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You did the smart thing by not having a confrontation with the guy. He should have gutted it and taken it out with him and reported it to G&F. They may have gone easy on him. As far as drinking in my opinion if you even had one beer during lunch your not serious about hunting and should not go back out for the rest of the day. You should be 110% on your game when you are out hunting, save the suds for when the sun goes down. When my son was about 12 he shot a button buck by mistake when he was supposed to shoot the spike next to it. He was in tears over it so we tagged and field dressed it. I explained to him why it was not a legal deer and told him we had to report it. So we wrapped it up in a tarp and drove the hour to G&F. We went in and I explained what happened. A guy came out and we took the deer out and he took some pictures saying he would use them in Hunter Safety Classes to show hunters what a button buck looked like as the antlers had not broken through the skin. He then thanked my son for doing the right thing and coming in with the deer and then told him to take it home and enjoy eating it.

My goto rifle has a Leupold VXII that is 4x12 and is about 18 years old. This year I bought a Zeiss with the Rapid Z Reticle. After using their ballistic program I found that the scope needs to be turned up to 11.5 to 15 power to use the reticles. If I had know that before I bought the scope I probably would have gone with a single reticle scope and turrets.

That's awesome Ernesto. Any time we can spend with our kids doing something they like so special for them and us too. This is something you will both cherish forever.

So. Have you made any changes to the way you reload? I just buy one brand of new brass and go from there. I just neck size, trim to spec after three loads and toss them at six. Biggest thing I have come across since I began reloading in the 70's is everyone wants Benchrest accuracy with a factory rifle but even with todays optics and better rifle manufacturing tolerences less than 1/2% of shooters are consistently capable of meeting the mark which is tough to do if you are only shooting 30 rounds from a rifle every three of four months. Not that I'm saying that is you.

My cold weather boots are a pair of Rocky Corn Stalkers I bought a long time ago and have had them resoled once. To me "cold weather" means snow on the ground and all day freezing temps. I bought them because they were available in 4E. EW, which is maybe 2E isn't quite enough for me. Equally important are good socks. I wear Smart Wool. They keep your feet warm and don't get matted down even when wet.

I'll take the shells.

Depends on the shooter's ability. I personally wouldn't go past 300 yards regardless of bullet weight or construction in that caliber.

They're easier to skin with two people.

When you didn't think twice about being two miles from camp as the sun went down way before anyone knew what GPS stood for.

I sure would like to know the PPM levels from a few hundred years ago. In the HVAC world ASHRAE gives us guidelines for Demand Ventilation levels in schools and businesses.

I spoke to G&F yesterday and they said it will be posted sometime next week.

Congrats. 33 is a great unit but is getting a lot of pressure. I hope I can find a spot to camp when I go there in four weeks as there is a hunt going on right up to the day before mine starts.

Lack of deer. The fire hasn't helped any.

Why 10" and not the distance you expect the shot to be?

Beautiful buck. I bet he was stoked.

I usually just go to Gunbot.net

Just go to NAPA's website and search for both then see if it shows a picture?

DO you have the free NSA App?

Way to stick with it and get it done. Congrats to you both.

They are pretty much limited to the high Alpine Forests of 8'000 feet or higher.

I would say a deer can easily get your scent at 250 yards. I know I can smell someone smoking a cigarette at 100 yards and deer have a much better sniffer than I do.

That is all I have ever used for close to 30 years. The current one I have is a Kelty (I believe) with a BOYDS pack attached to it. I don't think i'd ever use any other type of pack. I like to have some air between my back and the pack to keep the sweating down. On occasion I will hang my rifle sling over a corner if I need both hands free so I used some wire ties and attached a piece of foam pipe insulation to one side to beep the rifle from contacting the frame. This is the third frame I have had, it is aluminum and the lightest of the three. The only problem is the cloth screen that stretches across the back to keep the frame from contacting you is wearing out and they seem impossible to find. The BOYDS is at least 10 years old and the zippers are getting hard to move but after looking at new packs for the last year I still have not found anything I like and forget about finding one the is made in the USA.

Does Hodgdon list the pressure for that load?

Obviously happily married.

Guranteed Coyot killer.