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And to answer your question, Yes.

I loaded a couple boxes of 35 Rem 200 grain hornady interlok rounds for my brother last week, $8 a box. No tax, driving or waiting in line. He bought the die set, powder, primers and projos years ago and all I do is load him a couple boxes each year so he can get some target practice on woodchucks before the season opens. SJC

I prefer the red reticle, but the green stands out better to me when in black hot. I try not to move it around so much, but you never know when the Mus are going to stop for a shot. I was resting the rifle on top of the barbecue and scanning with the monocular and forgot it was recording. I do change the color to suit the conditions, but for some reason this scope and almost all of the lower end thermals don't have reticle brightness control.

A brief but wild storm blew through the area and I figured the animals would be frolicking about afterwards. This one should've stayed inside.

Bigfoot !

They usually nest in young hardwoods near a marsh and not open fields. Being it's NY, it could be a woodcock that's self identifying as another type of bird !

I totally agree with you, except for the fact that most of the pot stirrers that left were the ones calling for the banning and censoring of other members when their lies were challenged with facts, also breaking several rules and then crying like babies when they were put into time out. You can only have a discussion of opposing viewpoints with adults, so the cry babies started another site and I wish them well. I would also like to see a growing membership, but it is what it is.

Two more down. These mice were always hanging out in no shoot spots, so I decided to use nature against nature and strategically placed some pieces of watermelon in those areas so the raccoons would do what they do best and scare them into shoot zones. It worked like a charm.

Happy Birthday and many more.

That's the $2,500 AGM Adder TS35-384 thermal I use as a backup. My primary scope is the Nvis Halo X50, but it's a longer range scope that sucks for close range work, as you can see in this pic I took of the same spot I dropped the Mus with the Adder. There's a plethora of shorter range thermal scopes available for the hunter looking to get into the sport for under $2K. SJC

The Cat strikes again. This time there's no doubt about it.

Have to do some late job's tonight (5/24), so I decided to stay up late and do some hunting around the house. Spotted this Mus perusing the grapevines between the houses. It started out in a no shoot zone and then after it got tired of torturing me, it wandered behind the neighbors shed. Hunting and trying to shoot Mus with a pellet rifle at night will teach you patience. SJC

Three of my buddies connected in Delaware county and my handicapped friend came real close Monday AM, but the weather screwed us up big time. Going to be taking him out again this weekend for another try, as the weather is supposed to be beautiful and the word Quit isn't in his vocabulary. Good luck to all.

Otters are very susceptible to lead poisoning and I hear there's a lot of lead in your area of the state, so maybe it'll die of lead poisoning before it cleans your pond out. It could happen ! SJC

Cat and Mus. Last night on perimeter watch I had this mouse that really pushed it. Wouldn't stop for a shot and when it did, I found that I didn't tighten the tank all the way in and the resounding click was all that happened when I pulled the trigger. After the click, that freaking mouse ran towards me and under the deck. I went inside and cleared the rifle and made sure it was working. Went out and found it lurking under the deck with the thermal spotter, not giving me a shot for about 10 minutes until I heard it scurrying under the ladder, trying to flank me. Bad move for the mouse, as I was dialed in and I dropped it before it charged. Another mouse bites the dust. https://youtu.be/XOyoi4MGWZI

As noted in Airedales air gun post earlier this month, After varmint season ended I mounted my backup Adder scope on my "Black Cat" Fusion2 PcP converted .177 air rifle to do some genus Mus eradication around the homestead after seeing some running around while testing thermals earlier in the year. I found an old jar of almond butter in the cabinet and made a couple of bait piles to view from my deck. It didn't take long to put the Cat to work. Mus 1 Mus 2 And a confirmation pic of Mus 2

I too have been using pump, spring, Co2 and PCP pistols & rifles in all sorts of calibers since I was a wee lad too. I've been using a 9mm PCP for hunting critters/varmints for awhile and updated my smaller pest control line up last summer with a Umarex Fusion2 .177 rifle, using converted 90g CO2 cartridges that I can charge with air. It has an awesome trigger, 50 consistent shots per cartridge, awesome accuracy with RWS + cheaper pellets, have had no issue with pellets feeding from both magazines and it's backyard quiet. Only issue I have with it, it's not left handed, but being it's so light I can cycle the bolt with no problems while supporting it with my left hand. There's a big accuracy consistency using compressed air compared to Co2 and saving money by not having to buy Co2 cartridges is a big plus too. After the coyote season ended, I mounted and sighted in my Adder thermal scope on the Fusion2 and it's ready for those pesky Vermin day or night. Yes, I mounted a $2,500 thermal scope on a $130 rifle ! I've been using the air force hand pump if I don't have access to my friends compressor and have been looking into getting a small 12v/110v compressor like you have for awhile. How do you like the compressor Airedale ? Home Depot has a couple of small compressors for sale now and I'll probably go that route for ease of replacement if anything goes wrong. Your thread just might get me to finally order it ! SJC

Isn't Kathy Hochul the current NY Governor ? You claim your wife made her decision not to vote for Zeldin or vote at all based on the obvious lies about Zeldin's stance on Roe vs Wade that were paid for by the Democratic party and Kathy, the sole beneficiary of those lies.

Take her to a vet, as it could be a myriad of possibilities causing the issue. If your vet confirms that it's another UTI, there are food/drink supplements to give your dog to help curtail the UTI from happening again. Some dogs are prone to infections. Good luck.

Plenty of intelligent people were fooled by the lefts propaganda machine pulling on the feminine heart strings. Hochul was betting on that and won because of it.

The Dems were lying about the abortion issue to get votes, as it wasn't being overturned at all by the GOP. Your wife was misinformed and that's what Dems do best, as they have nothing to run on, which is evident in the way the country is up a creek without a paddle now.

I forgot to add and assumed that others would know that the parent case of the 20-250 is the 22-250. It's necked down in two stages. I've had good accuracy with first fully sized cases compared to fire formed cases. The bull barrel is 26"s long, has a 1-9 twist and is chambered for the long 55 gr Berger BTHP projo. The rifle weighs a ton, but that'll be addressed in the off season. The 55 gr is designed for long range shooting, not meant for the sub 100 yard shots I'm using it for. The first dog I heart shot at 75 yards dropped like a rock, with pass through. The dog I shot at 20 yards I hit in the shoulder and blew it's leg and chest to pieces, without pass through. I've had very good luck with the 40 gr V max in the 20 practical, but it won't hold up to the velocity potential of the 20-250, so I bought some tougher constructed 40 gr Nosler Ballistic tips that I'm told can be pushed to at least 4,500 fps. I'm happy with the 55's and have 500 of them, so I'll stick with them and mess with the 40's too. Hopefully I'll get to test it out past 200 yards on some chucks this summer.

I've used/tried a lot of rifle calibers during my 4+ decades of predator hunting. This is what I'm using in 2023. Because I like it and it works very well for me, the .243 has been my primary cartridge for most of my time predator hunting, only switching to a .20 caliber cartridge for use when hunting in caliber restricted areas of the state. Before I started hunting in those areas, the .22 hornet was my backup cartridge of choice. The 204 Ruger is available, but because I can, I wanted to build a wildcat .20 caliber chambered rifle. I decided to build a 20 practical, which is a .223 case necked down to 20 caliber. I was looking to mimic the 22 hornets speed and wanted to push a .20 cal 40 gr projo past 4,000 fps. The 20 practical was the easiest and cheapest way for me to accomplish that. Plenty of brass available and places to buy savage pre fit chambered barrels. In terms of forming/sizing brass and loading for a wildcat cartridge, this is as easy as it gets. One pass through the press to form the brass, load it and go to the range. No difference in performance from a first sized or fireformed piece of brass. I now prefer the 20 practical over the 22 hornet. In 2021, after buying and liking the .243 Savage Impulse Predator straight pull rifle, I wanted to build one in .20 practical. Only problem is that Savage has no .378" .223 rim size bolt head available for the Impulse rifle and there's no aftermarket support for it either. So my quest was to find an acceptable .20 cal cartridge with a .473" rim dia case to fit the Impulse bolt head. Late in 2022, I was informed about the 20-250 cartridge, which fit all of my requirements. I don't know how I didn't find out about the 20-250 cartridge before that during my research. .20 cal, .473" rim Dia, longer case to avoid magazine feeding issues with AI magazines, easy two step brass forming and loading. I found a barely used barrel that's too long and heavy, but I didn't have to wait 9 months to have one made. I'll get it shortened and maybe reprofiled after the 2023 season ends. One negative about the 20-250 cartridge, is barrel life. All small caliber bottleneck wiz bang rifle cartridges suffer from short barrel life. The 20-250 is supposed to have just over a 1k round lifespan shooting super hot 40 gr 4,500 fps loads. The way I look at it, it's my backup rifle and if I shoot it 50 times a year with mild 55 gr loads, this barrel should last me at least 30+ years. I don't know if I'm going to be around that long, so I bought some tough 40 gr projos and plan to shoot it like I stole it. The 20-250 is super accurate, drops coyote and is a great addition to my predator hunting cartridge line up. SJC