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The decoys I have are $120 apiece. If someone shoots them their invite goes away in a hurry 😂. Short of juvenile birds, or an occasional day where the sun is just right, they’re smart enough where they don’t usually land in the decoys too often. It’s insane how good they can see. Even up here in ND they are so smart and wary. I guess that’s why I love hunting them so much.

Homeboy had sights on his shotgun. I knew he wasn’t gonna get one the second I saw that.

Usually steel 2 or 3 shot. We have to use steel here in ND. If I could shoot lead I’d shoot 4’s. If they’re real high pass shooting like in the video, lead BB’s would probably be pretty wicked but overkill. I’ve been on a 28ga kick the last 4-5 years and use #4 bismuth for them now. It’ll fold em up like a cheap suit to 50 yards. If it’s long pass shooting I’ll break out the #7 shot TSS and that’ll smash them way further then I wanna even say on here. The take home is cranes are really easy to kill. If you are struggling it’s because they’re too far or you’re missing, likely the latter.

God that’s hard to watch. I’m not sure if their guide didn’t tell them or if they chose not to listen, but they weren’t even in the ballpark of being hid well enough. I’ve killed hundreds of cranes, and you need some type of barrier between you and them, rock pile, fence line, or a blind of some sort. I got a kick out of him saying how they were coming right at them and then decided to turn at 500 yards. They were 100% flaring off them, and will easily do it at 500 yards. Pass shooting isn’t a bad way to go, but you need to hide, and let them get to you. Those first cranes they were shooting at were honestly probably low enough to kill if they came directly over the top of you, but those never made it even close to their line as they saw them way before they were close enough. Cranes are super easy to kill. They have thin feathers compared to ducks and geese and are all head, neck and wing so there’s a big target. I could see where there’d be frustration with the guide if it was sold as a decoy hunt, but ended up being a pass shoot. That being said, despite having $4000 worth of full body crane decoys in my trailer, I pass shooting them a fair bit, it can be an extremely effective way to kill them. You aren’t going to get cranes to commit right into a spread of silhouette decoys, they will as a rule flair about 100-120 yards out, even if you’re hid well, so I don’t think it’s even a real great option unless you’ve got great decoys.

You really gotta get something more substantial to protect that scope bro.

What’s the twist on this thing?

The problem is a VX6 is like a $2k+ scope now, and it won’t track. No excuse for that.

Aging sheep off of their horn annuli is much much more accurate then cementum annuli.

Agreed. I’ve had 3 different vx6’s and none would track. For what they cost, you’re a few hundred bucks off from a good used or demo S&B, TT, or a new swaro.

I feel like the trade offs for FFP are much too great unless you are using subtensions for your shots. I won’t own a FFP scope. I don’t do competitions or games, just hunt. Here is my list of pros for a FFP 1: subtensions are the same at all powers here is my list of cons 1: reticle is way too small at low power and hard to see in low light (hence why almost all FFP are illuminated) 2: reticle is way too thick at high power (when you need it fine). 3: subtensions make a reticle “busy”. People that don’t shoot a lot (often my guns are used by friends and family) get distracted by them, heck even I do when I get really excited. I personally look for SFP scopes with a “clean” reticle. I prefer Schmidt and benders D4 reticle or a plain duplex. I dial every shot. If there isn’t time then I don’t shoot. If it’s under 300 yards my turret is set to 2 MOA so I can hold right on and shoot like any other rifle. SFP isn’t tactiCOOL, but I would argue a majority of guys that own FFP bought them because it’s just what the world told them was best and have no idea how to use the subtensions nor the skill to do it quickly if needed. There are certainly plenty of guys out there that understand them and use them but I would be it’s a minority.

What bottom metal is that and what diameter are the rings?

Whatdya gotta have for it without the scope?

That’s the 🐠 👁️ I don’t think it was the OP’s intent, but that stretched barrel will give up a fisheye every time.

All of this and I still don’t have a pic.

Sell it to me for $500 and I’ll take care of it 😃