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    New Rifle Break-In

    Personally I clean the barrel after I get it just to make sure there isn't anything bad in there and then go shoot it until I feel like I should clean it or accuracy drops off. No need to wear a barrel prematurely. You may have to clean it more often with a factory barrel depending on the...
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    Handlaoding

    I have a friend who had a 300 h&h built. We tend to give each other a lot of crap over whose is better, my win mag or his h&h. I will say that his rifle has always surprised me in accuracy and velocity of what that round is capable of with new powders and pushed a little harder. But i still...
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    Handlaoding

    My go to load in my 300wm is 79.0gr of H1000 in Norma brass with fed 215’s pushing 208 amaxs at 2965fps. This is a hot load and shouldn’t be used in other rifles without building up to it. I didn’t show pressure signs up to 79.5gr but the es got higher and I didn’t gain velocity so I’m...
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    Handlaoding

    It bites my knuckle under the trigger guard if I don’t have a glove or wrap my bottom finger under the butt to space out my fingers. I have been waiting on one for over a year but I got my ffl this spring and as soon as the distributor got it in I snatched it up for myself. Hoping to put a...
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    Handlaoding

    Just added another one to the reload list. Also bought my first 9mm but that’s for the new daughter so I have some time to get that one loaded for. pic of the 9mm
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    Deer Blind Building

    I built my 8x8 this year with green treated 2x6 floor joists and 3/4” plywood. I then used 7/16 OSB sheeting for the walls and roof with 2x4 wall studs. then tin over everything. Would have been cheaper to buy one. This will almost exclusively be used for rifle hunting and be on 4x6” skids...
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    Food plot #??? db-2

    My brassicas are growing but are still really short even with these later rains. Barely any peas or oats grew and the rye I broadcast over the top of the plots didn't seem to take off either. On a plus side my 8x8 blind is almost finished and my millet made it through the drought and is headed...
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    Gutter Drainage

    We have that at the house we moved into two years ago. First year there everything worked great, last year though not so much. The pvc pipes froze solid in late winter/early spring. Any melting water from the roof then had no where to go but directly next to the house. I know one of them has...
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    Case cleaning- reloading

    I use a stainless tumbler now, biggest issue is decapping before tumbling but with the stainless pins the cases come out like new. It has its drawbacks, such as dry time afterwards and checking for stuck pins, oh and mixing different cases is a terrible idea if one can fit inside the other. I...
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    Making a buck knife

    I thought about using some of the flat disks off a John Deere no till drill to try to make some knives. Father in law is replacing a lot of his and could get them for nothing and I have a cnc plasma cutter to make short work out of the cutting part but just am not sure how the steel would be...
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    Food plot #??? db-2

    This is the area i'm working with right now. Food plots are a ways away from the bedding area but it was beat into my head enough when i was growing up that i shouldn't break up native ground to feed the deer. The 20+ acres on the east end was farmed long long ago so i didn't feel bad breaking...
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    Food plot #??? db-2

    First year in a long time I put in a food plot. Broke up 12 acres this spring/summer. Planted a little over 2 acres in millet and grain sorghum in early june for the pheasants but the lack of rain hasn’t helped me much. I put in 6 acres last Friday with 150lbs of oats, 100 lbs winter peas, 10...
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    Tree Tubes?

    Missy oak nativ nursery is where I got mine. About the best pricing I found. From the research I did you can use pvc as stakes and the pvc will shake in the wind and help the tree get a stronger trunk. I can’t say if this has worked as this is only the second year with the tubes on them. It...
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    Habitat Improvement Time

    Have some dogwood cuttings in potting soil and root starter currently and around 200 hand plant trees and a large planting that the soil conservation is doing this year also. Frost seeded 4 acres of 3 different types of switchgrass and will plant a few acres of a native grass blend and some...
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    Dogs and fences/injuries

    After another couple hundred dollar vet bill for stitches again I am thinking of buying a skin stapler and doing my own patching of the dogs. Most cuts heal up on their own with a little EMT gel but the ones on the front legs that the skin tears in an L shape never wants to heal for me without...
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    2017 WY Deer & Pronghorn Draw Results

    No luck on area 67 for me, doesn't surprise me with no points. Applied for a leftover doe license. Waiting on Montana yet and am going to maybe try SD archery.
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    Biggest Turtle you see in the North Dakota

    Caught a few decent sized ones, not sure if quite that big. Tough little buggers and probably the weirdest thing I've ever cleaned before, never stopped moving. Excellent eating though.
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    Tree planting ?'s

    Most of the trees I've planted have been juniper or cedars. It seems like they are really good for wildlife value and the deer and animals don't browse them much. I've been planting them in native prairie that hasn't been grazed and no real good way to mow the area or spray after they have...
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    Tree planting ?'s

    I've planted close to 2,000 in native prairie over about the last 5 years. Most have been cedar and juniper. I didn't have a very good plan just kind of walking an planting as I went so I never did any site prep, just step in the dibble bar, stick in a tree and keep moving. I also didn't...
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    Handlaoding

    My bench is tore apart right now and building a new one. Going with an inline fabrication mount and quick change plates so I only have to have one press mounted at a time. My old bench had my two ponsness Warren 375's on there, one for lead and one for steel shot, Dillon 650, and a Lee classic...
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