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    Upgrading from Vortex to Swaro - Why?

    Also for what it’s worth my experience is Wyoming elk has always been more conducive to glassing elk than Colorado but this really is a unit to unit consideration. Most of Wyoming except for the Medicine Bow has more open or partially open country and less severe elevation changes than Colorado...
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    Upgrading from Vortex to Swaro - Why?

    Going from Vipers to Swarovski won’t have a noticeable effect on finding elk. Moving from Colorado to Wyoming will make finding elk easier though. If you can afford Swarovski and it won’t effect your budget to hunt or ability to pay your bills it’s a worthwhile quality of life upgrade IMO. I...
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    Youth Stock Options for Short LOP

    Synthetic Tikka sticks will cut down super short quite well. I cut one down for a friend to 11” LOP and the screw pillars go at least 2-3” deep. I would drill in dowels before cutting any stock to get alignment back in the future. For what it’s worth I might just buy a full sized stock to cut...
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    CVA Temporarily Ceasing Paramount Production Due To BH209 Scarcity

    The changes in western muzzleloader regulations are the biggest threat to the existence of the paramount and ironically happening in part due to the paramount’s existence/success/marketing. The availability of blackhorn 209 is a bigger issue than cost. I don’t love paying $80 for 8oz but a...
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    Compact binos?

    The 7x28 Maven is an optic I’ve wanted to love and buy for years but the 3 or 4 times I’ve looked through them at shows I was never impressed. My personal opinion is that little objective binoculars have to have everything nearly perfect optically and that seems to be even worse under 30mm...
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    newbie duck hunter, give me advice on a super basic set of decoys

    That was true in 1998 when they came out but the reality the last decade is a lot more nuanced than that as they have been so common and cheap for so long. Some days now they are helpful, others putting them away is better and more than anything now having a remote or being able to toggle them...
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    Carrying Turkey decoy ideas

    The Avian-X LCD decoys pack down really well for a life like decoy and you can set up in 30 seconds or so. I just put mine in the main body of my pack with the elastic band around the decoy.
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    NXS 2.5-10x24 or …

    I think you guys are missing the point of this scope release. This scope release is to please the clone correct AR crowd trying to build an SPR from the GWoT years and not a lightweight hunting scope.
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    RRS TFCX-13 vs Ascend-14

    My biggest question would be how much shooting stability is improved from the Ascend-14 to the TFCX?
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    newbie duck hunter, give me advice on a super basic set of decoys

    This is where going to a local hunting gear store and asking what people use around you really helps. With Texas rigs the shorter the string and the lighter the weights the easier they are to handle and pack. The longer strings and heavier the weights the more versatile the setup can be for...
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    NF NXS 2.5-10 vs 3-15

    No the 2.5-10x has been good for me out to 1000 yards on steel and is fine within hunting ranges. The form factor and weight of the 2.5-10 is unique where there are a lot more options in the size and weight with the 3-15 NXS.
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    Compact binos?

    I have the SLC 10x42 and the CL 8x30’s and have spent some time with the Maven B3 8x30’s. The CL’s are optically really good but they have some ergonomic complaints I have. The eye cups are only all in or all out and the eye relief is finicky. The bridge on mine is not as stiff as I would like...
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    Wyoming unit 30 for a gimp?

    Why not hunt close to the roads on the unit’s HMA’s or some of the small state chunks? They have some road access it looks like at a glance.
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    The New TORIC 4-25x50 Eagleman Rifle Scope

    Ahh, another me too, rebranded open mold scope from a marketing company. I’m sure it will be ground breaking.
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    Best gun oil

    I like the Lucas stuff because the applicator is precise and doesn’t spill.
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    Capped vs. Exposed Turrets: What is your application going to be?

    I used to think exposed turrets were a liability before I used them in the field and a decade later I’ve never had them move on me or be a problem. Capped elevation turrets are only desirable to me on a very light scope with a range expectation under 400 yards and a good BDC. Capped turrets...
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    Anti seize and barrels

    All that really matters is that you have some barrier to prevent galvanic corrosion locking the barrel to the receiver. I could go down a mechanical engineering and material science rabbit hole but having something on the threads is 99% of the battle.
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    Main elk food source in September at 10-12k feet elevation

    Just above treeline and avalanche chutes come to mind as the most classic examples but they absolutely suck to hunt on physically difficulty alone. High elevation meadows along creeks are common but see a lot more hiking and hunting pressure because that’s where the trails and horse camps are...
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    Maven RS1.2 back in stock

    If Maven could look at my Outlook calendar and not put these into stock while I’m not actively presenting at a meeting that would be great….
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    Are optics warranties TOO good?

    When I worked for a consumer products manufacturer our tolerated warranty rate was 2-4% and we were spending maybe 10-20% the product MSRP on the average warranty issue. It isn’t a significant part of the business cost maybe 1%. It’s cheap marketing and not high cost.

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