Just got a call today the Waterfowler is headed home! He got to walk out of the Hospital! His family, friends, our club, and the entire hunting community are lucky to have him around!

Good ballhead with a bubble level in it helps a ton...Kirk BH-1 or a Really Right Stuff BH-55, I have been very happy with my Kirk....

+1 on the bubble level.

I was turning "free" acrylic for a friend that told me he ordered some acrylic for me to make a call with...in other words I'm not real sure exactly what it was. But, it kind of melted and started to change color so I knew I had screwed up. I just figured I was trying to turn it too fast a...

use mineral oil...neatsfoot will make it greasier than a non-swimmer at a chitterlin' eatin' contest........

DI=direct impingement, which is the original design of the AR/M4

The only time I tried to turn some acrylic playing around I pretty much melted it...what I was alluding to was that it is my understanding Acrylic likes to be turned slowly, and a metal lathe allows you to turn more slowly than many wood lathes.... really I like the character of wood better than acr...

back at you!

Lacrosse Alpha Swampfox...nuff said...good luck finding them right now though.... I have had good luck with Cabela's breathable waders as well....

haha...they know hunting season isn't open

The biggest negative is the fact that all the parts are proprietary (goes for any piston gun), and if they break you have to get them from LWRC...ease of interchangeability is a huge benefit to a DI gun, and give you amazing options...also they are more expensive, heavier, and may have a little more...

Good question CF...as for your question Travis...I think that would be at the discretion of the Judge

Good advice...I made a few jigs from wood, but eventually got a steel jig.... CCO is the place to check...even with a jig you will have a lot of tuning to do to get it "right" for you. as for bands I used to cut my own from copper/brass pipe...as for acrylic I have not tried to turn it on ...

About the same time you start talking to them about shooting greenheads only...it isn't about an age it is about maturity; you could talk to plenty of 40 year olds about it until you are blue in the face and they still won't "get it" (and even those that nod will shoot the first nice three...

It's ugly....no let me clarify FUGLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Xtrema 2 or M2, or SBE II would be my choice depending on how they shoulder for you.... Put a sure cycle in the Benelli's and you'll be happy....

I duck hunt with my xtrema 2 and turkey hunt with an M2...been very pleased with both.......