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My last coues was the stud of 15 bucks within a mile of each other, right in the mix with cattle and heavy machinery operating the day I pulled the trigger. Food, shelter, water. I wouldn't write off any habitat until you've glassed it hard. They don't move enough to not use summer intel, they just move less during the day.

I've seen roadrunners cleaning up on the golf courses. The only thing I don't like about the bird.

In a world where the gov wants chips in all vehicles, this may just be the outdoorsman's steal of the 21st century! GLWS.

Sure is nice to see someone "bump" something "up" "to the top" with actual price drops instead of re-pushing the same overpriced item(s) for pages. GLWS.

Anything is a start. It is too bad my crazy idea would never work. It will be easy for this audience to blow holes in an elevator version here, but.. Similar to how they attempted assigning special tags to bison on the north rim, assign specialized individuals (like highly competent hunters, with training, who would do it for free) infertility dart equipment to go out and non-lethally/morbidly "tag" every feral horse they can on the landscape. I'm sure government officials would be needed for risk purpose. Logistics and politics aside, the idea is to meet the horse folk in the middle, and let the existing animals live out there days but perpetually manage the herd to reduce the population to near/zero, where it needs to be. I just don't see killing them to be a realistic, viable option with such emotional public support to their existence.

Post error, GLWS Sam!

Dang, thanks, I couldn't get it to remove the hazmat.

Nice deal. Is there a promo code for the no hazmat over 150? Thanks.

I don't see many, if any "liberal whimps" in this conservation. Curious, who are you directing this insult at, specifically?

I bet my wife these would be up within a week, not the kind of "winning" I'd hoped for.

I stand by my quoted post but credit where due, customer service was noticeably better and the quality of the mounts was everything I paid for with just over 1-year turnaround. I continue to be impressed with Mogollon's work and can't imagine giving anyone else future projects.

Very similar knothead, but 20 instead of 30 years so far. I chickened out on my sheep hunt. While practicing and shooting the greatest archery of my life, I intentionally left my bow in the truck and grabbed a rifle the day (2) I went after my target ram. He ended up coming below me 80 yards as scouting predicted he may. Shooting him with a rifle that close was bittersweet. I will never know if I'm a chump or if my decision was commendable, but I was terrified of wounding a true trophy animal and having him lost or run on inaccessible (YPG) lands. I'll try to stay off a high horse but I hate seeing wounded animals and wish shooting and as much real-world prep for the shot as possible was trendy. Critter numbers are declining behind my upgrading optics and experience.

Good luck, OP.

Call me today, pretty sure I've got a pound of H4350 for you buddy. Edit- I have extra 1lb H1000 and H4895, not H4350. Sorry.

Great job, Dad! Kent Fasteel is good stuff and tough to beat for straight steel. If you stick with any steel, go up to size 2 at least, 1s may be good, BB may not carry enough pellets for the 20g. A box of each, patterned on a board at 40 yards may decide for you. BB is also unnecessary for anything smaller than fat migrating mallards. 4s don't quite do it unless shooting specificly teal or head shots. I personally use 2s on an average day and lead the bird so much that I miss forward completely or get those pellets in the head. One consideration if you are willing to spend a little money, roll your own steel/TSS "duplex" loads. You can turn that 20 into 12g effectiveness or beyond with TSS. Or lastly, try bismuth off the shelf, more weight in the pellet lends to smaller shot sizes and more pellets in the load. Genuinely, those are mergansers and are as bad as a coot for table fare, maybe just keep that in consideration (basically every other species of duck and goose tastes better). Send me a pm if you want to get into decoying birds, there isn't much better than that!