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    Backpacking with a Firearm

    You have my full admiration to be doing that at 77. I’m 73 and made my last western backpack hunt at 67. My back just won’t do it anymore with or without a j frame😂. A self guided pack-in hunt is a great adventure. Ours were bow hunts and some of my best memories with my 2 sons.
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    Backpacking with a Firearm

    My comment was an attempt at humor. Hahaha. For some years when we packed into a wilderness area for elk, it was a j frame that was carried in a pocket holster, and that, inside a water bottle holder attached to the belt of my Kelty. As the pack came off, the holster and .38 slipped into my...
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    Backpacking with a Firearm

    Whenever my son talks me into an adventure like this, I have him carry the sidearm and I carry a 3 ounce pepper spray😃
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    Never been hunting, need help!

    Hi. May I ask which county you deer hunted? In which county would you like to hunt?
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    2023 Hunting Picture Thread

    Don’t know how to upload pics. We are 8 miles north of Coloma.
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    2023 Hunting Picture Thread

    Got a rifle buck in central Wisconsin/Waushara 10 minutes to dark last night. Always fun dressing and dragging it out in pitch black.
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    Who taught you to handload?

    My dad taught me to reload. He hunted sheep. Got his Grand Slam. He’d reload his Winchester 300 Magnum loads and we’d go to a picnic table set up to shoot 200 yards across the field on our farm. Couple shots a day. Sometimes 300 yards. He let me shoot his rifle at 14 years old. I was hooked...
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    Win 452AA

    I had some 452AA left over from trapshooting days of about same vintage, 1980ish. Great for light loads in 38 special. Use it for 148 gr wadcutters. Others here are more knowledgeable than me I’m sure.
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    Favorite 270 Winchester rifle, ammo?

    A 1950s Win M70 that my dad passed down to me. My Marlin XL7 with leupold scope in 270 is a close second.
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    Does crappy weather get in your way or do you use it . . .

    I like to shoot and hunt too much for weather to be an issue. Worst weather is wind. Deer can’t hear, smell, and everything is moving…except the spooky deer. And how can you hold a sight picture when you’re moving in the wind? But what else is more enjoyable?
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    Go-to online retailers

    Thanks for the guns.com feedback!
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    Go-to online retailers

    Guns.com was not mentioned. Does anyone have an opinion? Thanks.
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    Go-to online retailers

    No one mentioned guns.com. Not used them myself but curious. Thanks.
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    Keeping Older Hunters Interested. How can it be done?

    Good story, 27hand. I can’t imagine yet not getting out there. But I agree, it is getting harder. Yum…chops and onions, mushrooms and gravy.
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    What rifles for deer hunting this year?

    Marlin model 03030, in 30-30 caliber. First harvest with 30-30. Hunted for 40 years with bolt action .270 cal. Always wanted to try a lever action.
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    Keeping Older Hunters Interested. How can it be done?

    Shot a buck this morning. It took two hours to get it out of the woods alone. Funny, there were only a couple comments above about wanting to hunt to get venison for the freezer. My wife almost never buys beef. We eat venison. That’s why at 71 I’m still hunting. Oh, and next Saturday is the...
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    Cold weather hunting bibs and parka

    I bought the Redhead Stalker bibs here in central Wisconsin. Not a big cabellas fan but more than pleased with warmth and water repellency.
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