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Put and take fishery. So it’s kinda part of the ball game. Also once the summer time thermocline sets up and you look at those fish wrong…..they die. Captains trying to make a living are never going to tell clients no if they wanna take home salmon. Now what I’ll never understand is a captain letting clients take home lakers. I mean, I’d do it if they insisted….. but not before getting a full explanation of how crappy they are and long lived/full of contamination they are. I’ll see boards full of lakers in pictures and just cringe for those clients hahaha. Finger lake lakers are a different story.

Ugh I wish, I got one on my property in Brockport and I am already worried they are gonna smoke what little turkey pop we have left.

Very Nice!

What did you end up going with?

In Florida for this week of horrible weather so I got out just in time! Booked a trip with Matt Santiago out of Ruskin, Florida for some inshore action and the trip did not disappoint. We started by weeding through 20 or so seatrout for our six fish limit and then went after snook. We absolutely pounded snook for the next 3.5 hours and had a beauty bonus red in the mix. Of the dozens of snook we landed three were in the slot range which was awesome. Overall a super fun experience and great day. Figured you folks stuck in the tundra would like the mental escape!

It depends, hit them in the soft tissue and it's a pinhole with a smoked body cavity. Hit them in the shoulder blade and it's like you tore the leg off and have a runner. All lethal hits but they vary in terms of anchoring. I tend to shoot off the front shoulder with vmax if I can. From the forums (and if you reload) a 39 grain berger or soft point might give you more consistent results. I don't reload so the 40 grain v max it is. Plus I get insane accuracy from it.

40gr Hornady V Max out of the 204 Ruger.

Did a few sets last night. Called in three foxes and shot two. The third fox escaped because I didn't realize it was coming in until I started a coyote vocals sequence and then it high tailed it out of there! Highlight of the night was the second fox down as it was my furthest predator kill at 260 yards. Apologies for the gory pictures but unfortunately those v max bullets act like grenades to foxes.

Thank you I appreciate it. Something a lot of people don’t quite get is how much a dog can mean to you….

Hi there, I have a lot of advice lol. PM me for super specific stuff. AGM is super solid, Iray is fantastic and of course Pulsar is quality. Personally I would stay with those brands for quality and warranty. Be VERY VERY mindful that you are paying for picture image at BASE MAG. Every step you take up, decreases the image quality into the next category. So if you buy a 384 that has a 4x base mag, you have essentially purchased a 640 scope that has a 2x base mag. The more you research the more you realize that there are some gimmicks to the industry to milk a 1000 or so out of the buyer.

Thanks Bill, no it’s not. She was my first dog as an independent adult so she was with me through thick and thin. She was a real good pup.

Been a bit of a tough week. Lost my chocolate lab Zoe to congestive heart failure on Tuesday and as with losing any beloved pup (she saw me through lots of phases of life) it's been a dark cloud kinda week. With that said it was nice to get out last night and chase some yotes on a couple of quick sets. Manny made some magic happen right off the bat and pulled in a nice male coyote right on a string. We tried to coax three more into range but after I dumped the first one, they weren't having it. Still, it was a good night to get out and clear the head.

Little fox hunt from last night. Beautiful coat on this one!

I think my wife might have me murdered if I did that I am going to have it skinned and tanned.

Nailed a coyote last night. Little video from the set! Got the coyote checking out the bait pile and I will admit I got a little lucky that I was just checking the bait out when she walked in from my left! One of the most beautiful coyotes Ive ever shot and I believe what they would call a "red" color phase coyote.