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  1. I've shoot 22LR pistols a lot. growing up as a kid we'd shoot 22LR rifles at the farm at squrriels and stuff with open sights but never needed to sight in anything or really paid much attention to group size. Setup a 22LR rifle with 3-9x40 scope that hopefully my daughter will take to in the future and so i could have some fun at a sacrifice of a pretty short gun. i sighted it in at 75 yards and with a mediocre rest got a 3" group only tried one kind of ammo that seems to cycle well. what's your 22LR rifle sight-in/zero distance and what kind of groups do you get?
  2. i'm young. i can pull 80lbs with ease but do have an old shoulder injury from an auto wreck that flares up. that said i've dropped down to 60lbs still. when i'm older i'll do what moog said and drop all the way down to 40lbs. when i can't do that i'll still be a bowhunter but in the woods with a "crossgun" as some here call them until the day i can't even physically make it out there. whomever doesn't consider me a bowhunter with whatever crazy tech in vertical form they're also using can suck it.
  3. it's good to do that to prevent things like blight and it's just good practice. plant cover crop rye (NOT forage rye grass) and till it under each year if there's anything left. plot doesn't seem very big at all.
  4. they consume more than whatever is left over that you'd till under. especially assuming the deer have hit it pretty good by then.
  5. there's a local guy here that owns a pile of gun shops. there stuff is out to touch but you still fill out a form.
  6. around here in latham at Dick's last resort (Dicks Sporting Goods/Field & Stream) it's in accessible, behind the counter.
  7. if you've planted there year after year the soil could be low on nitrogen and pH is off. it might be too wet and compacted too, depending on what you've got for dirt in that area (i.e. clay). when conditions get bad the plants starve out easier.
  8. Hard to pick one but deep tending grunt of a buck followed by running through the leaves. Sometimes I'll hear it before I see what buck is making the sound and there nothing that can jump start your heart more. Snort wheeze is funny I went decades before hearing one. I hear them more from middle aged bucks but I heard my first one from a button buck! He was chasing a little doe that wasn't having it. Sound straight out of a TV hunting show but it was the smallest buck in the woods. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk
  9. I think it's best to PM me that way we can get all info, to fill out ticket or however many you buy. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk
  10. Wasn't planning on it (the expense) but I can. Typically I've sent a picture of filled out ticket(s) if not in person. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk
  11. model 1897 has a feel no other has to but it feels like any wrong move you might lose a thumb. model 12 is more user friendly.
  12. month old but i've dove into getting my 8 yr old daughter setup to learn. i may have taken it bit far. Fitted her up with a boat paddle from BCA and put optics with it too. all the ones mentioned for smaller framed youth seemed like she'd grow out of it fast.
  13. crazy things happen. saw this prior.
  14. great news. sounds like a hell of a bird dog.
  15. that and venmo. i'll look into it after work. don't use paypal as much.
  16. I've got more updates from the branch and been busy. A lot going on including getting set for the season with local qdm co-ops. We couldn't put together a live event this year but are doing a raffle as our fundraiser. Pic of tickets up for grabs below. Typical disclaimers on back but I'll take a pic. You're responsible for passing nics check at an ffl and any transfers from the ffl we're using to yours of your choice if you can't make it there (whitneys hunting supply in Granville NY). Thanks in advance for the support. 60% proceeds go to national deer association (NDA formerly QDMA), 2% of that goes to support all NY efforts via NYS NDA advisory board, and 40% to us for our endeavors. Much of it local to here in Eastern NY but also things statewide like NYS 4H youth shooting sports, etc. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk
  17. Venison chili (with beans) last night for dinner and now for lunch at the office. Mad dash to clean out the freezer and make room. Season is here! Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk
  18. you're right! he was shot point blank range. having a convo with my wife about someone being ill and i guess i typed it. he didn't die right away. they had to pull roosevelt off mt marcy and get back to buffalo ny asap. we also went to a museum and the historian was telling the story multiple times while we there.
  19. Wife and i anniversary with a lot going on to get away. so we did a quick trip up north into the adirondacks. revolution rail trail bike tour and then had lunch at paradox brewery in North Hudson, ny. Same area teddy Roosevelt was visiting when McKinley got [shot] and he transitioned from US VP and President. Beers I had are circle on the flight slip plus some others on the draft menu. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk
  20. "Do you know ryan?" Brewed by collab between fidens and widow maker. Has Citra and southern passion hops. Tropical double ipa. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk
  21. Wifi and I are kid-less. Wife wanted sushi... Ny roll, shrimp tempura, and spicy yam Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk
  22. i do which is why i mentioned going for companies that have been around that won't go belly up. these have been odd times right now though if you're in individual stocks and not funds or at least larger cap stuff.
  23. still waiting on getting mine back from someone i promised to give business to. if i tag one this year i'd make the drive and pay. lol i might have to shoot two because @518BowSlayer needs some more mounts under his belt. sent my cousin to him but yotes screwed that up.
  24. negative IMO. some stocks haven't had much correction and who knows where things will happen. if you're long term and into something that's been doing well then sure buy that. other stuff has been a toss up. time to buy was when everything was locked down during covid around 2018-2019. i was ass-ential with a pay check still coming and wished i bought more.
  25. i sharpen everything that i take out of the box/package; fixed, mechanicals, cut on contact, replacement blades, etc. more often it's just stropping on leather with micro polish. definitely makes them sharper which only helps them cut what you stick. i've made different jigs/wedges but it's easier just to get stay sharp ones i've figure out (one of the only things i've learned from ranch fairy folks). 1000/6000 grit double sided wetstone and leather strop with ?2 micron? purple polish. pretty much what i've settled on that works pretty good. if i chip an edge pretty bad i try to replace the blade if i can. single piece cut on contact heads i'll then take a smith hand held diamond plate tool to knock things down more because i'm doing all sides regardless if not all are chipped. otherwise i 1000 grit wetstone takes too long.
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