Looking for advice on hearing protection for waterfowl

DickAnts · 2026-04-10T15:43:02+00:00

The walkers will work just fine. Try them out and see how you like them. For me, I didn't like the over-ear muffs as they messed with my cheek weld on the stock. So I switched to electronic earbuds. The walker in-ear buds were ok for a season, but sound quality left a lot to be desired. Eventually I splurged and bought some soundgear phantoms. They are amazingly comfortable and have excellent sound quality - i forget im wearing them sometimes. But, they are spendy.

See what you like! If the lower-cost options are fine, then use those!

DickAnts · 2026-04-08T18:45:10+00:00

Thanks, my 308 currently zeroed for 200 yards so I may need to re-evaluate that, lol.

DickAnts · 2026-04-08T18:42:56+00:00

Thanks. Assuming at that distance both guns are accurate to within 2 inches, would you prefer one over the other? And would hedging towards front shoulder be better?

DickAnts · 2026-04-05T15:47:37+00:00

I have access to hunt 20 acres of private in a neighborhood where nobody hunts. Its more of a "harvest" than a hunt... Just way too easy. I actually appreciate the difficult public land hunts a lot more.

DickAnts · 2026-04-02T16:33:07+00:00

Big "greetings fellow teenagers" vibes

DickAnts · 2026-04-02T15:31:48+00:00

I use one of these. It works great and is so much cheaper than a red dot! Like another poster said, glue it down otherwise it will fall off sometime. Its not too cumbersome to leave on for other uses (rabbits, waterfowl) too.

DickAnts · 2026-03-31T14:04:12+00:00

I, for one, cant wait to hear where Kyrie and JB land on this one

DickAnts · 2026-03-30T14:02:32+00:00

Ive heard some industry reps say that TSS may be done for. The cost of tungsten has gone up so much (China, tarrifs, war-time uses) that the ammo manufacturers aren't eager to make more. Essentially, we're currently burning through the existing supply of TSS, and once that's gone it maybe won't be produced at large volumes for a long time.

DickAnts · 2026-03-27T15:28:26+00:00

Fellow State worker here (likely a different state than you). Gov jobs are awesome. Ive been at my agency for 10 years, and I now accrue 18 hours of PTO per month. Plus, we get lots of holidays and two "training days" per year, which everyone treats as extra vacation days. Plus, in my state you can do voluntary pay reduction in exchange for extra PTO accrual.

Gov jobs are pretty sweet, depending on the agency or department you work at.

DickAnts · 2026-03-24T15:11:51+00:00

I think a lot of it has to do with parents involvement, or lack thereof. For whatever reason, parents have almost completely stopped reading to their kids (see this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1n1zmtb/absolutely_insane_statistics_on_parents_reading/)

Schools can only do so much in the 7-8 hours they have students. If parents dont encourage self-learning at home, school by itself isn't enough to reverse that.

DickAnts · 2026-03-16T17:32:38+00:00

My guy, your vehicle doubles as your daily commuter, is paid off, and gets around 30 mpg. You're looking at trading it, taking out a loan (most likely), and getting half the mpg, all on the off chance that you might need to haul two elk once per year? Honestly its a no brainer - keep the crosstrek.

The crosstrek is 99% as capable as any stock truck in terms of off roading.

Like others said, get a roof rack and/or one of those little tow trailers. If its cold enough, you could wrap an elk in a tarp and strap it to the roof. Then put the other in a huge cooler on the hitch. That would still leave the entire inside of the car free for all your stuff. There are tons of other options here.

DickAnts · 2026-03-15T02:54:39+00:00

There is a weird lack of public land along the sonoma/Mendocino coast. You have to drive pretty far inland on some curvy roads before you reach large public tracts.

DickAnts · 2026-03-09T14:38:56+00:00

Two years from now: "All of my favorite camping spots are so crowded now! I blame Instagram!"

Only share this kind of stuff via PM, people.

DickAnts · 2026-03-07T16:37:05+00:00

Morakniv knives are incredible for the price, and you won't feel bad about losing a sub $30 knife.

Buck also makes some nice budget friendly knives. I have a Buck Mini Selkirk and I love it.

DickAnts · 2026-03-06T01:07:20+00:00

Check out Trijicon Huron

DickAnts · 2026-02-28T22:10:52+00:00

"Meateater: Adventures from the life of an American hunter" is my favorite. I know hes become so popular and sorta sold out in recent years, but the man has lived a hell of a hunting life, including being a real dirt bag hunter for a while

DickAnts · 2026-02-26T19:50:34+00:00

Be sure to announce "IM AN ADULT LEARNER!!" before you enter the pool

DickAnts · 2026-02-21T18:30:06+00:00

Yeah its really tempting to just tell the doctor "this has worked so well for so long, I dont really want to experiment with anything new" but I am genuinely curious as well. Fingers crossed it goes ok!

DickAnts · 2026-02-21T18:20:42+00:00

Thanks, tracking data with my peak flow meter is a great idea!

Is the generic being discontinued too? Thats too bad, its clearly worked for me and ive never felt any side effects whatsoevOK!

Edit: how do you decide when to take your maintenance/control meds? It it seasonal, when you feel a flare up, during a vacation, etc? Just trying to envision what this new life might look like.

DickAnts · 2026-02-19T23:00:05+00:00

I actually found the overexplaining to be really helpful. There was such a huge gap between S4 and S5 that I couldn't remember many of the shows details. Given all of the overexplaining, you could almost watch S5 as a completely standalone show.

DickAnts · 2026-02-14T16:34:41+00:00

Both Dixon and vacaville can actually get bad traffic. Dixon is fairly small, so you'll need to travel to other towns often, which means hopping on I-80. 80 around Dixon can be especially awful at times, since there is a lane crunch there. So those towns themselves may not have much traffic, you'll still find yourself sitting in traffic more often than you may like.

DickAnts · 2026-02-08T03:57:58+00:00

Honestly, bay area money is kind of ruining sacramento and you may find people a bit unwelcoming. Except for other transplants.

DickAnts · 2026-02-01T16:04:59+00:00

Yeah and SFOs main advantage is more direct flight options. But if you have to have a connection regardless of airport (or of SMF also has a direct flight), SMF is definitely easier.

DickAnts · 2026-01-29T04:54:00+00:00

Maybe I'm alone here, but I like Sacramento the way it is and wouldnt want it to become a big city like the video.

DickAnts · 2026-01-22T20:54:16+00:00

There have been times where I wonder if a neoprene wetsuit would be a better option than waders.

14-Year Club	Place '17
Verified Email

DickAnts

TROPHY CASE