44man
10-02-2016, 08:46 AM
The lane was blocked to our stands with a huge dead tree that fell. We cut it out and a lot of over head junk, place turns to a jungle each year.
I made several rests out of conduit with "T" ends brazed on the back. Bolted to a hunk of 2X4. Have to remove a wing nut and bend it out to go around the tree, put it back on the bolt and strap the 2X4 tight. A little wimpy but works great. A little tough to get on up above the ladder stand. Just enough support for wrists.
We took our guns to practice. I found an old coffee pot and set it about 50 yards. Don did not bring the loads with my boolits for his SBH Hunter, he had a box of 225 gr Hornady SST's he got for a gift. Little pointy things with a plastic tip. I told him they will shoot low. He tore the ground up under the pot and out of 8 shots, hit it once. He could not judge hold over with them.
Now the bad! I kept finding his bullets on top of the ground, mashed and many just the jacket with no cores. I told him don't shoot deer with them, no exits. You can't see deer run here or fall, too thick.
I took my .475 BFR up and shot 4 times, center hits I could cover with a quarter, good to go.
We had fun, came to the house for a few beers. The lady owner has a stack of fire wood too. Now to get deer in sight!
Has it ever grown over, 32 acres of prime deer lands. I was walking around to find a target and had no idea where I was once. No sun, clouds and a drizzle. You can't find a deer without blood.
I made several rests out of conduit with "T" ends brazed on the back. Bolted to a hunk of 2X4. Have to remove a wing nut and bend it out to go around the tree, put it back on the bolt and strap the 2X4 tight. A little wimpy but works great. A little tough to get on up above the ladder stand. Just enough support for wrists.
We took our guns to practice. I found an old coffee pot and set it about 50 yards. Don did not bring the loads with my boolits for his SBH Hunter, he had a box of 225 gr Hornady SST's he got for a gift. Little pointy things with a plastic tip. I told him they will shoot low. He tore the ground up under the pot and out of 8 shots, hit it once. He could not judge hold over with them.
Now the bad! I kept finding his bullets on top of the ground, mashed and many just the jacket with no cores. I told him don't shoot deer with them, no exits. You can't see deer run here or fall, too thick.
I took my .475 BFR up and shot 4 times, center hits I could cover with a quarter, good to go.
We had fun, came to the house for a few beers. The lady owner has a stack of fire wood too. Now to get deer in sight!
Has it ever grown over, 32 acres of prime deer lands. I was walking around to find a target and had no idea where I was once. No sun, clouds and a drizzle. You can't find a deer without blood.