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    The Memes Thread!

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    54 Cal Muzzleloader Bullet

    It is a temperature type of thing. I use a Colman stove and a old cast iron pot to melt the lead in. Then the first few bullets that you make you dump back into the melting pot, they are just to warm up the mold. Then once you get to where you are getting clean shinny bullets with no lines or...
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    54 Cal Muzzleloader Bullet

    Here is a mold on Ebay right now, it ends Sunday https://www.ebay.com/itm/303754784794 Here is some more things to check out that I came up with on a search https://thea.com/Molds-54-Caliber/
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    AZ CC hit

    It's got very slim pickings. What unit did you end up drawing?
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    The Memes Thread!

    I decided to play with one the other day, they told me to go screw myself.
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    The boys caught a snake

    Now that's a snake. I have a funny story about seeing my first one way back when I was still in the single digits.
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    54 Cal Muzzleloader Bullet

    I had to play around with my loads until I found one that the bullet liked. I started out shooting 100 or so grains of Pyrodex and while it shot fairly well I was missing animals with it. I finally settled on 90 grains of Pyrodex and it started shooting a lot better. I learned that those...
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    54 Cal Muzzleloader Bullet

    I've been loading my .54 with TC 430 grain maxi-balls. I purchased a mold for it long ago and have a good supply of pure lead. I have shot a couple of elk with it and they do quite well at 100 yards or less. I wouldn't even think of shooting a elk with a round ball. I just did a search on...
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    Information on Wolves & What Happens Now In Colorado

    Here is a short read that I got from CP&W tonight concerning wolves here in Colorado. https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/WildlifeSpecies/Mammals/Information%20on%20Wolves%20and%20QA%20FINAL.pdf
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    The Memes Thread!

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    jocularity

    A woman went to the doctor's office and was seen by one of the new young doctors. After about four minutes in the examination room, she started screaming and ran down the hall. An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was, and she told him her story. After listening, he told her...
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    The Memes Thread!

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    Looking for Information on applying for Non-resident hunts in various western states.

    I hope that this last year was a fluke on the tags selling out quicker than usual. There were more people out in the woods and around the lakes, I think that they just wanted to get away from all this Covid BS so they bought tags even if they didn't go hunting. I believe that I fell victim to...
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    Warmest socks or boots for cold weather sits

    I'd be leery of ones with smaller batteries, they wouldn't have the staying power unless the bunny was beating the drum next to them 🐰
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    What Do You Consider Long Range?

    I have only just started packing a camera with me in the last dozen or so years. Before that they were too expensive to throw into a backpack and haul all over the mountain. But even then for most of my hunts I never used a backpack. I would throw a couple of sandwiches and apples into my...
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    Looking for Information on applying for Non-resident hunts in various western states.

    Forget about Utah unless you like hunting spikes or want a tough hunt for any bull in their any bull units. You would have a long wait for any of their Limited Entry units unless you get lucky. Head to Idaho, Montana, or Colorado and buy a tag over the counter and go hunt elk.
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    Warmest socks or boots for cold weather sits

    I have always thought that if I had to sit in those kind of conditions that I would get some of those heavly insulated booties that go over your regular boots. If you have never seen them they look like a parka for your feet and they are just for sitting and perhaps standing up to go to the...
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    Already a shed?

    A unicorn. I agree way too early for shedding. I have seen single antlered deer but there is usually something on the bald looking side
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    Best boots for elk hunting

    The ones that you can wear for 12 hours hiking up and down some steep rocky country. There is no set answer besides the above. If you are hunting in snow you want different boots than if you are hunting a dry hot fall. Do your feet get cold easily? If so you might want more insulation than...
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    new Savage rifles

    A few years ago I went through a number of rifle manufacturers and looked at the weight difference between their long and short action rifles. Most weighed the same with a few short action coming in only a once or two lighter than their long action twin