Range Report: all work and no fun

[Sir Henry]

Yesterday I was scheduled to mow the lawn and then shoot. The mower broke a belt and I had to run and get one. By the time I got back it was too late to fix the mower. Then this morning I decided to pull the two trees that was in the way of the range.

Before and after.

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Lunch and back to fixing the mower. Might get some shooting in before dark.

[Headhog]

Gene somedays you just can't win, but the range is looking good.

Paul

[fortyshooter]

Love the layout and that is a nice berm back there! Always some task to do on a range area but save a little time afterward for a shot or two.

[Sir Henry]

Love the layout and that is a nice berm back there! Always some task to do on a range area but save a little time afterward for a shot or two.

I want to hire the neighbor and his D6 Cat to push it up this fall. He can do in four hours what it would take me a hundred with my small tractor.

[Rifletom]

Tough luck for the trees, but, that looks way better out towards the berm. Can't wait for some Fall color range pics.

[Sir Henry]

Tough luck for the trees, but, that looks way better out towards the berm. Can't wait for some Fall color range pics.

Not range pictures but they are fall. Those turkeys are part of the reason I shoot sub-sonic.

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[Rifletom]

Thanksgiving vittles right there. The Fall colors, are those current? Nice tho.

[Sir Henry]

Thanksgiving vittles right there. The Fall colors, are those current? Nice tho.

The turkeys were taken just before sunset. The fall colors were taken earlier in the day. It’s changing daily. The sunrise is from this morning from my front porch.

[North Country Gal]

We're past halfway on our colors, too. Probably peak later this week.

We also had a flock of turkeys walk through the yard this last week. No pics though.

As for our shooting, it's still mostly airguns with some rimfire. I've been out of the powder burning game for awhile and was shocked to see the prices on most centerfire rifle ammo, now. Other than the black guns calibers of 223 and 308, it's very hard to justify $2 or even $3 or more per shot when we are just recreational target shooters. At least rimfire ammo is still affordable. For sure, it's more expensive these days, but still affordable enough for our uses.

[Sir Henry]

We're past halfway on our colors, too. Probably peak later this week.

We also had a flock of turkeys walk through the yard this last week. No pics though.

As for our shooting, it's still mostly airguns with some rimfire. I've been out of the powder burning game for awhile and was shocked to see the prices on most centerfire rifle ammo, now. Other than the black guns calibers of 223 and 308, it's very hard to justify $2 or even $3 or more per shot when we are just recreational target shooters. At least rimfire ammo is still affordable. For sure, it's more expensive these days, but still affordable enough for our uses.

Rimfire meets all my requirements in shooting nowadays. Most of my ammo was purchased two administrations ago.

[graywolf]

Really nice pictures. Is that a fire tower in one of them?

[fortyshooter]

If that place isn't heaven it's darn close to it! Beautiful pictures Gene!

[Sir Henry]

Really nice pictures. Is that a fire tower in one of them?

I don’t believe it’s a traditional fire tower where they lived that had an alidade. It’s more of a public observation tower on Timms Hill which is the highest point in the state. This view is from the neighbors house although I can also see it from my house.

The entire north woods is beautiful in the fall but the Town of Hill is kind of famous locally.

[Sir Henry]

If that place isn't heaven it's darn close to it! Beautiful pictures Gene!

Thanks forty. I get to see these turkeys daily and hear coyotes almost every night. This is the same group. It’s amazing how far and fast they wander without really going anywhere. I don’t just see them from time to time, I live with them. Earlier in the year I lived with a family of Sand Hill Cranes but haven’t seen them in about a month. Then I have deer that wander by. Right now they are feeding at the apple trees down by the road. I can usually spot them near dusk.

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Today I took a drive further north where the colors are a week ahead of us. My traveling companion was a 97 year old neighbor and she would tell me a story about every turn in the road.

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[graywolf]

I bet you enjoyed that ride. Don’t know which I would have liked better, the view or having someone to fill me in on the history of the area.