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    What are you currently reading?

    I am a bit of a completist, so I will find an author or a series and read it from oldest to newest. Problem is, I have caught up to current on most of my authors so I have to wait 12 months for the next installment. I just started reading The Deep Blue Good-by written by John MacDonald. It was...
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    As they lay

    Doubled up on a couple shotgun turkey tags.
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    Ben's semi-live 2025 hunt thread

    I had been hunting from the ground but I felt like there was too much undergrowth for me to maximize the range I could get with my shotgun. So I hiked back out to my truck and got my saddle, platform and climbing sticks. I was afraid that being up in a tree would make me more visible to turkeys...
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    Ben's semi-live 2025 hunt thread

    I played it safe Saturday morning and was about 200 yards north of the woods in the corner of the corner field at legal shooting light. I didn't want to be stumbling around in the woods causing the turkeys to fly down and scramble away. I heard someone to the north running a coyote call and then...
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    Ben's semi-live 2025 hunt thread

    Tomorrow is the first day I can hunt my fall shotgun turkey tag. I was originally planning on just hunting until noon, but the marching band competition for tomorrow evening has been cancelled due to bad weather. That allows me a little more leeway in terms of having to get back home. Of course...
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    Early fall Dakota Fun

    Are you in North Dakota or South Dakota? Great buck by the way.
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    price check Remington 870 wingmasters

    It is definitely worth more as a set. There is probably not another set like that anywhere. Name your price and don't sell unless you get it.
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    Ben's semi-live 2025 hunt thread

    I had to help out at the high school homecoming football game Friday night. My daughter is in the marching band and they performed at halftime. Just before the game started I got a bunch of pictures of a nice 8 point buck. I had already planned to hunt that spot on Saturday, so this made me...
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    Ben's semi-live 2025 hunt thread

    I went out west to hunt on Sunday at some public ground. I have hunted this area off and on over the years and took a turkey there in the spring. I have had a game camera out there, but it was not in a good spot and I thought about moving it. I didn't expect to see much if anything, but I...
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    Ben's semi-live 2025 hunt thread

    My first opportunity to hunt with my bow will be this Sunday. It is going to be a high of 83 or something like that. Not sure if it is worth going out. I have limited hunting time, so I feel like I need to take advantage of it, but I don't feel very likely to see much. Basically just a scouting...
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    Woodworking Hunt Talkers?

    We have recently gotten in to puzzles. But we discovered that we have to do them fast and then put them away or the cats will destroy/scatter them. So I decided to build a puzzle board. I looked at a lot of online resources and then kind of went my own way with a design. It's not terribly...
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    How big of a roll does hunting play in your life?

    Hunting is probably one of maybe 6 pillars of my existence. I can't put that many days into as some, but I do have my eye out for any and every opportunity to get out to the woods. I might be able to grab some more days in a few years when my youngest graduates from High School.
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    Woodworking Hunt Talkers?

    We play a lot of Euchre and we have some trouble keeping track of the trump suit. So I made a box that holds a deck of cards and can be used to mark the suit. The first one I made ended up going with my daughter to college a few weeks ago. So I made a couple more. One is going in my wife's...
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    What made this bow so great?

    My first, and current, bow is a RealmX, which came out just a couple years after the Reign 6. I would agree with the impression that it is just incredibly comfortable. I also shot a Hoyt and an Elite and it was hands down the best feeling bow. I have never shot a Reign 6, but I would bet that...
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    phone case recommendations

    For 13 years I have been using LifeProof Fre cases for my iPhone. They are very good at protecting the phone and they are waterproof. I have dropped my phone, fumbled my phone and in attempting to catch it ended up swatting the phone down the stairs with extra force, etc. I have never had any...
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