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    Handlaoding

    45-70? Pick a 400 gr bullet with a flat nose and push it with 38.5gr IMR 3031 for a factory equivalent load.
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    Crankbait trolling help

    Back in his PWT days, my BIL learned on Lake Erie that active walleye will hit a fast-moving crankbait any time they are post spawn. We often trolled with his main OB, leaving a bit of a wake behind the boat. It's whatever the fish want, experiment until you learn it.
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    Crankbait trolling help

    What you replied about trolling a bottom bouncer is similar to me fishing with my BIL. One of us drags a bottom bouncer, the other is trolling a crankbait (often a Rapala floating minnow). The driver adjusts the speed so the spinner turns and the crankbait works correctly. The fish usually...
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    Wolf Shot near Edinburg

    Nothing new. Packs often travel down from Manitoba along the Souris/Mouse River. I had three on my farm back in'09.
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    Crankbait trolling help

    Don't overthink this until you get some experience trolling. An earlier reply has the right idea. Let out line until the lure hits bottom, then take in some line. Simple. Start with relatively clean bottoms, even fairly shallow ones. As for speed, let out at least 6' of line and drag the...
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    Drift Sock for Back Trolling

    I backtroll with a Yamaha T8 kicker. I own two drift socks and hate them both. Wet nylon makes a mess when you bring them back on board. One will be handy as a sea anchor should I need it in an emergency though. I'll second the recommendation for using a plastic pail, I like a 2" hole in the...
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    Making the Switch to Copper Bullets

    Buy a reloding manual for the bullet brand you chose. For example, the triple shock Barnes don't require anything special, but the older style without the grooves in the shank do require a minimum freebore to reduce peak pressure. Factory loads with monometal bullets should be okay, as any...
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    Cleaning optics?

    Windex is too harsh for multicoated optics, even bad for eyeglasses. For multicoated optics it's hard to beat Kodak photo lens cleaner. Brush, blow, then use camera lens cleaner.
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    Best online fishing store

    Serra Trading Post will have something besides clothing/weather gear once in a while.
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    Load for a 270

    I'll suggest not pushing 130 grain cup-and-core bullets to the max. Over the years, I've finished off about 5 deer with blown up shoulders due to 130gr 270 bullets failing to penetrate. All the shooters came to find their deer. Most were amazed at the penetration of my lowly 257 Roberts. 140...
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    Improving the PLOTS program

    As the owner of about 180 acres enrolled in PLOTS, I'll add the things that get me on the phone to the Game Warden: 1. Driving into my pastures after your deer. 2. Driving across hilly cultivated land to get to my PLOTS acres. 3. Looking at your host through your rifle scope.
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    First focal plane or Second focal plane?

    The illuminated reticle may be a problem in if you hunt even coyotes with the rifle. Check your hunting proclamation and even call the G&F about what's considered electronic sights. I don't know the current regulation, but some years ago anything battery powered wasn't legal for anything afield.
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    Rain Gear

    Alaska? I used my Helly Hanson PVC coated jacket and bibs that I bought in Seward.
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    Labradar vs Magnetospeed - indoor use

    A Labrador showed up in the rrrmc rifle range today. It didn't work. Our resident bench rest shooter said one had been in before and didn't work either. Maybe the signal bounces off the concrete walls too much.
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    SUV recomendations

    I'll agree with the above comment about sunroofs. We had one in the car we traded for our Pilot. We only used it to keep the car ventilated when it was in a parking lot. Remember that sunroof and mechanism weighs at least 100#, and the extra weight is far above the road. It negatively...
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    SUV recomendations

    Test drive everything you can. Pick a standard route that includes city traffic, entrance/exit onto I-94 in traffic, sweeping and tight curves, acceleration (I-94 entrance), braking, feeling of security while cornering, look at cargo room, etc. Be sure to read (study?) test reports from Car...
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    22 nosler

    As mentioned before, there's not much really new under in the cartridge world. Even the 6.5 Creedmore is just a 250 Ackley Improved opened up to 26 caliber. It's also similar to the 6mmXC, except for caliber. The 6XC isn't much different than the really old 6mm International.
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    Gander Mountain prepares to file bankruptcy

    Gander was a good mail order company. But when they opened brick and mortar stores, they overbuilt. So did Sportsman's Warehouse. We can hope Gander either gets bankruptcy protection or maybe Amazon will buy them. Amazon ownership worked well for Acme Electric, Tool Crib of the North. Acme...
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    Sakakawea Trip Timing Help?

    According to the members of Ft. Berthold I worked with for over 25 years, the only room in the whole casino without security cameras is the money counting room. Maybe causes the trouble paying winners?
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    Sakakawea Trip Timing Help?

    When I lived in Hazen (for 30 years), my neighbor and I would get serious about Sakakawea in July. Until then, it was Devils Lake.

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