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    Monos vs. Lead. Which do you choose and why?

    I shoot monos for big game because I work with birds of prey and personally feel guilty leaving lead-tainted meat on the landscape. I am not concerned about eating lead fragments myself, and use lead for small game because I can just haul the whole carcass out of the field. I am concerned...
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    How far are you shooting monos?

    My extremely back of the envelope math has an 150 grain TTSX out of my slow 30-06 flirting with the minimum impact velocity of 2000 fps at just a little over 400 yards at 5k feet of elevation. I've been happy with the TTSX performance but for whatever dumb luck I have only ever witnessed their...
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    In Grown Toenails

    +1 on getting part of the nailbed or cuticle killed. I've also had good luck getting some sort of pedicure specific spatula and using it to lift the sides pretty regularly. It also allows me to see if there's any burrs developing. The best fix I've encountered was going to bigger shoes. I...
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    Which Steel Targets?

    +1 on The Last Stand, especially if you want a really mobile target stand to set up your targets in realistic hunting scenarios.
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    Pros/Cons of where you have lived

    Michigan: (I have lived in Detroit, Lansing, Hickory Corners, Marquette, and Gogebic county) Pros: Anglers paradise with tens of thousands of lakes and ponds, surprising amount of blue ribbon trout streams, the Great Lakes, and decent whitetail hunting. Cons: Most of the jobs and state...
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    Tribal Land Trespass Fee?

    If it's the Flathead reservation, that's reasonable and consistent with what I experienced. The only time I ever heard of a permit getting checked or a ticket get written was when a lady I worked for parked her horse trailer on tribal land and was running through a dressage routine. I got...
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    Tribal Land Trespass Fee?

    That's nuts, I remember paying something like $20 during the three years I lived on the rez. I guess the story is that the Missoula crowd discovered the place during COVID and use skyrocketed.
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    Tribal Land Trespass Fee?

    Tribal permits usually work the same as a state fishing license, and you get the lm the same way. There's usually an online portal, or you can buy them at sportsman oriented stores and gas stations in the area.
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    Liver King Finally Admits he's been Juicing

    The guy is a poster child for HGH abuse. No amount of organ meat will make you look like Franklin the turtle with his head on backwards.
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    RAA (Rokslide Addicts Anonymous)

    My fiance found me weighing wool underwear on the kitchen scale after midnight.
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    Should I buy a longer bag to keep water bottles in when it's below freezing?

    Long bags are the way to go. Aside from all the cold weather storage benefits, mobility while resting is important. Your hips, knees, ankles and feet get put through the ringer when hunting or backpacking. After breaking down muscles and tendons all day, I don't want them healing in a scrunched...
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    Western Mountaineering/Feathered Friends Fails?

    For whatever it's worth I've never had a problem with my WM ultralight wetting out. I've gotten in the bag after getting rained or sleeted on dozens of times. It wicks water away, you warm up, and then your body heat pushes the water through. The top quality untreated down and the modern...
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    Plate carrier and helmet? Practical?

    Personally I've only ever worn plates for work. That said, I don't think it's any weirder to wear a plate carrier at the range than it is to wear a life jacket on a boat. With any dynamic or mobile shooting practice accidents can happen.
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    Plate carrier and helmet? Practical?

    I've seen AR500 mentioned in this thread, it's worth the PSA that AR500 plates don't offer any protection from spalling. You see this when shooting an AR500 target, the bullet splash chews up the target hanger, the earth below, and anything else in the area. Taking a round to an Ar500 plate is...
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    Tikka T3 Synthetic Rifle Stock - It's Too Loud!!!

    I sprayed my stock full of Great Stuff gap filling foam. No regrets. I also used a bit of closed cell foam to build a cheek riser, then wrapped that whole assembly in a layer of Vet Wrap. The vet wrap does a lot to quiet the stock down. It also feels good in cold conditions, and it's nice to...
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    This turned out much different than he planned

    I've trapped in that area before. In the wrong place and the wrong time the Lochsa and Clearwater can have gnarly cream cheese snow that makes it most efficient to crawl. I am kind of taking it personally that all the photos of this event show relatively nice snow conditions. All the sled belts...
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    your good (or not so good) customer service interactions of late

    Cameraland is great. I called to get a tripod and head recommendation. I thought I had unrealistic requirements, but they put together a setup that I use for mountain hunting as well as almost daily at work. If I recall correctly they lined up a bunch of rebates for me and even had the rebate...
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    Gen 2 Tacoma Reliability?

    I'm a big fan of my 2010, at 100k the only thing it's needed beyond regular fluids is a tension pulley. I will say it's horrifically undersprung in the back. My original leaf spring pack looked like a handlebar moustache. I got new leaf packs last year free from a dealership through a TSB or...
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    Going from a truck to an SUV?

    I have an diesel F250, a second gen Tacoma, and a 2003 Tahoe. Out of all of those vehicles, the Tahoe is my favorite rig for hunting. I took the rear seats out of the Tahoe and leveled the whole rear with a half inch of plywood. It can hold more than the Tacoma, everything is protected from...
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    How many binoculars do you own/use?

    Zeiss Victory 8x42s in a chest harness. Diamondback 10x42s as beaters for the truck/boat/snowmobile. This is about the only application where I'll say it's worth having vortex gear for the warranty. I prefer 8s to 10s if I'm not glassing entirely off a tripod or bracing off a vehicle. I...

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