I agree with that it is not worth it if you only shoot a case or so. I load and shoot a lot, my latest obsession has been loading bismuth for waterfowl. I have also been loading steel/TSS duplex loads (not too many of these due to cost). You can definitely save money loading bismuth. As a matter...
I have Benelli's and Beretta's as my main waterfowl guns. I just bought a new Beretta A400 Xtreme Plus last month. I have a short LOP and the Beretta allows me to shorten the gun to the correct length by just removing shims. The Benelli SBE 3 I was considering requires a short LOP recoil pad...
Ballistic Products has a lot of waterfowl load data on their Load of the Week section https://www.ballisticproducts.com/enterload.htm
They sell all of the components listed in the load data.
I like to be in a stand when bow hunting. I tried a ground blind a few times with a bow and wasn't comfortable drawing in the blind. It also seemed like deer would look right at me when in the ground blind. I like a ground blind with rile at much longer distance than bow.
This reminds me that I need to replace the ratchet straps on my ladder stands. I leave them up all year on my property and replace the straps every two years (really just place new ones over the old). Also as I have gotten older my stands have gotten lower.
A soft cooler seems like a great idea. I have similar issues when I go to Canada for geese. The hard cooler takes up a lot of space. I will have to check these out.
After years of using different brands like Drake, FA, etc. I now use Sitka. The important thing is to use the whole system. I tried mixing other clothing underneath buy it didn't work well. I have three jackets (Hudson, Delta Wading, and Duck Oven along with base and mid layers. I am comfortable...