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    Utah- what the hell?

    Selling those lands would be the stewardship equivalent of living off your capital. Everything seems fine at first, and then pretty quick you're impoverished.
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    Va late season blues

    Farmville is definitely further west of Richmond than it is south of it, but I feel like bc of the way 64 runs, when you say west of Richmond, people think of country like around Charlottesville. In my mind, everything south of Scottsville has way more in common with Danville or South Boston.
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    Va late season blues

    I'm a couple hours south of you. On public, so more pressure, but on lakes like you. On the east bank, I'm seeing deer bed on west-facing slopes, particularly on clear, cold days. So far I'm seeing does in the cutovers. Found one buck's spot so far, he bedded in an uncut area, but so tight to...
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    Low light comparison of 17 scopes

    Twice this year I've had a hard time picking out very close does in brush at sunset +30. The second time, after she busted me, I tried taking my glasses off (very minor prescription) and felt like I could see better. It's possible they were very mildly fogged and I didn't realize it, but is...
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    Would you buy this scope?

    You see this, Ryan? You have a chance to do the funniest thing possible. My personal bet is Sightron.
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    Affordable & Lightweight Riflescope Options

    As proof that anything can fail, I'm watching this thread because my Japan-made K4 gave up the ghost on me this year.
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    "Scout" Services

    I don't see a moral difference between using one of these services and hiring a guide. If someone kills a nice trophy based on paid coordinates, I at least know they can do all the other parts of hunting without someone holding their hand. (I know a lot of guys who use guides are very good...
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    Private Pilots in NC

    As someone from North Carolina (but not in Helene's path) they're definitely people posting absolute bullcrap just to build a reaction. For example, in this true story, the problem is actually a local official and all the folks have names. A lot of the fake crap is anonymous reports of bad...
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    Man kills mountain lion with a shovel in Colorado

    How the mountain lion got the shovel, I'll never know. /With all due apologies to Grouch Marx.
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    What to look for in a muzzy?

    Hopefully you already know this, but start by figuring out where you're going to hunt and reviewing the legal requirements for that area. If you're in an area that requires open sights, you probably don't want a gun with a built-in rail. And you probably don't want a .36-caliber long rifle if...
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    Creepy experiences in the backcountry

    It's honestly not much to look at, just some old field stones set out as headstones. After seeing a couple that were officially identified, I've stumbled on a few over the years. This one has a low wall to mark it and a little pillar. Otherwise I might not even have been sure that I was looking...
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    Creepy experiences in the backcountry

    To get to one of my spots, I walk past a slave cemetery.
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    What subsonic straight wall cartridge for whitetail? Not 45-70 or crossbow

    I think the minimum-fuss way to do this would be 44 mag. Plenty of pistol bullets available designed to expand at lower speeds. Box ammo is cheap. Looks like CVA makes a threaded single shot.
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    Pump shotguns- Who is manufacturing the best?

    You probably know this, but while many lovely older pumps are in circulation, many aren't rated for use with steel shot. Depending on what you're hunting and where, that could matter or it might not.
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    Would you buy this scope?

    This is all getting pretty far afield of whether we'd buy this scope -- which I agree is probably more useful to more people as 3-12 than a 2-10. (My answer: I'm cheap, so I'd probably wait until they hit the used market.) I'm responding to your implication that a 2x bottom end doesn't have a...
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    Would you buy this scope?

    I might be telling you something you already know, but: IME, when folks want 2x instead of 3x, they're looking for something that comes up fast and let's them see stuff that's *not* currently in the crosshairs.
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    Shotgun optics with slugs

    Maybe give the Primary Arms fixed 2x a look? I use my ML during my local shotgun season, not in NJ. It came with one of the Japan-made fixed 4x Weavers, and I've been thoroughly pleased with it from 30-110 yds, though I think a lower power would be handier up close.
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    Lead in Meat Discussion

    No worries at all. It's an understandable misread given how charged the topic can be.
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    Lead in Meat Discussion

    It's possible that he only meant to avoid overstating an outlier, but even your explanation concedes that he instead mistated a fact. Either 11 inches is as far from the wound channel as they found lead, or it is the average of a set of numbers, some of which are higher. It cannot be both.
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    Lead in Meat Discussion

    Both of these quotes are from that article: * "Controlled studies documented lead fragments as far as 11 inches from the wound channel." * "The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources experimentally shot 80 carcasses (deer and sheep) and evaluated the presence of lead in each. High velocity...

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