I think it's first name was Oscar.
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nice thick & creamy, I'd say!!
Opening day of muzzleloader Saturday. Very nice morning.
There are three of these scrapes within 30 yards of each other. All are on a trail up the hill to the first post. Hard to see but there is one good size hoof print in the scrape.
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I haven't seen open woods like that in years.
I grew up in New Mexico. In the ozarks where I lived these past near forty years there are lots of woods vistas like that. But....I haven't seen open woods like that in years.
When I moved here I though ‘how can any one see any thing?’
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Wow, you can see all the way to the top of the hill!
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Growing up central CT had open mature woods like that. You could dog after a buck all day off season just to see how the reacted.
Behind and to my right it is thicker, lots of briars.
Don
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And I have...on occasion! But the windows are open even though there's a vent in the top!!
Down here on the Sonoran desert one can see mountains 10, 20, 30, miles away if you get up on a knoll.
hanshi
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I love these photos of woodlots. While I have certainly done my share of hunting from elevated stands I don't like heights. So, I use a maximum of 12' to 15' as the absolute. And rabbits always were, IMHO, better than squirrel regardless how they were cooked. But both are tasty. Back in my college days we used a couple of books written by a well known wildlife biologist who died of tularemia. All the rabbits and quite a few squirrels I killed were taken with a pellet rifle. .32 and .36 BP rifles accounted for many squirrels.
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This isnt much to look at, but its the view of the area I hunt. Im in my spot that I killed my doe in last Saturday. The uphill shot is to my right. Ive got at least a 75 yard open view in all directions. I hunt from the ground BTW.
The last picture with the small sapling with the orange tape around it is near where the deer stood when I shot it. Someone else had marked that tree a couple years ago but its just by coincidence thats where the deer stopped. You can see how the foliage changes there. It starts to get very thick past that sapling, and thats where all the deer like to go to hide.
The last picture with the small sapling with the orange tape around it is near where the deer stood when I shot it. Someone else had marked that tree a couple years ago but its just by coincidence thats where the deer stopped. You can see how the foliage changes there. It starts to get very thick past that sapling, and thats where all the deer like to go to hide.
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Crow-Feather
32 Cal.
Might that be a Pedersoli 58 double? I would love to hear how you like it and how well it shoots. I had a double 52 caliber 40 years ago and really loved it,
It’s the Pedersoli Classic double in .12 gauge; I’m slowly falling in love with it. Learning to pattern it. I’ve got it patterned for the area in which I hunt with 10 pellets of 00 buck sitting over lubed fiber cushioned wads cut into thirds over 80 grains of FFG. I’ve also been working on .690” lead round balls patched with lubed .015” patches over a lubed wonder wad over 80 grains FFG. It has a fairly tight bore for a .12 it seems. I’ll never have over a 25 yard shot in this area on a deer, and I’ve let several walk this year that were literally right underneath my stand. Finally I worked up a load for squirrel this year; #7 and #8 shot mix loaded just like the 00 buck. I’m still studying and adjusting. It does have the modern choke tubes. Modified and cylinder bore for 00 buck; cylinder bore for the .690” prb and modified for the bird shot mix.
Crow-Feather
32 Cal.
Sounds about right My pedersoli 10 gauge uses three 36 caliber round balls with a 54 caliber on top of 80 grains of 2f. Best of luck.
Crow , how does your gun pattern the load you mentioned at 30 yards?
Barrel length & choke?
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Barrel length & choke?
Thanks
