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[Steve-o]

what a huge bass on the home page!!!  congrats to the gal who caught it!!!

so a cougar  caught a bass........huh!!!!!!!!1

Cougar? 

More like a Mom I'd Like to F... ish with. 

[Bobberineyes]

Nice fish,  but using a live scope to help find it was a turnoff for me.....cheaters.

[mike89]

Nice fish,  but using a live scope to help find it was a turnoff for me.....cheaters.

2nd that

[glenn57]

Nice fish,  but using a live scope to help find it was a turnoff for me.....cheaters.

Yea they shoulda speared it.

[Scenic]

Nice fish,  but using a live scope to help find it was a turnoff for me.....cheaters.

Just another tool.   Like anything it will help you see them but don’t mean they will bite.

[mike89]

Nice fish,  but using a live scope to help find it was a turnoff for me.....cheaters.

Yea they shoulda speared it.

 

[mike89]

the sunfish article on the home page is very good...   forgot to mention it earlier...   

[glenn57]

the sunfish article on the home page is very good...   forgot to mention it earlier...   

yea sir it is!!!!!!!

[mike89]

the venison on the home page looks real tasty!!!! 

[Steve-o]

American Hunter website had posted a recipe that kinda puts me in the mood...

Recipe: Korean Barbecue Venison Loin

[Jerkbiat]

the venison on the home page looks real tasty!!!!

Yes it does. 

[Dotch]

Does look yummy! The "cowboy steak" method conjures up images of what my brother in IA did a few years back. He told someone he'd grill two whole lambs for their wedding reception. We took the lambs to the locker where they processed them whole. He had to go to Cabela's once he got up here to purchase two body-sized coolers. Iced the lambs down and hauled them back to IA. Borrowed someone's barbecue grill used for hogs, loaded the thing full of way more charcoal than he should have, stuck the lambs on the rotisserie, had way too many libations & forgot about it for a few hours. Came back, opened the lid and most of the lamb had fallen off the rotisserie into the coals, turning it into cinders. They only managed to salvage about 10 lbs. Oops!       

[mike89]

Does look yummy! The "cowboy steak" method conjures up images of what my brother in IA did a few years back. He told someone he'd grill two whole lambs for their wedding reception. We took the lambs to the locker where they processed them whole. He had to go to Cabela's once he got up here to purchase two body-sized coolers. Iced the lambs down and hauled them back to IA. Borrowed someone's barbecue grill used for hogs, loaded the thing full of way more charcoal than he should have, stuck the lambs on the rotisserie, had way too many libations & forgot about it for a few hours. Came back, opened the lid and most of the lamb had fallen off the rotisserie into the coals, turning it into cinders. They only managed to salvage about 10 lbs. Oops!       

ouch!!!

[LPS]

Oh man fun gets one in trouble sometimes.

[Bobberineyes]

Dang does that look good Steve-o,  I don't hunt deer but if I ever get one with the pick em up.... Sheez Dotch,  all that prep work.. gone.

[mike89]

the bass on the home page is interesting...   rough fish there and coveted else where.... 

[Steve-o]

From this week...

5 of the Best Cartridges for Hunting Western Big Game



You gotta go out west to shoot a mule deer next weekend.    Take only one gun (one you got).    What caliber you takin' with you?   

[markn]

My model 99 Savage 308 in 180 gr. Does a fine job on whitetails. Am thinking about buying something with a bolt on it (I'm left-handed and the reason all my 30 calibers are levers) in 6.5 Creedmore, 7mm08 or 30-06. Haven't made any big decisions yet. Great article on these five calibers.

[Steve-o]

A new, scoped, sub-MOA, left-handed bolt 30.06 would probably be more accurate than a Savage 99 in .308, but I'll bet that 99 is a beauty.  Otherwise the ballistics are considered similar with many experts giving the nod to the .308 because of recoil and case size.

I waffled back and forth between the 7mm-08 and the 6.5 CM.  Past a certain point it is splitting hairs between the two.  Which bullet bucks wind better beyond 500 yards, etc.  I went with the 7mm-08 reasoning that it make a bigger hole than the 6.5, and I never shoot past 200 yards anyway.

The thing I've found is that 7mm-08 ammo is more scarce around here than 6.5 CM.  But if you buy premium 6.5 CM bullets for hunting - like Nosler Partitions - you ought not have any problems killing game.

It is the availability of 7mm-08 target ammo that is driving me nuts.  There just ain't any - and there are all sorts of options for 6.5 CM.  Something to think about anyway.  G'luck.

[HD]

I built a 6.5, I like it a lot. It's a nice flat shooting long distant round.
I wouldn't blink an eye taking a speed goat or a mule'y with it.
But, I also like a .270....ballistics, they are very close.

[Steve-o]

Obviously, this guy P.J. REILLY really likes Mathews bows, but since he is also doing field testing for Outdoor Life magazine - he probably needs to retain some objectivity.

Here is one of his quotes from this home page article and one from an article he links to from two years back.

The 2023 Phase 4 33 is the quietest, most stable and accurate Mathews hunting bow I’ve ever shot. OutdoorLife.com SEP 6, 2023

The 2021 Mathews V3X-33 is the nicest shooting compound bow I’ve ever shot.  OutdoorLife.com NOV 16, 2021

My take-away is:  Mathews is onto something and if I'm ever in the market for a "flagship" bow (> $1000++), I'm going to give a serious look at Mathews.  And it might just be worth it to stop into an archery shop and see how much better their latest bow is compared to my 2010 Bowtech. 

[mike89]

watched some of the hunting shows lately using tracking dogs for finding deer, interesting to see..   so a good read on the home page I think!

[mike89]

good story on the home page!!  darn nice buck!!!

[Steve-o]

If you scroll down to the bottom, there is a Devils Lake video link with a "Fishin' Cougar" holdin' up a big walleye.  When you click on the link you get some dude in a XXL gray sweatshirt sittin on the couch in front of a knotty pine wall talkin the whole time.  I'm callin "bait and switch." 
 

[mike89]

 

[glenn57]

If you scroll down to the bottom, there is a Devils Lake video link with a "Fishin' Cougar" holdin' up a big walleye.  When you click on the link you get some dude in a XXL gray sweatshirt sittin on the couch in front of a knotty pine wall talkin the whole time.  I'm callin "bait and switch." 
 

meh....same person, the picture has him doing the Raul Paul thing!!!!!!!!! 

[mike89]

I like the home page!!!   who doesn't like a darn good burger!!!!   good one HD!!! 

[Steve-o]

The local grocery store made a ground chicken/swiss patty that I had as a 'burger' for lunch.  It was great.  Between the chicken and cheese cooking on the hot pan, it created a great crunchy sear.  I'm going to eat more of those.   

[Boar]

Beef makes a great burger. Deer is sausagr meat

[Jrasmussen]

Beef makes a great burger. Deer is sausagr meat

While I do agree that beef makes a great burger. I use ground venison and mix in 1/3 or 1/2 beef to make burgers and there awesome.