Recent content by camper4lyfe

And this is why I crated this thread. There's SO much info and it very quickly gets overwhelming and confusing.

I don't doubt it. I remember seeing some of the stuff he's made in some past posts. I'm definitely interested in seeing it in person.

We've been getting deer in our back yard around the same time every night for the past week or so. Saturday night when I pulled in the driveway from hunting, I asked my son how many deer he thought were under the apple tree. There weren't any, but they did show up about 10 minutes later. We...

Most likely. I think we were the only ones parked there this weekend lol. I think anyone else we saw came in by the tracks or the bowman’s club (and lord did we see people)

I had no idea. It s semi auto.

50gr seems really light though, no?

That's fair. I'll have to do some off-season research and sort out what works. in it.

I saw the 70gr stuff. I'm surprised, it drops to below 1000 ft-lb before 100yds. I know it's a heavier bullet, but damn. The personal protection one brings up an interesting point. Would defense rounds be appropriate to use?

Fortunately I don't want to go over 80gr. That's too much for my barrel.

I'm definitely overthinking a bit. That's my standard MO when I'm trying something new. In this instance, I really want to be as ethical as I can when hunting, leading to even more overthinking. What I'm finding is that ideally you want about 1000ft-lb of energy at impact, so I'm also...

Lord don't I know it. My youngest was on the crew for the school play, and we had to pick him up from school at 9pm 4 days a week. The number of deer I saw on that drive was insane.

That's my bad. I'll clarify the post. It does kind of feel like I need to develop my own load to find what I'm looking for, though.

I don't reload (yet), so I need an off the shelf solution.

State laws for youth hunters don't allow hunting from an elevated platform. No, it doesn't make sense and even the DEC wants to see the law changed. On the plus side, the blind is WAY warmer than a stand, and more comfortable. But it definitely puts us at a disadvantage from a perspective...

I'm not looking to take super long shots. Maybe 100-150yds max. Where I'm currently setup on a pipeline, it's 45yds across, and my longest shot from that position is just shy of 100 yds. I can't imagine we'll stay there, but probably won't move too far from it either, as we're getting a lot...