Recent content by huntr

Yes, but they do t catch dogs, cats and squirrels. My very first customer in a dog proof was a skunk. A 16 gr. Hades from a Notos from about 20 feet, to the head, took care of the problem. I had my escape route mapped out, but it didn’t spray. I understand that’s about a 50/50 chance. BTW… they...

Get a couple of dog proof traps and bait them. Cable them to something outside the coop strong enough to hold the coon. Shot them in the head in the morning. Forget live trapping. Waste of time and energy. https://www.cooncreektrappers.com/product-p/dukedp.htm

Thanks, totally missed it in that format.

Could you address the previous question about this piece of equipment. I'm interested, also.

There is no way a 32 fpe anything is bouncing off a squirrel. You may have made a grazing shot, but a solid headshot will pass through a squirrel head at WAY less than 32 fpe. Especially at the distances you stated.

I have a leafy 'suit'... head cover, jacket and pants instead of a poncho style. Mostly only wear the jacket. Works great when the weather cooperates.

I've used portable blinds for turkey when it's raining, but prefer the mobility of not being tied to one spot when weather permits. I've used blinds for deer hunting a lot. Great to be out of the wind and they do control scent. I've used pop-up and hub style blinds and I haven't found a pop-up...

One thing that has not been mentioned about using a light with a scope. The light needs to shine from behind the ocular lens in order to have a clear reticle picture.

It has a range and I used it on the lowest brightness, but it's still like shining a light in your eye. I like the PARD with the LRF and it's easy to zero. If you were going to turn it on and stay in the scope, it would be fine. But to use it to occasionally scan your shooting area to look for a...

Try a white light. The night predator hunters seem to do well with white light. Sounds counterintuitive, but worth a try.

It's very annoying... to me, anyway. You're blind in one eye for 10 - 15 minutes. One eye is good and the other is almost black in the low light. The advantage is... if you have LRF, you get a point of aim in the scope.

The Trigger Sticks only releases the legs to drop, not open the tripod/ bipod. It's more for adjusting the height or tilt once you're set up. I find them no where near as steady as a BOG, but they are more convenient if you want to carry them collapsed.

My experience with a PARD has been that looking through the scope in NV mode makes you night blind in the eye used for sighting. I went back to a red flashlight mounted next to the scope.

What's the difference between baiting to attract an invasive species to the kill zone and those same invasive species arriving at your feeder intended for non-invasives? Consider your feeders coincidental bait stations. Dual purpose.

I haven’t seen a squirrel in a couple weeks. Some snow and temps in the 20’s, and lower, seem to have them holing up. Temps in the lower 30’s and windy days seem to reduce activity, too.