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Nothing stops this guy from tagging out!

It’s amazing. Like carrying nothing at all with zero kick and zero hearing loss lol. Shot birds out to 47 yards with it with zero issue.

NY public land tag out! Did a late morning hunt from 9:30 to 12. I struck this bird at 11:22 and he was dead at 11:30. Came in hot and he came in with two other toms. Can’t beat lonely late morning birds! I’ve always said, if I get a gobble after 10 AM, my mindset is that I’m going to tag that tom. Folded him at 37 yards with the Burgess Creek Ammunition 9s out of the Stevens 410. Killed 7 birds with the 410 now and it’s just the absolute best way to turkey hunt!

Thank you Sir!

I knew which ridge this Tom was on 2 weeks ago so I got in very early and had my red light on when I heard putting up high when I crossed a creek to get to the ridge I wanted. So I shut the light down and just sat quiet for 45 min. 5:30 comes around and he is freakin in a tree 40 yards to my right. Thought there was zero chance he didn’t see me. Well he didn’t. He gobbled once at 5:45. While he strutted on the limb I managed to cock my gun with my left hand, switch it to my right hand and power on my red dot. The turkey pitched to 13 steps. Directly in front of me. I leveled my gun and hammered him. The bird that putted was his hen across the creek. Didn’t make a single turkey noise or do anything besides sit quietly. The gobbler died maybe 5 seconds after his feet touched the ground 😂 Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good!

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.

Just out there smashing them!

Called in a nice fox for my buddy last night and he put a good shot on it. Action filled night with foxes at all other sets and a really close pack of coyotes that we couldn’t coax into the field. Starting to heat up a bit!

If you are going to go 640 you better have a base mag setting of at least 3.5 for fox and yote hunting (if shooting longer than 100 yds). Lots of guys get duped into the 640 prices for the 2x base mag and well guess what, with just one zoom up to 4x you are now at the shooting level and resolution of a far cheaper scope. This is not to say that the 2x models are bad, I previously ran a Rattler in the 384 and we had great success with it. This is the main reason I went with the AGM Adder TS50-384. Its base mag is 4 which is the highest in the industry so far, so it matches lots of the 640 scopes on the second zoom setting. So far I am very very happy with it. I called lots of thermal dealers and they all pretty much admitted that without going to the Bolt TH 50C price range (4K), then there is almost no advantage to a 640 optic vs the higher mag setting 384s. If I did move on from the Adder it would be for the Bolt which has a 3.5 base mag at 640, which to me is then a significant upgrade in resolution while maintaining the longer range capabilities. Just some food for thought, though you may have already known it all!

Yah I fully understand that. I will tell you to jump in full throttle. It is so much fun and honestly, one of the easier types of hunting to go out and do with pretty consistent action. Plus it seems like the last type of hunting where people will happily give you permission. I am about 3 real seasons in and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite types of hunting. If you have any questions about a thermal scope, send me a message. I did an insane amount of research and I'm on my second scope lol. There are a lot of gimmicks out there and one of the biggest things you need to worry about is base magnification.

You will want a thermal optic as well. The scanner gets you in half the game, but if you consistently want yotes, you want to stay dark. Foxes don’t mind the red or IR lights near as much.