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    8x57 JS SMKH Ammo

    If anyone has some 8x57JS SMKH ammo available, please let me know. Thanks.
  2. 8mm Enthusiast

    Large Ring Mauser Donor Rifle Advice Needed

    I have a Brazilian M1908 large ring pre war Mauser that has a worn and corroded barrel, corroded bottom metal/trigger guard, but the receiver and bolt are in very good condition and operate very smoothly. I have shot this rifle and it does not do well with high BC monolithic bullets. Every other...
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    Best Tasting Animal?

    Post about your favorite animal to eat here. Why? What do you like about it? How does it taste? Is it lean or fatty? My personal favorite is dove. I have yet to find anything that tastes better than dove meat. Roasted with the skin on. There isn't much fat, but there is some if a bird has eaten...
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    "Slipping in" when deer are bedded/late morning or afternoon.

    Due to health reasons, it is difficult for me to wake up prior to 4 AM which means I can't always drive out far in the mornings and arrive on time to get setup on my trail in the dark. I have had to improvise on recent hunts and have been forced to setup farther away from my ideal spot as...
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    Blood drained by mosquitoes. Fell in a marshy swamp. Tired and exhausted. Hundreds of miles walked. Sun burned. Some shots, not a single kill.

    Admittedly, I am having a very rough start to the hunting season. I just don't know what beginner mistake I am making. I feel perhaps I am doing these three things:? 1. High expectations. 2. Hunting areas with no animals or highly pressured animals. 3. Revealing myself and getting spotted. Of...
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    Voluntary Public Access Usage?

    I just turned on the Voluntary Public Access map layer on my OnXHunt app and the amount of VPA land is very surprising. These are private lands that the landowner has opened up to the public for hunting use. I have never stepped on private land ever during a hunting trip and am taken back by the...
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    How to move through thick forest?

    Does anyone here have tips on how to quietly move through thick forests such as the one in the image covered with branches, stems, and foliage without making excessive noise? I find it extremely challenging trying to balance these three things: not making excessive noise, not making any rapid...
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    Porcupine Hunting Tips?

    I've gone out a few times trying to harvest a porcupine as they are one of the handful of species legal to harvest this time of the year and I have read that they have good meat quality. Have not managed to find one yet. The area I go to is mature pine, birch, and maple forest with plenty of...
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    How My Opinion on Farmers Evolved Over Time

    I hope you read this with an open mind. Before I got into hunting and shooting sports and even though I knew about sustainable farming, I was extremely supportive of common farmers, even ones who industrially farm their land. I had the opinion that they were simply in the crutches of big...
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    Moly and WS2 Bullet Coatings Useless?

    This https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA568594.pdf study shows that HBN is the only bullet coating which reduced friction for all three bullet types. In some cases Moly and WS2 actually increased friction. Could it be that the high temperature and high pressure environment of a rifle barrel...
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