Culvercreek hunt club

God bless Eddie. I will keep her, you and your family in my prayers

Always nice to have more guns than you need...lol. Seriously though. My .06 has taken chucks to moose so why not be as versatile as you can....unless you are giving something up. If I have a deer standing at 200 in hardwoods and his gun should be very capable of that....I would dial up to 10x for the shot. That is my preference. I believe it tightens up your shot....every movement is magnified

Let me ask you guys this....is there anything a 32mm will do that a 50 can't? Is there a draw back to having a 2.5-10 compared to a 2-7? I guess in my view.....if you can afford it why not have more than your immediate need? Unless you are giving up function in the trade off? I guess I could have bought a deer rifle that is just capable of taking a deer.....but opted for one that deer was in its mid range....capable oftaking smaller game or loading up to take larger game

I don't like to have too much going on. The first scope I started using was a standard multiplex. I feel comfortable with it and have stuck with it. I wouldn't think you would need illuminated with a 50mm. Try them and I would stick to a common configuration for any gun. I think for rifles and NY hunting the BDC's are not required. I would skip bells and whistles and put the cash into best optics and mounts.

If you prefer higher magnification settings I think it makes a difference. The higher the magnification the less light transmitted. I wouldn't go below a 44mm

50mm will allow good shooting on cloudy morning in thick pine forest.....at any legal hours. I have yet to see a deer at legal hours that I couldn't pick up in my scope.

personally I like the 9 power being available. I would love to see them put out a 2-9. My Simmons Atek (which I love) is a 2.5-10 and it really is the best of both worlds. Would I put a 6-20 on a deer rifle ...no...but if a 200 yard shot is available to him...and that gun is very capable of it....the 9 power sure is nice to have.

the herds in my ares seem to be fairing very well too Doc

I know...makes your heart bleed. You can almost not feel sorry when you see folk build in flood plains and such because you know at some point in time you will be facing it. The storms and tornados hit anywhere. It is amazing how some of the houses are gone and ones next to them are barely touched

I understood what you meant. The efforts under way over seas in a military sense are just another example of dollars better spent at home. We pour aid for tsunami relief...eathquakes and such and it seems like that gets better supported than disasters here at home.

Think the world of you brother....but disagree on this one. THey were there at one time. He used them on his own people. But we didn't come up with what we thought was there and I really question the conveyed motives that were sold to us. I personally think Iran has and continues to be a bigger threat than any thing in Iraq or Afgan. As far a Bin Laden. If they had taken 1/10 of what we have spent over there and put a publicized contract on his head he would have been gift wrapped in about an hour. Really does make me question our true motives...feed the machine

You are going to get a ton of different responses and probably all based on their own experiences. Have you ever used a scope in hunting situations? I would suggest....take a hard look at the type of hunting you are going to do.(still hunting, stalking, driving. stand hunting) The type of shots you expect to take and feel comfortable taking (only standing, moving and the distance) By your question about the iron sights you may only have one option and that is see through mounts. I am not a huge fan of those because they tend to take your head off the stock from the best shooting position. If your concern is about finding the target using the scope I would suggest staying with a lower power scope. I would suggest a variable. buy the best glass you can afford and DO NOT skimp on the mounts. the best glass isn't worth a darn if what connects it to the gun is junk. I run variables on my rifles...3-9 and 44mm objectives up to 50's. I have hunted with scopes for 25 years and that is my preference. if you are short range, thick cover and concerned about picking up moving targets, they have a great spread of variables in 1.5 power up with top ends at 5 or 7. Go some where to touch and look through and enjoy that gun. Nice gun and very good caliber.

It is gonna be a bumper crop then Geno

I am not a huge fan of any handouts but if we are going to do it I say start here

Sorry. Thought it was relevant. You had mentioned that you had had poor results. To be honest there really isn't a "bad" seed on the market so it had to be either you or mother natures fault for the failure...lol

I just got back from a 3 day business trip to New Orleans and I couldn't believe the amount of damage that still has not been addressed down there.

I agree with G-man 100%. He is spot on. THe Ph is a huge factor for the use of the fertilizer. If the Ph is way off you just have to use alot more which means addition money for unused fertilizer. Corn is a Nitrogen stripper (hence the crop rotation of many farmers). If that isn't an option you just have to pour it to the ground. I have never seen that mention method for planting corn (no til) but I have seen it used for soybeans so I can't imagine it is much different. Seems to be prefered method when you don't have a lot of time to work the soil and it isn't is a compact state.

Amen Fantail

SOIL TEST!! then he can figure actual planting costs. the seed and planting may not be the largest effort. Getting the soil to where it is needed may take the time and $$$

Fantail...These are the connectors that some panels I had looked at use. . http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/CON-320/2-CONDUCTOR-WATERPROOF-CONNECTORS-18-AWG//1.html My panel uses these to connect the end of the panel leads to the controller and I used the same ones to connect 10guage wire from the controller to the batteries

that is what I got mine for last fall I think

http://gurneys.com/silver-queen-hybrid-su-sweet-corn/p/14455/ 88 day. If you like tender white corn, my buddy did use these as well. Not quite as sweet but very good. http://www.2bseeds.com/sweetcornwhiteextra.shtml 72 days You have to pay attention to cross pollination with these varieties though. It will reduce that sweetness. He said he was going to try a silver KING this year but has never used it before so he had no recommendation (assuming it ever quits raining and he gets it in)

G-Man...you took the words out of my mouth.....Silver queen is my absolute favorite corn of the year

Now there is one I forgot. I remember the old style open landfills. You could go down with 22 and shoot rats. And to be on topic I bet it would be great fun with an air rifle

Really no different than how most shoot chucks.....prairie dogs and others species. Most of these are not consumed. Invasive fish species are the same......catch a gobie and kill it. Not released and not consumed