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  1. EastTNHunter

    UPDATED: He’ll understand better this season…

    The sense of accomplishment that you feel when you kill a deer with a load that you made yourself. I had cleaned and prepped the brass, but he primed it, threw the powder, and seated the bullets on his own under my watch. I offered instruction, obviously, and setup and started things for him. 8...
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    Sleeping out under the stars…

    So, this sounds like a cool thing to do to watch the stars with my son out in northern WY, sleeping out under the stars. But am I crazy for being a little nervous about a rattlesnake or scorpion ending up in my or my son’s sleeping bag? Is that a thing, or just some old urban (er, rural) legend...
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    Thank you Addicting!!!

    @Addicting helped me out immensely, and he didn’t even know it. Let me explain… My family is going through some “stuff” right now, and it seemingly forced me to make a tough decision to bail on my dad and brother for our WY mule deer hunt that we have been planning for a couple of years. I put...
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    SWFA

    They seem to be shutting down. 50% off site wide, with very little in stock. I’ve heard good things about their optics, but never got around to trying them
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    Western South Dakota (and nearby) Residents

    How is the snow pack in the Black Hills and areas thereabouts? My family and I are about to head that direction on family vacation in about 5-6 weeks, but want to make sure that we can get around on Custer, Spearfish, Needles and Great 8s highways, Devils Tower, The Badlands, etc. I’d love to...
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    Happy 308 Day!

    3/08 is a good date for those of us who don’t prescribe to the thought that the .308 Win is so outdated that it will drop like a rock and bounce off of animals. A great cartridge in its own right, and the parent to many other great cartridges (of course, there is no date that fits the granddaddy...
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    CFP Championship Game

    I see that most are following NFL or FCS football on here, but down here FBS college football is king. Anyone going to watch the game tomorrow night? I was born in GA and I’m a Dawgs fan so I’ll be pulling for them, but I know that most would rather pull for the underdogs in TCU. Any other...
  8. EastTNHunter

    Fave odd junk food combinations

    As an accompaniment to the grilled cheese thread, do you have any odd junk food cravings? Mine is a taste of my childhood, and probably is more sentimental than good, but every once in a while I really crave… Doritos and Texas Pete. What’s your favorite?
  9. EastTNHunter

    How do they still run?!?

    Never ceases to amaze me the will to live that wild animals can show. Shot an average sized doe that was totally relaxed this afternoon just before the rain moved in and it got dark. 60yd shot, 270 Win, 140 BTSP over a max load of H4831 at around 3100fps MV. Hit the onside shoulder and exited...
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    Ape hangers?

    @noharleyyet did you finally get your hog?
  11. EastTNHunter

    Thought that I may be in the news…

    I’ll get to the title in a minute, but first the rest of the interesting details… ML season now in TN. Yesterday morning I took a buddy of mine, who happens to be a veteran, hunting with me on a small parcel of public land by boat. We saw several deer, and he shot a nice unique 10pt at 10yd...
  12. EastTNHunter

    Mystery Ranch Marshall

    Any thoughts on these? I was able to pick up one of the older models that had only been used twice for a pretty good price. I can’t seem to figure out how to access the meat shelf, or “overload” function as they call it. I’ve never had a nice backpack before, and this one seems to be very well...
  13. EastTNHunter

    Son’s second deer

    Shot her at 50yd broadside, but I thought that he missed. She ran like she was scared, not like she was hit. I also saw the bullet hit the ground and make a frost cloud low and to the right behind her, so I thought that he had yanked his shot. Didn’t realize it was just because of the pass...
  14. EastTNHunter

    Good Experience With Firearm Warranty and CS

    Many of you may remember my post about getting a junk BCA AR15 kit in 6.5G, and then getting the runaround and cold shoulder from them on getting the upper fixed. They finally did me right after months of waiting, and it us reliable and accurate, but I’ll be hard pressed to do business with...
  15. EastTNHunter

    Finally

    After 2yr of waiting, found some Benchmark, timed the order from PV right the second time they showed it in stock, bought 4 pounds, and it shipped this afternoon! Now if I could just find some .264 100gr Nosler Partitions in stock for a reasonable price
  16. EastTNHunter

    No cotton, but…

    I have gotten away from cotton for all of my hunting clothing except for my outer pants. Where I live I have to have pants that will hold up to brush and thorns, so military BDUs or older Duluth firehose pants are my go to. I don’t hunt in the backcountry, but I’ve always heard that “cotton...
  17. EastTNHunter

    Weekend smoking

    No, not that kinda smoking… Trimmed the fat cap and other excess fat, rubbed it down last night in a homemade rub to “dry brine”, re-rubbed it this evening, and put it on the pellet smoker using hickory pellets at 225. I’ll take it off sometime tomorrow late morning or early afternoon when it...
  18. EastTNHunter

    A question of sectional density and conventional norms

    So I’m getting antsy for season to start, and I’m beginning to muse on things that aren’t very important but occupy corners of my mind that get stored at this time of year. I’ve gotten into several conversations over the years dealing with cup and core vs premium bonded vs monolithic bullets...
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    Mouse fart loads

    I will start out by saying that I am a recovering tinkerer… but I still have occasional setbacks. With that confession made, I also love to help kids and new shooters get into the sports of shooting and hunting. Without going into the details, let’s just say that I have introduced many new...
  20. EastTNHunter

    Scope Mounts/Rings

    These can be used for regular rings (low through high) or extra high for a flat top AR. I have several sets of these. At this price they can be used for stocking stuffers, air soft, scope swaps, 22s, or air rifles. $15ea + shipping (USPS) OR $10ea + shipping for 3 or more
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