Recent content by ImBillT
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Is a custom rifle worth it
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Is a custom rifle worth it
While completely true, it’s hard to learn to shoot “custom rifle accuracy” by shooting a garbage gun loaded with garbage ammo. Many of today’s higher end factory rifles and some companies that produce almost custom products have definitely narrowed the gap substantially. Even a lot of the lower... -
USPS
Seems like Musk would likely have applauded you whether he is drugged out or sober.- ImBillT
- Post #174
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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USPS
Similar and I’m not particularly rural. USPS is dramatically better for me than UPS or FedEx. Although, my PO Box is in a town 12 miles away. The post office in my town is rarely open, and unreliable, so I rent a box in a larger town that I drive through most days anyway. I don’t mind. The...- ImBillT
- Post #173
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Can your hunting rights be bought?
I don’t think there is a number where I would stop hunting, but there may be tags I would sell for $2000. I drew a very mediocre mule deer tag this year. Somewhat illogically, I would not have sold it for $2000. I might have thought it over, but I think I’d have kept it. Now for the illogical...- ImBillT
- Post #87
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Cementum aged critters - Let’s see them..
I wish I had something worth posting. I know most areas get results that appear, and likely are, accurate, but I sent 5-6 mule deer in with @npaden, and got unreliable results. I didn’t have anything very old, so it would be hard to miss by a lot of years, but the deer that were clearly on the...- ImBillT
- Post #252
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Cementum aged critters - Let’s see them..
I could get on board with 3.5 in the pictures, but even then, he didn’t grow a ton between when you killed him and those pictures, which makes me think you could almost talk me into him being 4.5 in the pictures. He sure isn’t 1.5 in those pics. Or even 2.5.- ImBillT
- Post #251
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Which one would you shoot?
B and ac look great, but they also look like they have amazing potential later. E looks great! A looks old! With a bow I’d have a hard time passing any of them. -
Massive forky muleys pic thread
Had a hard time talking my dad into one that looked just like this one Wednesday. He said he’d shoot him so I could have the meat, but I didn’t want him to shoot it if he didn’t actually want it. He said he didn’t really want such an ugly deer. My dad only likes beautiful symmetric typicals. I... -
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.223 Fur Friendly Loads
My 12 twist 223AI was toast before they came out. They won’t shoot at all in my 14 twist 223AI or 12 twist 222. They shoot great from my buddy’s 12 twist 223AI, but, no, I never shot one on an animal. I’m surprised Hornady didn’t put anything on the label. That is a very long bullet for 53gr...- ImBillT
- Post #27
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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.223 Fur Friendly Loads
50gr Nosler BT’s @2900 from my .222 were excellent on fur. They always got in before damaging hide, and never exited. The only exceptions I had were hitting low. A leg bone would open it up, then it would exit the leg and wreck the hide on the chest. Hornady’s tended to blow early. Higher...- ImBillT
- Post #25
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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2025 Colorado Bighorn Sheep Hunt
I’m as surprised as you are that the first shot didn’t put him down. I’ve had two deer, one mine, and one my wife’s, where the hit was above the lungs, and below the spine, but the deer died instantly anyway. I assume it’s a disruption of the spinal column. I guess the “temporary wound cavity”...- ImBillT
- Post #304
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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2025 Colorado Bighorn Sheep Hunt
Patience seems to pay off more than I expect, over and over, but man I’d be in a hurry. He doesn’t sound dead, and if he manages any sort of recovery, I’d think he would want to be a very long way from where he just got shot. But again, patience seems to pay when I think it won’t, and rushing...- ImBillT
- Post #172
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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2025 Colorado Bighorn Sheep Hunt
No way I’d be able to sleep tonight! I’m not sure I could have held back and not made a move, but after archery hunting for a few years now, I’d say that I’ve learned that patience pays off more than I thought it would. I’ve always been one to make the most of the opportunity at hand rather than...- ImBillT
- Post #142
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
