I've had it too. Had a cut on my finger and skinning a muskrat with no gloves. High fever and two swollen lymph nodes. One on my arm pit and the other at my elbow. The one on the arm pit had to be lanced.
IVs for a couple days and then home. Took another week to recover. Tuleramia comes with a 7...
In my opinion, the most important aspect of any scope is to set it on one power and never change it. For instance, mine is always on ten power regardless of terrain. This allows your brain to remember what a coyote looks like at 100 yards or 400 because you haven't been jacking with power...
If you have one of the older type Victor traps which have a 4 way trigger, place the peanut butter in a glob under the trigger on the wood. Get it as close to the pivot point as possible.
Now before the dogpile begins, let me say I have nothing against thermal hunting or for that matter any new technology. As a matter of fact, I do not even own a thermal scope, however I have spent plenty of time in west Texas sitting in a high rack behind a white light. So I have a pretty good...
Another time I was hunting coyotes on a ranch in Colorado. The old Sante Fe trail ran through the ranch and was well defined.
While sitting on stand I spotted a brass headboard sticking out of the sand about a mile or so away. Finished the stand and took the sxs in order to investigate. Sure...
Dropped under a bridge scouting for mink sign and found a GI style duffle bag full of stolen items . Most of it was from an area school, but also included a 22 revolver, bricks of 22 ammo, and a pair of binoculars.
Loaded it up and headed to the county sheriff. Turns out they already had the...