Moho81

So sorry to hear Otto they truly are apart of the family and losing them is so hard. The pain gets easier over time but their memory certainly doesn't fade away.

I'll keep the Weatherby in mind and a rifle designed for a women in general in mind when I search for a gun. I didn't even know that was a thing. I knew they had youth guns but not guns designed for women. I looked it up real quick and the changes they made just make sense.

I have a bolt action .22 that she's been shooting. I like it for a couple of reasons. One it forces her to slow down and not just pull the trigger as fast as she can. Two being a bolt gun she's getting use to cycling the bolt after every shot. No joke when I switched from Semi auto shotgun to the bolt action it took me a good 20-30 seconds to remember that I had to manually cycle the gun after shooting a doe. Good thing the first shot was spot on and I didn't need a follow up shot because I completely botched it.

I only went 30-.06 because I won it in a raffle (and I wanted to be a real man for once in my life). If I was buying I would have went with the .270 for myself.

So the 7mm-08 seems to be the really really popular opinion and if I was reading correctly it's a necked down .308 right in the middle of the .243 and the .308. I've always heard that while legal the .243 lacked for White Tail's. Obviously I've heard that statement right with the "if your not shooting 30-.06 your not a real man" statement from the older generation so there is no science to back up what i've heard LOL. where does the 7mm-08 stack up against the 6.5 Creedmore? I'm not a huge fan of the 6.5. On paper it looks great but some real world experience I've seen the last 2 years has me thinking different on that round.

With the age of youth hunting on the verge of being 12 years old I find myself having to fast track my thought process on what rifle caliper to get in the now near future. My daughter will be 11 in a few weeks so that gives me about 1.5 years to get a gun and get her use to it if she is going to join me in hunting. Question is what caliper is better suited for a young girl who is tall but only weighs in at maybe 80 pounds. I feel recoil is the largest factor when choosing a rifle for her. My only experience is with 12ga, 22's and 30-06. The last 2 being way to much recoil for her to handle. I don't need to scare her off guns. Ideally I like the idea of a .270 as its a popular round and versatile but perhaps its on the high end of recoil versus maybe a 7mm-08 or a .243. Thoughts, opinions and experience is welcome.

Happy Birthday!

Yes sir, I haven't quite gotten into green leafy drinks and plant based beef though.

Lol, I can't believe it took @The_Real_TCIII that long to scoop it up.

Those big fancy breakfasts are reserved for weekends when there are no morning plans. It probably took me over an hour to cook that breakfast. My oldest and I had the bagel sandwiches, my youngest had pancakes topped with strawberries and peanut butter and my wife had scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage. Normally it’s a bowl of cereal or toast as I’m making coffee and lunches. Congratulations on the weight loss! We just started back up with 30 min of yoga in the morning. We wake up at 5:15am to get it in before we have to wake the kids up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What about a shade of red or a shade of blue? Make it pop and stand out.

Vinyl board and bat might be the easiest to figure out and the most cost effective. I’d probably just go with it in white. Not a lot of colors will match the yellow siding and white trim already on the house. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I like changing up the top of the gable as well. Pull off enough to infill around the patio door then finish the gable with a different material like a cedar shake vinyl siding, scallop's or board and batt might even look ok up there

Unfortunately nothing will be cheap to solve this problem. First picture is exactly what@apexerer said. Second and third picture adds a transom window above the patio door to chew up some of that space then wrap the door with a nice trim complete with a heavy cornice on top. Oh one thing that just popped into my head is to square off the existing vinyl siding so both sides are equal and the top is straight then finish it with board and batten siding. They even make vinyl board and batten now as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Happy Birthday! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That guy in Batavia do the Euro for you again? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That SOB has been fanned out for 3 straight weeks now! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just wait until your daughter starts school or day care. I hardly got sick then the kids started daycare and school and it seems I get some sort of minor cold at least once a year now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Woah woah woah settle down tough guy LOL

Already seeing handshakes on the rise! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Happy Birthday!

Not yet gotta text Bob to remind him to drop some off. Glad I didn’t do it before the snow last week Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So close to looking good. I waited to put more seed down and glad I did. Late summer of 2020 to today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bacon, sausage, egg and cheese sandwich on a everything bagel. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lol. I have FBI Surveillance Van in my list of available WiFi networks from time to time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk