Recent content by Telemark

Done. It wasn't easy. I still have to torque and stake the catle nut, but I will do that after I tune the buffer. But it's ready for the range.

Oh yes. I'll check the price when I'm down there again. It will probably bum you out. As an aside, I bought a bunch of Norma 7.62x39, and I'm going to save the brass in case I end up reloading.

I made it down to Monroe after work today. Got the lowers for $45 each. This is my first build, so I hope it goes well. I found about 3000 rounds of 7.62x39 ammo in my dad's stash. Much cheaper mag dumps than the 5.56, and possible hunting rifle when I get a suppressor. The upper, BCG, and...

Same. Sturgis gets a few things right, but he's probably wrong as often as he's right. And I can't stand his smug attitude in his videos. I quit watching him years ago. I think his whole approach has contradictory elements, and the idea of separate areas for does and bucks is only really...

A thermal drone would be awesome right now. It's overcast, and there is thick snow on the ground. I went out yesterday and walked about 2 miles in the snow. It was exhausting, and I found very little deer sign. I wanted to go across the river, but I fell through the ice once when I was...

Exactly this.

What do you want it for? I won't buy one without thermal, and that is already over 5k. If you just want one for fun, you can easily stay under 1k. It won't be much help over available technology.

I'd say you're lucky. Most of us are dealing with record cold.

My only argument is that he's lying about nutrition if he's saying nutrition doesn't matter. I've never actually seen him say that, though.

But they're eating it! I think this Spring I'll get out and add some alsike clover to it.

I have no problem believing soil quality is a main driver of deer health and size. If a deer eats a certain amount of food in any given year, the deer eating more nutritious food will be bigger and healthier. I mentioned that video of the bean field where deer were showing a clear preference...

If it's this guy: ...then he's clearly contradicting himself. Not even his "wild" deer eat only native food.

Nice. I'm about to prune some mulberry trees, so if I can propagate the cuttings that will be awesome.

The deer I watched on camera, I checked almost every day for two months. There were 4 mature bucks in the photos, and all of them visited after dark. The biggest one was seen only once, around midnight. I have no problem believing what Baker said about pressure. These deer were hunted by a...