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39th Anniversary on the 16th.

Consequently I'll not get back afield till the 17th. Birthday is the 21 and I always hunt on my birthday. Hopefully I'll be able to spend the time between the 17th and the 21st afield.

Thanks for all the kind words guys!

Best,


GWB

Geedubya,

I always enjoy your photos and stories!

Thank you!

KW

^^^This^^^

Plus I keep hoping GW will adopt me. . He's got the best knife collection on the Fire!

And I dulled more than one on this ol' boy/



190 lbs of Fugly. He had been wallowing in the mud and it had dried and along with about a 1" fat shield it was nasty! Nothing like cutting on "concrete" to dull a blade.



ya!

GWB

Thanks for the great pics and stories . Great thread.

G,

I was looking at those yesterday, On their website it says that one is full frame and the other is aps-c. Which one do you have ?

Thanks

Spending time afield with a rifle and camera, then posting pix an spinning yarns keeps this ol' fart out of the bars and off the streets so to speak!

I posted on a different thread in regards to a 6 pt. cull I was lucky enough to take this weekend.

Jason S., AKA "Sakohunter 264" accompanied me on this trip.

It's like almost never that someone else skins the critters I shoot. However Jason decided to test out a couple of my knives.







My oldest son was there and between the two of them they loaded, unload and skinned this critter in short order.

We went out and set together in a blind that evening, hoping to pop a couple hoglets.

Jason had hunted this stand the day before and got there just a bit late and got busted by the hogs that were already there. So this evening we got out about an hour earlier. Hogs usually do not move about during the mid-afternoon, but perhaps it was the cool temps that made the difference as the hogs came in about 1.5 hours before dark-thirty.

One of the hogs in the sounder had unusual marking in that he was white with black spots. Jason decided to take him. I luv to line up doubles so I asked him to wait until I counted to three. He did and I did. We both got out primary target. I was shooting a 30-06 with 180 gr. Core-lokts and the bullet passed through the primary target and into another. It must have not been a killing shot as he ran into the brush about 10' away. A brief search turned up no blood or hoglet, so no big deal.



Jason and his hoglet!




and the "obligatory hero shot" of the two of us.

I pretty much hunt alone, but Jason is a hoot to hunt with.

ya!

GWB

Good stuff GW! Way to get out amongst 'em.

Sorry for the tardy response. I missed this.

As a caveat, I operate within a narrow band of mediocrity. Consequently I will not attempt to dazzle you with my knowledge of photography or technical details. In that regards Google is your friend.

Anywho,

The 7D Mk II is a the APS-C sensor. I had been shooting a CanonT2i (also a APS-C sensor) when I decided to upgrade. The 5D MK 3 at that time was +/- $3,400, IIRC. I spent a good deal of time reading and studying. I went to the photo forum below, explained the type of "photoging" I did, and asked their opinion. At that time the 7D MK 2 had just came to market and IIRC is was under $2k. Based on my reading and input from the guys, I decided that the 7d mk 2 would best fit my needs. The 5D Mk 3 did not have a dedicated flash, and the 7dMk2 had an upgraded sensor, and could shoot 10 frames per second, and it would do all I needed at half the price of what a 5d MK3 cost at that time. Although I don't shoot a lot of video with the 7dMk2, it does a wonderful job of tracking. I mainly use the GoPro for video. I bought my camera from CameraLand NewYork who advertise here. Paid cash, no tax or shipping. If you buy the EF lenses they can be used on both full frame and crop sensor. IIRC the 5D MK3 was $1,599 at CLNY the last time I looked. Too many expenses now but the Mavic Pro Platinum Drone will most likely be my next purchase, followed by the 5DMK4. I'll problably not switch to mirrorless or Nikon due to my investment in lenses.



BTW, I mentioned the three lenses that are my "go to" lenses, but my kit also includes

the EF-S 24mm 1:2.8 STM

the EF 50mm 1:1.8 STM

the EF-S 10-18mm 1:4.5-5.6 IS STM

and the Canon Macro Lens, EF 100MM 1:2.8 USM


Usually I carry both the 24-70 mounted on the camera and the 150 by 600 in my pack. As mentioned before, with the 1.6 crop factor the 150 to 600 gives a pretty good range of telephoto capability!

Finally, Tamron has come out with an upgrade to the original 150-600. it is the "g2".

http://www.tamron-usa.com/product/lenses/a022.html

both Canon and Nikon mounts.

IMHO it would be hard to beat for the price!

ya!


GWB

G,
I am lucky I can manage to turn my camera on, total newbie with them. As you well know the choices out there are dizzying and just trying to gather information so I can best spend what I have. I just regret not doing this sooner because I have had some incredible photo opportunities and did not take advantage of it . Thanks for your help and also providing those great photos I look forward to when opening one of your threads.

Thank you for the kind words. I know there is a delicate balance in regards to "over-exposure" in areas other than photography! Please let me know when and if I'm guilty!

ya!

GWB

Great pics, man those auodad are badass!!

Just a great show.. Thanks!!!!

GWB, great photos and memories shared with many more in the near term horizon. Yea!

Good stuff here