I've had family health issues this year and havent been hunting. Leaving this morning for Warren County to hunt for the next week or so. Wish me luck. First opening week of firearms season I have missed since about 1976.
What bothers me is that I sometimes go in the woods for more than 3 days without leaving. Am I to pack up, go find a non existant pay phone to try to record in 72 hours?
I normally go the head net and gloves route, but I have used them a few times when skeeters were really bad. I had a few does come in pretty close and it did not seem to bother them, but I haven't shot a deer using them.
My experience is similar to yours on the WMA hunts, but to be honest. My experience on private pay shoots isn't much better. I grew up as you hunting on grandparents land with relatives and a few invitees. That is the reason I guess I was reared to mistakenly believe that hunting was a...
Sorry to hear about your dad. Get over your southern prejudice. I have been to California a number of times and I have run into the same type people, in reverse that you have seen here, because of my southern "English". There are great people and bad everywhere. Take it with a grain of salt and...
Haven't hunted hogs but have dropped deer in their tracks with:
Speer 70 gr Spitzer pushed by 23.5 gr. IMR 4895 w. CCI 400's. Slows it down to about 2,578 fps.