cactusjack
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I'm in the same boat. My oldest 4 are done with the youth hunts (youngest being 17 and involved in school stuff). We adopted and I cant wait to take my youngest son hunting. He is 8. He will definitely benefit from them tempering me. I currently take him on hunts where we do not have to sit still or glass for hours. One of the things I have learned is once they get bored, pack it up and do something else. That way he will want to go the next time. My dad loved going to auctions, I went to one when I was 6. I never wanted to go with him again. I've applied that to doing things with my kids. They have a good experience and want to go the next time and the length of their attention span grows.
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"Hold still" "Quit banging sticks/rocks together" ect
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I had the opportunity to go help my niece and 2 nephews hunt last weekend. My 22 year old son went along also. We had a blast. Glassing, hiking, roasting in the sun, camping out, laughing and we even got lucky enough to pack out some deer.
A couple of take aways.
Practice, practice, practice shooting, suppressed if possible.
Dont wait until the day before you are leaving to see if the clothes you bought them last year still fit, they probably wont.
Kids need gaiters, socks full of stickers make hiking and sitting and glassing unbearable
Carry extra headlamps, kids lose them.
Carry extra batteries, some adults forget to check those too.
Carry sunscreen and extra lip balm, kids lose their hats and moms get upset when they see pics of red faced kids.
Carry extra water, kids and adults sometimes forget to check their packs prior to leaving camp.
Treking poles save knees, more for old guys than kids.
A lightweight tarp makes glassing nicer, another use for those treking poles
So does a can of bug repellent.
Tripods and binos for all, kids involved in finding their deer feel like they are part of the hunt.
Buy all the snacks and soda their mom's do not let them have at home.
Pack more ice and ice chests than you think you might need.
Relax and let them have fun and send pictures of them having fun to their moms.
Now some pics......
I have handed down my kids old hunting clothes to them. It makes me happy to see them wearing them and takes me back to the days my kids went with me on youth hunts. Really the best of times.
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I heard that this gun saved a guy's life when he was out grizzly hunting. He was out with his brother-in-law and they were attacked by the angry bear. He whipped out his 22 short and shot his brother-in-law in the knee and was able to get away safely. Quality weapon, imo.
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DPR64 is selling a great 243 in a chassis
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I shot my buddies 300 this last week to check his zero. I shot it 2 times and will never shoot it again. I put a suppressor on all my rifles a long time ago. Those 2 rounds confirmed his zero and my hate for recoil. My shoulder ached for 2 days. In my defense my shoulders are being held together with the finest anchors the VA could afford.
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you gotta do a Cost Benefit Analysis
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This morning in downtown Phoenix I was mugged. I drew my concealed carry Glock 19 and unloaded 12 rounds into the mugger. I then remembered I only had 50 dollars in my wallet. I should have let him have the wallet.
to avoid any confusion, this is a joke. Id prob never shoot 12 rounds, 3 at the most.
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Sorry for your loss. I lost my father last December.
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great question. Following.
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Mr Silencer had both in stock yesterday. He is in Mesa
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like Chef said, sock liners are the key, for my feet anyway. I go with the silk ones from REI. Since I started wearing them, I haven't had any hotspots or blisters. They make me feel pretty too.
I wear a thinner main sock too.
Leukotape is an essential backpack item
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1894 25-35
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I just found ammo for a rifle I'm getting from my uncle but I need dies to fully enjoy shooting it. It is a long shot, but who knows, someone on here might have them and want to make a quick 2 dollars. I found new ones and might be forced to go that route. I have some reloading products that I could swap if interested.
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Ammo got here! Next trip is going to be great
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Covers do server several purposes. Heat related. 1, For handling. They can burn you or melt your case. 2, Shielding heat that makes heat wave distortion.
3. They look cool.
I use them on my Ar15/M16 and Sten but not on my hunting rifles. Extra weight.
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your message box is full. I have some, but live in Chandler.
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I dont need it, but if someone else doesn't I can buy it.
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do you have any pictures of it next to a stream, cooking fresh trout over a campfire, that you could post? 🤣
Great looking setup, Good luck with the sale, someone should jump all over this.
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My 2 boxes of ammo are scheduled to arrive on Monday. In the next 2 weeks I will be letting lead fly.
My uncle is not doing well and he enjoys shooting his old toys. I hope keep shooting his rifles for years to come. Im putting in for Spring Javelina, I want to get one with the 25-20.
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will the green laser burn out retinas? Can you set it to stun?
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I spent the day yesterday with my uncle and rummage through his collection of lever guns. I ordered 2 boxes of ammo for his 38-55 . Next trip down we are having a lever only day.
Yesterday I shot my 1892 25-20. I will take it next time along with my 32-20 and my 25-35. He has a 32spl and about 6 other crazy cool rifles I'm dying to shoot.
I wish I would have filmed yesterday, but next trip I will.
I just wanted to say, I love old lever guns. That is all.
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Youth Hunt with niece and nephews
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Update, we had a 4th tag. My nephew that recently tore his ACL, and has surgery next week opted out of the hunt until he saw the results of his brother's, sister's and cousin's deer. It is his last year to hunt as a youth. Im glad he changed his mind. I wasn't able to go out with them but they changed tactics and chased mulies. Success, although his choice of headgear is suspect.
I'm proud of how hard all these kids worked. I was talking to my oldest son about hunting Coues in Az compared to my hunting Nebraska Whitetail in my Air Force days, and how different the hunts are. The hardest part in tree stand hunting for me was getting permission, picking a good spot, and sitting still for hours on end without falling asleep or falling out of the tree. In my opinion you don't hunt Coues as a meat hunter, a desert Coues hunt tests your mettle. Sure it's delicious and we enjoy it, but the price per pound is ridiculous. We talked about the quote by JFK about going to the moon, and as cheesy as it sounds I feel it applies. Switch Moon with Hunt Coues....
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills.”