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2026 Garden
Looking good. I still have 3 cabbages I haven't cut and the current warm spell has some more broccoli trying to fill out. It might last long enough to get a few decent heads. Starting to look toward spring and make a game plan.- np307
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Nothing wrong with limiting yourself on shots based on what you're comfortable with. You might do a little more reading on neck shot placement before you write it off completely. If the deer was facing you straight on, you could have also taken a frontal shot and been in the boiler room. One... -
Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
The picture on the box of the eldx is misleading. It looks like its not mushrooming at higher velocity but thats because it's fragmenting. Usually at least partial jacket separation which produces a wider wound channel than a mushroom. You hit below the spine and I highly doubt the 06 would've... -
Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Congrats on a nice buck from another NC public land hunter. Neck shots in general are a somewhat depated subject but not nearly as much as a headshot. The typical neck shot scenario though is more toward the base of the neck and the objective is to shut down the central nervous system by... -
Live from the cutover - The 4th Annual Poor Boys and Girls Public Land Hunt Club New Year's Day Deer Drive
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Live from the cutover - The 4th Annual Poor Boys and Girls Public Land Hunt Club New Year's Day Deer Drive
We had a fun day. True to tradition we did not kill any deer. I did, however, find a really big turtle shell. Its a good thing I'm not a gambler because I would've bet every last dime the last 2 areas we pushed through would've had deer in them. Perfect bedding area and you could see beds there... -
Live from the cutover - The 4th Annual Poor Boys and Girls Public Land Hunt Club New Year's Day Deer Drive
Ahead of schedule. I'm the first pusher. Waiting for the in-position call. -
Live from the cutover - The 4th Annual Poor Boys and Girls Public Land Hunt Club New Year's Day Deer Drive
Its that time again. January 1 is the end of our deer season here in NC and for a few years now me and a buddy have been doing a man drive to close the season out. We're yet to put a deer down but we have seen a couple. Last year we had 5 people and this year we have 8. We're going to hunt the... -
Canning quality
It can be helpful to understand why water bath canning isn't considered safe for low acid foods. Botulism needs anaerobic, low-oxygen environments to grow. Keep in mind that it is one of the most deadly natural occurring substances known to man. Even a nonfatal experience with it can severely...- np307
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- Forum: Recipes and Wild Game Cooking
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Adventures with a very green hunter
I don't remember where I read the adage. I've never had a hunting dog, though I have been interested in a squirrel dog at some point. Somewhere along the way, though, I came across the saying: "When you're training a squirrel dog, you have to decide whether you want to train the dog or hunt...- np307
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2025 gear game changer- wows!
First year hunting with a suppressor on a big game rifle. I'll never go back. Amazing how much more detail you can notice after the shot with one.- np307
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- Forum: Gear, Gear Deals & Gear Talk
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Eating Eurasian Collared Doves
Disappointed. I thought ol Tom Terrific was back.- np307
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- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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Metalworking Hunttalkers!
Just have to build the ladder and the railing but all the welding is done at this point. Pretty happy with it. This is the mock up to make sure everything was going to work.- np307
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Metalworking Hunttalkers!
Took a risk on the weather with some fast setting concrete and it did not work well at all. I dont think itll matter until I can address it for a long term solution though. Anyway, here's the result after day 1 of welding stuff up. Still have the platform for the slide to build and some gussets...- np307
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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As they lay
First deer my boy has been able to see while we were hunting.- np307
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Metalworking Hunttalkers!
Well I got a call yesterday from a buddy who works at a transmission shop. They had a clutch drum with a cracked weld and the replacement part from GM was unusable due to a bad weld (looked like the robot didn't have any argon). So he asked if I could take care of it. Did that this morning and...- np307
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RIP Greg Biffle
Sad deal. About an hour away from me. He helped fly relief supplies up into the mountains during the hurricane Helene aftermath. You never know when its your time to go.- np307
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Wyoming cow today
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Afraid of the dark??
I didnt start hunting until college. At first there was definitely some fear of animals but probably more so a fear of getting lost. Over time, both of those kind of faded. Fear of animals faded as I learned how animals behave and fear of getting lost faded as I became more comfortable with GPS...- np307
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How do you interpret this?
I mean, you've obviously figured out how to use the internet since you're posting here. Surely you aren't so naive as to think all 50 states have the same firearms laws?- np307
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