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I made a “loop” of paracord. Just goofing off at home (live on 7 acres) it goes around my neck. When hunting I run it through a tab on my vest. Either just let it dangle from vest, or set the length so it’s just long enough to rest in a front pocket of my coat/vest, but still easy to pull and...

I bought a 550+ last year. Realized real quick I won’t go without GPS in the future. The way I’ve seen it explained is the 550+ is a training collar with GPS capability. And the Alpha series are a GPS collar with some training capability. With the 550+, without looking I can toggle between 3...

I had never worn sunglasses my entire life due to prescriptions, I’m 45. For the last 10 years or so I have about 3 pairs of prescription sunglasses, keep a set in each truck so I always have them. I can’t imagine hunting on a sunny day without them. They help me on identifying a bird by not...

I'm 45, have a 9 year old and a 6.5 year old shorthair. Was going to add a pudelpointer puppy next year, but the wife's goldendoodle became a lady of night and we now have a yellow golden labradoodle that is 11 weeks old. Looks like I'll be doing more duck hunting in my future. My point to...

The last 5 years or so I've been fairly diligent on deleting the 'trash' photos, you know the ones where you took 10 pictures of the same thing and they all look the same. Delete all but 1. Then you have the 'trash' photos that show you dog or hunting buddy or whatever, but they're so far out...

I can’t help with your question, but might help others looking at Final Rise. Black Ovis has several versions of Final Rise in stock. It took a month for me to get mine in December direct. Nephew got his in 2 days from Black Ovis.

Been a while since I listened to the Meateater podcasts on this with the lawyers legal explanation, so this might not be perfect, but close- My understanding was that it wasn’t actually illegal, there were no laws in the books saying “thou shall not corner cross”. Which is why the Missouri...

I have an Instinct watch paired to my Pro 550 Plus. I’d like it a lot more if I wasn’t near sighted. I have to look over or under my glasses to see it. Guess that means it is time for bifocals…. Also I connect my handhold to the Garmin app on my phone. Likely not needed with the Alpha screen.

I used Winchester 1 3/8 ounce at 1450 on ducks this year and was impressed. More kills. Less wounded than my normal steel. Rogers, $1.48/shell. Case of 250 for $370. Was $400 a month ago when I bought another case...

I can't remember the exact details, but the gist of it was a guy called in to the 'You Betcha' guys, as he was road hunting ditch chickens. I think (might be a stretch here) he even shot one while he was talking to them...

Agreed. So many fundraisers for various kids groups, kids trips, kids sports teams around here have raffles for whatever the cheapest entry level rifle or shotgun they can get their hands on. I'll pay my $20 and almost hope I don't win. I'd much rather pay $100 to the same group for a chance...

Never heard of it.

They don’t. They contract Turks and Italians to.

Which Danners? They've got everything from cheapo chinese imports to premium made in USA quality boots. 20 years ago I loved my Danner Pronghorn imports, most comfortable boot ever. But the durability wasn't there for me, the toe wore out. In hindsight, I should have put Tuff-Toe on them...

Scheels Endeavor 2.0 $120 pants were a win Using Garmin Pro 550 Plus with TT25 collars made me question why I waited so long to buy GPS collars. (Yeah, it was the price os why I waited, but I am glad I did now)