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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Cool. I hunt some other areas of the state where the deer are a little bigger but these river bottoms are fun to still hunt through. I like to brine and smoke the hams from a fawn like this.
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Southern riverbottom button buck. They don't get much smaller than this. Not much bigger than an average dog.
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Caught a knothead slipping through the pines this morning. No trouble tracking this one lol
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    Your first deer rifle?

    First rifle I ever hunted with was a Mosin Nagant. First rifle I ever killed a deer with was a Savage 111 30-06. Still have the Savage, but the Mosin is long gone.
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Yeah I agree that the grid search was a failure. But I only know that in hindsight. In the moment I was thinking "maybe I did hit farther back than I thought and it was really a liver hit so since i didn't quickly find it I need to get out of here before I make it too hard for my dog."
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Yes, lack of heart pumping contributed to the lack of blood trail. But the lack of an exit wound also heavily contributed to it. I've blown hearts out on deer before with other rifles and still get some level of blood trail. I also did hear the direction he ran but I don't believe he crashed...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I know I'm not the one you were replying to but just want to add that the deer above I used my dog to find, I literally could not find a single spec of blood. Even when I found the deer, it wasn't until I pressed on the chest cavity that a little bit of blood finally appeared. I've got plenty...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I killed my first deer with TMKs this evening. I liked the 62gr fusion I used last year, but wanted to check these out. Aac 77gr. Spike came in about 40 yards, I shot and he mule kicked and ran off out of sight. This area is mainly thick pines so I knew the lack of blood trail was a possible...
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    Should hunting be uncomfortable? -Bringing up young hunters

    I took my 3.5 year old out for his first few squirrel hunts this year. I knew just sitting still would be the hardest part for him so I made sure I had as much stuff to make it otherwise comfortable as possible. He did really well at walking fairly quietly and not talking a whole bunch. He...
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    308 168 ELD-Ms on Game

    I switched to them in my 30-06 for my Wyoming hunt last year. Killed an antelope at 275 and a mule deer up close. Didn't take necropsy pics but after seeing what those bullets did, I would trust that gun to kill a dinosaur.
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    General elk draw

    What state are you talking about? If you're talking about WY then you're going to have the same odds in the random portion no matter if you have 1 or 0 points. And neither 1 nor 0 points will be enough to pull a general tag. You can only purchase 1 point per year and you can't buy and use a...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    AAC TMK loads available on PSA currently. 90c per round.
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    Unofficial 2024 Squirrel Thread

    Took my son for his first squirrel hunt on our squirrel opener. Didn't see any but it was a good day. He did pretty good. Then Monday while deer hunting I was able to get the first blood on my new suppressor.
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Need to get to work on the reloading bench, but in the mean time I'm just shooting 62gr since that's what the gold dots I shot last year were. Got together with some friends over the weekend and they had steel set up from 80 to 200, I ran the table no problem with my Ruger American Predator and...
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    Wyoming G&F, how de we get a voice as NR's?

    Maybe you've forgotten how the system in the US works but the land the animals live on doesn't determine who owns the animals.
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    Wyoming G&F, how de we get a voice as NR's?

    I dont want people from WY commenting on our wildlife legislation so I don't worry about being able to comment on theirs. Does it suck for NRs to get the blame for every wildlife issue in every western state? Sure. But that wildlife belongs to the people of that state. The closest I get to...
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    Barriers for new hunters? (Poll)

    They just don't want to. They may say they want to, but if they really wanted to then they would. Every time I get back from hunting out west, I always have people saying how nice it would be to go and how much they want to. I always tell them they can do it and they always give some excuse...
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    PSA: Welder Flash Burns Suck

    You gotta do what works for you. I havent broken my auto and haven't seen one broken in a while. In and out of plants, shops, etc. My main point was just that plenty of guys in the field are using auto lenses. It's not a mark of a great welder which style of lens they use.
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    PSA: Welder Flash Burns Suck

    Are you actually in the field? My experience is different. When I'm doing structural or stick pipe my hood never comes off. Auto lens, flip up style. When chipping slag or grinding, lens is flipped up and my hood is my face shield. Lincoln 2x4 auto lens in a tigerhood. Plenty of guys with autos...
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    PSA: Welder Flash Burns Suck

    Estwing chipping hammer. I'm primarily welding stainless TIG and I still keep one in my boxes. Super handy for plenty of stuff. Can never have enough clamps. I have harbor freight f style clamps, swivel pad vise grips, regular vise grips, ratchet straps, cam buckle straps, and c clamps in my...

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