RangerClay

Just waiting for the Governor to sign the bill. If I understand correctly she will have 30 days to sign after it hits her desk.

I got up about 3am and watched for about an hour. Told my wife the next day that I have never seen lightning like that before in my 60 years.

Three years ago I got my own little patch of dirt with a small cabin for bowhunting. I pack a small cooler that I used to take to my son's baseball games with drinks and food but 50% of the ice melts overnight. I went online to see what Bass Pro has to offer but some of those Yeti coolers cost are almost a mortgage payment. Can you recommend a cooler that keeps ice from completely melting Friday to Sunday that doesn't break the bank? Thank you.

Also available at Tractor Supply. Just a different brand.

I wonder if they are going to enforce license agents to buy more expensive laser printers that do not bleed ink?

I would love to make a living off hunting iguanas and pythons.

I'm looking to buy a 2 burner propane stove for my hunting camp. Something that I can use to boil water, fry up some venison, or percolate coffee. With an emphasis on the coffee. I went to the Coleman sight because that is what my dad had 40 years ago. I was looking at the reviews for the Coleman's and many people mentioned that there isn't much heat control and you couldn't cook at low temperatures (ie percolate coffee). So I am curious what everyone else is using. Can you recommend a small 2 burner stove that you use when camping or at hunting camp?

Dick's Sporting Goods in Watertown has 12 boxes of LeveRevolution .35 Rem. for $37.97 and 20% off. If you own one like I do, you know how hard it is to find. Thought I would share my discovery.

Too funny, I was thinking about this very topic earlier this morning. I remember my first opening day in 1981. It was central Madison County and my dad had to wait what felt like forever to cross Rte. 20 because the stream of cars and trucks full of hunter was so long. When daylight broke, the gunfire was constant. Now I'm lucky if I even see a car. Lower deer numbers mostly to blame for the lack of hunters nowadays. They can say records kills all they want and it's B.S. There are less deer and less hunters.

I got lucky and a little 3 point buck made a scrape right in front of my camera. Then fast forward a couple weeks and Mr. Big (the name we have for the biggest buck on camera) decides that he is going to make his presence known and declare that this scrape is his now. I caught a nice set of step by step of him freshening the scrape. Even got one picture I didn't expect. Look at #8 and you tell me, is he rubbing his dink in the dirt? I have never seen a deer do that before. Enjoy!

Read the very next paragraph. Exactly what I just typed an hour ago. Use the proper bullet and it is a fine deer rifle.

I have Browning BLR in .243 that bought for my daughter. To make it a deer rifle you have to buy ammo for whitetails. Just because it says an 80-95 gr. bullet does not mean it suitable for deer. Look carefully at the type of bullet in the cartridge. Much of the ammo out there for the 243 is for varmints with ballistic tip ammo and it's not made for penetration. The ballistic tips break up if it hits bone. I bought Hornady American Whitetail 100 gr. ammo. We have pulled the trigger 6 times and not one deer has gone more than 20 yards. I see the trail cam picture of the wounded deer on page one of this thread and I would bet money that they used the wrong ammo.

Are you using sabot cleaner? I have bottle of this stuff made by CVA that cleans the melted plastic residue from the walls of your barrel. If I'm sighting in, I use with every 5-6 shots.