When I had just the fabric building, I shot one deer from it at about 322 yards. I am set up to shoot from it (up to 400 yards on the far right side) provided the high grass/weeds get knocked down enough that I can see the deer. Right now, the grass/weeds are higher than the deers' heads...
Oh. This is another "high producing" walnut year. The neighbor kids are taking the walnuts out by the wheelbarrow full. Hopefully, it won't be like 2 years ago when the trees produced over 13,000 walnuts and cost me over $800 to have the kids remove them. I am guessing maybe half of that...
Yes, Jim, I have considered it. I am also considering sound absorption material or a material that is both insulation and sound absorbing.
However, I think my next priority will be upgrading the shooting bench. The current one is a "Rube Goldberg" contraption that evolved out of something...
For several years I had a fabric building that I had my shooting bench in. It provided shelter for the bench and a place to store targets, pencils, spotting scope, etc. so that I didn't have to carry all of the stuff back and forth. That fabric building was 8'x8' and worked well enough but was...
My neighbor and friend's second son, Benjamin, was old enough this year to participate in the NYS Youth Deer hunt held over Columbus Day weekend. About one hour after sunrise, a spike and a small 8 point came out at about 134 yards and then ran down to about 60-65 yards. The 8 point stopped...