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Way to go Wolc. Al

Congratulations, looks like he has a big body. Al

The blubber percentage scale.

Some serious money can be saved by scrounging military brass for reloading, especially once fired range brass bought in bulk. Military 223, 45acp, 9mm, 308 brass can be reconditioned and reloaded into some nice shooting and hunting ammo. The worst part of the reconditioning is removing the crimp in the primmer pocket so new factory primers can be seated easily. Some time back I bought a bulk bunch of Lake City 223 brass and while I saved a ton of money that job sucked. I used several methods and all were tedious. Lee has come up with a tool that from what I having been reading takes the frustration out of that part of case prep. For a 50 dollar bill it will remove both large and small rifle -pistol cartridge crips easily. Something to consider if one does a lot of shooting and wants to save some cash. Al

Down the road from where I live I found what was left of a small buck in the ditch probably hit by a vehicle, looked like the local varmints worked over the carcass pretty good. Figured it might make some good varmint hunting bait so I threw what was left of the body in the back of my truck and brought it home and placed it in one of my fields to see if it would draw any action. Did not take long for these two to spot it. Al

I see one of the big Bucks from last year they call "Vincent" made it through the hunting season, his rack looks even wider this year. Al

Their youtube channel has well over 100000 subscribers and it is heavily watched, so I would say they are getting pretty good money just from that but they also receive donations from viewers. Al

Today was the first day they started feeding and it did not take long to get customers.

That is the reason I do not do much snow tracking these days, I have most times ended up a long way from where I started and it can be a nightmare drag if you catch up and kill one. Too old. Al

Saw in the latest issue of NY Outdoor News, three hunters in Michigan keeled over with heart attacks dragging out their Deer this fall and there will probably be many more throughout the country. A reminder to stay in the best physical shape you can. Al

One of my favorite style and power hunting scopes, that is a good buy, I have the same scope mounted on my Marlin 95 45-70. Al

The vast majority of people don't like arguing and I think most want to put the libtard's sick woke agenda behind us and live our lives the way we want to. Time for the toilet to get a good flush!! Al

From what I am gathering the Vortex combos get the highest ratings but as you say they are pricey. Another outfit called Astra Optix has a more moderately priced set that is rated high from folks that own them. As of now I am still up in the air on making a purchase. Al

Speaking of dropping horns, I checked out the Brownsville Deer Pantry and saw a nice eight that already lost one side. Al

I have some good binoculars and I have a good rangefinder but I like the idea of just carrying one piece of equipment that can do the job of two. The manufacturers all make good claims for their products and the reviews I read are good, that being said I like to hear from any folks that actually have purchased and used these combo jobs. Al

The story behind that Deer was it could not be found after it was shot until a couple of days later, by then the Coyotes had got to it. Al

Anyone with any experience with any of the newer binoculars having the built in laser range finder, been reading about them and am mildly interested. I love the idea but they can be a little pricey. Al

The killing scene in this guy's video reminds me of a kill I made on one of my better Bucks. The gang I hunted with back in the seventies and eighties hunted a huge farm on big hills outside of Norwich NY called King's Settlement. I had an escape route spot where I built a brush blind a couple of weeks before season about 3/4s of the way up on one of those hills and I was in it on a cold opening day before daylight. I hoped as the orange army made their way up the hill someone would push something past me. I heard a noise just as it was getting daylight and could make out a really nice buck moving away from me through a scrub apple orchard, he was too far away and there was too much brush in the way for a clean shot so I just watches him disappear, the best I could hope for is he would run into some other hunted and maybe comeback through. The rest of the morning was uneventful and around noon I headed back down to the vehicles and meet up with some of the guys to warm up and get something to eat. So while we were going over the morning's events one of the guys spotted a nice buck way up the hill standing in some high goldenrod only a couple of hundred yards from my blind. I grabbed my gun and started to haul ass back up the hill jogging up a farm dirt road, just maybe I might get a crack at that guy. The farm road was in a gully with high banks on both sides and as I got in that buck's vicinity I hear some shots from the buck's direction. I stopped and listened and all of a sudden here comes the big Buck running full tilt right at me over and down the bank. I was ready and when he saw me, he turned and I let him have one broadside, he went down on his haunches, and I gave him two more killing him, that was the last time I fired more that one shot at a Deer. Everything happened in just a few seconds, and I did not have any time to think. I was using an Ithaca model 51 Deerslayer 3 shot semi auto, probably the most accurate slug gun I ever owned. I gave that shotgun to my youngest son and a few years later he killed a nice buck with it just a short distance from the one killed above. Ahh, the good old days!! Al

Put the finishing touches on Uga Booga, mounted a clock and used up some old spike horns, I think he looks pretty good Al

That was a good one! Al

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All the years I hunted the southern zone I used various shotgun slug models and took my share of Deer with them, a well placed slug kills as good as anything. Back then it was the law so we used what we could. I can understand sticking with a firearm you are familiar with and have had good results with. For the last thirty-five years doing all of my Deer hunting in the northern zone I have used various rifles, not because they kill better but for their much more precise shot placement especially at longer ranges. With an accurate rifle you can thread the needle through small openings if need be or make a kill easily out to several hundred yards if the opportunity arises. From my perspective a rifle has performance in spades over the shotgun slugs in almost every situation giving the hunter a better chance at success. If I could have used some of the rifles I own now back in those old open country southern zone hunting days it would have been a massacre. Al

They have rechargeable batteries and can be charged over and over many times, 4 to 5 hour charge time from dead. They have three heat settings, low, medium and high. Depending on the heat setting the manual says they will work from 6.5 to 26 hours before running dead. I have found the medium setting to be plenty warm enough and have yet to use them so long as to run out of power. Al

Doing my outside chores in this cold weather can make for some really cold hands, doing stuff that requires a little bit of dexterity can be hard when wearing thick gloves so I usually have a chemical handwarmer in my pocket to keep things moving along. Problem is there is waste because I am not out long enough to completely have the chemical handwarmer use up all it's heat, and while you can put them in a plastic baggy to help save some of their energy much is still wasted. So I switched to electronic handwarmers that are USB rechargeable, they work every bit as good and there is no waste. I am now trying out a two pack of new ones I picked up on Amazon, these will put out heat twice as long as my old one, less bulky and were less expensive. How long they will hold up I do not know but so far so good, and they work great for hunting. Al

Glad to see you recovered her First light. You know that Black Mouth Cur dog of yours would probably make a good blood tracking dog with a bit of training, something I would seriously consider if I were you. Al