I'm running a 10x SWFA as well, it's really not bad at close range. Most of the stands I hunt are <150yards and I dropped a buck at ~100 a few weeks ago. An adjustable would be nice just for sighting and tracking, but it's a good magnification for me at that range.
I'm a stand hunter in SC. Most of the stands on my hunting club are making use of existing clearing, atv trails, and utilities right-of-ways so we have to make use of the shooting lanes we have. We have a few stands where I'm getting completely washed out either right after or before...
I cut up an old leather welding sleeve and pulled the core out of some paracord. Wrap the leather around it and tie it on. Been running that way for a few years now. Doesn't look out of place in the tree stand and cost me nothing.
I'm shooting 140gr soft tip GameKings out of my 7mm-08 and am very happy with them. Took a ~152lb whitetail a couple of weeks ago. Quartered away, no exit but by the angle it probably hit the inside of his opposite shoulder. He dropped like a sack of potatoes at 100 yards which going off my...
New guy from SC here. Mostly deer hunting but trying to figure out turkey this year. Have a Tikka T3 in 7mm-08 as my primary that I'm trying to build up (desperately need a better stock), and I'm working on my wife's Rem 700 in .223 (Just got a new barrel, needs everything else).
Got sucked...