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    Realistic Field Shooting

    If someone has an inkling to expand their skills here are a few things to try. 1. Shoot small bore silhouette. It's offhand and .22 out to 100 meters. 2. Shoot high power silhouette. Centerfire rifle calibers (no magnums) out to 500 meters. 3. Take your deer rifle and jump shoot jackrabbits. 4. Learn how to predator call for coyotes. Don't use a bipod to shoot from. Nothing like shooting a moving target offhand. Learn the habits and reactions of coyotes when they are coming into a call and what they do when they bust you. No reason to limit yourselves to what makes you comfortable with a rifle.
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    Son got it done again.

    Pretty Bull, congrats all around.
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    UPDATES

    It's worth being picky and holding out. Good Luck Sean.
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    Tred Barta

    Tred just passed away in an auto accident in Canada. Not a lot of details but I know for the last month or so he had an RV and had traveled to Alaska. Heck of a fisherman, hunter and all around good guy who managed to never give up no matter what cards he was delt. He is outta pain now and if there is a here after I know he is sitting around the campfire with people like Bear, Ruark, Learner and a slew of others.
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    Realistic Field Shooting

    Practice makes perfect.
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    Realistic Field Shooting

    "We all have to know our limitations". Some people don't know what they don't know and it seems like you ran across shooters than hunters. Each person comes up different. If there was a school for people who didn't grow up hunting that would be great. In the old days I would write a mail order course on this very subject, with steps. It's interesting to read the comments and see how others have achieved their current level. Coach, websites like this, Long Range Hunting and the fad of 1,200 yard MOA groups take a novice from 0 to 200MPH in the blink of an eye which is good but sometimes leads to limited skills and that is on the person behind the trigger.
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    Rut Activity

    It just takes one bull to start feeling his oats and the others respond accordingly.
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    SPF

    Sweet Deal.
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    9/12 FISHING REPORT

    They revamped the Fishing Report about two years ago to what it is now, which is basically people calling in and giving a report when they catch something.
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    Applications for 2020 spring hunts now being accepted

    Didn't realize Regs were out but thanks.
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    300 Win Mag hunting loads

    I used the Trophy Bonded in my 22-250 and they worked great at 30 yards and 225 yards on a doe hunt with my two kids around 2000.
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    300 Win Mag hunting loads

    I will say that the 168 HVLD in my 7Mag put a fist sized whole in the neck of a Coues I shot in January at 225 yards. So I would almost welcome a bullet with a thicker jacket. The same load Goldfinger used on his Elk at almost 3X's the distance also was pretty explosive.
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    Unit 10 my beautiful blessing

    That's a sweet buck Ernesto. One step closer to the AZ Big 10.
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    Rut Activity

    Heard this guy a few times Saturday night. 20190907_132202.mp4
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    300 Win Mag hunting loads

    I'm sure he is looking for load data. It's a versatile round so my question to the OP is what game are you looking to shoot? I always loaded different weight bullets in my 300 depending on what the quarry was.
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    36B

    Could have happened anywhere. But did you report it?
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    Walmart ends all handgun ammunition

    So, should they not pay the ammo company who sold it, the vendor who delivered it, the employee who put it on the shelf? So tell me. Just where does that loss get absorbed in the business? Raise the price on tomatoes $.20 a pound for six months?
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    Dive Boat Incident

    The wheels at NFPA move slow. I'm not a maritime warrior but the crews on these boats just give the passengers a very quick rundown on the safety procedures. You can expect to see some big changes as to what systems are on boats.
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    Dive Boat Incident

    I'm sure many of you have read of this by now. It strikes home for me as over the 4th my son and I spent three nights fishing on a boat with the same dimensions. Our bunks were just below the hatch by the bow so we had a possible escape route but there wasn't any instruction on how to use it. Really makes you wonder why it seems that nobody made it out from below deck or if there was any fire suppression system in there. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/04/california-dive-boat-fire-33-bodies-recovered-1-still-missing.html
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    Dive Boat Incident

    I read that they believe it started in the galley. Also the owners filed a lawsuit to avoid liability under a law that dates back to 1851. Looking at the boat it looks identical to the one I fished on in July. https://www.foxnews.com/us/conception-dive-boat-owners-lawsuit-liability-rescue-attempts
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    Savage 260 rem ackley improved

    If you haven't already done so I would suggest putting it on Savage Shooters Forum.
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    Larry Willis Collet Die

    I'm not a fan of bumping the shoulder back on belted magnums, would rather neck size on a bolt gun. Dis you check case length to see how much they stretched and if they need trimming?
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    Larry Willis Collet Die

    How many times have they been reloaded and are you bumping the shoulder back too much?
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    SOLD

    Yes it is.
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