Bill Sackenreuter wrote:

I hand load for everything and used Barnes TSX almost exclusively,but now load more jacketed bullets like Hornady ELDX and Bergers,with most my shots under 300,I want a bullet that dumps all its energy on impact rather than still having alot of energy left on the pass thru.
Not knocking barnes at all,Great bullets,but went from 300 WBY mag to 6.5cm,reason for bullet swap.Also used to load a 70grn Nosler ballistic tip for .243 and that always hammered deer for a varmit bullet.

I’m at the opposite end of the spectrum of this. I hand load everything and hunt with almost all Barnes TSX/TTSX. Its a personal choice, and I strongly prefer to have no fragmented lead in my meat. I also like the damage done to the organs Vs the damage done by fragmenting bullets. Perfectly placed shots kill regardless of each kind of bullet. The monolithic bullets give me less meat damage and the organs always look like they were beaten with a baseball bat. My opinion is the carried energy on the exit almost always guarantees an exit wound and better damage t the vitals on marginal shots.

I built a 12′ by 16′ room with monitored security. Besides ammo, serves as a walk in safe. When we are working up loads or setting up scopes/DOPE its common for buddies to lock their rifles in there when they leave for a few days.

new skid plates for the yamaha Kodiak 700. Love the machine, but the under side has a lot to be desired for keeping the slush out. My Artic Cat needed a small piece of plexiglass in the front to stop crap from the plow and slush piling up. Had build up encasing the front dif. Looking to do the same for the Yamy once I know what I need

BC, those are the things good dads do. Hopefully mother nature rewards you!

That’s the fun part making different batches for personal preference. Glad that everything else worked out for you

Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Randy Wieland wrote:</div>
Still almost two months until the ATA show. There will still be a few final tweeks done for release at the show. When I was repping, it was common for sales sheets to be finalized in the days prior to the show. I wouldn’t see everything for 25 as a done deal until Jan.

How does that work if the bow shops already have the 25s ?

It depends on what side of the date line your on. What you see as the new 2025’s is the 2024’s. The new products released at ATA will be the products shipped summer of 25 which the consumer sees as the “2026” That 6-7 month offset in wholesale to retail cam make it confusing. If your into the lastest/greatest and want to see whats up ffor any changes, the wholesale show ATA in Indy is the place and time for a release. All the major retailers are there checking out and testing new equipment and placing their orders fo rthe next season. Its insane how many orders are placed in under 30 days of the show for the year

Still almost two months until the ATA show. There will still be a few final tweeks done for release at the show. When I was repping, it was common for sales sheets to be finalized in the days prior to the show. I wouldn’t see everything for 25 as a done deal until Jan.

deertracker wrote:

It happens Randy. Glad you found it and got closure. I’ll come take care of that 9 for you.

DT

DT, you’ll have better odds playing the lottery. I’m thinking about giving up the rifle and bow and just sit with the video cameras

Sthil bars and a few others are lubricated by the bar oil. Others with the tiny hole require grease. When I cut a lot of small super sappy pine, I give it an occasional squirt of PB Blaster to counter the sap

Well, accidents happen. Frustrated, but it is what it is. Had 3 bucks out fighting yesterday. Giant 9 – the bully, small 8 – the runt, and a really nice 10. The 9&10 were going at it and the runt would poke the 9 when he was locked up with the 10. Long story short, the just stopped and were buddies again. Walked to about 30 yrds and the 9 gave me what I thought was a perfect broadside shot. Just as I released they decided to go at it. What a cluster. Weirdest thwack I ever heard and the 9&10 just walked off. The runt jumped and hopped then bolted into the trees. Dumbfounded, I sat for a half hour and replayed it in my head – nothing I saw made sense. Walked out and found the shaft. About 20 feet from where it should have been????? Deep dark red blood and crap on the fletch. Knew it wasn’t right so I gave it 2 hours and started the search. Couple tiny drips of blood for about 30 feet and then nothing. Spent the next couple hours grid searching. Pooped myself when I found the runt dead under a pine tree.

Went to the crime scene today to figure it out. Hit a branch. Can see the clean slice in a small limb. Just like the miricle bullet for JFK. Went in high above shoulders, spleen, lungs, liver, stomach, intestines and out next to the testicles???? Weird -very weird angle for a deflection.
Feels like killing a pet. He’s been within 25 yrds every evening I sat out, practiced, and disciplined to wait for a good shot. Feel stupid but I guess it happens. Just frustrated that I’ve patiently waited and passed on both the 9 and 10 multiple times for various reasons. Only to make a mistake and not make sure I had a clean shot. Fortunately he’s recovered and will not go to waste.

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I just use the tables for major and minor times local to where I’m at and weather bug app for weather conditions. Maybe I’m to old school, what does a fishing app tell you? I’ve always applied moon phase, major times, fronts, water conditions to tell me where and how. Something make it easier?

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>JEREMY wrote:</div>
I dont know if I can believe that. I never heard John Dutton committed suicide before Yellowstone aired on Sunday.

IF that is in fact what happened you are a jerk because I havent watched the first episode yet. LOL

No, John Dutton got the tree hugger pregnant

I think the Hoffmans from Gold Rush would be a great fit to the Oak Island show

no, just shake off or pat with paper towel

suzuki wrote:

Finally I just sliced up 7 pounds of venison last night and used the High Country Original this morning. Measured correctly it seems like a lot of dust. After shaking both sides of the meat lightly I still had quite a bit left so I dumped it in the meat and mixed it all up before putting in a 2 gallon baggie. Hopefully its not too strong? I sliced it 1/4 inch. Smoke tomorrow at 24 hours.

YUM – I just ran out, so I might need to come sample that batch and make sure its edible for you

CaptainMusky wrote:

You’re right Gim, I am sure there are thousands of people out there where it never came back and may not come back. Its weird how things like this affect people differently.

Its not just the taste/smell for long lasting affects. As I mentioned, I had chronic fatigue for over a year. I know people that are into 2-3 years of what I had plus some that have chronic headaches still, but never before having covid. So many variants and affects people differently. Horrible part of covid variants is they change so rapidly. No cure and no vacs for it. The “shots” are for past variants but not the future. For those old enough, remember the pig flu? The Swine Flu is a nasty variant of Covid. They scrambled for a vaccine like they did this last time but as soon as a variant happened, that was game over.

way to go guys!!!!

I’ve had covid multiple times now. Smell taste issue didn’t last long for me. The first variant I had was when it first started up in January before there was any serious amount of known cases here. I know I contracted it from people that were at SHOT SHOW. Anyways that was the worst. The taste/smell was gone for about 3 weeks, but I was chronically tired for over a year.

DT – I have a similar situation with a lane in my tree planting. I tried out a decoy this year. I leave the antlers off of it, so it represents a mature doe standing. Results for gun application has been outstanding. The bucks have been stopping and looking for 5 to 10 seconds or circling down wind of it. Never had confidence in a deer decoy until I finally tried it

From Info Tracer website:
“License plate information is created, stored, and managed by government offices such as the department of motor vehicles (DMV), department of transportation (DOT), and town offices where motorists register their cars. License plate records are governed by strict Driver Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) laws. Using InfoTracer’s powerful search engine when looking up license plate reports, you can find when available, the vehicle make, model, year, vehicle identification number (VIN), vehicle details, vehicle specs, trim level, engine and brake types, recalls and defects, current and past owners (if DPPA allowable use applies), public records and more!”
I’m not looking to fuel fear, its just reality. There are plenty of websites out there to do reverse lookup on plates. From experience, the info is not always current if the vehicle was recently sold. Daughter was involved in a hit/run and she got a plate number. We ran a report ourselves and I was surprised at how much info is out there if you are willing to pay for it

I’ll echo Grouse on this. Take a serious look at how often you will use it. If you’re heating home/shop thats different and yes, you’ll use it more. But if its for a firepit and just misc, you can split a years worth in a weekend. A property I manage just went through this a few years ago. I won’t haul mine down there and we rent one from a guy on F/B Market place for $65/day or $125 per weekend. In two days, well more than a years worth is split and stacked. So for the remaining 360+ days a year, no storage, no maintenance, no headaches. At $125/weekend (a year in this case) it would take almost 15 years to recover the cost plus all the added expenses of oil change, parts, fluid…. Just something to think about

Nice!!!!

Had this nine at 18 yrds tonight- no clear shot. He was staring down my doe decoy until a smaller 8 came out. He snort-wheezed and the 8 did a 180 and blew out of there. Big boy I assume chased off the 8 and he was gone.

Pulled cards on my way out. Was little surprised to see a pic of him taking a swim while I was working

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DT, foggy (moisture)
or blurry?

Thats a lot of fun when they get aggressive

Rut activity is definitely different this year around me. So much happening at night and minimal day time. But I can tell the does are sick of being harrassed. Looking out the office window this morning had a couple does scrounging up acorns. With little hesitation, they got the heck out of Dodge and kept running. Minute later, a small buck walked up and sniffed where they were standing and walked off. My theory is late rut is about to start (later) with the buck/doe ratio low and most of the does are bred. They have been pounding the does since Sept 18th (ish) here and the more aggressive bucks have been more active since about Oct 20th. I run 16-20 cameras on 100 acres, so I get a lot of info back on the where/when. Now that the few remaining does are hard to get, the effort the bucks need to put out will increase. For me, I like the early part of rut when the local bucks are moving in with the local does. Its exciting to see the odddities of new bucks, but then their racks are getting busted up, see a few injured from fighting, and the does are always on high alert.

For the number of people that don’t believe that does are being bred by late Sept, calculate this. A whitetail carries for approx 201 days. I consistently find newborn fawns while picking morels in April. By first crop hay in mid May, fawns are getting copped up. Those April/May fawns are Spet/Oct bred does

My favorite is when we are up to our cabins. Everyone seems to like eating later in the evening except for me. Before 7pm, I’m in the truck pulling out the driveway with everyone looking at me like they are the starved dogs in an ASPCA. Amazing they still haven’t figured out how to cook for themselves over an open fire and wait on me…..

JoeMX1825 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>grizzly wrote:</div>
just got my statement for my house and sheds ins. went up 1200.00 bucks guess its time to start shopping around again

its likely up the same anywhere you go, also be careful if you find a cheaper price that its covering the samething…

1000% agree Ask a crap load of questions specific to finding out what is NOT covered or what has caps on value. You may have $200K for personal property, but they capped jewelery at $x or like a big shock I found out was the cap on firearms. Most of the time when everything is adjusted to be apples to apples, insurance companies are very close to each other in price.

Wisconsin buck keeps showing up but won’t day light. This was a hour ago

I/m getting the same down here in Richland County. Big boys are doing their thing, but all after sunset

Couple ref pics
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Huntindave wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Randy Wieland wrote:</div>
Its the 1/8″ “slap” when the string drives the nock into the on position.

Ravin nocks function in the same manner. It should NOT require an 1/8″ of movement. An 1/8″ of movement would be very concerning.

Five thousandths of an inch (.005) movement, is more than enough, to turn the nock on or off. All that is required is to make or break electrical contact with one contact.

The complaint with the Ravin nocks is that the fit is extremely tight, making movement inconsistent at best.

I probably embellished the 1/8″ a bit. Regardless of .005 to .125, that alpha nock system had too much movement and is what made them cork screw out of the ten point. Mine is now 4 years old. Did they solve the issue? I don’t know but in an effort to be more accurate, I error towards caution

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