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Been focusing on taking out coyote, so Mus hunting took a backseat. Since it's been getting warmer I decided to take the Mus rig for a spin. It didn't disappoint. Not the best image, but it was very humid. SJC

This is what happens when you have a bum hand, forgot to take the tripod because you only have one hand to grab the rifle, fall over a fence in your attempt to get a freehand shot at a dog that's been eluding you for months, forget you have a bum hand and can't take a second shot because you can't feel your fingers after cycling the action with your bum hand. To add insult to injury, there were two dogs in the field and my buddy was trying to let me know one dog was sitting 50 yards to my right side the whole time I was trying to sneak into range to get a shot and I didn't see it because I turned my comm's off. SJC

Been awhile since we've seen a dog at this farm. Warm weather has them traveling around. My buddy dropped a single dog of the three I called in from over 600 yards away. Big male at 148 yards with his enhanced Savage Impulse Predator 22-250/Nocpix Ace H50R. SJC

The second day of the season I would always put a mannequin dressed in orange or camo in one of the new guy tree stands before afternoon stand. You would hear them yelling at the mannequin before getting on the radio asking what to do. One time I dropped off one of the new hunters at an occupied stand and as I was leaving he stopped me and said there's someone in the stand. I told him to stand behind a tree with the radio in case it gets violent. So I yelled at the "Hunter" to get the F out of the stand or I'm going to shoot you out of it and unloaded my handgun with blanks at the stand. He almost crapped his pants. I took him to another stand where he shot his first buck, a nice 8 point. I miss those day's. SJC

Well the wind was so bad last night (You can hear it in the video) that we didn't go coyote hunting, so I decide to finally do some mus hunting around the abode with the Rix Storm S2 scope I purchased last year for the PCP rifle. The S2 is the cheapest bare minimum 256 res scope with a 3.5x base mag to get a shot at a tiny mus at 20 yards, especially with the PIP feature. While 256 resolution isn't the greatest, it's more than enough for my short range needs and now I have a dedicated thermal rig for mus hunting. SJC

I like it, but as others have mentioned it's not ideal if your not strong enough to use it. My father had a press, but it was for loading 41 magnum and 38 spcl. I started loading rifle using a Lee Loader kit. Lee Loader All you need is a mallet to use it. I paid nine dollars for my 30-06 kit in 1980 after buying my first 06 deer rifle. I progressed to a bench mounted press after getting into woodchuck hunting and target shooting, but the 45 year old Lee loader kit sit's on the shelf ready to load. Paid eleven dollars for the 12ga loader kit thats sitting next to the 06 kit. SJC

It also stands for Big Motherf'ing Gun. SJC

Nice Job. They don't last long when you feed them lead. SJC

Got a few hours to hunt before the storm hits. Lone female at 208 yards. Came in from over four hundred yards away howling like a male. .243 ended the noise. SJC

Dogs have been scarce since taking out the Alpha's, so it was great to see the Beta dogs coming in, but not so great missing. It happens. A friends NocPix S50R scope. Great thermal scope but you still need to put the crosshairs on them to hit them. SJC

Primary scope crapped the bed again, so I got some time behind the back up RIX L3 scope. Got this video of a fox that came in on a string, but lucky for it that it wasn't on the menu. Stopped it with a mouth squeak. SJC

Dropped this lone male after sneaking into a stand downwind of it. .20 cal 41 gr Tipped Hammer Hunter's did the job. SJC

My Buddy and I got a few productive hours in before the rain came down. Lone injured male I called in after hearing it barking during set up of our first stand of the night. 143 yards. SJC

This one thought it could sneak away into the woods after coming to within 20 yards from my six. Female. SJC

Dropped this one Friday Pm after a friend called up and asked me to pay a visit to address a coyote issue. Luckily it gets dark early so I could get some sleep before hunting deer the next day. Big male that was looking to fight. Don't come to a gunfight without a gun. SJC

Got into camp Friday afternoon and geared up for a deer drive for some friends that haven't seen anything for two days because of the weather. Had a few doe go their way, but all small ones. My brother and I who were doing the driving saw two shooters and we each dropped one out of what turned into a group of seven doe on a drive Saturday afternoon. The deer are herding up in my local and with temps proposed to stay in the mid twenties for the next week it seems that still hunting is the way to go if you want to see deer. Saw close to 40 deer in two days still hunting in my snowshoes. I can't remember the last time I used snowshoes deer hunting in November, but it was great to be outdoors and putting meat on the table. SJC

Holy overreaction Batman. Haven't heard any updates as to what you planned to do after your ammo fiasco and wanted to see what you decided to do about it ? I was hoping for a reply and update saying thanks for the info and recommendation about reloading and I'm currently working on acquiring reloading components. Not a response about politics, which I never mentioned, but is really the main reason your having an issue in the first place. I guess I have thicker skin from working in the city most of my life. SJC

So have you made the effort to break yourself away from Hochuls teat by learning how to and starting to reload, moving back to Alaska or are you just going to continue to complain about it on the forum ? SJC

Was looking to head up to the cabin this evening, but it's already snowing and a foot or more of the stuff is expected, so I'm going to call the farmer that plows the driveway to see how bad it is before heading up. I enjoy still hunting in the snow, so I decided to stay an extra day, but it bit me in the ass last Friday as I was expecting a couple of inches of snow, but ended up stuck shoveling snow for three hours and my back is still feeling it. SJC

After seeing plenty of doe and non shooter bucks on stand over opening weekend we spotted a buck bedded down in a field on DEP property about 150 yards off a road while heading to town. We glassed it and saw it was a legal shooter. Sun was in it's face and wind was in my face, so it was the perfect time to make a stalk. I donned my blaze orange, slipped out of the truck and chambered a round. Got to within 50 yards of it by crawling through tall grass until I ran into a ditch. I parted the grass with my right foot and popped it in the neck, as it was the only area of it that I had a clear shot of. After the shot an unseen doe bolted away. I thought it was the .01% indigenous genes that allowed me to stalk within 50 yards, but it was actually a hot doe. After we brought it back to the farm to process a ferocious cow tried to take the buck away, but I wasn't having any of that and it quickly backed away after staring down the barrel of the 500 S&W ! SJC

The only ammunition I buy is .22lr and since I bought a lot of it over the years when Ammo was cheap, you won't find me waiting in a store for big Mothers approval in this lifetime no matter who's in charge. I haven't bought ammunition for any of my firearms since I started reloading in 1978 at ten years old and I still have factory ammunition that was part of the deal when purchasing a firearm way back when. Some here might remember a store chain called Service Merchandise that sold sporting goods from a catalog and had in store purchasing. You could buy a rifle or shotgun plus ammunition in the same purchase ! Wait there, watch it get picked and roll down the conveyor to the cash register. Blasphemy !!!! I sure do miss the good Ol' days when America was Free. Free Men reload, Slaves Don't. SJC

Buy this ; Lee Hand loader Then buy a pound of H4350 powder, Large rifle primers and your preferred .30 cal bullet. Having a dead blow rubber mallet, scale that reads in grains and a caliper will help the process. Then watch this ( Load Ammo , More load stuff ) and never ask for permission to buy ammo ever again for your 30-06 rifle. My father taught my brothers and I the reloading process with the Lee hand loader kit. It's bare bones and is only useful for bolt and lever action rifles, but it works. SJC

A trail camera is a tool. Some see a need for them, some don't. If we didn't have cell service to use the cell cameras I wouldn't use them. I never liked having to visit the cam's to pull cards and change batteries. We have a couple of solar cell cameras set up on trails leading to stands and a couple at property access points to keep tabs on trespassers who swear they don't trespass. More than 90% of the bucks we see on the cams are never seen or taken and that's info that I would never know without using them. I set up cell cams on bait piles for coyote hunting and that helps me tremendously in eliminating them. SJC

I get up early to go to work everyday, so it pains me to get up early on my day's off, but you gotta be in it to win it. I also enjoy watching the world wake up with a view not blocked by a windshield. I have a ground blind that faces south, so I get to watch the sun rise and set. I'm happy it sets earlier, as it gives me more time to hunt coyote. SJC

I walked into a barnes & nobles and asked the manager where I could find Trumps newest book on how he's going to deport the illegals. She told me get the "F" out and stay out ! I said that's the one, do you have it in paperback ? SJC