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    What rifle is missing stock options?

    Add another vote for the m77. Also left handed everything.
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    My gear/pack layout from base layers to binos

    Alright, you guys, +14%off, +5%off impulse adder at optics planet got me. KOA yukon is on the way. I'll report back if my sloppiness results in any rust.
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    My gear/pack layout from base layers to binos

    I've also got the CS version and love the ergos on it, but would like better steel. I've gutted 3 deer in MI and quartered 2 deer in MT this past year with it. I loved the "bulge" on the backside of the blade which made the skinning cut along the spine quick and easy without poking the...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    Trip and Gear Report Trip Thoughts: It was a challenging trip for me mentally. I’ve got a lot to sort out in the stress for success department. An objective based mentality is a good thing, but I’ve surpassed the unhealthy threshold where it starts to spiral into negativity vs motivation. The...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    Day 14 After the previous evening we knew where we’d head this morning. The wind was a bit worse so we planned to make a wide loop around to get eyes on the bowl again. It was the coldest day of the trip, and the snow was limiting visibility to 4-500 yards. We trudged along peeking into a few...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    Day 13 Back dark and early we were walking in. The plan was to setup along a bottom covering some good thick bedding cover. On the walk in we bumped into a group of does. Luckily they saw us and circled downwind before trotting away without blowing. No harm no foul; no deer were alerted, and no...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    Day 12 Now I’m on deck. I really wanted to try the treestand game on a pancake flat piece of public where I had seen some good whitetails, but with a spectator in tow that wasn’t going to work. Instead we did a slow creep thru the piece. Spotted a few does and a big group of cattle, but no...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    Day 11 The next morning the wind had flipped so we were walking in from the opposite side of the property. It had another long ridge that we hiked up onto. We found a great vantage but with the fog we only had 300yds or so of visibility. We decided to wait an hour and see of the sun would burn...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    Day 10 With the pressure report high in our favorite area I decided we’d go on a walk in some coulee country that I’ve never had much luck in but had seen a few bucks and always felt like it should hold more than I’ve seen. We went on a good long walk and found an alfalfa field “protected” by...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    Day 9 Truck packed from the night before we headed out early and arrived at our hunting spot with no trucks in the parking area (always a win on opening day). Not getting a buck in KS and likely killing, but not finding, that doe really had me in a bad headspace. I’m extremely competitive in...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    Day 7 Back in the tree dark and early. It was an uneventful morning. Had a racoon walk under me and a coyote walked the sorghum edge 25yds in front of me. I did see two does walking the far treeline, but that was over 500yds away and not very promising. Mid-day we picked up my friend’s truck...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    Day 6 I couldn’t get the bow thing out off my mind so at 5am I decided to go shoot my bow. Unfortunately, the bow target was back at the transmission shop with the truck. I keep a small game tip in my quiver for grouse (never saw one in KS and didn’t know if they were open anyway). I was able...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    Day 4 Not having much intel from the evening I decided to sit the timber pockets and see if I could beat them back to bed. I heard some birds and a racoon fight, but no deer. We’d been having some weird shuddering in the truck since we arrived in KS so we decided to do some investigating. With...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    Day 2 We spent the morning glassing some more and midday went back and scouted the WIH area where we saw the bucks the previous morning. Wanting to look for sign in the patches of timber my friend got set up on the downwind side while I walked thru with the wind at my back. The dream was to get...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    2023 KS Whitetail and MT Deer (The Main Event) Last time I did a two-week trip I said I’d never do one again unless it was an Alaskan hunt where that length of time is nearly mandatory. Well here we are. Figuring out how to jam gear for a whitetail bowhunt and a western rifle hunt into a ½ ton...
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    Netherman's 2023 Hunting Season Recap

    I've enjoyed doing these write ups the past few years and think it's been huge in helping me grow my skillset. The feedback from more senior members as well as the self reflection aspect has been very helpful. So, without further ado, here's the wall of text no one asked for. 2023 (Bonus Hunt)...
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    I feel the same way. Something feels off and I can't help but wonder if it's related to the sale and new ownership. It feels like there may be a push to increase revenue to recover their initial investment vs "labor of love" model. I like the comment on copying the Yeti model. Step 1 slap a...
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