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Recent content by paradocs

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    Thoughts on a .44 Magnum Rifle for Whitetail hunting?

    Usually go with the single action revolvers during rifle season, but if the weather is bad, a Skinner Bush Pilot gets the nod. 1892 takedown clone in 44M; Skinner rear sight with an XS white line front blade. It does an inch at 50 yd with Leverevolution, but I finally found a couple boxes of the...
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    Picked up a new saddle pistol

    This one has a Cerakoted alloy grip frame. I have an all steel New Model Flattop in 44 Sp as my tractor gun; the Bowen is 5-6 oz lighter, points better for me, and would do 1 1/2-2"" at 50 yds when my eyes were better. I think I weighed it at 35 ounces.
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    Picked up a new saddle pistol

    Leave in a week for my buddy's place in the Shenandoah Valley; this will be my 35th year hunting there, with all but one deer taken with a single action revolver. First year trying it out of a saddle...Bowen 44 Special conversion on a Ruger 3 screw Blackhawk in a Ringler Wyoming holster. Load is...
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    What drew you to saddle hunting?

    Always been a ground hunter with trad gear and have done well enough to suit me. Ticks/chronic Lyme and copperheads drove me to the trees for early season. I'll be on the ground again with a killing frost.
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    Light, quick and easy. Who has the simplest saddle setup?

    I don't go high; 10-12'...tend to hunt field edges and thickets around here. Have one tree with bolts, otherwise use the Sladder. Generally without a platform; just use the stirrups. So saddle (Recon), 7' Sladder, and a 12' tether with a Kong Slyde...it gets me from top stirrups to bottom...
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    Sladder Climbing System

    I started with a LB, and didn't do so hot. Kept at it with minimal progress, then tried a tether...much better for me. I now climb with tether/rappel rope that doubles as a pull-up rope. May be just me but I feel safer with the tether, and can get my feet in the steps easier.
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    What did you do today that’s related to saddle hunting?

    Drilled another tree along the beanfield for bolts. Made a couple 2-move practice climbs with the Sladder using a Kong Slyde on a 12' Camo Elite tether (9mm)...works better for me than using a linesman to climb. I doubt I'll bother with a platform alot of the time; the stirrups were very...
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    2024 Hunting Bows

    47#, 64" Great Northern Bushbow shooting 200 grain Ace broadheads on selfnocked Sitka Spruce...around 570 grains total.
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    Ticks

    It's light sensitive, especially sunlight, so keep your mix in an opaque container out of direct sunlight.
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    Southern Boys Snake Boot Recommendations That are not Rubber and Stink To High Heaven

    I've been struck twice; both copperheads and both on the foot. Once on a 3D course while looking for someone else's arrow(), and once in my woods. Both were juveniles. The one on my property was on Dec 17th a few years back...warmish day, sunny side of a hill in the afternoon. I pretty much...
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    You might be a trad hunter if:

    You use a back quiver in spite of a jacked-up shoulder.
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    What did you do today that’s related to saddle hunting?

    Cut a shooting lane into the beanfield. Received a Sladder a few weeks ago and still working on getting comfortable with it...have trouble getting my feet in the rungs and can't decide whether to climb with a linesman vs a tether. Using it on the lower side of a slightly leaning tree helps. It...
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    How do you aim?

    Instinctive, I guess...focus on what I want to hit, and release...usually pretty quick. Longbow, woodies, split finger...what can I say, I'm a Luddite. I do way more stumping with blunts than target work; pine cones, dirt clods dandelions...all at unknown ranges. I think it helps with the way I...
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    Traditional bow kills 2022/2023 season.

    I just received a selfbow from John; 64" 47#@27" Buffalo Runner Spirit, osage sapling bow with the sapwood still on...been shooting it for 2 days. Amazed how quiet and efficient it is, and accurate for something as crooked as a dog's leg. Three 175 Ace broadheads from 20 yards kneeling on the...
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    Unfortunate Events Lead to Missed Opportunities

    As a veterinarian, I had to give him a pass. I did have the pleasure of neutering him at a later date...haven't seen him since.
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