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On 1/18/2023 at 8:03 AM, LET EM GROW said:
Forgot all about this. dang!
yea not sure what other branches are doing out your way. things are pretty quiet lately. a lot of work to get content out there to reach people. i'm sure Culver and a couple others are still kicking around doing what they can though.
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On 1/17/2023 at 7:09 PM, hunter said:
Any winners from here?
have been in the past but not this time. well nobody that's active that i know is on here anyway.
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great advice given already. I'd add that deer select places to hold up over winter not just for food but for other things like thermal cover. placing food for them in a place without these things might persuade them to stay close to this food in less than idea habitat versus where they otherwise would be much better off.
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On 10/13/2022 at 9:33 AM, airedale said:
Watched this video this morning and it is a very good one and gives a pretty accurate analysis of 22 ammo 50 yard performance for accuracy, I have had just about the same results when bench testing the different brands.
A big player in the results of such tests is of course the firearm being used. The shooter looks to be using a standard Ruger 10/22, probably the most popular 22 rifle today. They shoot well enough for plinking and most hunting but personally I would not place them in the tack driver class as a good bolt action.
Another good point made is how much different the point of impact can be when switching brands and ammo types. A different rifle may give different results so trying several different brands helps giving optimum performance.
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i've shot Eley Sport, Aguila Standard Velocity Target, CCI Chootem, CCI Minimags, CCI Standard, and CCI AR Tactical out of my Ruger MarkIII bullseye pistol. I shoots the CCI Tactical within a single ragged hole well within the 10 ring on a Slow Fire NRA B-2 target. others open up a little. I shoot the other standard velocity stuff because it's less recoil and not high velocity. helps me get back on target better. so it's a trade off.
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nice! so I'm not fire forming or creating a cartridge from another. I have been contemplating getting a benchsource for more consistent annealing. i would be doing so just for longer life brass and better accuracy from more consistent reloads. the water bath is to make sure youre not annealing too far down past the neck i thought. brass being brass quenching i wouldn't think is necessary. you're not hardening the case back up. maybe could see it if you stop the heating and associated change in the metal. brass heats and cools pretty quick.
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Thanks to those who've purchased tickets. Still many available so odds of winning are good.
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idk how many deer. a lot. Saturday and Sunday I let at least 7 bucks walk in total. all between 1.5 to 2.5 years old. closest was directly under climber at my one set that was only 8ft off the ground. many others within chip shot bow range. guess i haven't converted to the rifle hunting mindset quite yet.
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i've always used cheaper alkalines until the temps get really cold. then some cameras I've had seem to do better with lithiums.
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I irony is burmjohn back in the day hijacked me from another hunting forum to come here. HahahaI believe that Thread was removed by a Moderator . And if the individual is a Moderator he/she is just doing their job .
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2 hours ago, UpStateRedNeck said:
Staring across the river? We got moved from the 7th floor where I could see Thatcher Park & the Helderbergs here at the state campus down to the 3rd floor. Naturally this happened 2 months before I got promoted and qualified for an office with a beautiful south window view.
oh no.... private single story office bldg we own that borders part of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. I've had deer walk across the lawn out my window and head right into the woods. A lot of hiking and activity this time of the hunting season on the weekends though. Best to hunt during the week or inclement weather with less people around. Otherwise deer hole up in adjacent inaccessible strips of cover/woods.
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2 hours ago, YFKI1983 said:
I saw a nice buck this morning that passed just out of range, as usual. I grunted, he stopped and then walked off. After 15 minutes I saw a buck from the same direction... now I am second guessing if it was the same buck. Praying I find him. Gonna wait another hour.
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looks like a decent hit to be uneffected unless you got up into the backstrap without hitting spine or arteries. were'd you think you hit him and the path of the arrow?
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2 hours ago, Nomad said:
I think I’ll roll out of bed soon .Good luck to those in the woods .
i did too. only to go into the office here in Albany, look out my wall of windows, and stare at one of the best hunting spots I have. lol work gets in the way of life I'm tellin ya!
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On 11/6/2022 at 12:15 AM, Chef said:
It’s going in for CA for sure. Packet was ordered but delayed in shipping front teeth on salt in the fridge
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalkyea we don't do anything to them because you don't want to scrape or damage the root. Just make sure they're in something that can breathe so they dry out. Otherwise they'll start to rot.
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Yea I saw him post pictures on facebook.It was Culver. No idea if he will post the story. Like GMan i just enjoy when someone kills a good one at my place. I happened to have history with this buck and got the cell cam live pic minutes before the kill. I knew Bob was going to kill him before i even texted bob last night.
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Not sure what to do with this crazy wind and 70+ degree temps. Not heading into a either thick swamp to shoot a deer on a Sunday night.
Hardwood oak ridge. Marginal wind sending scent down over mountain behind me. Pond and green hay field down in front of me. Last time i hunted here I shot a 178lb dressed buck that I could sit down in it's rack. Pretty windy tonight though.
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Congrats to him. I saw. Is he going to post anything about it though? Well deserved.
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It's worked and not worked. I don't think they mind it but activity fell off in that spot to move up into woods and hit the acorns. Plus we keep getting a south wind that doesn't work for the spot. Blows right into where they'd be coming from. I pulled the blind off the wagon. Might move the wagon somewhere else.How has your experience been with the hay wagon/blind setup? I've thought of trying this myself.
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Feels like spring turkey season but not as cold at sunrise. Can't kill them from the couch during bow though. Over grown pasture at 2 o'clock, natural hardwood funnel to my left, thick brushy hole out front, and open hardwoods downwind at 4 oclock up the hill. This is always a mid morning activity spot. 7 bald heads so far.
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There's some truth to this.Was there any milk in her ? The one I killed this year, in the early antlerless gun season, was loaded with fat. I think most of that was due to the coyotes getting her fawn, and her not needing to make any more milk.
Last year I killed an older doe, just a couple weeks later in the year (during early NZ ML). She had two fawns, was loaded with milk, and had very little fat on her.
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1 hour ago, turkeyfeathers said:
Too warm and bailing on afternoon hunt. Rut or not. Processor closes at 5 and not gonna leave anything outside their door to spoil overnight had I get lucky. Weekend is the same , warm. Monday looks good!
if i was closer I'd bring beer and we'd process it nice and quick. don't need much room if you bone it all out to put in the fridge. don't even have to hang it. just on a clean tarp to roll it on to as you pull off the hide. you can use hide between ground and meat but it sometimes gets a little debris stuck in the thin slippery membrane around the muscles. hard to rinse out and i like my deer as perfectly clean as possible.
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i check in every now and then. that's very odd and won't help. you've both got more resolve than me being hamstrung still.