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- March 28th, 2024, 1:12 pm
- Forum: Small Bore
- Topic: 410 vs 20ga youth starter gun
- Replies: 16
- Views: 559
Re: 410 vs 20ga youth starter gun
My uncle who was 85 when he died this past fall was a major league pitcher and had been instructed by Lucky McDaniel as part of Spring Training for hand-to-eye coordination for batting and throwing while playing baseball. My uncle always had a sightless BB gun on hand and up until his death could h...
- March 28th, 2024, 1:09 pm
- Forum: Small Bore
- Topic: 410 vs 20ga youth starter gun
- Replies: 16
- Views: 559
Re: 410 vs 20ga youth starter gun
4 years ago I had customized a Yildiz single-shot .410 with red dot for a late buddy. The gun weighed 3.25 lbs. and I loaded some 13/16 oz. sub sonic loads of #9 for him. His son called me this week to tell me he cut 2" off the stock and took his two sons, 6 and 11, for the youth opener. His 6 ...
- March 26th, 2024, 6:33 am
- Forum: Gun Talk
- Topic: YouTube red dot sight in
- Replies: 8
- Views: 272
Re: YouTube red dot sight in
Excellent video of the "One Shot Zero" technique. I prefer setting up for 40 rather than 30, but their point is made. Dave Owen has a video but this one is better because Dave takes the gun off the stand to make "click" adjustments. Gil
- March 26th, 2024, 5:42 am
- Forum: Hunt Strategies
- Topic: Number 1 hunting tip
- Replies: 50
- Views: 44807
Re: Number 1 hunting tip
Use a compass to course the bird, especially in the dark. If he shuts up, you still know the direction. Side stepping thickets, water, etc. can get you off direction, but the compass will show the way. Gil
- March 26th, 2024, 5:42 am
- Forum: Hunt Strategies
- Topic: Number 1 hunting tip
- Replies: 50
- Views: 44807
Re: Number 1 hunting tip
Use a compass to course the bird, especially in the dark. If he shuts up, you still know the direction. Side stepping thickets, water, etc. can get you off direction, but the compass will show the way. Gil
- March 25th, 2024, 2:34 pm
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Permethrin
- Replies: 15
- Views: 555
Re: Permethrin
I spray clothes with Sawyers' once a season for turkeys and once during quail and woodcock season. There's some bad stuff in some tick bites. I know a woman who was in intensive care due to a bite. B-I-L has Lyme's disease contracted from a tick while working on a Georgia barrier island. Gil
- March 23rd, 2024, 4:14 pm
- Forum: Hunt Strategies
- Topic: Shooting doubles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 243
Re: Shooting doubles
Several states have made it easy when one hunter is faced with two birds. One only. Gil
- March 23rd, 2024, 9:02 am
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Turkey Hunting Public Land
- Replies: 15
- Views: 676
Re: Turkey Hunting Public Land
I can't think of a better way to get shot than to sneak in closer to a bird you think someone else is after. Gil
- March 21st, 2024, 5:17 pm
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: It's just not fair
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1217
Re: It's just not fair
Years ago I was invited by a friend to hunt an area I'd never been before on private land. Sure enough, I heard the gobble and he answered. I then heard a grinding, rattling mechanical noise behind me at about 100 years. I was between the noise and the gobbler. Shortly after the grinding stopped, th...
- March 19th, 2024, 10:33 am
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Alabama Public Land
- Replies: 8
- Views: 389
Re: Alabama Public Land
Why use boot leather when it's easier to cyberscout?
- March 15th, 2024, 4:40 pm
- Forum: Gun Talk
- Topic: Osc for a knight tk
- Replies: 9
- Views: 310
Re: Osc for a knight tk
You aren't concerned about the foam (plastic) fouling the bore??
- March 9th, 2024, 11:14 am
- Forum: Small Bore
- Topic: Burris Fastfire 3
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1055
Re: Burris Fastfire 3
I have both 3 and 8 moa. Makes no difference to me. Last week I sent the below to a friend who just mounted an FF3 and he asked me how I zero: Here’s how I do it: Buy a roll of construction paper from Home Depot. Attach a piece covering a real estate banjo sign which can be harvested at night in fro...
- March 6th, 2024, 6:28 am
- Forum: Fox Trot Ammo
- Topic: 46TEN youtube pattern testing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 214
Re: 46TEN youtube pattern testing
Thorough "show and tell" about the quality of Fox Trot--outstanding. Gil
- March 5th, 2024, 5:43 am
- Forum: Gun Talk
- Topic: TSS in older guns?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 274
Re: TSS in older guns?
While a Stevens may be a family heirloom with sentimental value, unless it is in fine close to unused condition, its value to a collector would not be in the same range as a Parker or LC Smith in American made vintage doubles. If it is old, the wood be more fragile than newer wood and while I wouldn...
- March 3rd, 2024, 7:25 am
- Forum: Gun Talk
- Topic: RMR out of elevation/windage
- Replies: 8
- Views: 276
Re: RMR out of elevation/windage
Have you eliminated the possibility that it is the rail at fault? Factory installed on what gun? Gil
- February 26th, 2024, 2:48 pm
- Forum: Gun Talk
- Topic: Advice on setting up a muzzle loading shotgun
- Replies: 14
- Views: 433
Re: Advice on setting up a muzzle loading shotgun
Over the years there have been several authors that posted info on their muzzle loaders. Can't recall names but one fellow made some beautiful guns and he gave some loading info using tss if I recall correctly.
- February 20th, 2024, 9:46 am
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Thoughts on a 4Runner
- Replies: 14
- Views: 576
Re: Thoughts on a 4Runner
You forgot to mention that the Lexus is probably 20 thousand more. If you reread what I said was contrary to what you wrote. Not that long ago a used 4R was higher in cost to purchase than a used Lexus 460GX for the same year. Whether that's true now or not, I don't know, but the Lexus depreciated ...
- February 20th, 2024, 9:14 am
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Aging gobblers
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1275
Re: Aging gobblers
There's a good reason why birds shouldn't be weighed, or beard and spurs measured. You deprive the bird of gaining weight, beards and spurs from lengthening after death when you retell the story. Weighing and measuring cements weight and length for all times unless you are willing to lie. Gil
- February 20th, 2024, 4:39 am
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Thoughts on a 4Runner
- Replies: 14
- Views: 576
Re: Thoughts on a 4Runner
If you do a lot of towing, you may want to consider the Lexus 460GX. V-8 and is a re-badged Prado which is the smaller Land Cruiser sold everywhere but here. Full time 4WD with center lock diff. I prefer the set up of the 4R, however. The 460GX has air suspension which can be pricey to repair. The &...
- February 19th, 2024, 6:29 pm
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Thoughts on a 4Runner
- Replies: 14
- Views: 576
Re: Thoughts on a 4Runner
It's okay to drive like that if you are hit by a job site concrete mixer that fell off of a trailer into your lane at a closing speed in excess of 100 mph. GilCamoMan4025 wrote: ↑February 19th, 2024, 4:40 pm In that second picture, I don't think you're supposed to drive like that??????????????
- February 19th, 2024, 6:26 pm
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Thoughts on a 4Runner
- Replies: 14
- Views: 576
Re: Thoughts on a 4Runner
The wheels on my 2022 are 17". Dunno what your Taco wheel size is. Soon after I bought the 2022 I replaced the tires with ones with more aggressive tread. The ones that came on it were called All Terrain, but were more suitable for highway driving than what I needed. I offered the tires to a ma...
- February 19th, 2024, 12:57 pm
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Thoughts on a 4Runner
- Replies: 14
- Views: 576
Re: Thoughts on a 4Runner
I've had two, a 2016 XE and currently have a 2022 TRD Off Road after the XE was totaled. I prefer all things covered as well; I have bird dogs and drive 1.5 hours each way on occasion and feel better about keeping them out of the cold at highway speed. The TRD Off Road has all the features of the TR...
- February 17th, 2024, 7:38 am
- Forum: Hunt Strategies
- Topic: Decoy or no decoy
- Replies: 52
- Views: 18371
Re: Decoy or no decoy
Training wheels for newbie turkey hunters. Like a youngster reluctant to shed training wheels on a bike, once they are ditched there is no going back. Gil
- February 12th, 2024, 5:38 am
- Forum: Call Makers
- Topic: Anybody made a copper surface call?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 473
Re: Anybody made a copper surface call?
I've made copper and aluminum calls by breaking the top glass on a Lil Duece (old style) and silicone gluing the metal disks into place. Not as pretty as a turned wooden pot, but works fine. I prefer the Lil Duece with the glass surface, however. Glass is less fussy to prepare the surface for consis...
- February 10th, 2024, 4:27 am
- Forum: Small Bore
- Topic: 410 vs 20ga youth starter gun
- Replies: 16
- Views: 559
Re: 410 vs 20ga youth starter gun
The first and most elementary thing which you need to do is determine eye dominance for both of the girls and proceed from there, teaching them to shoot w/ both eyes open. I'm a big fan of BB guns and plastic milk jugs and coke cans to teach gun safety, handling, stationary and wing shooting. I had...