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Out today, saw about 8-9 deer, mild QDM property. This guy came near about 100-115 yards out. I had time to avoid twigs, rest on edge of box blind. He had half an angle towards me, don’t normally like when they face me. At the shot he hopped 20 yards, circled, then went down. Not to much...

Yes, more States have done it, with restrictions. I’m not buying any new rifle, my Knight Elite has been most excellent. I was recently working with a guy, he acted like a bill was soon to be approved? I googled, only saw proposals over the last few years? Just skimming, those bills had an...

The weather was pretty good, 4 of us all got bucks, no monsters. The 1st shot I took was a coyote trotting my way, the wind was right, I let him come to 25 yards or so. Just about time to call it quits Sunday morning I was scanning the far ridge. I saw a 4 point, then not long after, a twitch...

Yes, my IL deer hunting is mostly done for the year, work & other duties. I was down this 2nd period, saw a handful, no monsters. It’s somewhat QDM property, though nothing drastic. Anyway I took this 8 pointer, 120 lasered yards, 45 cal, 195 grain Barnes copper bullet, crush-rib sabot, 115...

I though I had gotten away from side-locks & percussion guns, guess not. The son is big into collecting historical arms, mostly war relics. This rifle came up on Gunbroker recently, 58 cal, haven’t received it yet. The previous owner has never shot it, I’m not in a hurry to shoot it either...

I was out west two weeks ago, scouting but also doing some shooting. I had my custom 22-250 along, the son another 22-250. I’m going back for my ‘real’ varmint trip in just over a week. I even ‘lifted’ the front of my 2017 Silverado 2” getting ready for the trip. The next one includes the...

I have one custom 22-250 & have been looking for a lower cost companion, share ammo, etc.. I was looking used then saw the Axis marked down at Walmart, if they had them in stock. My local had the 243 & 22-250, didn’t notice others. So far I opened up the channel in the stock some, touching on...

I was down for the 1st deer hunt, great weather. The deer numbers were a bit lower than long term averages, also less pressure on neighboring properties. The 1st day, not a whole lot. A relative got a 10 pt, with 1/3 of the tines broke from fighting, wide spread though. At this property it’s...

Picked this up the other day, an addition to the family milsurp collection. Nothing exceedingly special as far as Lugers go, but real. All external SNs match, except the magazine. Yes it has been reblued. The ‘police trade’ Beretta 85F in 380 was there also at a reasonable price, so...

I’m in he process of thinning things a bit. This rifle is absolute ‘mint’ condition, same as a new one. It has a 27” fluted SS barrel, bare primer breech plug, jeweled bolt. The trigger will rival the best of any centerfire trigger, fully adjustable. There are no bases or rings, easy to...

This comes up at times, should one hunt with a clean or fouled barrel with a M-L? My answer is usually for the shooter to test their own gun and see if & how much the point of impact changes. Even when shooting Blackhorn 209 I prefer to keep my bore clean as much as possible, though a few days...

I've been trying a few things in the crockpot lately, Grouse anyway, which turned out well. I have some Elk meat almost thawed out. Since I am off for awhile I thought I'd try it. I looked on the net for some ideas. They listed the usual Cream of something soup, which is part of my plan. I...

http://fox13now.com/2017/09/19/sanpete- ... -practice/ Here is a recent story from UT, seems to be a Remington 700 M-L of some fashion. He said it was his '1st shot of the season'? That could lead one to believe there was a charge from last season? It sounds like he will recover, with...

Like most our dog loves a good chew, German Shepherd. We bagged a few deer over the weekend and I thought I would try to get a part to enjoy. In the past I gave her a whole leg up to the elbow, it was a bit excessive, I took it away before she ate to much at one time. This time I took about...

I have a CO Elk hunt in the works for next Oct. my plan was to move a Leupold onto my 300WSM. I may of been a bit fatigued from work the other morning when I saw the email from Euro-Optics, out of PA. It was a partial impulse purchase. I'm sure this is 'new - old stock'. They have the...

Yes, I did a final check and tune with my Knight 45 Elite. It was a bit breezy, but I had some protection with the trees. I was only at a ranged 65 yards, chip shot distance. Here were a few findings and confirmations. The impact from clean bore to fouled was very minimal, as experienced in...

I was musing about the other day, and decided I need a bullet trap for the backyard. We are semi-rural, neighbors around, corn field in back. I was going to join a range, but the hours are limited, and both are about 15 miles away. The younger Son likes to move beyond the quiet 22 ammo. I'll...

Hey guys, you may of seen our beloved German Shepherd died very unexpectedly last week. She was a great dog, extremely loyal with the family 'pack'. She loved just watching over things, always following the younger Son around. The house was in shambles without her. Once the reality set in...

Just doing some preliminary testing today, going to IL again later in Nov for deer hunting. I didn't like the fit of the Barnes supplied sabot, a little on the tight side for me. I switched out with the light blue Harvester crush rib type, the fit was much more to my liking. I just shot at...

I get up early, my procedure is to turn on outside lights to run off any critters before I kept the dog out. At least I thought it would work. I let the dog out and went out with her the 1st time. About 30 min later she was by the sliding door and wanted to go out again. I turned the lights on...