Lawdwaz
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Millions of Butler Creek flip up lens caps have been sold over the last 40 (?) years and most people seem to be ok with them, myself and probably many ex and current members here.
Oh I’m sure there’s a few that have lost one or two or they plain wear out (both have happened to me) but no big deal you buy another. They are priceless on those snowy/rainy days.
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53 minutes ago, luberhill said:
Hey who let u out of your cage
Feel free to pass any post by instead of making idiotic comments .
All good on my end as I’m allowed out noon Friday till Sunday 6pm for browsing the www.
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3 hours ago, suburbanfarmer said:
Its not that complicated.
Ohhhhh I think it’s much more complicated for some than others.
Put your thumb on a table and whack it with a book, it’ll be less painful in the long run when viewing some posts.
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22 minutes ago, Untwisted Pretzel logic said:
Typed too fast before, as I was heading out the door. Meant to say Hawke. Mine has the speed ring adjustment and lighted crosshairs that can be lit red or green. Super clear and bright and works great even without turning on the crosshair light.
I don't see pricing on the Wyvern site, however, I don't think you can beat what he offers. Also, he doesn't charge for shipping or sales tax.
I can also tell you that the Hawke customer service is fantastic. You can speak to someone in their shop if you have a problem. The cap for the light battery was hard for me to get off and I used pliers to remove it and scuffed it up a little (even though I covered it with a cloth). They overnighted me a new cap after I called,no charge.
Best of luck with your research and your choice, whatever you decide.
He won’t buy anything. We’ve been down this road a few times.
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I checked and found nothing in my stash.
Btw, my 7mm-08 brass for my NULA is Lapua headstamp .308 Winchester. I necked it down with no issues a number of years ago.
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3 minutes ago, onlybrowning said:
I’m looking for some .257 Roberts brass. I’ve got brass to trade or will purchase. Might have other items of interest to trade as well. Thanks.
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I MIGHT have some for you but then again I might have gotten rid of them already. I had a Remington 722 in 257 Roberts but sold it a while ago. I’m foggy on what I did with the cases.
Ill try and remember to check in the morning.
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2 hours ago, wolc123 said:
The snow is just as deep over at my parent’s place as it is at home. I am glad I brought my snowshoes for the 200 yard walk to my stand this morning.
I walked back 1/2 hour before sunrise and I crossed at least 10 sets of deer tracks. Several of them looked quite large. With all the leaves down and snow in the woods, I can see more than 200 yards in almost all directions. So far I seen 4 or 5 grey squirrels but no deer.
Maybe all the deer action is pm or early am over here also, the same as it seems to be at home. It’s quite comfortable in this big roomy upper deck. The temp is about 32 now and rising and the wind is sw about 5 mph. I’ll stay here until 11:45 or so, go have lunch with my parents, then hit my clover plot edge stand for the evening hunt.
I checked on work today and the field to the south looks like a barnyard.
Also, I don’t think I’ll need to trim the shrubs in front of the yellow house for awhile. They decimated them the las couple days.
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No argument from me on the 243.
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43 minutes ago, wolc123 said:
Why not go with a 7mm-08 instead ? Maybe a slightly better deer round, with less recoil, and cheaper and easier to find ammo.
Ahhh flip of a coin. He asked about a 25-06, I responded in a way as not to change his mind. Personally I wouldn't own one BECAUSE I own a 7mm-08.
In the big scheme of things, who cares? Just keep on truckin'.......new guns in any chambering (except those dreaded 223 Remington and 243 Winchester bastards) should always be encouraged.
Merry Christmas belated you lugnuts.
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Sure, why not?
Recoil should be between the 243 and 30-06 obviously and surely tolerable, if not enjoyable DEPENDING on the weight of the rifle. 117gr bullets of good construction will hammer any game you point them at in NYS and most of North America.
What gun are you pondering?
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1 hour ago, Five Seasons said:
Sharing a story that most wouldn't because writing it is therapeutic for me and there's always a lesson that can help others.
I don't really plan to hunt the holiday week which meant 1 or 2 more sits for me. I wanted to hunt Sunday morning and even set the alarm but it was midnight when the Bills game was over and it just wasn't worth it for me despite getting some decent bucks lately on camera.
Son had basketball practice from 2 to 3 (I coach) and I thought why not just slip out for the last hour or so in the blind. Low pressure hunt, redzone on and 1 earbud in. Neighbor is buzzing up and down on his UTV a few times. I actually watched on my cell cam as he bumped a doe group that was headed his way back to me. I also heard a shot around 4:30 that sounded like a rifle but then it was quiet. I didn't have high hopes but it beats sitting on the couch.
I'm shooting my old CVA Optima. It's been good to me and killed 3 or so deer in the 10 or so years I've hunted with it. Last time I shot it at a deer was in Mississippi and last time I checked the zero was a few years ago. Shooting 100 grains (pellets) and TC shockwaves (sabots).
Anyhow legal light ends a little after 5 and right about 5 a doe comes limping out at 50 yards and I mean hard limping. The kind where you know some guy took a pop at her and she will live but will have a tough winter. If I'm honest I'm taking a shot at her anyhow, but the limp made me not even second guess it.
I have mesh up in the blind and I'm all black inside, regardless as I turn with my shooting sticks she freezes. Thankfully she puts her head back down. Takes a few steps and turns some giving me a slight quartering towards shot with her right shoulder and vitals exposed, although the exit will be tough, I like this shot. I squeeze the trigger. There's a puff of smoke and as it clears I see her running off (tail up, not great). It's now about legal light and I don't want to wait long in the dark. I'm at the shot scene in about 5 minutes. I see decent blood, but it always looks like that in the snow. As I track I find more decent blood but the gush I wanted to see never comes. As I enter the woods where she dipped back in I hear crash crash up ahead. Dammit.
I decide I'm going to test my luck and keep on the track hoping it was her last push and even if I have to put her down, I'll be able to end it. I track another 5 minute or so and maybe 75 yards and hear crashing again. I back out. Now she is no 130 class buck, but I hate this shit. Waiting overnight for a deer I only shot for the meat is never great. Even if I get to her with the cold temps there's a chance she's yote food. I haven't lost a deer in over 4 years and the last doe I wounded during archery was a brisket non-fatal shot. This might be my first bad wound track job since I was a teen.
I can't get into the woods due to work obligations till 11 today. I proceed to track her for 3.5 hours and 2.5 miles. Losing and finding the track as it's just small drabs of blood and then every so often a decent blast (again maybe accentuated by the snow). This whole thing would have been impossible without the snow though.
Anyhow I finally end in the neighbors cut corn field and no body and just no more blood or energy to follow a track to see if it starts again as the tracks all intersect out there and what is her and what is another deer is no easy task. On the way out I find what I later realize was a part of her track that I missed (at one point I was tracking her backwards and later realize it was her doing a loop). I know the field is her last stop based on hoof direction but I follow this backwards anyhow to find some pretty good sprays and even 2 bed downs I had not seen before. This made me sick. I had some hope maybe I hit her in the leg too, but now I'm not sure.
I don't know how they do it, but they are freaking tough critters. I feel horrible that this doe has been shot twice now and is either dead or likely won't make it through the winter. I don't know if there's a lesson here or not as where I found those beds was nowhere near where I bumped her. So sure I should have probably waited and then probably backed out sooner, but IDK. I measured out what was at least 0.8 miles that she went plus the extra I didn't get to and some of the best blood was well past where I bumped her.
Tested my mz this afternoon as well and she's on. Hunting sucks sometimes.
sorry for the novel.
Brisket, low chest or that dreaded “no man’s land”??
It happens and it’ll make you a better Hunter.
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14 minutes ago, land 1 said:
never really heard of air skinner, it takes like less then 10 or 15 minutes to skin a deer and not labor intencive it does sound like waiste of $$$
It helps considerably with a frozen or semi frozen deer. That was my interest......
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1 hour ago, fasteddie said:
As long as there is no way for the air to escape , it works fine ( neck and legs ) . With the chest cavity open , It has no resistance to the hide and can't loosen it . Notice in the video that it is done without being field dressed . A waste of money . It's just a gimmick .
I had a friend inject and air up my buck (maybe you saw my post on the OTHER site?) from opening day last month and was very surprised at how well it worked. My buck was gutted and had three holes in it; two shots, one exited and one didn't.
My friend injected my buck in at least four spots, two in the hindquarters and two in the front shoulders. Maybe the neck too? It didn't take more that a couple minutes to do it and it did make a difference.
You're not using a hand bicycle pump are you?
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1 hour ago, suburbanfarmer said:
120gn by tube volume or weight?
Has to be volume........
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On 12/15/2022 at 7:37 PM, catskillkid said:
Shot a buck at 180 yards last year with only a slight bullet drop.
What is your gun zeroed at and what's the drop at 150 yards?
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2 hours ago, fasteddie said:
I have made several Bad Purchases for hunting gear . One of the worst ones I made was the "Air Skinner" . It has several needle type devices that you carefully use with an air compressor to loosen the deer's hide for easier skinning . The video makes it look pretty easy . However , the video shows the Air Skinner being used on a deer that hasn't been field dressed . On a field dressed deer , it is pretty much worthless as the air escapes through the field dressed chest area . It works fairly well on the neck area and the legs but worthless on the rest of the deer hide . Has anyone had a good experience with an Air Skinner ?
What exactly went wrong Eddie?
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10 hours ago, nybuckboy said:
How does everyone sight their muzzleloader? I have mine about 2.5 " - 3" high at 80 yds. Is there a better way?
Where is it at 30 yards and again at 150 yards?
Whats your muzzle velocity and energy?
What bullet?
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6 minutes ago, Just Lucky said:
He went along ways, I think. The shot was maybe 100 yards with a 50 cal, 245 grain sabot, and two 50 grain pyrodex pellets.
Dead is dead.
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47 minutes ago, Just Lucky said:
He was dead in the next bed. Had spray about last 30 yards.He was facing more quartering towards me then i thought. No exit hole. He was full of blood inside. Tracked him from low side of hill, across, up, and back down. Found him about 11 am. Shot was a little after 730.
Terrific. How far did he go between shot and death bed? What chambering and bullet? How far was the shot?
Congratulations, he's a beauty.
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26 minutes ago, phade said:
You did that inside? Brave man!
No kidding…..not a snowballs chance in hell I’d get away with that.
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2 hours ago, Pygmy said:
It's dated 1972....At that time I was halfway through a 2 year active duty assignment on the USS Moale, DD-693.....
Duhhh I missed the date.
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You guys must be really old. Lol
Those numbers are cheaper than I remember. Any idea how old the ad is?
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Nice gun Al.
I shot my T/C Hawken flintlock last Sunday. I plan on carrying it this weekend, weather permitting. Patched round balls and 3F powder for the projectile.
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On 12/3/2022 at 8:23 AM, luberhill said:
My mucks don’t hold up and I see the same complaints about Lacrosse
I see the DryShods are the guy that started Muck back when they were good
I want a warm, tall waterproof boot
I don't have any. Will you buy some?
How'd you make out with the truck crash?
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Did you sign with a public adjuster?