Recent content by camper4lyfe

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...

I'm not a fan of head/neck shots. The margin for error is just too small. I'm coming at shot placement with an archery mindset. I need/want broadside/quartering away shots, and not trying to blow through a shoulder.

I want to use my .223 to deer hunt, and I'm having a really hard time sorting out what's what, and what's ok to use and what's not. The barrel has a 1:8 twist, which as gest I can tell, I can use up to ~80 grain bullets (and I want to go with the heaviest bullet I can for energy reasons). I'm...

No venison in the freezer yet, and my son is starting to get discouraged. We've seen deer every time we've been out (nearly a dozen each time), which is a huge bonus, but lately they've all been behind our blind in the woods, not in front of us in the clearing. He's really annoyed with the...

I got access to land on Papermill and Agar. We got a late start, so I found a spot and threw up a blind and we're just crossing our fingers. We did have a buck and doe come check us out while we were setting up a couple weeks ago, so I hope that's a good sign for us. I'm hopeful that next...

My oldest (12 years hold, his first year hunting) got invited on a duck hunt a couple weeks ago. He was happy as a pig in shit. It was awesome seeing his trap skills transfer over to hunting. Now, I just need to figure out where I can take him duck hunting again that doesn't require a boat or...

Do me a solid and kick a couple of those a bit farther south for me. I'm going to be over on Wadsworth property this year with my kid and really hoping to see something for his first year hunting.