I’m requesting the expertise of you more knowledgeable than I.
Shooting my .308 Winchester.
I’ve gone from shooting 150 grain Nosler Accubonds with Varget, at approximately 2750 fps, to shooting 130 grain Barnes ttsx’s with TAC, at approximately 3200 fps.
Should I have a concern about throat...
Yeah we tend to trim off all the fat.
New York is separated basically into two hunting areas.
The Northern Tier, and the Southern Tier. The Northern Tier is a line just above Onieda Lake running East to west.
Up there the deer numbers are pretty low ranging from 2-5 per square mile. So they...
That’s a great goal to have!
Honestly though, we just use the meat we get from the deer that we hunt, the same as one would with beef for the most part.
We make bourguignon, Guinness stew, chilli, corned venison, and my wife likes it sliced thin and marinated in Montreal steack seasoning, and...
I’m going to buck the trend here, and say this.
I also want to premise that it’s taken me three years to save $2000 for a whitetail hunt this fall in NC.
I have limited funds to do the things that I like to do.
I have two pairs of binos, one pair for AG fields, and one pair for still hunting...
I’m in the accuracy first camp.
However I’ve begun to use monolithic bullets, and muzzle velocity is more important now as it was with lead bullets.
I’ve found personally, that my most accurate loads are also at the higher end of the load range.
I shoot mostly my 308, with a 20” barrel, and I’m...
I sharpen knives on occasion, but I got into that from making them.
I mostly make small drop point hunting knives, but have made some kitchen knives too.
Knife making also brought me into leather working, and I’ve done a few pieces that have travelled across the country.
When I first retired I...
Home is CNY. We live near the south shore of Oneida lake.
Here in NY we are separated into the Northern tier and the Southern tier. I live in the Southern tier, and hunt near my Father Inlaw’s on AG fields.
I also hunt in the Northern tier, where I grew up, and the “big woods” are. This is where...
That country is absolutely beautiful!
Here in the northeast, I’m in the “FLAT” lands and lucky to see 75 yards, so still hunting or sitting in ambush is the way.
If you’ve spotted them here, you’ve done the stalk already!😂
The beauty of North America is just breathtaking from east to west!
I hunt Whitetails, and I love to still hunt in the thick, close, woods here in the northeast.
Love finding the main trails, and going very slow along them looking for the slight trails that Bucks use.
We also have a few ag fields that we are able to hunt and I love that too, but I’m not really...
This is where it gets confusing for me.
I’m all about simple, and easy, so now is five Mississippi enough to get that dull red glow, or don’t I really need the dull red glow, or do I need the dull red glow, and five Mississippi not long enough……?😜
I’m going to say that if the scent is not natural to the area then the game will most likely not tolerate it, plant or man made.
I would love something natural to use but after getting bit last fall I’m on the picaridin, and permethrin band wagon.
I was out scouting about a week ago and nothing...