Buckmaster7600

I’m with you 100% on the 2 holes being a necessity. For me I went to copper bullets for a few reasons but weight retention was the main one. If I did more sitting and could wait for the perfect shot I would probably have a different opinion but for my style of hunting I want to know my bullet will go end for end at any angle and the best bet for this is weight retention and controlled expansion. I use Barnes bullets but have some new copper bullets for offseason testing. I love 35 caliber bullets for the added weight and size but if I was a one gun for all my hunting guy it would be a 308 or 30-06. Shooting 150-168gn copper bullet. The 7mm-08 would be a close 2nd but It doesn’t have the end for end performance that the heavier bigger bullets do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m guessing there’s not a lot of 230lb whitetail capes on the cape market. I really wasn’t that upset because I was on the fence about getting him mounted. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They could be the same bullet, a few years ago I couldn’t find any and called Winchester and was told they didn’t make the bullet it was made by a separate company and they were having contract issues. I’ve never shot a Nosler bullet but I’ve looked at the BY’s and they look to be the same bullet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My 2016 230lb adk bucks cape got ruined by the Taxidermist. He was very sorry and got a new cape and did mounted it for free and I have since disassembled the mount and just have his horns. The rack wasn’t what made that buck it was his size. Those horns on a 150lb cape looked huge but that’s not why I wanted him mounted. Extreme case but I agree with Biz on this one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Before I switched to copper that was my favorite bullet, shot well in every gun I tried them in and killed critters very dead! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That looks like a winner! Even tho it has a steering wheel [emoji2961]. For a smaller boat that has plenty of dance floor for 2 guys and it will be easy to mount downriggers when you get sick of catching those lazy eyes. I’ve owned Starcrafts all my life and they’re great boats! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My scoped muzzleloader is sighted in dead on at 135yds. This allows me to hold huddle of deer from 0-160yds without ever being more that 3” high or low and having to hold high or low, I’m still holding on hair at 200 and won’t take a shot further than that. This is with a max load of blackhorn and a 275gn bullet. No idea how much slower your load is than mine because I never shot 777 through a crono but you still have plenty of energy at 150yds. Anyone that has their muzzleloader dialed in at 100yds that’s willing to take a shot further than that is really short changing the weapon. All of my scopes rifles are sighted in the same way whatever the distance works out to be so I can hold in the middle of a deer and never be more than 3” high or low without having to adjust aim point. Chronographs are cheap and give you everything you need to know to get the most out of a gun. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

March/ April when ever the snow first melts. The snow protects the sign just the way it was in November. I do all of my scouting in the Adirondacks in late April/May because that’s usually when the snow is gone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Like most things in life you have to mess up a bunch of times to figure it out. You just have to learn from the mistakes and try not to repeat them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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With muzzleloader starting and most of the state having snow I figured I would throw some more up here that might help someone giving it a go this week. You don’t need thousands of acres to track and kill a deer, I’ve tracked deer on 20 acre chunks and killed them but you have to go about it differently. 2 of the 3 bucks I’ve tracked and killed on small chunks of land were bucks I saw while sitting and didn’t get a shot at and got on their tracks and killed them. The other one I jumped from his bed heading in after daylight, I Waited half an hour and tracked him and killed him in his next bed. All 3 of these bucks were late season with a muzzleloader. If you’re going to track on small parcels you don’t need to worry about covering the ground you do in the big woods. You want to be going at a snails pace from the start because you are most likely only going to get one chance at him/her on the property you’re hunting. Hunting on small parcels is the only time I will ever still hunt to find a track. In the big woods it has to be one or the other, I always tell people that still hunting for a track is like having a wife and a girlfriend at the same time, might seem like you’re doing good for a while but it almost never ends well because you won’t cover enough ground to find the track but on a small chunk of land the last thing you want to do is go jogging through the middle looking for a track. Just still hunt your way through and if you find a fresh track take it even slower and you have a good chance of catching up to it. If/when you bump a deer when tracking it many think it’s the end of the hunt, in my opinion it’s just round 2. If I’m tracking and I jump the buck I think it helps both me and him. He then knows I’m after him but I also know I’m not far behind him. If you jump one that you’re after and don’t get a shot or if you do shoot but aren’t sure you hit him. Sit down, play a game on your phone, eat a snack do what ever you have to do to stay there for 20-30 minutes. Then continue on this time of year especially deer won’t go far! 5 years ago in the Catskills on the last Tuesday of season I killed a 10pt that I jumped 11 times and missed twice before I killed him and he went less than a mile and half from where I cut his track. Bucks are tired this time of year they want to eat and sleep in the middle of November if you jump one there’s no telling how far he’ll go before he eats or beds down again. Crunchy snow- a lot of people think you can’t still hunt or track on crunchy snow and it’s not the case at all, probably half of the bucks I’ve killed tracking have been on crunchy snow including the 10pt in the Catskills. When the woods are crunchy everything sounds loud, in my experience I think deer are way less on edge when there’s a crunchy snow and they stay in their beds a lot longer waiting for your approach because you aren’t startling them. They’ve heard you coming for a long way they know where you are and they know how long they have before you’re close to them. Go a little slower and stop more often is the only thing I change when tracking in crunchy conditions, no animals in the woods walk half a mile without stopping except predators. So every 5-8 steps stop for a few seconds it sounds much more natural and seems to bother deer much less. Good luck and keep the questions coming! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Killed a bunch of deer with that bullet, they shoot good in all 3 of my 7mm-08’s and they perform awesome on game. Never shot the factory ammo always reloads but I couldn’t be happier with the bullet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don’t remember got it 6 or 7 years ago, found the company online. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you’re covering your muzzle do it immediately following loading it. Don’t put it on after it’s been loaded for a while because you’ll be trapping moisture in the barrel. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes use whatever kind you want, Once you find a load that works I highly recommend getting a powder scoop made for your load. It pretty much work like a measuring cup for cooking. Makes it way easier and faster and I think mine was under 10$. They’re called a powder dipper. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lock it in place and forget it’s there, for all your hunting needs it’s absolutely useless. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Perfectly said! Hunters often put way more intelligence based behavior on deer than they are capable of. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don’t know how die hard you are but you do seem to be on the water a lot. A single console in my opinion is the worst option for a fishing boat. It takes up room for the wheel and offers basically no protection from the elements. If I’m going to get cold and wet while I’m running I may as well have the room of a tiller. If you only go out on nice days this isn’t an issue. Take a day and go sit in that tiller, take your time and think about everything “rod holders, fish finder where you’ll hold your rod while slow trolling etc.” If the salesman is worth a shit he’ll walk away and let you do your thing. It’s even better if they have a similar boat in wheel version there as well so you can get a side by side comparison. From someone who’s owned about every setup of boat there is I like a single console the least only very slightly behind a center console. In the size you’re looking a dual console will take up too much room unless you’re gonna fish every day you have the chance and don’t care what the weather is doing then giving up that room may be worth it. I think you will really enjoy a tiller for how you fish. You just have to know that you’ll get wet if it’s rough and you’re completely exposed to the elements, hard to put a bimini on a tiller and still be able to fish. One other thing that you can do with a tiller that can’t be done with a wheel boat is back trolling, probably the most effective way to catch walleyes that are on structure. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They’re tight to get off but that’s why they’re the best boots I’ve found for walking. A boot board is almost a must. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you change hour mind or need it for dragging it’s yours to use, for a cup of coffee I’ll even deliver. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Want to borrow my snowmobile so you can get out for muzzleloader, you’re more than welcome to use it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Another thing you may end up better money wise with trading your boat in with motor and buying a new motor, most dealers don’t want a boat without an engine because they’re a hard sell. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don’t be afraid of a tiller, my 80 year old Grandpa runs a 70 tiller. You can switch your 40 to. Tiller for 4 or 500$ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wait that’s redneck? Mine have been up since 2014. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don’t know what else is out there, 777 are most popular but unless they’ve changed it in the last 6 or 7 years they suck too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk