ScottyLuck

Sept 17th.First slickhead of the year.Dressed at 97lbs. Qtring away the Spitfire had her down within 60yds.

Congrats! Anyone that can beat that dreadful disease is a hero in my book!!!

I live a little over an hour from Ground Zero. It's impossible to forget! I know people that work in Manhatten. I also remember the eerie silence during the week following. The only thing breaking the silence in the sky was an occasional fighter jet tearing on by. It's hard to believe it's been 10yrs already. I sit and watch some of the footage and it's like it happened yesterday.

Well out of the 14 stand sets that I have out only one sustained some damage. The top step on one set of sticks was hit by one or both of the trees in the following pics. Bent it about 20 degrees or so. Could've been worse. The stand was on the opposite side of the tree so it survived. After finishing up the damage assessment on all my sets I was pleasantly surprised. We only had to do some minimal trimming and clearing. I hunt in areas where there are a lot of diseased hemlocks. I was expecting things to be much worse. Hopefully everyone else fared as well as I did.

Hats off to ya! Tough way to earn your wngs!

Heading into the woods in a little bit. Need to check stands and shooting lanes for hurricane damage. Season open on the 15th so it doesn't leave much time. Hopefully the storm didn't force any drastic pattern changes.

Glad you made it through!! CT got slammed pretty good too. We only lost powere for 4 days but there are still areas that are out. Areas of the shoreline got crushed. One town had 25 houses destroyed or condemned due to damage from the surf on Long Island Sound. I've never, in my life, seen the Sound as angry as it was last Sunday. Irene hit at the worst possible time here as it was an xtra high tide (astronomical high tide) due to the new moon. Glad she's gone but, man, did she leave her stamp here!

I really don't know what the compatability is. You might have to check with T/C.

I have a T/C Encore Stainless 26" Heavy .223 bbl, model #4968. The bbl is in excellent condition. It has one small scuff about 6" down from the end of the bbl that can be seen in one of the pics. It also comes with the black synthetic forend as well as a mint Vortex Viper 3-9x40 scope model # VPR-M-01P. The scope has a 1" tube with a Duplex reticle and is Matte Black. I've only had about 100shots thru the bbl It's been to the range a couple times and in the woods once. It was going to be used as my Coyote setup. This is the only gun the scope has been on. I've owned the entire setup since it was new. The lug was bored to accept a Bellm #2 oversize hinge pin. Below is a link for more about the o/s pin and how to buy one if needed.Mike Bellm TCs - Encore Oversize Hinge PinsI have the original boxes for the bbl and scope.$450 shippedNO tradesPlease pm me with any question. Thanks,-Scott

My 2009 Ram 1500 CC Sport During one of numerous snowstorms this past winter Illinois corn field Illinois bean field And finally, nice and clean in the driveway

Been awhile but I'll add my .02. I worked at Mossberg in 2007 running CNC's for a short period of time. It didn't take long to realize I would never own one. I really can't say much more. I moved on out of there pretty quickly. Wasn't the place for me.

I shoot year round so that takes care of that part. Stands are all hung with all shooting lanes trimmed. I prefer to get that out of the way as early as possible to let the areas "settle" down. Bow is ready. Arrows are made. Broadheads have been shot. I'm basically ready. About all I do from now until Sept 15th for prep is shoot from my treestand in my back yard and check trail cams every couple weeks until the first of the month. Once Sept comes I will check/set my cams one more time and then leave the areas until opening day.

I would send it out to be dipped. I had my Alphamax dipped and it looks great. The finish will also hold up better than a home done paint job. Not to mention it won't stink like paint. If you insist on painting it I would wait until after the season. That smell may not dissipate in time. Also keep in mind that altering the finish on the bow will void the warranty if there is one or if that matters.

Guess I was away longer than I thought, lol.

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