Here in AZ, blood can dry so fast it can be hard to see anyway. I like heavy 30's myself and it seems like many here have covered the terminal ballistics side pretty well. I little trick I use on dried blood trails, I carry a small spray bottle of peroxide in my day pack. Squirt it on blood...
I know this is an old thread, but I swage bullets for hunting. I started with 308 caliber, but now swage for many calibers both rifle and handgun. I shoot 180gr in 30.06 mostly. Just bought 100 lbs of lead wire for 30 caliber and that should make about 3800 bullets. I don't anticipate buying...
"Kifaru" not "Kifaro." Any color any size. I just need a frame that fits my kifaru duplex belt. I do not need straps or belt, just frame and lumbar pad.
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I made these about 20+ years ago as safety rope attachment to tree for traditional climbing tree stands. This one has been used countless times and is still as good as the day I made it. That way I was tethered to the tree from the ground up. Never a fall risk while climbing or...
1000D cordura nylon. 40% less weight than canvas and 10x abrasion resistance. Unless you rub your legs together like a cricket, cordura is quiet. I hunt in AZ where I need resistance to thorn and cactus spine as well. 1000D cordura nylon works for me.
I am 63, 6-3, 250 (should be 225). I usually carry 20-30 lbs of gear. I hunt mountains and canyons of AZ where terrain can be very rugged and steeply vertical most of the time (typically up one ridge, glass, then next ridge, glass, etc. then all the way back to truck at the end). I have...