RepublicanJD
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Ended up with Ruger AR-556. Now I gotta figure out sight options.
Get ready for sensory overload. My original varmint 223 had a 4-12x40 with a night vision clip on. But now I’m using thermal on two and a real nice day scope on the 22-250 bolt and still feel like I need guidance. What I’m really needing is more field time with someone more knowledgeable to get sorted out.Ended up with Ruger AR-556. Now I gotta figure out sight options.
Get ready for sensory overload. My original varmint 223 had a 4-12x40 with a night vision clip on. But now I’m using thermal on two and a real nice day scope on the 22-250 bolt and still feel like I need guidance. What I’m really needing is more field time with someone more knowledgeable to get sorted out.
It'd be great to make that list. I might make a dog run tonight in Garrett and maybe one more run down south and that’ll be my season also. I only got out once this year so my progress is stagnant.Im running a pulsar thermion xm30 on one rifle and a sightmark wraith on another. The thermal is amazing for detection but as range increases its harder to tell what your detecting especially with small mammals(fox,coon,coyote,dog,skunk) are pretty hard to tell apart through the thermal past 150yds or so. With the wraith i can clearly id and engage targets out to 300yds no problem. Farther with a morenpowerfull IR light than what it comes with. Ive hung up the calls for the year in anticipation of spring ...next season ill send out some invites for anybody that might like to join me one night
I just spent an hour trying to dive in and it's even more overwhelming than the gun itself. I would also love some field time trying to find coyotes with someone at night.
PMedI’m thinking about doing some spring yote hunting, maybe even some night calling, at some state parks. Anyone want to join?
Nice rigThe gun is the easy part! I ended up with a Super Hogster r. Haven’t been out with it, but really cool in the backyard.
I never thought I’d need cable management on a rifle, but here we are. .300 BLK. Can do a profile in the optic for subs, and one for supers. Gas block can be turned off for quieter single shots. 10.3” Noveske barrel is a tack driver.
Nice rig
I’ve heard good things about that scope
They are getting more prevalent in Carroll county. 2 weeks ago a farm on northern end of Westminster lost 2 calves. We managed to bag 2 this season and missed a chance on a group of 3 that busted us. We went out quite a bit though even if it was just a quick setup to see what happend. One of the yotes actually got caught looking out the house windows at night with a thermal to see whats out in the fields. Our farm is not far from rt26&27 intersection in Taylorsville and we seem to have a much bigger problem with red fox. More then ive ever seen the last 2 years. We lost a lot of chickens before we started thinning the numbers.
I’ve seen a pic from a deer can with a pack of almost 30….. A few of them snatched up my neighbors Yorker and ran off into the wood line with it.
Lol, I don’t trust foxes…. I remember getting chased by a rabid one as a kid. I wasn’t the fastest and thankfully wasn’t the slowest.
My fil that raises goats is about to get a donkey. But 30, that’s a whole different story.