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    Suppressors - first round impact shift

    That's exactly what my target looked like, a decent group on the center with two impacts 2 MOA above it.
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    Suppressors - first round impact shift

    Man, this is not what I want to hear but good info regardless. I'll do some more shooting and see if I can find a solution, just frustrated burning money, time, and ammo troubleshooting. Form, what's your recommendation for a more reliable/consistent hunting suppressor? Weighted heavily toward...
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    Bring sharpener for fixed blade or ditch it for a Havalon?

    Just quartering, that's a fair point. In that case, I'd consider either a second knife or a small sharpener. Just a honing rod should be enough to touch it up as you go, same as a butcher would be using. I've used the mora on a lot of deer, it's really a great all-purpose blade but it can feel...
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    Suppressors - first round impact shift

    So just that one combo of suppressor and rifle? What suppressor was it?
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    Suppressors - first round impact shift

    Could be, I need to check that. I haven't really shot this rifle much without the suppressor. If it was a barrel issue, would you expect the POI to keep moving as the barrel continues to heat? I've read the cold bore vs hot thread, not sure where the vanguard/howa barrels fall in terms of proper...
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    Bring sharpener for fixed blade or ditch it for a Havalon?

    For elk, I like having two fixed blade knives. One for skinning and a second for quartering/boning. Keeps the knife that contacts meat cleaner and sharper, and neither knife weighs very much. The cheapest combo I've found for this is a mora and a small fillet knife. Hunting with a partner, we...
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    Suppressors - first round impact shift

    Got my first suppressor recently, Diligent Defense Enticer LTi, direct threaded on a Weatherby Vanguard (Howa 1500) 18" 7mm-08 for hunting. Seems to group fine for a light hunting rifle with Barnes 120 TTSX (10 shot group ~1.5 MOA off sandbags), no stringing or anything weird, but I noticed...
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    Oregon West Side Roosevelt Elk

    No joke, the two things that helped me out were going back to a regular, analog wristwatch, and bringing a paperback. Sometimes you need to head straight at em and go for broke, sometimes it's better to just chill for an hour. Too bad I can't always tell the difference.
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    Oregon West Side Roosevelt Elk

    I'm still a relative novice to elk in September, but have had a lot of experiences just like this - dogging them uphill, especially at dawn. What's helped me the last few years is looking at how much time I actually have and realizing I don't have to force things if I've still got 2-10 hours of...
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    Just Go (Archery) Hunt?

    Corey Jacobsen has some good ones, I think Randy Newberg might too. The thing is, some people talk about escouting like it's magic. It's just reading a map to narrow things down, same as we've always done when heading to a new area. Once you've picked the broad area you're going, maybe based...
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    RMEF supporting Oregon's spring bear hunt

    Agreed, lots of folks are shocked that black bear is one of my favorite animals to eat, they lump it all under "trophy hunting" and assume we just leave everything but the hide and head. I think we need a good PR campaign for bear hunting.
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    RMEF supporting Oregon's spring bear hunt

    https://www.rmef.org/take-action/#/68 I haven't heard any specifics of people trying to ban spring/fall bear hunting in OR, but after what's happened in WA the last few years, I'm sure they're trying. RMEF has a draft letter you can send to the wildlife commission in support of following ODFW's...
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    Oregon West Side Roosevelt Elk

    I always wonder how bull:cow ratios factor into this. A lot of Oregon units have pretty low numbers of bulls per cow (compared to other states in the west), and I see a lot of midsize branch bulls that have their two cows and seem pretty content. Makes me wonder if their social structure and...
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    Mono Wound Channels vs Match Bullets

    What cartridges and distances? I've used the TTSX out of a 30-06 a decent amount, looking to downsize and wondering how well they work out of smaller cartridges.
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    Trijicon Huron 3x9x40 Drop Eval

    Maybe off topic, but where'd you pick up the fixed power S&B? I've been looking at one of those but can't seem to find any distributors in the US.
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    Cut & Thread my Mark IV: Local or not?

    If you're looking for someone local, I had a good experience with Koonce Custom Gunworks in Salem. Cut and thread, plus thread protector, was $200.
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    Let's help some guys/gals get their first archery elk!

    You don't entirely need a diaphragm, you can use external reed bugles and cow calls just fine for 90%. The main thing for the diaphragm, for me, is being able to chirp at full draw to stop a bull at close range. But you could potentially do that with just your voice, like people do with deer...
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    Just Go (Archery) Hunt?

    Yeah, the first step of escouting is figuring out what unit you even want to start with. Compare success rates, hunter numbers, management objectives/ population estimates, any trends you can see for the last ten years, and weigh all that against how far is the drive and how often can you hunt...
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    Just Go (Archery) Hunt?

    Yeah, pretty much. Those guys need to keep churning out content, and it's not always great. The best hunting advice is pretty simple, which doesn't leave much room for podcasts/articles/videos. I don't know about everyone else, but for me e-scouting is just a way to save time in the field. I'm...
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    Let's help some guys/gals get their first archery elk!

    Bulls will respond at night but I don't like to use it too heavily. After dusk, they might travel a long way to their feed and that one bugle isn't necessarily going to be that useful 10 hours later. Plus, I have to weigh it against sleep. It's too easy for me to stay out past dark, get back to...

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