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    handy tip of the day

    I'd have never thought of this , if I didn't need to fix up a new roll of tape . funny how we just do things , without much thought .
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    22in barrel 1in12 twist bullet weights ?

    I'm not sure if they wear out ? I'd guess it would really be a high mileage one , if it was worn out .
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    Enduron Powder suspected issue

    my guess is chemistry issue . if it was improper storage , the enduron line would still be in production .
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    6 mm Br Shilen barrel that I am getting ready to mount , should I choose Lapua, Peterson or Alpha brass? Savage Target action if relevant.

    WOW , nice care package . how do you like the price of those primers ? that wasn't all that long ago .
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    Antelope mount

    If a guy did many skulls , the beetles would be the good way to go . I'm not sure how you keep beetles alive during the off season . or how much the cost would be to get started with beetles . you did a nice job , I'm glad your daughter likes it .
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    2026 first NRL Hunter La Grande match in the books!

    sounds like you guys put on a good show , for being your first time at this . congrats .
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    handy tip of the day

    it's flagging tape season . I needed a new roll of flagging tape , and I thought I'd pass along a tip for keeping a roll of flagging tape from unwinding . I clamp a nail in my vice . heat it up with a propane torch until it's plenty hot . press the roll of tape against the hot nail ...
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    Operating Engineers.

    lookin good . I have a hoe on my Kubota tractor . I can run a hoe , but I'll never be an operator .
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    Bullet vote please

    since guys are giving opinions on other bullets , here's mine . I've killed more whitetails with the Hornady interlock sp bt bullets , than all other combined . I hunted Kansas with a group of guys , a few shot 300 REM Ultra mags and 165 gr ballistic tips over H1000 powder . for...
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    Public Land Fall Longbeard/Tom Hunting Tips & Advice

    I think it was during this past week. on my morning walk , I got between a gobbler and hens . he was yelping and the hens were clucking . I tried to get my phone camera going , but I was too slow to capture the sounds , for you to hear the birds in a late summer setting . the birds were...
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    Bullet vote please

    this choice is a flip of the coin . my opinion is ; the partition is never the wrong choice . the partition is what all other bullets are judged against
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    fun thread ; what would you do ?

    this is not my stand . I stumbled across it this past winter . then I walk in to see what the game com was doing in there . that's when I seen how close the fence was to the guys stand . yes , cameras are legal here . I need to get a few out watching the furbearers in a couple different...
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    fun thread ; what would you do ?

    the fenced in area would be a man made funnel . this is an animal made funnel , beaver dam . if you were hunting this you would want to be above , or below the dam . the deer watching Sally swim . below the dam . at an easy water crossing , a "funnel" was a deer kill . everything uses...
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    fun thread ; what would you do ?

    I have a couple pics of another fence area . there is a trail inside the fence , just pounded , right against the fence on the more remote side of that area . this fence area I post the pics of is too new to see much happening there yet . I do know there are at least 3 deer inside the...
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    fun thread ; what would you do ?

    I'd hunt it , especially for archery . "IF" I thought this was a good spot BEFORE the installation of the fence , I'd have no second thoughts on hunting it after the fence . the fence will act as a funnel . yes , the fence will funnel some to the far side , but there are always deer out of...
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