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  1. Ddubs20

    CO point holders: how have you changed your draw strategy?

    I don't see it improving for non residents. Most residents are fed up with the unlimited OTC archery and rifle seasons. So maybe your points become more or less valuable, only time will tell. I'm sure you montana natives are sick of all the colorado natives moving there to escape the BS here!
  2. Ddubs20

    Let's band together and save our heritage

    I've got nothing better to do, he's probably tired of hearing me talk about it.
  3. Ddubs20

    Powder Valley price hike

    They'll keep raising prices and taking our money as long as we let them. I've stopped buying Vista outdoors products since they sold to a foreign company.
  4. Ddubs20

    Let's band together and save our heritage

    Well said! A coworker of mine is an avid non hunting outdoorsman, who had a previous boss that gave him a bad perception of hunters. Over the course of months of me explaining how hunters have paid for the conservation work of the last century, I believe I have slightly reversed his previously...
  5. Ddubs20

    223: cci400 vs cci450 vs cci41 vs BR4

    I agree with the above statements. I have a CZ bolt gun that won't strike the cci450's hard enough, and my ar has slamfires with the cci400's.
  6. Ddubs20

    CCI 250 Primers vs Fed 215 Primers

    In my 7mm rem mag loads I generally hit pressure with the 215's about .5 grains of powder less than with cci250. So the Federals are just a tiny bit hotter.
  7. Ddubs20

    1st Elk Hunt - Colorado

    Something to consider: After the 2024 season CO Regulations are going to change. The initial thought is they are going to do away with OTC archery for non residents, at least in some units if not all. In 2025 having a point or two might be necessary to draw a non resident archery tag.
  8. Ddubs20

    Sidearm or Not?

    I live in CO, I go back and forth when bow hunting. I carry a G29. I would like a .357 airweight. You feel the extra weight after multiple days, but I sleep better in a tent when I have it. Bears and lions never worried me that much. I will definitely be carrying now that there are 100...
  9. Ddubs20

    7mm rem mag powder

    H4831sc, 7828ssc, RL22, VV N165
  10. Ddubs20

    223 hand loads for prairie dogs

    I have a cz 527 .223 1:12 twist. It loves the lighter bullets. I use the 36gr barnes varmint grenade and 26gr benchmark. Chronograph at 3500 fps. The barnes bullets wouldn't be very good for coyotes, but are great for Prarie dogs, and are pretty cheep. It also likes the 40 grain vmax and RL7.
  11. Ddubs20

    TC ISO sights

    A few years ago I needed to replace a bent TC hammer. I called TC and they shipped it out. It took a month, but got it. Not sure who owns them now, but I'd go straight to the source.
  12. Ddubs20

    Flintlock Question

    "I'll also agree on an older TC Hawkin or Renegade. Not as authentic, but quality, tough, and accurate." I posted a while back with a muzzleloader question, everyone on here told me my TC renegade muzzeloader was junk and I needed something else. Whatever you decide, practice is key. I think...
  13. Ddubs20

    Barrel break in and load development

    Find some cheaper soft point bullets to fireform. If you can get an idea of what powder charge the barrel likes with the cheaper bullets over a chronograph. Then when you work up a load with accubonds you should be in a similar range.
  14. Ddubs20

    Hunted 2nd season rifle for the 1st time

    I just hunted OTC second season, still applies. Not saying you have to go far, but usually aspects that you can't see from a road will hold animals.
  15. Ddubs20

    Colorado Ranching for Wildlife Suggestions

    I think the days of zero point RFW tags are long gone. Just like anything else in CO, people catch on and most of these cow hunts take at least a point or two now.
  16. Ddubs20

    Hunted 2nd season rifle for the 1st time

    Most people never get very far from their truck or side by side during the OTC seasons.
  17. Ddubs20

    Free Co Desert Sheep Tag!!

    I try the reissue every Wed and haven't gotten anything this year. I have got a few cow tags in the last 2 years but, I feel like alot more people are aware of this process now. I wish there was some kind of accountability / transparency to this process. It seems like there are many tags that...
  18. Ddubs20

    QD Sling Recommendation for backcountry elk hunt

    I use the magpul ms1 padded sling with qd sockets.
  19. Ddubs20

    Cow Tag Filled

    Nice work! If possible I take a tarp and a bunch of paracord to start quartering an animal. It's amazing how being in the shade keeps the flies off. Obviously you don't hike around with this, but if you shoot something and can make a trip to the truck before processing, it's a good strategy.
  20. Ddubs20

    Bullet choice for 280 AI Accubond 160g vs. Hammer Hunter 143g

    Copper doesn't seem to create much bloodshot meat. I don't like eating lead. The cost is pretty much the same between hammers and accubonds. Also when accubonds were unobtainable for 3 years the hammers were in stock the whole time.

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