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Paul, Now WTF would you shoot a little thing like that?It's still got milk on it's lips for cryin out loud!
WB.
"You set your own goals for success, and when you succeed it don't necessarily mean that you're going to be a big star or make a lot of money or anything. You'll feel it in your heart whether you've succeeded or not." - Roy Buchanan
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is that a price tag sticker still stuck to the call?
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"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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The sucker looks as big as a fuggin shetlin pony.That's bigger than a lot of mulies.... WB.
"You set your own goals for success, and when you succeed it don't necessarily mean that you're going to be a big star or make a lot of money or anything. You'll feel it in your heart whether you've succeeded or not." - Roy Buchanan
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I do, Steelhead, lots of them. I have nothing but respect for the good and experienced members of the 'fire. I have many, many mentors on this forum and ask them many, many questions.
Since we are trading observations about each other:
You should stop obsessing over me and be the good Campfire citizen that we'd all prefer...
-jeff
"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
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Nice buck. Cool rifle.What is the caliber and rig that Paul W was using there?
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Jeff- You have to admit that you get a little 'Monkish' on some of the small details. No, you don't have to pick blue tape, but I can almost garantee you that it isn't going to affect you hunting success. But, you can use other colors, I use black. You mentioned bowhunting, I always fletch my arrows with a very bright color and yes I've used blue in the past. Never seemed to be a problem yet. IMO, you are worrying way too much about something that is very minor... Maybe it's just the Sitka's that are colorblind...
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I too, had a deer jump on the hood of a 56 Chevy two tone blue BelAir quite few yrs ago. Course if it didn't see the Chevy,it probably didn't see it was blue
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
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Darn deer have taken out several squads with the red and blue lights flashin'...maybe it's an attractant...Let's do a study....grin...
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NO tape is cheaper..
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69 Pro-Constitution. LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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blue eh? Wonder how this happened then? You're a tool! I feel a little better now, one of the McSwirly's I ordered will look a lot like this or was your success due to the extremely dense cover? BTW Paul, that's a freaking HOG. Good work buddy, especially after handicapping yourself with that blue stock...
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Pointer & Paul... SWEET Blactails, both of them. There ain't a prettier deer than a mature Blacktail buck. ~josh
To rear children in an atmosphere of love, security, and faith is the most rewarding of all challenges. The good results from such efforts becomes life's most satisfying compensation. ~Gordon B. Hinckley
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Jeff- You have to admit that you get a little 'Monkish' on some of the small details. Maybe it's just the Sitka's that are colorblind... Pointer, fair enough... but to be clear here, all I did with my initial post on the subject was mention that research has shown that deer see blue very well, and therefore a guy might factor that into their thinking WRT what color they taped their muzzle. I didn't say it was gonna make every deer in the county take off runnin'! :-) That's gorgeous country you are hunting there. Words fail me as far as trying to explain how different that is, from where I hunt. Maybe I'll post a picture of the woods out past my back field. If I were hunting country like that I wouldn't spend one second worrying about the color of my muzzle or the sound of the safety on my rifle for that matter. -jeff
The CENTER will hold.
Reality, Patriotism,Trump: you can only pick two
FÜCK PUTIN!
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If anyone is truly interested in how deer see, as evidenced by research, simply type "deer vision blue" into your Google window and spend some time reading the results.
Here's a nice link:
http://home.adelphia.net/~geffert/deervis.htm
Here's a couple quotes from it:
"The colors of earthly objects are mostly browns, tans, greens and yellows. To an animal with dichromatic color vision, a sportsman wearing garments that strongly reflect short wavelength light would stand out against these backgrounds like a ripe red tomato on a green vine."
"Because of the deer's high relative sensitivity to short wavelength light, the presence of blue, violet and U-V components would make a garment stand out as both bright and colored against natural backgrounds. Those same components could be barely noticeable to humans." Dr. Jay Neitz "
I am confidant that if any rational person went and read some of those links, they'd have to agree that blue is a poor choice of color to intentionally put on the barrel of your rifle- especially if a guy hunts close quarters.
I'm equally confidant that the usual suspect will just make fun of this post rather than admit that I have a point.
:-)
-jeff
The CENTER will hold.
Reality, Patriotism,Trump: you can only pick two
FÜCK PUTIN!
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But realistically Jeff, how fine do you think deer vision is? Can you pick out a half inch dot in foliage 25 yards away?
Why pack all that messy meat out of the bush when we can just go to the grocery store where meat is made? Hell,if they sold antlers I would save so much money I could afford to go Dolphin fishing. Maybe even a baby seal safari.
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That's amusing.
"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
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We were in the Spokane Dejavu several years ago. The lighting which was all 'black' light revealed a rather humorous stain about mid belly on my horny friend's seemingly clean shirt......
We all got a good laugh at his expense..
Forgot to add he was wearing a blue shirt.
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Jeff, the color of tape I use on the end of a barrel would be about ZERO on my list of things that can and will spook game...
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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it's a Howa 1500 chambered in 264WM. Mickey Coleman put it together for me a couple of years ago. that was the first animal i shot with it. it has to be the best shooting rifle i own and i own quite a few rifles...
I can't spell... Deal with it...
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