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General Forum / bore sighter question

Last post by sswv - Today at 03:38:31 PM

I've always used the laser bore sighter that fits in the muzzle end BUT, I'm thinking about one that goes in the chamber. anyone have real world experience with the chamber style?

thanks in advance

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General Forum / Re: ENSO-Nada-- The Turkey D...

Last post by CALLM2U - Today at 03:09:50 PM

I haven't read through the data yet, (my work is blocking the link) but does it state which years were the "dead zone"?  That would be pretty easy for people to reflect on and see if it correlates to their personal experience. 

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General Forum / Re: Mississippi Nonresident Dr...

Last post by Jbird22 - Today at 02:54:01 PM

This must be the hardest draw in the country. I've never been drawn (except the first year when everyone was selected). It pissing me off

43% draw odds this year
You've defied the odds (6%) by not drawing at least one permit since.


You still have a chance. Unclaimed tags will be re-issued through a secondary drawing in mid-February. First round winners have until Feb. 15 to claim.

What are the odds for residents in the WMA draw?

Completely dependent on your application. If you only applied for highly sought after hunts, odds could easily be single digits. On the contrary, some hunts were about 100% odds.

That being said, it was another record year of applications for WMA draws.

To increase your odds, be willing to accept later hunts. A high percentage of people only apply for the first couple hunt dates (ie. Hunt 1 and Hunt 2). I recommend putting harder to draw hunts as choices 1-2. Then listing a couple easier to draw hunts as 3-5. If your number is pulled, the system evaluates your choices in order 1-5. So it will look at choice 1 and if a spot is available, you get it. If no spot, it looks at Choice 2. And so forth.

Application numbers from last year are posted on the MDWFP Draw Hunts webpage (link: https://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunting/wma-draw-hunts ) . This will give you a good idea of the odds of drawing a hunt.

Personally, I think the yearly data should be kept in house and not made public. The Gold Rush effect is obviously still very much alive and well.

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General Forum / Re: ENSO-Nada-- The Turkey D...

Last post by shaman - Today at 02:50:10 PM

Well, first off, the link at the bottom of the message was jacked-up.  I fixed that

Here it is again:
ENSO-Nada  -- The Turkey Dead Zone


Read that link.  It should explain everything.

Bottom line:  from our turkey camp in  SW Bracken County, KY, we've filled exactly 1 tag in 25 years of hunting our property during  ENSO-Neutral conditions.  What's ENSO-Neutral?  Well, it's halfway between El-Nino and La Nina.  I just realized the fact this morning. I had the latest long-range weather forecast and our turkey camp's log up on separate screens. 

At this point, I haven't figured out what causes this. It's going to take a lot more digging in the logs.  However, I do know that one of the years was a complete washout due to governor of KY banning out of state turkey hunting during COVID.  Another 2 years we didn't fill tags, but we found the neighbors were poaching our property mercilessly.  After they were evicted, the turkeys came back.  Still there's a good reason to believe ENSO-Neutral conditions have caused us to have bum years.  In fact, we've done a pretty good job of filling tags in any year that wasn't ENSO-Neutral.

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General Forum / Re: Gooserbat Giveaway Spring ...

Last post by Dr Juice - Today at 02:29:25 PM

Tree buds. Thank you. 

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General Forum / Re: Gooserbat Giveaway Spring ...

Last post by 10th Legionaire - Today at 02:19:00 PM

Grandma used to say it was her beloved dog woods blooming so that's mine.

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Pot Calls Forum / Re: Looking for a waterproof p...

Last post by ScottTaulbee - Today at 02:15:55 PM

X5 on the enticer. Best sounding pots out there in my opinion, reasonably priced and will play under the water


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What specific models?

My favorite that he makes is the next generation. It's the only pot you'll ever need to carry.

I have the wet one slate, the original wet one, the next generation, a regular slate from him in a wooden pot, and another that the name is eluding me, and the next generation hasn't left my vest in the 7 or 8 years I've owned it and it won't.


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General Forum / Re: Mississippi Nonresident Dr...

Last post by deerhunt1988 - Today at 01:45:53 PM

A resident and I only put in for one WMA each year and I didn't get drawn this year, my luck has been about getting drawn every other year!

Very reasonable to expect to draw every other year now if you are willing to apply for hunts with larger quotas, less applicants, avoid opening week and weekends.

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General Forum / Re: Mississippi Nonresident Dr...

Last post by deerhunt1988 - Today at 01:36:34 PM

This must be the hardest draw in the country. I've never been drawn (except the first year when everyone was selected). It pissing me off

43% draw odds this year
You've defied the odds (6%) by not drawing at least one permit since.


You still have a chance. Unclaimed tags will be re-issued through a secondary drawing in mid-February. First round winners have until Feb. 15 to claim.

What are the odds for residents in the WMA draw?

Completely dependent on your application. If you only applied for highly sought after hunts, odds could easily be single digits. On the contrary, some hunts were about 100% odds.

That being said, it was another record year of applications for WMA draws.

To increase your odds, be willing to accept later hunts. A high percentage of people only apply for the first couple hunt dates (ie. Hunt 1 and Hunt 2). I recommend putting harder to draw hunts as choices 1-2. Then listing a couple easier to draw hunts as 3-5. If your number is pulled, the system evaluates your choices in order 1-5. So it will look at choice 1 and if a spot is available, you get it. If no spot, it looks at Choice 2. And so forth.

Application numbers from last year are posted on the MDWFP Draw Hunts webpage (link: https://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunting/wma-draw-hunts ) . This will give you a good idea of the odds of drawing a hunt.

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General Forum / Re: Word Association Game

Last post by Lcmacd 58 - Today at 01:34:24 PM

Empathy