is no QAnon equivalent left of center.

This is what the forum feels like that. Anyone remember these from early 90’s? 25 cent machines and you got a helmet with face mask and stickers for each side. The Steelers helmet even had only 1 side. I got a ton of duplicates before I was able to collect every team. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

They are NOT private companies . They are public companies as they are listed and traded on the stock market as such . You have to admit that it was total bias to the left at all media companies. Things need to change. We CANNOT have our country run by Google, Twitter, Facebook , Apple , and Amazon. This monopoly needs to be blown up . Even the national news stations , ABC , CBS , and NBC were totally off their rocker when reporting the news. I would actually watch an event live , and then when it was reported by the big news anchors , Stephanopoulos , Muir , etc , I would sit back and scratch my head wondering what they were talking about . What they were reporting didn't even resemble what actually happened . I guess honest reporting of the actual news like Walter Cronkite is long gone.

Thats a winner of a Youtube channel right there

Haven't gotten out much the past couple of months but knocked some dust off the centerpin this morning, slow morning really, 1 steelie and 1 brown. Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk

It’s funny how kids can be, started both my boys the same way and age. Oldest loves to hunt . youngest could care less about it. Youngest loves venison though, never turns it down.

Oneida walleye fry.

Kids?!?!?! You shouldn’t do that grampy unless they are related Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They used to be advertised as ML/Shotgun scopes. I believe the primary difference (s) are parallax at 75 yds versus 100 (rifle) and adjustment clicks may be 1/2" @ 100 yrds versus 1/4".

Never actually been in stissing mountain but it is stanfordville and some of the biggest bucks in dutchess county are taken every year there. Rally farms which is now and expensive hunting club is right down the street and there are some slammers taken out of there.......

AMMO, I'd buy ammo! Then I would buy my very own politician. That seems to be the best way to turn a lot of money into a WHOLE LOT of money.

I used a buck shoulder roast, which isn’t the best cut since it’s multiple muscles running in different directions. But brined, smoked then sliced thin... any cut by will work. Boil 2 cups of water with Tender Quick (1 tablespoon per lb of venison), pickling spice, garlic powder and juniper berries. Once dissolved and cooled pour over the roast (I use a large ziplock bag) and add enough water to fully cover the meat. Let it sit in the fridge for at least a week. Then rinse, dry, and coat with a thin layer of olive oil. Next coat the entire roast with fine and coarse ground black pepper and coriander. (I added more garlic powder to the rub as well). Then smoke it. I smoked mine at 225 until it reached 155.

Here too. I have several decent bucks that have shown up on my camera since the season ended. Our property is surrounded by public hunting land but the pressure has been light the past couple years for some reason. I guess next year should be a good year. This is the the biggest one:

Smoked sausage, mushrooms, spinach frittata. Bionic topper and green Tabasco

Cook over indirect heat until done and then finish over direct heat to crisp up. I like to brush with sauce when crisp and then grill a couple more minutes over the direct heat. Here's some I did this past summer in the crisping up stage. Put a foil pan under when doing indirect heat or the next time you fire up the grill you will have an inferno (I know from experience). We actually prefer them this way to deep fried.