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The No-Shame Thread

This topic remind me of the misconception when I got into archery. Arrows are cheaper than ammos. But after knowing some of the custom work of art and their pricing. I realized you can spend money on anything. To each their own.
 
Ha, yes, like most things in life, you can spend as much as you want too. The nice thing about an arrow is that you can hopefully shoot it many times.
 
My girlfriends father has a 300 Weatherby Mag. Been shot about four times. I'm half scared of it. Beautiful though, and supposedly the perfect elk rifle.
 
Vtbow said:
I hunt everything with a 300 win mag. Heart shot a bear a few years ago...looked like I put the heart in a blender. Stopped it "dead" though....
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I shoot a browning A bolt .300 mag with the BOSS system. It’s painfully loud because of the muzzle break. I had a guy once asked me not to shoot it until he could pack up and leave.
 
Ckwilli said:
I shoot a browning A bolt .300 mag with the BOSS system. It’s painfully loud because of the muzzle break. I had a guy once asked me not to shoot it until he could pack up and leave.
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Thats too funny. Mine is a SS Rem 700 that has been very customized. It originally ad a BOSS on it as well...man you could tune the barrel in with that. After a bunch of work I had it cut off and built it out to a mountian rifle. Theres really no reason to ever grab anything else out of the safe...
 
Ckwilli said:
I shoot a browning A bolt .300 mag with the BOSS system. It’s painfully loud because of the muzzle break. I had a guy once asked me not to shoot it until he could pack up and leave.
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Always found it interesting the love/hate relationship people have with brakes. I have one on every gun I own. Even my 22-250.
1 to me they look badass and make every gun look better
2 I can fire any cartridge all day long no matter how many shots for load testing and development
3 it keeps that muzzle jump down to get back on game quicker
I never had someone at the range look upset at the brake. Usually they actually come over and ask what cannon I'm shooting. And even if they were upset, id purposefully set one off everytime they went to shoot to jar them even more for complaining :tearsofjoy:
I usually throw a set of muffs on within two seconds before I go to shoot game. There's no downsides for me
 
Micneador said:
I've been watching tiny boat Nation on YouTube and almost have my buddy convinced to trick out his 14 Jon boat. Seadeck is much better than carpet IMO
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For a hot minute I was all fired up to trick out a sit-down jetski for fishing. Small, trailers easy, good on gas, enough room, etc. Then I met a girl who liked to fish, wound up marrying her, and solo fishing got a lot less fun.
 
DB4x4 said:
Do yourself a favor. Throw that butt out away and get yourself a flip n zip or similar small saw.


Pro tip: When you go to saw the bone between the legs apart, gently pull the bladder up and away from the saw so you don't accidentally rip it open with the teeth.
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I use pruning shears, or a ratcheting pruner, to split the pelvis and breastbone. It takes a fair bit of grip strength but it's doable.

Sbrammer said:
I don't understand instructional field dressing videos that tell you to cut out the butt hole with the same knife you will be cutting the deer open with. I thought we were trying to keep bacteria from getting into the gutted cavity, not introduce it.
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I cut the skin about 2" away from any exterior plumbing (including doe parts). The skin is thin and pulls away from the muscle without cutting the membrane. Use your fingers to loosen the membrane and work the plumbing loose. From there, depending on how my priorities line up, I either tie it off and pull it through the opening in the pelvis, or split the pelvis - actually, cut about an inch or two out of the middle of it - and lift the entire assembly out of the body.

Most of the instructions I saw growing up in the hunter's ed guides and whatnot said to start with the vent and work forward. My wife bought me the Outdoor Edge game processing DVDs years ago, and they said to start at the top of the sternum and cut backwards. This has two benefits: 1, by cutting with the hair, you cut less hair. 2, you cut the vent last, so the only way your knife could transfer fecal matter to the meat is if you made a gut shot or nicked the intestines. First deer I ever gutted, my old boss was looking over my shoulder telling me I was doing it wrong and offering to 'show me how it's done'. After I finished, he told me 'good job' and announced that he'd gut the same way in the future.... I don't think he's shot a deer since.
 
Iron_llama said:
For a hot minute I was all fired up to trick out a sit-down jetski for fishing. Small, trailers easy, good on gas, enough room, etc. Then I met a girl who liked to fish, wound up marrying her, and solo fishing got a lot less fun.
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Yeah man, it's a real problem. My wife loves to go. I love to take her. It's strengthened our marriage, but it means 2 of everything.

And I bought a car to tow a boat, and did it on a budget (ie just enough car to tow just enough boat because it was mainly going to be just mine). Now I'm only a year or two later looking at a bigger boat to comfortably fish 2.

And then danged if I don't kind of need a bigger car or at least to add a transmission cooler and brake controller to the one I have.

But...we have fished 4 of the past 5 days in the 1436. And caught a couple of fish everyday. Not ideal, but everything got payed for with cash and is new.
 
I've shot Recurves since I was 12 and bad mouthed all the high tech guys for carrying all their gear and taking 10 minutes to sight in and shoot at a 3D. With aging eyes I wanted to try a sight. No way am I drilling holes in a $1500 riser so I bought a compound to try. Wow, within a couple days I shot like I never have. I still have the same hunting ethic and may not shoot any farther than before but with multiplied confidence. I still like to use a custom recurve but I'll be carrying my Hi Tech 5 string in the woods. Never thought I'd ever say that.........
 
OK, since this is the no shame thread here goes. Between my job, working on my vehicles, and setting duck decoys my hands crack really bad. My wife sells Mary Kay and I really enjoy the Extra Emollient Night Cream. They also have Satin Hands that is unscented for deer season. Remember this is a judgment free zone and I know some of you use beard oil!
 
Blacksmith said:
I've shot Recurves since I was 12 and bad mouthed all the high tech guys for carrying all their gear and taking 10 minutes to sight in and shoot at a 3D. With aging eyes I wanted to try a sight. No way am I drilling holes in a $1500 riser so I bought a compound to try. Wow, within a couple days I shot like I never have. I still have the same hunting ethic and may not shoot any farther than before but with multiplied confidence. I still like to use a custom recurve but I'll be carrying my Hi Tech 5 string in the woods. Never thought I'd ever say that.........
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Wont drill???? Prolly wont spray paint one either then. We may have to keep an eye on you. ;)
 
I got one.
My first deer I shot. I gutted by my self with out any real instruction before hand. I treated it like a fish.. The meat tasted like a fish. Took me a few times to get it down..
 
For any HAM's out there, I found out tonight that my V/U vertical on the roof is a better DTV antenna than purpose built-n-bought DTV antennas. Just put it on a switch and you can run your radio or TV off the same antenna.
 
Pumpkin spice, lots o milk, 6 sugar cubes, whipped cream, phallic shaped delivery apparatus. . . . . Lol
I am comfortable enough with who I am to wear a pink and and let my wife make fun of me for the following:
Driving a 2014 Ford escape as my hunting rig when I hunt near gamelands or off of the highway or in urban areas.
Wearing my crocs out the door because I hate driving in boots.
Loving my pumpkin spice coffee creamers.
Occasionally listening to Celin Deon at high volumes, because man she was a smoke show back in the day........
Having a Harry Potter tattoo. . .
And not liking camo. If I wear camo it's 100% going be uniforms that are unservicable and I can't wear them to work anymore.
I typically wear camo earlier in the season then switch to my solid color first lite clothes.
I hang my head and sigh, slightly disappointed with myself as a sip a spiced pumpkin iced latte from dunkin. . . . . . .
 
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