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    How Young Is Too Young (To Hunt)

    We have guys saying that kids need to be able to pass hunter safety tests - I suggest that if the kid is ready, he or she can pass the test without the class. Along with the 12 yr old law, the state passed hunter safety class rules - I took the test at 10 without the class because I had earlier...
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    Rethinking Deer Gun

    Great stuff guys! I'm gonna shoot some more this coming weekend. Rezero guns from 300 yd to 200 yd zeros. Have 2 boxes of SST s for the 243. Will center some 150 core locts for the 3006. (No need to use 165 partitions for the less than 200# bucks we get where I hunt.) Think I put 350...
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    Best hunting binoculars?

    I quoted this cause it covers a ton of territory, some my opinion match and some they don't. Keeps life interesting. I picked up a 500 pair of leupold mojaves in 2017 on closeout. They are real comfortable to my eyes and were "the best" of roughly 15 diff binocs I looked thru. Went hunting...
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    Rut is Here

    Very nice being able to see critters around home like that. Thanks for sharing👌
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    Rut is Here

    Pretty buck. Guessing you'll see a lot more just like him running around. How long do they stay active? I rut hunt WT in GA and we get about 10 days of movement.
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    First Buck!

    That's a great buck! Memories of hunting with dad for a lifetime!
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    Rethinking Deer Gun

    I picked up some 95 gr SSTs - all I could get local in premium ammo anyway. Will shoot a whitetail buck with them in about a month and see how it works.
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    Opening Day 2019

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    Husky or Wolf?

    How big was the critter? Doesn't look like a 100#+ wolf. We'd see packs of coyotes & coydogs back in the day up north. Not so much down here in the south. Too many bulldogs I guess.
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    Rethinking Deer Gun

    Will see how those 95 gr SSTs or 95 gr partitions work in 243 and stop shooting 300# class Animals with it. Also could drop the velocity on the 3006. My 150s are about 2900, might be able to dial em back. I'm not real big on the muzzle brakes. I'm a hearing aid wearer of 45 years and those...
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    Tag Soup 2019

    My CO muley partner had 4 shot opps at 2 bucks and was unable to seal deal. He went home with a pristine tag. I've got 2 GA buck tags to purchase, hoping to shoot 1. End of December hunt...
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    Rethinking Deer Gun

    Thanks guys. My struggles w the 06 go back 42 years to an 8 yr old kid being told you'll use this or stay home. Havent lost a deer or had a diff tracking job with it. And did put a pricey recoil pad on there with negligible effects. Have 2 weekends and 1 or 2 deer left to shoot. Will try...
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    Rethinking Deer Gun

    Mallard, I agree. Have been involved in the recovery of 8 or 9, 243 shot deer. One I tracked to where it buried itself in vines and would have been lost if a hoof wasn't sticking out. Yes they die but are usually 1 hole experiences. I used the 243 over 30-06 cause of my confidence in...
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    Rethinking Deer Gun

    Getting tired of shooting 30-06 - I shoot 243 a lot better and ultimately shot my muley this year with the 243. What I didn't like was the buck shrugging off a high shoulder shot - 100 gr Federal blue box soft point at 215 yards. Upon cleaning him, there was a pencil-punch hole in the shoulder...
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    2019 NM Mule Deer hunt

    Great pics!
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    CO Plains

    I had never been to CO but heard good stuff about a unit and decided to go. My almost 80 yo dad wanted to go and a buddy from NY. The weather turned cold while we were there - dropped from 70 to 17 during the day. Windy enough for dad to stay in tent with heater going. Got 2-4 inches of...
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    What no hunter wants to see

    Interesting - glad those two got one. Gotta start somewhere and they got out and made it happen.
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    One more weekend to get it done

    Congratulations! Very nice you guys got to share that.
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    The 2019 Mule Deer Success Thread!

    Got my first ever Muley on Oct 31 - plains hunting CO. Huge body on him. 25-inch spread, 159 gross 155.75 net
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    Finally! Wyoming Bound in 12hrs.

    Glad you got to go and kept at it. Sorry about that bull elk, you saw one. Maybe next time. Beautiful pictures! Good memories with a buddy. Life is good.