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Protect your youngster from the elements: Sun, cold, wind, rain, etc. Prolonged exposure to tough conditions can be a turn off for anybody. Great thread BTW.

An applicant can acquire two bonus points per year for bison and turkey. An applicant need only apply once per year per genus to maintain the loyalty point.

Excellent! Congrats to you, your son and daughter.

Congrats on your buck, he's a great looking deer.

Pro sports is entertainment, nothing more. I am disapointed that pro athletes and owners have chosen to be political. Hopefully college sports will not follow the path of the pros. I'll not spend a dime or watch any team that chooses to protest. Looks like the D-backs chose to not play today in support of current protest, too bad.

WOW!!!! Congrats. Hard work & persistence = Success

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo_irQ9bjzU Amazing man, treacherous times.

Somebody scored. Just bought a second home or I'd have been all over it.

I agree. The man's presentation was matter of fact without added drama. Personally, I found it riveting and could not stop watching even though it was late. The entire presentation is top notch and I encourage anyone to listen to it. The most profound part for me was @ 40:20 through 42:40.

Need more grazing on public lands. Keep it mowed. Ft Apache and San Carlos tribes have fires but they always seem to get control of them quickly. Plenty of game on tribal lands. Tribes graze their lands regularly, I see it as a win/win. USFS might consider have a conversation with them.

Premium optics are all excellent. Reputations are earned. Meopta is apparently on the uptick, don't own any but would take an unbiased look at their wares if I was in the market.

Circe produced a call that was made of black plastic and called the "trophy". Had two of them (not any more). The trophy model had a barrel that was an inch or two longer than the regular call. All things being equal, the call produced a lot of volume, it was marketed for bear & lion thus the name "trophy". The call in your photo appears to be regular length, likely a rare call color wise.

I don't understand the hows & whys of reduced charge pressure excursions but I am a believer. Pulled bullets and weighed the charges which were at the lowest listing on the loading manual. It was a long time ago. IIRC, it was a hot day when the mishap occurred. Talked to a number of experienced shooters who reload over the years and reduced load/pressure excursions are known issue.

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^^^^ This A long time ago (mid 70's) I loaded low power loads for a .270 Win with Dupont 4350 and experienced a pressure excursion that required opening the bolt with a rubber hammer. The brass was embedded in the bolt face which broke the extractor upon removal. That was a Remington 700 action. Action vented gas upon firing, scary stuff.

25#+ YT are stubborn fish, they don't give up easily. Nice haul!

Very nice

Consider a lightly used rifle that has already been modified. I'd bet there are members here that have what you are looking for.

Have a tough time reading about letting go of an old dog. Does not matter whose it is. Takes me directly to the ache of putting and old friend down. Lily our lab made it to 14.5 years, gave us everything she had. She is a wonderful memory.

Welcome to the site. Muy Grande 1st post.

Lots of variables apply to your question. Generally, close range should not be an issue but it would be appropriate to check your drop @ 40 yards and beyond when you get to altitude. An issue I've encountered at high altitude was related to marginal fletching. Tested arrows in the valley that flew great but did not have enough offset, size, etc. to stabilize at high altitude. Increasing the fletching cured the problem.

The data you list in your post is apparent FOV not actual FOV. A degree is approximately 55' @ 1000 yards. Swaro and Zeiss 15's are both 4.2 - 4.5 degrees of acutal FOV. Duovids, like variable scopes, sacrifice FOV at any given magnification as compared with fixed power optics. Most high end fixed power 10X binos will have a 6.3 to 6.6 degree FOV, notice the duovids @ 10X have a 5.3' FOV. With optics, there are always tradeoffs. Example: Leica Duovid 10x15x50 Leica 40420 Specs Magnification 10/15x Objective Lens Diameter 50 mm Angle of View 10x: 5.3° (Actual) 15x: 4° (Actual) Field of View 10x: 274' @ 1000 yd / 90.97 m @ 1000 m 15x: 208' @ 1000 yd / 69.06 m @ 1000 m Minimum Focus Distance 12.9' / 3.9 m Example: Zeiss The 15x56 Conquest HD Binoculars from ZEISS are designed to provide optimal performance in all light and weather conditions. ... ZEISS 525633-0000-000 Specs. Magnification 15x Objective Lens Diameter 56 mm Angle of View 69° (Apparent) Field of View 240' @ 1000 yd / 79.68 m @ 1000 m Minimum Focus Distance 11.5' / 3.51 m

Well done!

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Good times! Nice fish.