Jump to content

686

Legacy Members
  • Posts

    1230
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by 686

  1. Don't know where to put this, wish it was NSAA, but alas.
  2. Just bumping this to note that shit got straightened out and that USAF Tech. Sgt. Chapman will be posthumously awarded his well deserved MoH. Some video showing him fighting on the mountain was also released. story link
  3. This is all completely true, Brew you should charge for all of this info. Two of my friends have early-mid 2000’s Malibu 23 LSVs, which have been great boats, are plenty roomy for 4 adults and 4 kids, and are listed around $30k on BT. Sooner, you might checkout onlyinboards.com as well.
  4. Will your wife ski now? Not to get you further off your fish&ski thing, but you may want to check out wake surfing. I’ve seen numerous guy’s wives who don’t have much interest in skiing or wake boarding anymore get into surfing (its low speed, no 20mph+ face plants, easy on the knees and back). The bad news is boats that will surf cost an additional premium. You may really like surfing as well, and you don’t need smooth water. If you’re driving 3+ hours to central Texas it’s going to be hard to hit the 7-8am glass. This is my ‘01 Super Air Nautique 210. A skiable wake unloaded, a great wakeboard wake when loaded, and an ok surf wake when loaded heavy with a wakeshaper. Tons of great family fun. The early-mid 2000’s V-drive wake boats are depreciated out. I bought mine 3 years ago for $25k, and like Brew said, I probably could, but wouldn’t, sell it for that same amount now. Also, as a side note, you might consider a Zup board for the kids:
  5. No pics, but it was about ~4” higher than the exit wound. I was shooting from a pretty high treestand. Shot went though “the void”. The crazy thing is that when I was butchering this deer after my dad shot it, the meat had no scar tissue from the archery wound. You could see the scar on the skin, but the muscles had healed like nothing had happened. A broadhead is basically a ~1”x 1” scalpel, just no where near the amount of peripheral damage that a bullet creates. Coincidentally, I was listening to Rinella’s podcast today and he mentioned that sometimes people tell him they prefer to see people bowhunt because it in someway “gives the animal more of a chance” or is “more respectful to the animal”, and he kinda went on a deep dive about how if you think about it, a rifle is about the most ethical way to dispatch a wild animal, and bowhunting probably creates some needless suffering, but hey, a bullet or an arrow probably both result in less suffering vs the natural way of the animal starving, freezing, or being eaten alive by predators.
  6. I used to bowhunt when I had more time. It’s great being that close to the animals, and archery is rewarding as a hobby as well. The hardest thing about bowhunting, for me, is that the efficacy of modern broadheads is still a lot less than even moderate centerfire rifles. Here’s a photo of a deer I had shot about two weeks prior showing the exit wound from a premium broadhead. The shot was a couple inches high, but that shot from a 243 or a 30-30 would have put that deer in the dirt. I was sick about wounding/losing the deer until I saw it had survived. My dad ended up getting him with a rifle a couple weeks after the photo. I wasn’t interested in taking my bow to Africa (although that’s pretty popular now) because some really good bowhunters I know have lost a few animals in Africa. Basically, if everything doesn’t go perfectly, you’re going to have to finish it with a rifle, or you may lose it entirely. The higher chance of losing game (vs a rifle) just weighs on my mind too much to enjoy it at this point. I really enjoyed archery hunting for pigs for these reasons (lost animal not a big deal), but my current hunting spots don’t have pigs.
  7. We had a good half-day of bird hunting in Africa as well. Guineas, Franklins, and doves, lots of fun, great way to end a safari. The most serious business I saw during the trip was the trackers divvying the birds between themselves.
  8. I don't know much about the guy, but it seems like UNC and the NCAA were throwing a boatload of hush money at him: "I have a check being written to me from the University of North Carolina for over $10 million due to the exploitation of me as a player and the lack of education that I received. The NCAA has a check for me for over $300 million to help me facilitate these sports education programs across the country. These are things that’s in the works." — Rashad McCants, speaking on Mark Packers' Sirius XM radio show in 2014 Maybe he made it all up, but why don't we know one way or the other? Very little reporting on this story. If this was a different school or a football issue we would know more details, but IMO the NCAA doesn't want anything coming to light that will reduce the TV ratings for the BBall tourney.
  9. IMO, UNC football was the sacrificial lamb. The basketball team was winning titles during that time and had a player blowing the whistle on the academic scandal*, but the sanctions were focused on the football team. Complete conflict of interest for the NCAA - pull back the curtain on one of the premier basketball programs that is a perineal player in the NCAA's billion-dollar tournament, or just put the blame on the basically irrelevant UNC football program that isn't making money for the NCAA? *"When you get to college, you don’t go to class, you don’t do nothing, you just show up and play ... That’s exactly how it was, you know, and I think that was the tradition of college basketball, or college, period, any sport. You’re not there to get an education, though they tell you that."— Rashad McCants
  10. Have you had him out to a skeet range/hand throwing clays or dove hunting before? In my experience, it's a lot easier to teach kids to shoot, let them practice, understand firearm safety, get them accustomed to guns going off, understand the dynamics of being in the field, etc. at skeet ranges or hand throwing clays out in a field vs. during a hunt. Besides, I always like to go "knock the rust off" my shooting before opening day, so if you could take him out to to practice with you between now and then, it would be time well spent IMO. I don't want to add to your to-do list, just want you guys to have a great day hunting. I've seen some bad ones where there was no practice beforehand.
  11. I can't believe they weren't blasted more over the academic-athletic scandal. I mean University faculty/staff creating B.S. classes and doctoring up grades at an institutional scale makes boosters buying kids' shoes seem quaint.
  12. I'm assuming we're talking dove hunting here. 1. Most importantly, don't let him get eaten up by chiggers. Cabela's, etc. have permethrin socks that supposedly work well, or just remember to get some strong bug spray and spray his socks/boots/ankles/waistline/arms real well. 2. Make sure you have a 5 gallon bucket or something for him to sit on, with some cold drinks inside for him. 3. Ear protection 4. Hat, cheap camo t-shirt, whatever pants and boots.
  13. Had an awesome trip. Kudu steaks are killer: Our camp had fun Just got to make some more money and get back over there
  14. Made a pretty satisfying “window” shot on a blesbok a few days back, off the sticks, with my 375 WBY. The tree is about 30 yards away, blesbok was 225 yards out. He circled and dropped where he stood at the shot. View with the naked eye: Zoomed in: Nice big old ram, measured in at SCI Gold. This was some of the most beautiful country I’ve ever seen, big red rock mountains with gorgeous valley savannas at 5000’ elevation. The rifle report echoing off the sheer mountains in the beauty of that place was just unforgettable. A herd of over 1000 blesbok, along with zebra, impala, warthog, kudu, eland, leopard, etc. Pictures don’t do it justice.
  15. My 375 Weatherby setup is generating smiles on the other side of the world. Barnes 270gr LRX @ 2850fps
  16. The one and only; my favorite "hole in the wall" mexican joint in G-town. I don't love their chips, but the Tuesday chicken fajitas lunch special is pretty special.
  17. I’m going to sell my 1300lb timed protein feeder and a 700lb free choice protein feeder. They are both in good shape, I just don’t need them anymore since I built two 3000lb feeders (and I’m wanting to put more money in my Africa budget). The timed feeder is shown in my photos above. You can load these from the back of a truck no problem, or, with both feeders you can buy 2000lb in bulk. New these would sell for $1300, I’m listing elsewhere for $1000, I’ll take $900 here. Posting here instead of the Best Buy forum since it’s a niche item.
  18. dude likes his Privacy:
  19. Nice! What is the MP5 looking rig?
  20. That would last over a decade in our house.
  21. You see what we're dealing with over here? "Aggie Jokes" were/are stories just like yours, that sound like fiction, but are usually based in/largely fact. Its Dunning-Kruger on an institutional scale.
  22. I agree we are taking too much risk regarding CWD, I personally would be in favor of laws banning the import of deer genetics across state lines. It's not worth it. I would also be in favor of a minimum size pasture for a high fence deer operation (say 640 acres or so), but I don't think that is practical. My hope/optimism that high fences will be passe at some point comes from the following: People understand now that high fence, imported genetics is something different than low fence native genetics. It's even advertised ("Holden Pasture Low Fence Monster Bucks!") A lot of the "elitist"/hardcore hunters are expressing stronger views against high fences on social media and elsewhere. Generation Y and Millenials would rather not hunt high fences from what I've seen, both because of a nagging ethics dilemma, and: If you post a picture of a big buck you shot on social media, people are going ask if it was high fence or low fence, and if the answer is high fence, they are going to ridicule/dismiss it. I think poaching of trophy deer will decline over the next 20 years, because the younger generations just aren't that into having a big rack of questionable provenance on the wall, and if it's poached, you can't post it on social media or you're going to get caught, because there are cameras everywhere. (See 271" buck story, etc.) There is a nexus between the foodie/organic/sustainable eating/living movement and free range hunting that is growing, Steve Rinella is the most visible "leader" of that movement, but there are a lot of other folks like him putting stuff on youtube, etc. that are way more focused on the meat than the antlers.
  23. The dynamic I've seen a fair amount on hunting/ranch trips is that the wealthy businessman is somewhat envious of the ranch hand's life out in nature, and the ranch hand is envious of the wealthy businessman's sophisticated life of means. I really enjoy watching folks from those two spheres share stories/knowledge around the campfire and live vicariously through each other's experiences. A lot of times, it seems that both come away with a renewed appreciation of their own sphere (frequently because the other guy's challenges seem insurmountable from a novice, outside perspective), while also developing a more nuanced/detailed view of the world by better understanding the other guy's sphere. I used to think that the growing high fence/expensive/guided/etc. hunting market was a negative development (and some of it is), but at the same time, putting big city businessmen and country-raised ranch hands in a blind or around a campfire together is a great thing. Also, a humble, optimistic prediction: in 20-30 years, it will be en vogue to replace high fences with low fences (on sizeable places).
  24. I'm not a huge fan of high fences either, but you are overestimating the amount of effort on the owners' part on this place. Its a 5000 acre investment property with energy-based revenue streams; the deer hunting is just a fringe benefit. They don't sell any hunts or breeder deer, they just pay a guy to occasionally shred the roads and fill the feeders, and invite friends to come help them shoot numbers per the biologist's quota. They don't even run trail cams. These guys (brothers) are really wealthy and travel the world, etc; sifting through trail cam pics and differentiating/tracking/managing individual bucks (like I do on my family's 200 acre low fence central Texas place) is just not something they are interested in. They are actually planning to sell it in the next few years. Also, just of note, this place is a lot harder to hunt/harvest/whatever than my central Texas place, the brush is very thick and the bucks don't come out much except for the rut. We were shooting does down there in late November/Early Dec. and I didn't see a single 2+ year old buck in three days, then when we came back to hunt bucks on Dec.15th, all the big bucks came out to run does.
×
×
  • Create New...