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    New here

    Rifles nearly all. I started handloading for my .308 soon after I got it. My first buck was killed with one of my own handloads. .308, .30-06, 7mm Mauser, 7mm Rem Mag, .25-06, .243, .22/250, and.223. That’s what I have dies for. When I buy a new rifle, I buy dies, powder, and bullets in one...
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    Any Remington 788 fans here?

    I heard of that on the 700s, but not on the 788. But the only safety you can EVER count on is the one between your ears. I had a Charles Daly trap gun, single shot. One time at a shoot it went off when I closed it up into the ground!😳 The next day, I went to the gunsmith. He replaced a trigger...
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    Albino, Piebald, Melanistic Deer

    😄 Your neck must be red too! It truly sucks being an analog man in a digital world!🤬 And that freaking edit wasn’t there before. Must be a time delay? It’s been my experience that deer are funny critters. I’ve seen some drop stone dead at a non fatal shot, and others that oughta been a bang/flop...
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    Albino, Piebald, Melanistic Deer

    God dang it. That should say bow hunter!🤬 Freaking auto correct! Is there a way to edit post? I know what the heck I wrote, so I’m not anal about proof reading!
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    Albino, Piebald, Melanistic Deer

    Piebalds aren’t as rare as you might think. Estimates are 1 to 2% are piebald. I lost count of how many I’ve seen in separate areas. Albinos are much more rare. Approximately one in every 10000, or .0001%. Melanistic are dang near the holy grail of the Bambi world. One in 500,000. I’ll let you...
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    Best friend is close to losing his Father

    There’s a quote by George Washington that talks about this. “As I age, I find that God is loosening the ties that bind me into this world. And He’s tying them into the next”! I’m not sure if the quote is correct, but I sure do understand the sentiment! Please pass on to your friend and his Dad...
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    Sorta curious. A few honest questions for the membership

    I joined the Campfire in February of 01. We had just got our first computer at Christmas in 2000. Me son was 14 at the time and he got me to join there! Now if I had a computer with a kid using it, I would have that site blocked. It’s not for teenagers or ladies! I can understand trolling to a...
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    Sorta curious. A few honest questions for the membership

    Not so much questions as a late night rant!😄 Sorry ‘bout that!
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    Sorta curious. A few honest questions for the membership

    I fairly knew to this forum. I had been a member of the 24hrcampfire since the beginning. Over 25 years. Used to be that we were all friends, and could discuss personal topics without fear of reprisal. Evidently the webmaster over there has decided he’s made enough money from it. He has in the...
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    Any Remington 788 fans here?

    My first rifle is a 788 in .308. Bought used in 1977 when I turned 12. Started hand loading for it when I was 14, and used it until I joined the Army when I was 19. My Old Man started using it and fell in love with it. When I got out in 1989, I bought myself a new Ruger M77 in .30-06. The .308...
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    An oldy but a goody

    Fellow was out stalking squirrels. As he snuck along, he spotted another squirrel hunter, snoozing with his back to a tree, hat pulled down over his face. He had 5 dead bushy tails laying beside him, all battered around the head. No gun visible he figured the guy musta clubbed them, but didn’t...
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    The loss of my father

    You’ll have my prayers and you’ve got my condolences. Also a congratulations are in order. A life well lived and a friend to be missed. PTRN
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    Hunting/Outdoors Mentor Misses

    😎 Yep. He was 88 when he died in 2010, and still active. I drug his last buck (a 7 point) out when he was 87! Thats another notch for that .308 I mentioned in another post.😎 Both of them (brother Dave) are on “that Big Mountain” that he always spoke of hunting someday.😎 So’s my “Uncle Bud” who...
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    New here

    Which on of you guys is the reason they had to put this sign up???😀
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    Hunting/Outdoors Mentor Misses

    Is there an edit function on this board? My fat thumbs and auto correct are constantly changing what I thought I had written!🤬
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    Hunting/Outdoors Mentor Misses

    My main mentor was my Old Man. Dad was pretty old school, only used a 336 Marlin in .30/30 for deer. He had an old 870 in 16 gauge for bunnies. Both bought used in 1946 when he returned from Europe and WW2. Dave was my older brother. He was a gun nut too, and he thought me to handload for...
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    New here

    I figured it oughta be a great place for waterfowl, but never got into it myself. I’m more tuned to rifles and handloading to ring out the best accuracy. I did shoot trap for a while. Not competitive, but for giggles. I quit when my partner, “Uncle Bud” hung it up. He was a disabled Vietnam...
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    New here

    ES I Take it is Eastern Shore? We drove through there back inthe ‘80s headed for Chinquoteage in Virginia. Saw the ponies swim across the channel. I was 15. Never hinted outside PA though. Whitetails and small game. Bunnies with a dog and squirrels with a tack driving .22 Magnum. Also dabble...
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    "Modern" hunting rifles, hunts with Dad, and today's realities

    My Old Man had a 336 Marlin in .30/30. He had bought a .30-06 in a Remington 760, but he didn’t like it and went back to the Marlin, My first rifle was a used Remington 788 in .308. I used it from age 12 until I joined the Army at 19 years old. It killed me to misss hunting season, and I called...
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    Extra Stupid Window Stickers

    Best I’ve seen has an AR/15 and says “If you’re looking for a safe space, get behind me. I’m an armed American!” PTRN

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