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    The cartridge for the next 30 years….

    6.5 cm. Would have maybe chosen .223, but some states are not onboard that thinking.
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    Longest Trad Kill.. ?

    i'll play...21 yds, coues, but steep downhill-cliff
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    Is bareshaft tuning a bunch of B.S?

    "Its crazy how much a 4” or 5” fletch can correct an incorrectly spined arrow." Beendare Seems quite true. I stripped off some beat up fletch on two douglas fir, and shot them.. Broke one as it hard right and low, and another shot consistently low as well. I had considered these as good...
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    Old dudes and old photos.

    I found out about those pack frames, hauling water in the desert...not using it any more.
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    West hunting shooting distances

    seen a 97 yard kill, and been looking for wounded animals from the same guy. Too far. Even though I am range-limited by my handmade bow, and all that, I just think archery in general on animals is a close game, not a target game on flesh, like the above comment stated.
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    Are Coues considered White Tailed deer on Rockslide?

    coues are whitetails: tiny-little mountain goat- behaving animals that hide behind dead foot high clumps of grass, paw at sand in dry creek beds for water to puddle up, and think everything is a mountain lion.
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    Who is dropping their standards?

    Regarding Arizona, some units now close for mulies (or any antlered deer in mulie terrain; we get overlap between mulies and coues) when a certain number of archery harvest occur. Over the years, I passed on lots of small coues, and once or twice on small spike mulies. But now, with the drought...
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    Is traditional archery hunting unethical?

    Been witness to compounds wounds, no recovery. A trad hunter must be willing to walk out of the wilds having passed on a shot.
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    Winchester sxp vs Mossberg 500

    Thoughts on either. Looking at field models, 12 gauge. Not keen on plastic Mossberg safety, but know aftermarket exists. Does the Winchester inertia pump really aid the speed? Purpose: small game, wing shooting, some cross over for self defense, possible "slug gun" for deer hunts (50 yards and...
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    Best bang for the buck 6.5cm practice ammo 2023

    I have had the S & B cartridges be a tadbit rougher to extract.
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    How do you ghillie users handle orange?

    Simple solution, the addition of orange strips. Place them all over, imo, so you are visible regardless of body position. Human vision is funny, seeing what it wants. Feedback on leafy suit: Leafy suits work, but are not magic. I have had close encounters with ASAT leafy suit, 10-30 yds is...
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    Deep (caliber choice) thoughts from a shallow mind

    that ratio of hit to miss is awful. I am glad I know my real limitations.
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    Total pack weight for 10 days.

    Sometimes cutting weight to next lower level requires a hefty paradigm shift.
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    Bowhunting the west, can you be successful doing it or is it just a idea?

    ...hands and knees or even belly crawling is still fun, so there is that... or it is ambush and getting into relatively tight funnels... I say give it a shot.
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    What packs are all you gram weenies using?

    Just bought a Gregory Baltoro 75. My old Gregory gave out, after a 34 miler in the GIla Wilderness, and I wanted one main back for backpacking and hunting. Not a gram weenie backpack, but I watch the stuff (grams) that goes into it. Have used the Exped 60, a prototype bought for $30, which is...
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