Larry

Mossberg made 870 fully rifled deer barrels at onetime I liked the longer 24in barrel it also had a faster twist rate at 1in 33 instead of 1in35 the Remington’s had at the time.

Both the 870 and the 500 are good guns I have 2 500’s and 3 870’s. My first pump shotgun was a 500 I bought a FW Woolworth’s for 99 dollars. What was cool about that gun you could slam fire it; it had a fix modified choak. I still have it. then I got an 870-wing master I won an 870 deer gun at a raffle I did work on that gun. I had the scope mounted to the receiver then I put a 24” Mossberg 870 barrel on it and screwed it to the receiver. Then I picked up an 870 20ga that has become my turkey gun and small pond duck gun. I still have all of them.

I would not use Red dot in a 30-30 that powder is made for shotguns and handguns. I did see some load data for cast bullets of 6gr’s of red dot but I still wouldn’t use it.

Trout reg’s the 5 with no more than 2 over 12in’s has been that way in most places I fish for a long time. As for bass I start fishing as early as late April I just do catch and release so the start date won’t matter to me.

Won’t matter to me in the winter. I work nights so I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark

I generally use Wegmans AA’s they seem to work fine I have gotten up to 6mo’s on them. But I usually change them after 3mo’s. I just got a Cell-link and the cam I’m hooking up to that I put lithium in, that’s 16 batteries between the Link and the camera not cheap

Thank you Joe and Crew Love it I travel 112miles by round trip to work good thing I'm going out for a knee replacement

I just got the word nothing left that can be done. Its time left knee is shot so on March 28th I go under the knife. Now I’ll have a matching set. Kind of sucks just got a fishing kayak planed on doing a lot of fishing this summer.

Maybe it just needs to go to the hairdresser

I think you can get up to 6 free from Brandon. and a mask

Just finished A Walk in my Combat Boots. Going to read Red Handed

My smoke alarm goes off almost every day. My wife thinks it’s the timer for the oven. If it doesn’t go off then I know we are ordering out or we are going out for dinner or I'm cooking.

If you haven’t checked you need to check your permit recert. Status they will not or may not send you info when you need to recertify. I did not get info when I was due.

Federal is now making all Remington ammo so you should see an improvement in quality. They just came out with a tipped core-loc. It may not be out on the market yet. As for the basement stuff that’s all I shot in my guns and never have had a miss firer only use factory ammo to set a baseline.

I would go with 7-08 It’s one of the best deer calibers out there. You can’t go wrong for deer or black bear with bullet between 139 - 154 gr. Go with 7-08it may replace your 06.

Try going to Amazon. I bought a GardeproA3 20meg&1080 has 3 IR’s censors for 70 bucks has lot of other features works good.

I have an 870 that I won in a gun raffle that I modified for deer hunting. I replaced the barrel with a Mossberg 870 barrel I liked the longer 24 in. I mounted the scope to the receiver then I fitted and screwed the barrel to the receiver. I still hunt Monroe county from time to time.

I was able to get a brick of cci BR-2’s so I’m set I would have preferred Fed.210m’s but you get what you can get.

Just got better and the cost went up 20% or more

Before you can say if someone is a better hunter, you have to define what makes someone a better hunter. Is it someone that kills a lot of animals (I’m going to use deer when I say animals)? Is it someone who kills a lot of trophy animals? (that’s subjective) Is it someone with great woodman ship skills? Is it someone who follows the rules? Is it someone who hunts ethically? (and follows the rules) Is it someone who’s a good shot? Or is it a combination of all of the above? Now I’ll self-analyzed to see if I meet this definition of a better hunter first some background. This will be my 50th year of hunting this fall I still have my hunter safety card from 1972. I hunt mostly privet land for deer hunting. I hunt with bow, crossbow, gun and muzzle loader. Someone who’s kills lots of animals. I kill on average 2 deer a year the last time I didn’t kill a deer was 1990. I also take the whole month of November off since 2000. So, dose that make me a better hunter or do I just have more opportunity to get a shot. I think more opportunity. Someone that kills lots of trophy animals. Like I said that’s subjective. I think every deer is a trophy. I don’t care about antler size on bucks. I have for about 12 years now gone by body size, if a buck looks like it goes about 200lb live weight I’ll shoot it. the up side of using weight they usually come with deceit antlers. I also have more time to hunt Someone with great woodman ship skills. I think my woodman ship skills are good. I very rarely loose a deer after the shot. that doesn’t mean I haven’t lost a deer before it’s been a while. I’ve also helped find other people’s deer. I know the lay of the land I hunt like the back of my hand. there’s a reason for where every stand is placed. Someone who follows the rules. I like to hunt to much I always follow the rules. I may not like some of the rules but I still follow them. Someone who hunts ethically. I think I hunt ethically. I have my own rules I follow:1follow the reg’s. 2 have fun when hunting stops being fun it’s time to quit. 3 I won’t shoot a deer on the last day that I wouldn’t shoot on the first day. 4 I’m going to shake your hand no matter how big or how points your deer has. 5 it’s not about getting a deer I’m just glad I still can get out. Someone who’s a good shot. I think I’m a very good shot. I shoot all year round with whatever I hunt with. With my bow and my crossbow all of September is shooting whatever head I’m hunting with. I treat my crossbow just like my bow max range for me is 40yds. My muzzleloader, 444 and shotgun are sighted in at 50yds and can still make 100yd shot my 6mm and 6.5 are sighted in at 100yds and I can still make a 200yd shot. where I hunt a 70yd shot is a long shot. I only take high percentage shots that doesn’t me I don’t miss just not very often. Now what I think I rate as a hunter. I think I’m average or just above average hunter. I have also been blessed with more opportunity to hunt, I can for the most part can pick and choose the days I hunt.

I’m sitting home waiting on test results to see if I have covid for the 2nd time. It could be the flue.

Hey four season CWD is not harmless it is always fatal. It is non-recoverable to the deer that contract it.

BIGFOOT did it. sure looks like a BIGFOOT kill to me

The reason why I’m asking is with everything that’s going on today. With covid and other diseases. We don’t hear about the homeless getting as sick as the rest of us. Are they not reported or is there immune system more robust than the rest of us? Those of us that are older remember when all we had to clean with was soap and water. Now we have antibacterial soaps and cleaners. Have we made ourselves to clean and in the process weaken our immune system? What do you guy’s think?

i have a small torque 1/4 inch rachet then i would use the rt size bit