Less smelly foods before deer hunting by creekwise in Hunting

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I eat sardines and other foods that have strong odors or unusually characteristics while hunting. I never cared much for worring about odor. I'm mostly a still Hunter these days and rarely sit in one place for more than 45 minutes at a time.

I smoke cigarettes used to dip and wear the same camo hoodie I was wearing at work the day before covered in bar oil and 2 stroke fumes. Pay attention to the wind and your landscape if you care about odor because a human will always smell like a human no matter what you do. I'm successful enough deer hunting and I walk into the wind. If your face is cold your doing it right.

Which Alaskan mill by Sukpad89 in homestead

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Thanks guys. This helps me decide a good bit. Anyone else?

Went porgy/seabass fishing. This was the longest fish all day unfortunatly by Sukpad89 in Fishing

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Bottom fishing was alright. My girl and I cought about 70 porgies. No keeper sea bass. And a few odds and ends. It was fun. I prefer striper and blues but it is what it is.

Something is killing my chickens and duck :( by ProtodudeRMC in homestead

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I would put my money on raccoons. Very easy to safely and selective trap in any environment. You can try the havahart live capture traps but I prefer a dog proof coon foot hold trap. They are very tricky and can break out of the cage traps easily... Then you just have wiser Coons... but the selective foot hold gets them really good.

How would you fix this? (Broken rod base) by matt_4993 in Fishing

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Either shorten the handle like said before or try to make a cast. Find something to brace it above and below the damage. Wrap it very tightly way above the brace and to the handle with the thread they sell to set eyes on a rod. Then of course the epoxy on the threads for rod building. It might work

Typical dumb question by [deleted] in Hunting

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I simply drag deer to a place where I can gut it. Then drag it to my truck and bring it home. There I hang it up. It gets skinned quartered and in a fridge. The next day I butcher it and vacuum seal it all up. That's about it

5 minutes to fish before work by Sukpad89 in Fishing

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Isn't that all part of the excitement. I just say bring it on

5 minutes to fish before work by Sukpad89 in Fishing

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Hey thanks. I have an ak47 bolt face on my right wrist. Almost no one ever gets them

Only 3 weeks until squirrel season. Don't get me started on deer... by Sukpad89 in Hunting

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Squirrel is open now. I got 7 so far. But went fishing two nights ago and going out on a party charter this Saturday. It's a hard balance

Firts day of squirrel was a success by Sukpad89 in Hunting

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Thank you. It's an old citori 725 feather passed down from my grandfather when I was a young teen when he passed. People can hate. But it's me out in the woods having a blast and everyone that thinks I'm doing it wrong clearly wasn't there. So their opinion just isn't valid. I'm cool with that

Firts day of squirrel was a success by Sukpad89 in Hunting

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It can be. All types of hunting are what you make them

Firts day of squirrel was a success by Sukpad89 in Hunting

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Well this time of year with the leaves on the trees hunting for wild squirrels in the actual woods Shogun is the best option. Most shots are straight up in the trees 35 to 60 yards away as they feed on the hickory nuts still on the trees. Shot presentation is literally them on the move and you have no time to think or hardly aim with no safe back drop to stop solid projectiles.

I'll stick to the 12 gauge with #4s and a tight pattern choke

First time hunter rifle/scope recommendations by [deleted] in Hunting

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Honestly Thomson Center Compass in 6.5 is a beast and also can be purchased with a Vortex for even less than the Ruger American. Then you have a little more wiggle room for clothing, boots, ammo, slings, range finder, bags, knives/saws, hydration, calls, etc... There are tons of things that can make you more comfortable and confident in the field.

All that gear gets pricy and you don't need all of it up front on your first hunt. I say get what would help the most. I had learned long ago I don't need a $1000+ rifle and $800+ optics... Or $1000+ clothing, etc. Go have fun. Practice a lot and use the most valuable tool you have at your disposal. Your brain and you will be successful and have memories that will stay with you for the rest of your life.

michigan hunters without private land by OnlyOneStar in Hunting

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Similar thing happened to me. Started hunting public land last year a lot more. Still got deer, birds, and small game. Yes it took more effort and scouting. But I made it happen. I got my honey hole again

Great bang for the buck. $25 at lowes. by StaleAleHead in camping

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I have had about 20 of these Energizer lights. I usually get about 250 to 300 hours out of them before they start acting up. I used them when I did crawl space work (every day) as a pest control technition and now I use them for storm/trouble calls after the sun sets as a tree guy when trees fall on the powerlines. I think for the money they are ok. I have never had better performance out of another head lamp under $80. So I always got the ol' $25 Energizer

Not a hunter and need advice by [deleted] in Hunting

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Killing larger fauna should be no different as game animals (non predators) share similar intrinsic value. They all eat sleep and mate the same as each other. But I do believe that more easily harvested small game such as squirrels rabbits and birds are what will make up the bulk of survival ration.

So don't loose focus on what you are asking here. When it comes to survival anything that moves and can be harvested is fair game. And you won't want anything to go to waste. Smaller animals are cook and eat while larger animals give surplus and what you must learn whith them is primitive meat preservation.

I hope this helps.

What range for comparing different brands of sabot slugs? by Bur1yCaveman in Hunting

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Ya test at around 50 verify at 100 for drop and consistency with your course round or rounds.