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    Public Land Fall Longbeard/Tom Hunting Tips & Advice

    they sell a Kee Kee mouth call . I'd guess it's something with the reeds , high pitch , that make the difference . turkey like blue berries too , if you know where there are blue berries , could be a good starting point . .
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    Public Land Fall Longbeard/Tom Hunting Tips & Advice

    watch for openings that have grasshoppers . Turkey seem to love eating grasshoppers . in my field , I watch them about every fall getting grasshoppers . they line up side by side and walk across my field . it reminds me of a marching band . they seem to do this early mornings while it's...
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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.

    all three are top shelf brass , so it probably i a flip a coin decision . . I don't think Lapua is ever the wrong choice in brass .
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    Antelope mount

    @Slimfinn , how did the skull look after getting it out of the compost pile ? was it all dirt stained ? what did you do to it before painting it ? Thanks
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    Public Land Fall Longbeard/Tom Hunting Tips & Advice

    I never did much fall season turkey hunting . PA , did allow using a rifle in the fall season , but a few years ago switched to shotgun only . I think the switch to shotgun only was to help protect the population some . there's supposedly units in PA that have low turkey numbers . my...
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    Getting older/different shooting priorities

    why add a hyper link to my quote ? smells like spam .
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    30-06 --Tried and True

    My Dad had one centerfire rifle . a Remington 760 , 30.06 . he used the Rem, core lokt 180 Grain round nose bullets . for an all arounder , the 30.06 would be hard to beat .
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    Entering Hospice

    thank you for keeping us up to date on this . thoughts and prayers for the whole family .
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    Antelope mount

    I've seen some dipped in the camo dip . I thought they looked pretty good too .
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    Africa 2.0

    Thank you for the update . best wishes for things to get better quickly for you and Susan . Keep your faith , and a positive outlook . God is good .
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    High primers

    it could just be tolerances stacking against you . you got primers on the big side , along with brass on the small side , and next thing you know is they don't want to fit . I'm sure , you'll get them used in the future . with the price of primers , it does kind of stink though . I...
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    Sorting brass by weight

    guys I can't find this test I did . it was Lapua Brass for my 338 Lapua . if my rememberer is working properly ; I took the lightest piece of brass . I took the heaviest piece of brass . I took 8 or 10 , maybe 20 pieces in the middle weight of this batch of brass . I numbered the cases to keep...
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    Sorting brass by weight

    my big quantity test was with my 338 Lapua
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    Sorting brass by weight

    the correct way of sorting brass is by water volume . I'll look to see if I still have my notes . I weighed a bunch of brass , then I checked volume on this same brass . I have it all wrote down , "IF" I kept my note .
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