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Hahahahaha i bet you would
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fixed blade or mechanical broad heads ?!?
AverageJoe replied to jgraffaz's topic in Bows, arrows, broadheads
A lot of modern fixed blades shoot just like a field point as well. Shuttle t locks, NAP hellrazor, and G5 Montec are a few. Actually I bought Gravediggers and my shuttle t locks flew better than the gravediggers. -
Congratulations! You should put up a pic of Grandfathers gun too!
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One more to add to the late archery bulls this year. He was the biggest bodied elk I have ever seen. Thanks Kevin, Tim, and Dave for the help with the pack out! Pics dont do him justice as I still only carry my old iphone in the field lol. I included the "while I am cleaning him" pic because that was always my favorite pic as a kid looking at Dad's photos.
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Awesome!!! First bulls are always the best. Cant wait til my son gets his first. Good job
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Locavore movement takes to deer hunting across US By LISA RATHKENovember 22, 2014 3:50 PM . View gallery . . . MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A decades-long national decline in the number of hunters has prompted states to tap into a new group of hunters — people who demand locally produced food, but don't know the first thing about bagging a deer. Books and blogs on the topic are numerous, and state wildlife departments are offering introductory deer hunting classes in urban areas to recruit newbies who want to kill their own local, sustainable and wild meat in what some say is an ecologically friendly way. "It's not easy and it's not a surefire way to fill a freezer every year but it's certainly more rewarding than even raising a cow behind your house and butchering it," said Chris Saunders, hunter education coordinator for the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife. The department offered an introductory deer hunting course in Burlington this fall to recruit new hunters. The number of people holding hunting licenses nationally had dropped over the last 30 years starting in 1983, mostly because of changes in demographics, such as an aging population and more people moving into urban areas, said Mark Damian Duda, executive director of Virginia-based Responsive Management, which does surveys for federal and state fish and wildlife departments. But hunting participation increased by 9 percent from 2006 to 2011, the latest U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's national five-year survey found, and wildlife officials around the country suspect that it's local food connoisseurs — or locavores — partly helping to level it off. Reasons for hunting vary — recreation, spending time with friends and family, finding a trophy buck. The number of those hunting for meat nearly doubled from 16 percent in 2006 to 35 percent in 2011, according to a national survey of 1,000 hunters published last year by Responsive Management and other outdoors agencies. The survey found that part of the increase was driven by the locavore movement. View gallery In this photo taken Monday Nov. 17, 2014 veteran meat cutter Everett Gage cuts steaks and roasts fro … That's why graduate student Francis Eanes, 27, enrolled in an introductory hunting course this summer and fall in Madison, Wisconsin. "The motivation really was something that I can do for myself as a way of knowing where my food comes from," he said. "I've worked on farms for a number of years and enjoy picking and helping grow some of my own produce and it seemed like a natural extension to apply that to at least some of the meat that I eat." He's slaughtered pasture-raised rabbits and chickens, and said he feels at ease about killing a deer since it's able to roam free and grow in a natural habitat. With a clean shot, the deer dies quickly, Eanes said. "It's definitely easier to pull carrots or pick tomatoes, but I'm fairly confident that if an opportunity were to present itself, I'd be able to take the shot," said Eanes, who plans to get a deer during the state's rifle season, which started Saturday. Success isn't guaranteed. Saunders told his hunting class — where meat was the No. 1 motivation for the attendees — that the success rate of hunters is between 15 and 18 percent. View gallery In this photo taken Monday Nov. 17, 2014 veteran meat cutter Everett Gage takes a break as he looks … But for many new hunters, it goes beyond knowing where your food comes from. They enjoy the outdoors, the skill and the unknown — and there's no negative ecological footprint, said Tovar Cerulli, author of "A Mindful Carnivore." The 34-year-old former vegetarian and vegan turned hunter wrote his master's thesis on what he calls adult-onset hunting. Deer are part of the forest where he lives in Marshfield, Vermont, he said, and if he gets one, he shares it with friends and family. The frozen meat tends to last he and his wife an entire year. The experience of taking a piece of venison that he shot and butchered out of the freezer is more satisfying than taking out store-bought food out to cook. "There's such a specific and direct connection to where that came from and I know that individual animal, where it was, exactly when I killed it," he said. "It's all very specific and direct and personal."
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Not trying to step on any toes but how bout something more like this?
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What powder for .308 win?
AverageJoe replied to DesertBull's topic in Rifles, Reloading and Gunsmithing
R17 at sportsmans in mesa. -
$100 or less. If more its because some wont do it without truing the action etc and will charge over $200. Pm me if you dont have a gunsmith in mind and you live in the east valley.
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Not sure why Mathews keeps trying building a smoother bow. They are already ridiculously smooth, start adding some other benefits. At least the no cam is one step in the right direction as far as innovation is concerned. I love seeing new designs and ideas implemented.
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Selling my Savage 10 FCP-SR with a 1-8" twist Shilen match grade barrel in 243 win. Rifle was painted by previous owner and I believe is the Kryptek pattern. Comes with 2-10 rd Accurate mags and 2- 5 rd Accurate mags. Barrel is 22". Rifle also comes with the original 308 threaded barrel which is unfired. Have not owned the rifle long and worked up some loads with 107 smk which gave 1/2 " groups at 100 and 3" groups at 600. Selling so I can buy some new optics. Paint on the buttstock is worn through to the original digital camo. Trigger is the accutrigger and breaks clean at 1 lb. Barrel has less than 200 rds through it. Asking $1200 obo shipped.
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I think every kid should learn on open sights and standing position. I loved peep sights at 500 on my m16. Now the Marines only use Acogs in boot camp and irons are becoming obsolete.
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Lol they use Barnes bullets. Thats enough reason not to shoot it right there.
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Well smart guy, ford didnt build or design their 6.0 or 6.4. They tried contracting it out which was dumb. The 6.7 was designed and built by ford, same as their 7.3. Both great motors. Go on with your bashing fanboy
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Because of a prior contract agreement...once it expires you can bet your butt ford will use the better 6.7 scorpion.
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And all new diesels use def. not that big of a hassle. Fill up every 2-3 k for 14$
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The new fords 6.7 is a beast. No problems. Dont let anyone with old ford experience as far as 6.0 or 6.4 talk you out of them. I like the gmc just as much. Dont see much difference between them as far as performance.
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Looks like roadkill
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ttt...$1000
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Another giant adventure.... (updated w/ pics and finally a STORY!!)
AverageJoe replied to Tines's topic in Rifle hunting for Coues Deer
dang!!! Score? -
Sportsmans has a buttload of 7wsm factory ammo right now in mesa. Buy it and pull the bullets if you want. Or ahoot them and save the brass. They probably had 200 rds of it
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So name the guide service for the rest of us please. Koury?
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If you Could Have Just One...
AverageJoe replied to SheepDreams's topic in Rifles, Reloading and Gunsmithing
1st gen Remington Sendero 7mag. It only weighs one lb more than a standard rifle but shoots so much nicer, especially at paper and is capable of longer ranges without any mods or upgrades.