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Yes they have solid arms and soft rubber type material that make a good seal preventing any wind from getting to my eyes. Al

I have a prescription pair of sport wrap around-goggle type I use for riding my E-bike and Motorcycles for the purpose of wind protection, for that they have worked out well. I have never shot with them or hunted with them but I have to think they would work OK. I want to add on mine the frame bows are very wide and they do block some peripheral vision. Al

The boots you have are reputed to be very good for cold temps, for various reasons there are folks that just do not tolerate the cold well. A friend of mine uses these toe warmers for ice fishing in the bitterest of weather and he swears by them, they are small and thin. A whole box of 40 pair go for around $30.

I hav I have not killed a Squirrel with it yet, been laid up with Lyme disease all hunting season and have just started to hit the woods. I hope to give Squirrels a shot with the Crockett before the snows come. Al

I think with a good 22 autoloader one could get some pretty good practice hitting running targets, I have some Airedales Terriers that would think they had died and gone to heaven had they been involved in one of those deals. Al

Likely more Chinese thievery.

Had to have been something to see, my Dad was involved in a big drive in the 40s while in the Navy stationed at a base in Corpus Christi Texas, no guns involved just clubs and a lot of stomping.

Form and Function, I buy my hunting outerwear sized larger than sizes I wear for street clothes so I have plenty of room for layering and free movement to use whatever the weapon of the day is. There are many hunters that worry too much about how they look and purchase their gear as if they were going to be pictured on the cover of Outdoor Life Magazine. Al

There are some things that really can not be improved upon Woolrich, LLBEAN or Filson Wool, layer up properly and you will not be cold. Be it on stand Deer hunting or hunting Hare in single digits from sun up to sun down through out the winter, my old Woolrich PA Tux never let me down when it came to keeping me warm. I have some LLBean stuff that is pretty good too. Al

A bullet will give much better overall performance on Deer than a round ball especially in a smaller caliber like 45. I do not know much about the brand you have mentioned but seeing "long rifle" in it's description I suspect the barrel twist is made to shoot patched round balls of 440 diameter. If the rifle happens to have a medium twist it may shoot a conical bullet well, all you can do is give it a try. If the accuracy of the ball and bullet is equal I would go with the bullet. Al

I am on the same page as you Davey and your video editing friend, I have watched the video multiple times and there is no question in my mind you did not shoot low, as I stated before I can clearly see the bullet's impact and the hair rippling from the shock. The frame below shows the darker colored impact area of the shock wave happening perfectly and why no one else can seem to see it I can not say. So for me with that part of the puzzle out of the way we have to look at what could have happened. Many have stated that the Deer should be laying dead within a few yards if the bullet placement was as stated. As I stated in my first post I had a small Buck run at least 200 yards shot through the heart at virtual point blank range with a 300 grain hollow point fired from a 45-70!, a cartridge that helped decimate the Buffalo and can kill just about anything that walks. One would have thought that deer would have been knocked ass over tea kettle but for some reason that did not happen, one of the enigmas of Deer hunting. Had that Buck not been bleeding badly he would have been extremely difficult to recover. Another thing is while the 300 Blackout is certainly capable of killing a Deer it is no sledgehammer, I suspect most hunters familiar with ballistics would classify it as a bare minimum cartridge for Deer hunting. Being on the low end of the power scale would possible to allow some Deer to make a pretty good sprint before the pile up. There is one more thing I noticed, there are quite a few small branches and twigs in the line of fire. It is very possible the bullet hit one and caused the bullet to tumble just before impact. If that happened there would not be the penetration or bullet performance required. I actually had that happen to me on a Moose hunt, my first shot hit some brush causing the Nosler bullet from a 7 mag to tumble and hit behind the front shoulder sideways going under the hide just a few inches, that Moose would have easily survived that shot. Luckily the next shot was in the base of the neck and he dropped where he stood. Al

All I can say is I am clearly seeing the bullet impact on my computer and it is exactly the spot the OP circled, why the Deer did not drop or could not be recovered is beyond me. Al

You guys need to get better video equipment I can see that bullet hit as plain as day, the OP has a frame showing the bullet impact hole perfectly circled. Al

I ran the video frame by frame on my computer and can clearly see the bullet impact directly behind the front shoulder about 6 or 7 inches up from the brisket, the frame I froze is a bit blurry but that small dark spot behind the front shoulder is the bullet's impact. Al

That shot looked good to me, the spot the bullet hit and impact can be clearly seen and should have been a perfect heart shot, it is almost the exact same shot placement I made on the deer I took this year, heart, lungs, liver had tremendous damage and he only went a few yards before dying. One of two things happened, I once shot a spike horn buck at only 20 yards and hit it in the exact same spot with a 300 gr hp bullet fired out of a 45-70. That little Buck somehow traveled close to 200 yards before piling up, he was easy to track as he was leaking bad. My hunting Buddy was with me when I found him and upon field dressing the Buck's heart showed a hole through it dead center, How in the heck he went so far is beyond me, some say adrenaline can keep them on their feet like that. So maybe that doe somehow went farther than you thought she could and is laying dead. The only other explanation for me would be total bullet failure in some way where it did not expand or penetrate, still probably a killing shot but not severe enough damage to keep the Deer from traveling a big distance. Al

I made up about 20 lbs using a modified breakfast sausage recipe, I go the bulk route and do up 1 1/2 lb vacuum sealed packages. I use a 2 to 1 venison to bacon ratio for the meat and the ingredients in the proper proportions below. The finished result tastes nothing like breakfast sausage it has a flavor all it's own and I must say it is very good. Al

A friend of mine on the Airedale board treed one with his dogs a couple of days ago in Wyoming. Al

With the reliability of todays modern bullets on Deer I really do not have one that is a standout above all others. I have used most styles and brands and all have done their job well when it comes to the kill as long as the shot was placed correctly. I do not see a Deer as an animal that is particularly hard to kill so I stick with traditional regular grade bullets for the most part. I have a couple of times had the occasion to go out west and Canada to hunt for big stuff, I will use the premium bullets like Nosler Partitions for those Animals. What I do like is fine accuracy and will try different loads, bullet weights and brands to find what shoots best in a particular rifle. I like the confidence of knowing when I pull the trigger of where that bullet is going to hit and the bullet that gives me that confidence is the one I will choose. While just about every brand is plenty accurate enough more often than not handloaded "Sierra" bullets will shoot the best groups in my rifles. Al

Standing against a tree or on the ground or stump sitting on my hot seat with my back against a tree or something else to break up my silhouette. Al

When woods hunting I move around a lot so I go light and carry a pair of good quality compact binoculars no matter what game I am after, they are indispensable for identification of everything. In open country for Deer and Varmints I will sacrifice a bit of weight and carry higher power full size binoculars of good quality for the same reason as above. Al

There is a lot to be said about both types of hunting and I do like both types for different reasons. Hunting with family and friends is a social event, the laughs, the tall tales, ball breaking and the food are almost as important as the hunt itself. A weekend at the Deer camp with the gang in one word is fun! For me most of those days are gone, like Cynthia mentioned above many of the family and friends I hunted with when I was young have passed on and there is not many youngsters replacing them, like she said "do while you can," there is a lot to be said for memories. One of my favorite memories from over 50 years ago at Deer camp on the last weekend, day and hour of season my Dad scored a doubleheader on a Deer and Bear. In the photo below my Dad on the right with one of his best friends doing a little celebrating. Still I like to hunt on my own a lot also and do not mind doing so, I get a bit more serious about things when hunting alone and have had better success overall.

You can hunt small game during Deer season, I do it all the time, but I think assisting others hunting big game without a valid tag is not allowed. Al

I will be 71 November 30, Lyme Disease will make you feel 171!

I have been fighting a severe case of Lyme disease since early fall so my hunting has been almost nil, at 71 years of age the fatigue was getting the better of me and I just had no energy to hit the timber. Slowly I have been coming around and I am just now getting to feel like my self again. I had enough gumption this morning to get out and watch a stand of Oaks that had a good acorn crop and it looked like Deer were hitting the area pretty good. Not long after the sun came up I spotted a Deer at around 125 yards scratching up the leaves for acorns, a look through my binoculars showed it had horns and legal. I was hunting with my newly acquired 250 Savage 99, I cranked the variable power up to 5X and used a tree for a rest and put the crosshairs behind the front shoulder and touched her off. At the shot the Deer bounded 20 or so yards and stopped and then it walked off into the woods where I lost sight of him. Went to the spot I last seen him and there he was dead as a doornail. The handloaded 90 grain Sierra Game King did it's job, upon field dressing it showed a hit directly in the heart with a lot of internal damage. Now that I am getting around a little better hopefully I can drill a few Squirrels before the snow gets too deep. Al