Minnesota,Wisconsin,Iowa, Dakotas GTG's thread

[Lark-o]

I Started cleaning up and organizing the pole barn today I've got to figure out how to get 3 boats, my car and truck in there. Got the fish houses down and no mouse holes! Auger fired right up too. Boy That wind today took the fight right out of me though.

 

[Lark-o]

Blaine near the sports center.

We aren't very far apart then. I'm in Thorne bros all the time.

 

[Steve NW WI]

I'm over that way every day as well, I work in Circle Pines.

 

[svk]

Perhaps the three of us should grab a brew sometime (with an open invite to anyone else in the area). The Tavern is fantastic and BWW is opening soon.

 

[Lark-o]

I'd be up for that.

 

[Steve NW WI]

It'd be a late one - I work 3-11 when I'm not on OT. Currently working 10s. Maybe a Saturday after work? I try to work mornings if I work the weekend, and try to be out of there by 2pm or so.

 

[Stihl Livin]

I'll be at the cabin from Wednesday night of thanksgiving week til that Sunday if anyone is going to be around. We are just east of webster in voyager village.

 

[WetGunPowder]

I'll be at the cabin from Wednesday night of thanksgiving week til that Sunday if anyone is going to be around. We are just east of webster in voyager village.

We may try to get to Wendy's house to cut some trees close to her house that a local tree service stiffed her on when the wind storm came thru. Fatness has a manlift that we can hopefully get to them and get them to the ground with no problems.

 

[andydodgegeek]

Howdy folks, it's been quite a while since I have been on AS. I did see you pass us on the freeway Jack, anymore luck deer hunting? I got a small buck and 2 does on monday of the opening weekend, that means we can have venison dishes at our GTG's and wood cutting events. I think JD is going to be in town this week, anyone want to get together for a dinner say maybe on thursday? Now that deer hunting is done for me I plan on doing some more cutting, anyone is welcome to join in on the fun. I live in Harris, if anyone wants to come just call or text me, or if you haven't yet met me shoot me a private message and I can give you my info. Nice to see we have a few new local members.

 

[Lark-o]

I'd be up for lending a hand, cutting fire wood I assume?

 

[andydodgegeek]

Yup cutting wood. Probably in the next couple weekends. I have a good pile of logs at home that can get cut up and I also would like to go to the woods and haul more logs home. I have been cleaning up storm damage trees in a gun club that I am a member of just a mile down the road from my house. I cut stuff into 12-15 foot lengths then load them into the dump truck with the bobcat and haul it home. We usually have a good time doing it. I will post more when I know for sure I will be heading out. A good chance I will cut some next weekend.

 

[Stihlalltheway]

Worst year ever for hunting for our crew. 10 hunters opening weekend and no deer. 7 hunters this weekend. Still nothing. Since 1986 we have always shot at least one deer opening weekend. Hope third weekend is different. My brother in the Marine Corps might be back for this week too.

 

[andydodgegeek]

Other than the fact that I shot 3 deer I would agree this was the worst season I have experienced in a long time. Opening day was just nasty not fun, 30+ mph winds all day just kicked my butt. Me and Sarah sat in our stands opening day from about 5:40am untill 5:30 pm never getting down, LOOOOONG day. I saw 1 red squirrel that day and nothing else, not even a bird. Sarah saw 2 deer that morning but didn't get a shot at them. The second day we did take a lunch break out of the stand. Again I saw NOTHING and again Sarah saw 2 deer but didn't get a shot. The 3rd day Sarah said she refused to sit out in the wind for another long day so I decided to sit in her stand. About an hour and a half after I sat down I shot a doe followed by a 4pt buck and then another doe all within about 5 minutes. I tried a few more days hunting closer to home but never saw another deer. I was going to go out yesterday but it rained all afternoon and I said to heck with it. It was fun shooting the deer with an old Remington model 700 in .350 Remington magnum that my dad gave me, I deer hunt with a different rifle almost every year just to mix things up a bit.

 

[svk]

.350 Rem that's a classic!

Deer numbers are down by us due to extreme snow last winter but several people in my area put down bucks although no big ones. This full moon isn't helping daytime deer movement either. I was driving last night after dark and was seeing about a deer per mile and nearly hit two.

 

[andydodgegeek]

I kind of like using something besides the norm for a deer hunting rifle. This year was the .350 rem, here is a list off some of the others I have shot deer with .338 winchester magnum, .280 remington, 8mm rem magnum, and my favorite .257 roberts. Not sure what I will use next year, probably something different. My .257 roberts was my first deer rifle I bought back when I was about 14 years old. Its a Ruger M77 liberty model. I have shot lots of deer with it and I also shot my first black bear with it. I feel it is about the perfect deer cartridge, not too big not too small. It goes in, expands, wrecks havoc on the insides and makes a good exit hole.

 

[Stihlalltheway]

I don't think a .350 would be ideal for woods hunting because its a heavy, big round that flies moderately slow. There really isn't a cartridge that is a true "brush buster". If a bullet hits anything, it is going to go off track. I talked to my uncle about this (who has **** more 16+ pointers than I can count) and he said to use the smallest, pointiest bullet you can find with enough powder to kill a deer. A .270 or a .270 wsm (which is what I shoot) is just about perfect. Just my opinion.

 

[Lark-o]

Im just happy all you evil bambi hunters are out of the woods so I can go out shoot some roosters

 

[Lark-o]

I don't think a .350 would be ideal for woods hunting because its a heavy, big round that flies moderately slow. There really isn't a cartridge that is a true "brush buster". If a bullet hits anything, it is going to go off track. I talked to my uncle about this (who has **** more 16+ pointers than I can count) and he said to use the smallest, pointiest bullet you can find with enough powder to kill a deer. A .270 or a .270 wsm (which is what I shoot) is just about perfect. Just my opinion.

heavy and slow is better then fast and light in my opinion for thick woods hunting. I would rather be shooting a 35 rem over lets say a .243 if it was a brush shot but then I would probably never take a brush shot unless it was close. it doesn't matter what youre shooting really, a well placed shot within reasonable distance for the caliber will take down any deer. I "may" know of a guy that lives off of venison way up northern mn that "may" shoot deer out of season and does it with .22lr.

 

[andydodgegeek]

I don't think a .350 would be ideal for woods hunting because its a heavy, big round that flies moderately slow. There really isn't a cartridge that is a true "brush buster". If a bullet hits anything, it is going to go off track. I talked to my uncle about this (who has **** more 16+ pointers than I can count) and he said to use the smallest, pointiest bullet you can find with enough powder to kill a deer. A .270 or a .270 wsm (which is what I shoot) is just about perfect. Just my opinion.

Just to clarify things a bit a 270 wsm shoots a 140 grain bullet at 3250fps with about 3200 ft lbs of energy where a 350 remington magnum shoots a 200 grain bullet at just over 3000 fps with about 4000 lb ft of energy. It actually is an excellent brush gun with good capabilities out to 400-500 yards, most of my deer are shot within 75 yards and often thru some brush. A little bit of brush is not a big deal when it is close to the deer, the closer the brush is to you the more it will screw up your trajectory. I am not saying anything bad about a 270 it is an excellent choice for deer hunting, as is most all other .25 caliber and larger cartridges. It all really comes down to the shooter putting the shot in a good place.

 

[andydodgegeek]

I just got done messaging JD and he will be back in town this week. We are going to meet up for a dinner/ AS council meeting (B.S. session) on Thursday night. We can certainly do T-dawgs in Grantsburg but I am open to suggestions on other places to go. Post up some dining options people. I just had an idea while I was typing how about Flickabirds on Rush Lake just west of Rush City? They have very good food and are close to most of us. What do you say?