Hey, sorry I haven't been around!!! I can't drop in from work on my spare time anymore (it's called browser content filtering or something like that... :roll: ) so I play solitare over lunch...
Anyway, my online surfing time in the evening is very limited and I can only be active on one or two boards and have been struggling with which boards to still stay active on. I really like iowaoutdoors.org because being an iowa boy I can meet up with guys and gals in my state for hunts, a day of fishing, etc. But I have time for one more board, and I think it's going to have to be this one because of you guys!!!
I hope to be here more often and post and be as helpful as I can, as I was in the past.
To give you an idea of what I've been up to, in early January I pulled my old Weatherby Vanguard chambered in .270 win, my first centerfire rifle, sighted the Bushnell Elite 3200 3-9x40 with Remington Express 100 grain PSP's, and went to work making an econimcal ecalling/rifle setup. In the following 2 pics it has the following I've come up with:
Remington Express 100 grain PSP .270's
Turkey air seat
fiberglass shooting sticks ("scruffy stix..." :wink: ) - under $4.00
internally amp'd speaker, around 94db max output (loud, DB above level that causes hearing damage!) - Radio shack - $39.99
6ft speaker cord - wally world - $4.97
MP3 (or cd or tape)
MP3 loaded with Johny Stewart coyote calling CD volume 2 (distressed cottontail, puppies, distressed housecat, distressed fawn) that has both 15 minute cd tracks and 5 minute mp3 tracks - $17.99
mouse squeeker Velcro'd to stock
Butler creek scope covers - Cabela bucks! :wink:
ARD in front BC scope cover - equivalant to 7" sun shade, fits in BC scope covers, made by tenebraex corporation for millitary and civialian sales, best price I found was E Arthur Brown for $12.95 with $3.95 shipping.
http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/phpbb2/album_pic.php?pic_id=842http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/phpbb2/album_pic.php?pic_id=840and another one looking through the "ard"
http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/phpbb2/album_pic.php?pic_id=841I'm tired of my elite 3200 scope's light gathering optics blinding me in the snow and making a stand looking towards the sun.... :evil: Not anymore. :twisted:
When I get time I want to make a post in the pred. forum, show off my e-caller and other stuff as well as show off a open reed howler I made from an antler shed a few weeks ago. I've kept busy. :-D
later,
scruffy