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Post by M4Madness on Nov 22, 2020 9:00:52 GMT -5
Stayed in bed this morning. I looked at the forecast last night and it said 100% rain from 4-9 AM, then the chances taper off the rest of the day. It seems like it rains here at 15%. LOL!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 21, 2020 23:33:21 GMT -5
It will go on something light for sure. I don't want a heavy gun to swing around. I'm thinking about picking up a Steiner TOR-Mini IR laser to mount on my suppressed. 22 rifle. When used in conjunction with my helmet-mounted NV, it'd be an awesome lifhtweight tool to take out trash-digging coons and possums. LOL!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 21, 2020 22:57:57 GMT -5
I love my hand held scanner. Pulsar quantum xq38 is the one I have, the newer ones are smaller. Axion and helion are the newer models. The riflescope I bought is the Pulsar Thermion XP50. I still need to buy rings for it, and it'll reside on a Remington 700 .22-250. I'll definitely need a scanner to avoid having to point that heavy gun at everything I look it. As for my nightvision, it is mounted on a helmet, and I can either aim passively with a rifle-mounted red dot optic, or "shoot from the hip" with the IR laser.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 21, 2020 21:55:40 GMT -5
A digital NV optic like the ATN or Sightmark would be your cheapest route by far (excluding a simple light.) Nothing else under $1000 compares.
Due to the possibility of civil unrest (with the added plus of coyote hunting), I purchased a milspec white phosphor PVS-14 nightvision optic, an IR laser/illuminator, and a 640 resolution thermal riflescope this year. I'm into it for five figures, and it took me months of lead time. And I'd still like to add a handheld thermal scanner to the stable. LOL!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 21, 2020 15:36:36 GMT -5
First time using my climber this year -- needed a change of scenery. LOL!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 21, 2020 13:08:56 GMT -5
I'm done for this hunt, but may go out later this afternoon.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 21, 2020 11:26:32 GMT -5
Pretty steady rain here now. So glad for my tree umbrella. LOL!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 21, 2020 10:14:06 GMT -5
Just had two does pass at 25 yards. I'm hunting the same stand I hunted opening morning of firearms season, and I saw them then as well, heading the same direction. Apparently they bed in the hollow below me.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 21, 2020 9:06:23 GMT -5
Well, I couldn't stand it, so here I am sitting in one of my ladder stands. LOL! Saw two white flags inside the woods as I pulled into my parking spot. I'm in buck-only mode until either late muzzleloader or special antlerless season.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 21, 2020 8:22:52 GMT -5
I feel guilty for sleeping in this morning. The road is wet, so it's definitely been raining. Above 50% chance of rain every hour here for probably the entire weekend. I do have a tree umbrella though. We only use internet at home for the TV's, and it's acting up. Wifi is working, but neither TV can connect. I was up until 1AM trying to sort it out -- gotta keep the wife happy (I seldom watch TV.)
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 17, 2020 18:38:52 GMT -5
Second evening in a row that I didn't hear a single gunshot anywhere.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 17, 2020 16:47:41 GMT -5
Just had a small buck walk by on a logging road 20 yards away. This same buck walked past me in a different stand on opening morning.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 17, 2020 16:17:10 GMT -5
I've been on stand for 15 minutes now. I've got a grey squirrel down the hill from me just barking and "crying" away. I wish he'd settle down. LOL!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 16, 2020 18:26:21 GMT -5
I didn't hear a single gunshot tonight.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 16, 2020 16:52:21 GMT -5
Just had a little 9 or 10 walk past at 15 yards.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 16, 2020 16:21:24 GMT -5
I'm in a stand at the head of a very long draw, with a perfect wind coming right up it to me. The only not-so-good aspects are the sun is in my face and everything is a lot more brushy since they timbered two years ago. If a buck shows up, I hope he stops in an opening.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 15, 2020 15:47:47 GMT -5
I'm in a ladder stand on a ridgetop saddle. Pretty consistent wind -- probably at least 15 MPH. At least I'm not freezing.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 15, 2020 9:22:44 GMT -5
I'm lying in bed 20 minutes south of Bloomington and the wind is shaking the house. LOL! No way would I be out in this. I awakened this morning to rain, and knew the wind was coming, so I called off hunting. I'll go out this evening. Good luck to those braving the conditions!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 14, 2020 15:07:46 GMT -5
In my hayfield stand for the evening. I'm not expecting much, but at least nothing can sneak past me. LOL!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 14, 2020 15:05:04 GMT -5
I pray the same thing for everyone out there and myself each time I hit the stand.
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