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    Coyote Hunting - Seated Front Rest Options

    For 300 and in, crossed trekking poles will work. So will shooting sticks, swagger, and Harris. Back in the day, Dan Thompson would shoot them further than that from a sitting position with no artificial support. If you want to be really solid, a pretty light tripod with a ball head or...
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    West hunting shooting distances

    These viewpoints are in opposition. I personally agree with the top one. Just because you are able to do it once (or even multiple time) does not make it an ethical idea. I know many are shooting arrows into animals at those distances and have been for decades. I am a very approachable guy...
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    Full Length Size vs Neck Size

    If you only neck size, eventually it will get very hard to open and close your bolt. Get a Lee FL sizing die, a cheap digital caliper from O'Reillys, and a set of Hornady headspace comparators. You can get nicer dies than Lee, but I have shot just as good of groups using Lee dies as anything...
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    6 prc vs 243AI

    I have run 243AI barrels to 2500 rounds and still had 5 shot groups under 3/4 moa. I used h1000 and n165 with heavy bullets and scrubbed the throat to bare metal every 200 rounds to get that kind of life. Normally get top accuracy for around 800-1000 rounds then drop 40 fps. Seat bullet...
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    West hunting shooting distances

    I have killed dozens of animals past 50 yards, mostly whitetail. The furthest was 64 yards. I had some weird stuff happen that swung both ways past 50 yards. I shot a doe quartering away at 57.5 and the shot looked perfect. The arrow stuck in the offside scap. I'm not sure what I hit, but...
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    Weight Loss For Hunting in 2024

    Thank God someone posted this. I have watched people with sugar addictions eat nearly nothing and still not lose weight effectively. The only calories they would eat when on their diet were candy bars because they couldn't give up the junk food. The constant insulin ruins them.
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    Arrow penetration

    I agree on the sharp broadhead point. I won't hunt with it if it won't shave a 3/4-1" bald spot across the entire blade in a single stroke on my arm. My first deer 20 something years ago was a 3 blade large cut mech, 63# draw weight and 315 grain 3d arrow. At 52 yards it blew through her like...
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    16.5” .243 or 6.5CM?

    Not a tikka factory barrel, but generally get 3150-3225 out of 26" handlapped barrels, both cut and button rifled. I have not shot anything lighter than 115s in my 28" barrels, but I get about an extra 100 fps there over the same load in a 26" barrel. I would assume there would be a pretty...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Props to euro optic
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    Arrow penetration

    I would say you are right. My bow is BH tuned to 60 yards with fixed heads. I shoot arrows that are around 5 grs/# of draw weight and a 1.75" 3 blade mech. that I sharpened the blades on. I have zero penetration problems. When I shoot whitetails from the ground the arrow goes 30 to 40 yards...
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    Soooo I’m thinking about .243- few questions

    Based on 4dof the impact velocity of my longest shot was 1870 or so. It worked well at that velocity. 2 more kills shortly after were under 2000 fps at impact with the same result.
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    The 6UM

    I run dtacs in several 7.5 twist 243AI. I'm at about the same elevation as you and they shoot great all the way to below zero degrees. I personally would use a plastic tip match bullet or a hollow point with a bigger meplat to get better wound channels on deer. I had great luck with the 105...
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    Youth broad head recommendation?

    Not being argumentative, I don't want to set my kids up for failure. Got pictures? What exactly failed. I honestly questioned the design some, but we're not talking about shooting bones with a 90# 30" bow either.
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    Leica vs Zeiss

    Unless picking fly shit from pepper, there is no discernable difference between my 10x42 Geovid R's and my daughters 10x42 conquests.
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    Youth broad head recommendation?

    The broadhead is the most important part of the equation. My girls both started bowhunting this year. They used 4 blade stinger buzzcuts(2 blade with bleeders). I sharpened them on a kme. I don't care what anyone says. I bought three packages. Factory blades ranged from dull to mediocre...
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    Maven RS1.2 2.5-15x44mm SHR-Mil Q&A

    After reading scope threads about how good the glass is for 8 years and people just not getting it, this probably wins the internet for the day!!
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    Money or Happiness

    Your son sounds like a young me. He is bored and everything that is supposed to challenge him is easy as hell. At some point in life, I was finally challenged. It was hard as hell, and I had never learned to really apply myself to things that weren't "fun". I spent 7 years coasting in a low...
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    Money or Happiness

    I couldn't agree more. Setting your kids up doesn't mean handing them enough money that they never have to work or worry. It means you teach them the skills, morals/ethos to go create a great life for themselves. If part of that is helping them financially at certain points, then so be it...
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    Coyote Hunting Fur

    There used to be a very popular coat made by Canada Goose (the company) that used to have coyote fur lining the hood as trim. There are also some similar knock-off brands. It made coyotes, especially pale western ones, the last hold out in the fur market after everything else crashed. Then...
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    Property boundary legal question.

    Yep, lost a piece of my property by acquiesce. I believed a well meaning young realtor when we bought it. It was the first time I bought land and it is very irregularly shaped. Once I figured out where the actual lines where drawn (one line is supposed to be straight but is dog-legged in 2...
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