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  1. Spikebuck

    #4 buck in the trade gun.

    Congrats! 👍 I don't see Jess anywhere. Day off?
  2. Spikebuck

    Conical for bull elk

    Can't speak to shooting elk, but can to using peeps for hunting...and well under 50 yards too! I have shot whitetails at very close range...10-15 yards...no problem with peeps. I normally use a .125 aperture for hunting and it allows me good shooting dusk to dawn. A .150 aperture is also good...
  3. Spikebuck

    White Deer

    Quite a hunt. 👍 I wish people would just walk up to me and offer their hotspot hunting land for my enjoyment!!! 😁
  4. Spikebuck

    second SMR hog

    Congrats on the hog. Looks like a dandy! 👍 I use a .125 aperture and it allows me our legal 1/2 hr before sunrise to 1/2 hr after sunset. On cloudy days where it gets light a little later or dark a little earlier, a .150 works a little better. I don't use a set trigger when hunting. One...
  5. Spikebuck

    Another Hog with the October Country .62

    Great hunt. Congrats! 👍
  6. Spikebuck

    YES! A.40 cal. Flinter can Kill!

    What a great trip! Congrats. 👍
  7. Spikebuck

    If You Order From Pecatonica Beware Of Shipping Issues With USPS

    One thing I found that can help is one's own local post office. I had a shipment cycling through three USPS distribution centers for weeks. I tried the National USPS lack of Help Line with zero results. I called my small town local postmaster who went into their system and did some action...
  8. Spikebuck

    Round ball and blood trails

    Have been ML hunting for 24 years (was all bow for 25 years prior) taking a lot of northern whitetails including large bucks. I have used .50, .54, and .62 with both PRB and conicals in .50 and .54. I shoot from 80 to 105 grs of 2f with 90 being the most common. Only a couple of those deer...
  9. Spikebuck

    Fears Deadly Deer Disease Could Infect Humans

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7582561/#:~:text=Prion%20diseases%20are%20a%20unique,significant%20impact%20on%20disease%20pathogenesis. Discusses the spontaneous nature of JCD in humans and immune system interactions. Also the similar prion diseases in animals. I've also read...
  10. Spikebuck

    Muzzleloader Magazine

    A week after your post...still nothing in the mailbox...🙄
  11. Spikebuck

    Muzzleloader No Longer On Newstands

    No January issue yet. Deja vu all over again.
  12. Spikebuck

    SCI Convention in Nashville.

    The issue I'm more concerned with is the scientific and unnatural manipulation of actual genetics in laboratories to produce massively giant racks that in no way represent what is possible in nature. These labs are producing bucks that as yearlings can produce racks over 100" and at 2 1/2 yo...
  13. Spikebuck

    SCI Convention in Nashville.

    Some REALLY nice Sable mounts. Sable and big Kudu bulls just amaze me. Good to see a representation of traditional guns and accouterments. Was surprised to see a number of Whitetail mounts that appear to be farmed genetically contrived specimens. Does SCI allow farmed deer into its records?
  14. Spikebuck

    Tree Rat & Grain Thief

    Nice looking kit. The fusil is gorgeous! 😍 Congrats on the grain thief!
  15. Spikebuck

    Ramrods, Hunting, other than wood ....

    I have used wooden ramrods without issue and prefer them. That said, I had a .62 caliber Jaeger that required the ramrod tapering all the way down to 5/16". That particular rifle also required an exceptionally tight PRB to shoot it's very best, which really was the tightest grouping rifle I...
  16. Spikebuck

    Poor Big Ted!

    THANK GOD!!! When I first saw the post title I thought that maybe you hadn't cleaned Big Ted for 7 or 8 months and you found a spot of rust on him, or some other major physical disaster like accidently using 1F or 2F!!! 😲 So glad it was that you only almost hurt Ted's feelings! Great hunt...
  17. Spikebuck

    Not sure if I can make this happen but…..

    Degrading accuracy, though minimal, is a given as the aperture hole size increases past a certain point, but may be different by individual depending on their pupil diameter in varying light conditions: The theory of operation behind the aperture sight is often stated that the human eye will...
  18. Spikebuck

    Not sure if I can make this happen but…..

    IIRC, standard aperture threading is 12-24. Your measurement looks pretty close. Apertures from someone like Williams would probably just screw in.
  19. Spikebuck

    Not sure if I can make this happen but…..

    I have shot peeps a lot and they are GREAT for hunting. I found a .125 aperture to allow me to shoot from a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset...maybe not quite if its cloudy. .150 is better for darker, but that is where I started noticing groups at longer yardages opening...
  20. Spikebuck

    This Years last Deer Huntings

    Congrats on your success! 👍
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