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[robby denning]

Our friends @skregear launched a podcast and recently hosted Marlon Holden, GrayLightHunter on social media,

As archery season is upon us, I wanted to recommend this podcast episode. Where else can you listen to a guy who’s taken over 50 good bucks with a bow!

SKRE COUNTRY: Mental Muley’s w/ Marlon Holden

 

[Daniel15]

Hey Roksliders,
Be sure and check out our blog, The Rok Blog, hosted by yours truly.
This is one more resource for information on gear and hunting (especially for Mule Deer) for our Rokslide members. Make sure you subscribe once you're there (top right of the blog page) and give us your comments/feedback in the comment section after the blog.
Look forward to seeing you there:

Focus: The Great Equalizer

Hunting Big Mule Deer has always been affected by changes. If you don’t adapt, you die.

www.rokslide.com

 

[robby denning]

RedKettle Quick Release Rifle Sling Review is up on the Rok Blog

RedKettle Quick Release Rifle Sling Review

Forgot how to read? Video here:

 

[Hookedoutdoors]

Welcome

 

[BRTreedogs]

@robby denning can't quite place it. New haircut? Looking fresh Mr. Legend

 

[robby denning]

@robby denning can't quite place it. New haircut? Looking fresh Mr. Legend

It’s the Botox!

 

[robby denning]

RedKettle Quick Release Rifle Sling Review is up on the Rok Blog

RedKettle Quick Release Rifle Sling Review

Forgot how to read? Video here:

Update on this review…

I broke the sling!

Actually it was the QR on the buckle.

I was seated on the ground (think expanded ribcage) on a cold morning and still had my daypack on over a FL Jacket, so I was “bigger” than usual. The sling was cross-shoulder. I decided I wanted to take it off but didn’t want to (too lazy) stand back up. I leaned forward a bit and pulled the QR cord. It didn’t release as usual so I gave it a very hard jerk. I heard a pop and a saw something black land on the ground. It was the metal part of the QR buckle.

I examined the buckle and could see that I sheared off the tabs that hold the metal in place (see below)



I reinstalled the metal but I’d sheared too much off the tabs for it to function. So that’s the bad news.

The good news is I was still able to finish out the hunt (and go on two more in the next few weeks.). This is because if the QR fails, the sling becomes a normal sling (the kind that pulls your hat off and tangles up in the binos when you pull it from a cross-shoulder carry). You can still operate the QR buckles, it just takes two hands.

I emailed RedKettle and they sent me another sling. This is what he ( @7x64 ) said back:

You’re the first user who has managed to break a sling since we launched them in 2019!

Jokes aside, this is not something we want to happen. The buckle is of high quality and rated for a static breaking load of 686 Newton or 70 kg. Which is about 154 lbs.

That’s straight pull in the direction of intended use. So if you pulled at an angle it is the resistance would have been lower.

Some customers have suggested that we make the sling in two pieces, but I wanted it to be single piece as a worst case scenario fall-back.

I suppose a lawyer would argue this kind of thing falls under user error, but that’s not the way I see it. Any customers in the same situation would get a free replacement.

We’ve even replaced a sling for professional hunter who’d worn his firs sling out after daily use over a couple of years.

I’ll get the new one installed an then onward and upaward.

 

[aclawrence]

I've got an old cedar walking stick I made years ago and I love to carry on hiking trips. I used to have a nice set of carbon fiber black diamond trekking poles but apparently I left them at a parking spot one day and they've been gone every since then. The trekking poles are nice since you can take them down and pack them away when you don't want them. There's something special about that old wood stick though. Either one will save your bacon on a creek crossing.

 

[robby denning]

I've got an old cedar walking stick I made years ago and I love to carry on hiking trips. I used to have a nice set of carbon fiber black diamond trekking poles but apparently I left them at a parking spot one day and they've been gone every since then. The trekking poles are nice since you can take them down and pack them away when you don't want them. There's something special about that old wood stick though. Either one will save your bacon on a creek crossing.

I should’a mentioned creek crossings in the article. Thanks!

 

[Happy Antelope]

Sad to see RedKettle close their doors they made a solid product.

 

[robby denning]

Sad to see RedKettle close their doors they made a solid product.

Us too!!!!! Love that sling.

 

[Happy Antelope]

Us too!!!!! Love that sling.

We have about 20 left if anyone needs one? Send me a PM

These things are lite, simple, small and durable.

 

[robby denning]

We have about 20 left if anyone needs one? Send me a PM

These things are lite, simple, small and durable.

Hey, that’s good to know, if anybody wants to get a hold of one of these before they’re gone, here’s your chance.

 

[Happy Antelope]

Hey, that’s good to know, if anybody wants to get a hold of one of these before they’re gone, here’s your chance.

We also have Bino Packs for 59.99 each and Spartan Lite Holsters for 29.99 and regular holsters for 39.99

 

[kolkat53]

I need this.

 

[Yabel]

Love it!!

 

[Happy Antelope]

We have some left!

 

[Callmesb]

Question about "So You Want To Hunt Mule Deer In The West" book that was directed to this thread...

I live in WA, which does not appear on the cover of the book. Will this book be applicable to the terrain/seasons/mule deer here?

Are there other books that can give me a baseline working knowledge of how to best hunt the various seasons here in Washington (High Buck, Modern, Muzzleloader, etc)? Thank you in advance!

 

[robby denning]

Question about "So You Want To Hunt Mule Deer In The West" book that was directed to this thread...

I live in WA, which does not appear on the cover of the book. Will this book be applicable to the terrain/seasons/mule deer here?

Are there other books that can give me a baseline working knowledge of how to best hunt the various seasons here in Washington (High Buck, Modern, Muzzleloader, etc)? Thank you in advance!

I think the book will be applicable to much of Wa, especially Eastern side which is more classical mule deer country.

 

[Callmesb]

I think the book will be applicable to much of Wa, especially Eastern side which is more classical mule deer country.

Buying it now...thanks!