Dinsdale

Unless a snow event has me called in to work; I'm in.

Go look at serious outdoor folks....hunters,unless doing mountain game......are lazy for the most part. You aren't going to find cotton on Everest or at the Poles. Even the guides doing things like Marco Polo Sheep are dressing in left behind KUIU and the like and ditching the Yak skins. Cue the "grandapa wore 80lbs of sopping wet wool" guys......

Its all individual.... I run cold year round. I can wear thermal base layers from Oct to May. Yet I have hunted for weeks at 90+ and even 100+ degree days; doesn't even phase me. Hotter the better. I have some merino wool....but I swear by synthetics. I own one pair of cotton jeans and hate them. Hiking,hunting,work is all synthetics for the most part. Have several pieces of Sitka from way back when guy who started KUIU sold out to Gore, and some more recent. Mine has lasted great and I'm not particularly careful and hardly ever sit, they are always on the move. All bought at steep discount and worth every penny.

The major driver in the Hudson Valley chapter moved down south and they have struggled a bit maintaining a presence in the area. I got them a donated 6x12 trailer and helped out on a food plot equipment program intended for use by chapter members and have no idea what happened to the equipment and the donor of the trailer got excluded in the thank you's and I was none too happy about it. Good to see someone following through and doing things right. Personally I don't have access to any productive private land for deer and hunting state land in Dutchess county could turn out to be a frustrating endeavor for a new hunter. I just dabble a bit now here and there.

BTT.... River Outpost Brewing Saturday 2/2 at 7-730pm. ^^^ thats the start time; its not just for 1/2 hour.

Me too. I'd hire that one baseball agent everyone hates to represent me and squeeze it for all it was worth. LOL Just a way to vent about SCI for me.....

Wish I was closer to help out.

Knowing SCI they would ask YOU to pay and display. They charged the current crop of exhibitors $500 to be included in the app for the floor map! And when many paid they weren't included anyway. Show moved back to Reno this year and attendance was very down. Dallas Safari Club show is this weekend and many just decided to go there instead of that sewer Reno at 10X the price with most of the same companies attending both anyway. I went to the show in Reno 3 times and once in Vegas; I'd never go there again.

So you don't get in trouble, article has been put up here.... https://www.africahunting.com/threads/put-down-the-kombucha-pick-up-a-crossbow-hipsters-are-the-new-hunters.47323/

Terrific thread start to finish.

I laughed when this made the rounds on the net last couple days....like its new. https://www.amazon.com/Stedi-Stock-Shoulder-Stabilizer-Camcorders-Accessory/dp/B00JQICO7E/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_200_tr_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=012RRZG7THFQC01GT6C3 I used a homemade version of this back in the 80's in high school and commercial versions have been around for decades even back in the 35mm film days. Yep, there was this thing called film, and you never could see the pic til you developed it!

If he was smart he wouldn't have that story up anywhere until someone paid for the rights to it. Then it'll hit the media and thats how money is made from shooting a big deer.

I think that might be one of the most misunderstood regs. There was a guy here who taught hunter ed classes who taught that wrong; probably still does!

No....you can't use a rifle during OPEN deer seasons. Deer season closed....use rifle. Deer season open....only a shotgun or 22 rimfire or less than 22 centerfire like a 17 cal.

Cooling looking rig too....enjoy.

Its kinda like optics, until you use and actually have field time with a great rifle, hard to justify price. You'll fall off the bar stool at the Goat if you look up the following rifle maker. LOL To OP....I have posted this before, Kenny Jarrett knows a thing or two about accurate rifles and this is what I use on mine and other makes I own. You'll find a great barrel has been hand lapped and is much easier to clean right to the bore. They have far less of the scratches in the machine work when making the barrel then production guns. Pay attention to that time on Sweets, longer is NOT better and I like a wet patch of SC to make sure the Sweets is all gone. Especially if shooting monolithic copper, you'll end up squeaky clean. RIFLE CLEANING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Run 1 patch, wet with Shooter’s Choice, through the bore. 2. Wet a brush with Shooter’s Choice, then run it through the bore approximately 10 times. 3. Run 2 patches with Shooter’s Choice again to clean out any dirt left from brushing it out, then run 2 dry patches through again to dry the bore. 4. Run 2 patches sopping wet of Sweet’s solvent through the bore and let stand for approximately 10-15 minutes. 5. Run 2 dry patches through the bore to dry after Sweet’s solvent. 6. If the patches come out with a fair amount of green (melted copper), a second brushing with Shooter’s Choice is recommended. 7. Swab out the chamber with a bore mop. 8. Apply Shooter’s Choice tube grease to the rear of locking lugs of bolt and a dab on the helix curve, on the rear of the bolt (cocking cam). TRIGGER MAINTENANCE The following procedure should be done at every other cleaning or when the rifle has been exposed to a lot of moisture. 1. Place the rifle in a padded vise at a horizontal position, remove the bolt and squirt lighter fluid into the trigger, letting it drip out of the bottom. 2. Reinstall the bolt and dry fire several times; this whole procedure should be performed at least twice. 3. Let the lighter fluid evaporate, then reinstall bolt. 4. Caution – do not substitute the lighter fluid with any other solvent, the lighter fluid washes away moisture and foreign material, and leaves a microscopic lube coating.

What did your first shot hit inside and what did the follow ups hit? And what kind of 240 gr bullets?

Not maybe local, but really hard to beat Stephen Amroses' easy writing style and meticulous research for history books. "Undaunted Courage" about Lewis and Clark dispels many common held myths about conditions crossing the US from wildlife to natives. Maybe one of my favorites; think I have read 20+ of his books. At the turn of the 1900's believe it or not Eastern Canada(Labrador) was an unexplored vastness and a blank on the map. "Great Heart" by James Davidson (lives in Hudson Valley, in Rhinebeck) tells story of a wanna be explorer and a tragic set of circumstances that befell him and his companions. Another NY author Gay Salisbury (also Hudson Valley) penned "The Cruelest Miles" about the epidemic that caught world attention and became inspiration for Iditarod sled dog race. Current dogs and mushers can't hold a candle to the men who ran the original course to save lives in remote Alaska. Nathaniel Philbrick writes with an interesting flair thats entertaining, Will Steger about his Arctic explorations for more first hand accounts of adventure in modern times and linking them to the past. Just a couple ideas I have read and reread sometimes. I happen to like history books that are heavily researched by the authors to give true to account versions and not white washed with a bias.

Life is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

Why you think he shoots that Weatherby? Something about a tiny syndrome......

First time I was in a plane as an adult (I don't remember Florida as a toddler) was with a pilot who flys small private jets out of Stewart; he was a client and I was building his house. His plane at home is a sport/ acrobat hybrid and we did rolls,loops,stalls and it was a blast. My first clue was him asking if my 5 point seatbelt/restaints were tight. Got a ride out of Stewart in a cool Gulfstream shakedown flight too in co pilots seat. After that I flew all floatplane and short take off puddle jumpers a piles of times in and out of fishing and hunting camps. Commercial jet is about as exciting as paint drying.

I've worked on houses with more square footage then Stewarts departure area . LOL I like to fly, means I'm going to have fun as part of a vacation. Just PIA either standing in a line for security, or sitting around waiting for departure time. Internet/wifi is a godsend for that boring gate time.

WNY guys were right.... WTF? Changing locations again? LOL Technically I'm even coming from region 4 (4Z) as 3 is across the road, but in N Dutchess. Try to figure something out.

I don't fly as much as some guys do on here for work, but have been in a few places. Honest, I don't think anyone is going to give a crap. Lots of people passing through TSA everyday and they seen everything. Going mostly hunting I carry all kinds of stuff like optics and mule hard to get medical supplies with all kinds of paperwork and no one has ever asked to see any of it. And I'm always a single male passenger travelling alone returning from known 3rd world smuggling destinations and they never single me out re entering states either. Eat before you get to Stewart, there isn't anything there in that terminal, its tiny.

This could be a door prize.... "Breakfast with the Biz"