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Same here. I use electrical tape. I also use it on my unmentionables as well. Bob

This. Exactly this. A bucks patterns will shift often in response to competition, available mast, and the doe population. It is always best to strike when the opportunity presents itself. Bob

I would love to earn your secret. For me it is using milk week and watching where the thermals take my scent. IIRC Martins makes a 10% concentration is water based. Try Agway, Tractor Supply and the like in your area. Good hunting. Bob

Don’t think be sure. It is a pesticide. Make sure that you keep it off your skin as it is absorbed through the skin. I have been using the petroleum based for decades without an issue. I don’t care what you do you will never beat a deers nose. Hunt the wind and don’t worry about it. After I...

That’s exactly what I have done and would do. If it didn’t work the first time I woul try it a couple more times before I resorted to a ball puller. If you have to resort to a ball puller use a good range rod with a T handle and hook the handle on something that isn’t going to move and pull...

Without a doubt it will happen again….But it won’t happen again because I let myself get interrupted.😆😆😆 Murphy always sneaks up when you least expect him. Bob

The Ultimate Guide to Black Bear Hunting by Douglas Boze is a good book on calling bears and hunting western bears. Bob

Stunning 🤩 Bob

Welcome neighbor. Bob

This. The only time, so far, that I dryballed I removed the nipple, dribbled a few grains of powder into the bolster, replaced the nipple, and shot it out. I dryballed because I let someone interrupt me during the reloading process and missed a step in the process when I went back and finished...

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Beautiful rifle. What wood is your stock?

Mine can yesterday as well. Bob

Fun books to read for pleasure.

I don’t have anything to offer but very interested in where this thread goes. Thanks, Bob

Stunning rifle. Can you tell me where you got that insert you used on the top of the writs? Thanks, Bob

Welcome aboard fellow New Englander.

An interesting read on his barrel markings. Bob https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=8007.0

True. Proper shot selection is the hunters job.

This. Shooting a deer in the brachial plexus will drop it in its tracks and is my shot of choice when possible with a firearm. Bob Deer and Deer Hunting did a good article on this in 2017: https://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/content/blogs/drop-a-deer-in-its-tracks