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I have crimson trace on my G23 but very similar except mine have the activation button on the backstrap, my Berretta 92F has it on the side.  I have had them for over 10 years with no issues, easily activated at will without giving up your position until you want to.

5.56/.223 is a very effective round, it is fast which makes it pass through soft tissue and soft body armor alike.  Just don't expect your target to fall over DRT.  The doe was probably paralyzed from the shockwave, not the actual wound channel.  If I were to use it for hunting, I would definitely use a soft tip to help it expand.  My .270 can be much like the 5.56/.223 in that it may not expand in certain conditions, but since it has a good shockwave, it disrupts heart and lung enough to not let game go far.

+1 on using the stands.  I take it you used scissor jacks; they are only meant to lift one side, with the opposite tire on the ground.  I also see you are not on cement, and the ground is soft too; had many a jack lean due to soft ground.  Best to get a cement block, one of the flat ones to help distribute the load if still using a scissor jack.  I have a set of yellow metal ramps I got some years back, worked OK except on one car where the spoiler hit the ramp before the tires.  

Funny, that's what I call my Glock .40!

Maybe you can strategically place a couple of these on your chair:  http://www.amazon.com/Tac-Mag-Gun-Magnet-25-Rating/dp/B00LR454YU You can place a cover over it to conceal it from view yet be able to retrieve it quite nicely.  You can possibly find a good spot for it where someone would have to really intrude on your personal space to get there hands on it.

Rem 700 in .308, because I haven't checked to see how many .270 hunting rounds I had left. I went last week to get my hunting trailer ready for the season and spent the whole day vacuuming lady bugs. Wish there was a way to keep them out, they come back yearly. "Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it." ~Pericles~

Meh, More ribs for me.

I think environment also has something to do with it.  In tight wooded areas there seem to be more basket racks, in areas with more open fields/farms they seem to spread out more. 

When I take a doe, I can usually see if she has any young hanging around.  If they are out of spots they can usually take care of themselves by then, which is usually the case by the time hunting season comes around. 

I am not sure on WMAs, but many only allow vehicles on named/numbered roads.  I have used many methods to get deer out of the woods from ATVs, skedcos, and drag harnesses, to just plain grabbing them by the antlers/ears and pulling.  The drag harnesses are cheap: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hunter-s-Specialties-Deluxe-Deer-Drag/15111192, and works remarkably well.  Be sure to drag it out before you field dress, much cleaner.  The drag sled, like my skedco, is easier but a bit more expensive: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Terrain-65-in-Deer-Drag-Sled-in-Olive-90057/204693847?cm_mmc=Shopping%7cTHD%7cG%7c0%7cG-BASE-PLA-D28I-InsideGardenOther%7c&gclid=CjwKEAiAmqayBRDLgsfGiMmkxT0SJADHFUhPRCAFPCV2wjZB90fo0T2iEkG9KjkQ7EJOzI8F-KMQSxoCNMfw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds, with this one just be sure to strap the deer in well, it has a tendency to slide out.  And of course if they allow ATVs just hook the tow rope to that and slowly drag it to a vehicle accessible road.     As far as other hunters, the courteous thing to do is if you see orange in your path, slowly go another direction.  If there are other vehicles at a trailhead, I keep going unless it's the only way in.  And a good hint I found is to stay put well past lunchtime, other hunters have a tendency to come out of their stands and move the deer, many times in your direction.

The bucks are there, they are just smart.  Game cam pics show many bucks but most will move at night and lay low during daylight.  Heck the better bucks reside on Ft Campbell in the impact areas.

I'm all for it, if it's good for one it should be good for all

I think it was a push by QDMA folks to try and get bigger deer in TN.  Like I said, I don't think it is about conservation; more like $$ and trophy hunters.  Before I purchased my little lot, I looked into a few hunting leases, many had QDMA rules in place which limited what size buck you were allowed to shoot...needless to say I didn't join any of those groups.  While I can tell if a deer has horns, and maybe get an idea of how many points it MAY have, I don't want to have to guess its spread, length of tines etc. etc.

Yea, that changed this year even though here in unit L we have an overabundance of buck.  I personally don't have an issue with it as doe eats just as well but this was not about conservation in the least.

Get a climbing stand or use removable tree steps (w/straps) with a lock-on deer stand.  You can be up a tree in very little time with minimal noise, and since you can't shoot until 30 minutes before sunrise the deer will have time to settle down.  Many times I would just find a nice rise on a hill overlooking an opening and sit on the ground waiting for daylight to find a decent place to setup my stand, I have taken many a deer from the ground.  Use a terrain contour map to get an idea of the lay of the land, or better yet spend some time scouting your potential hunting area and mark a trail in and out of there to make it easier to find it in the dark.    There are many articles that cover many aspects available on the internet, use Google to search for specific questions you may have or ask here to get a local perspective.

That makes the Syrian migration a worse problem than what many make it out to be.  If current Islamists in those countries can cause this havoc now, imagine the chaos when you introduce hundreds of thousands more.  No, the time to act is now, cut the flow of "refugees" into non-Islamic countries.  If their brethren don't want to step up to the plate, why should we?  Send them to Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, hell there is plenty of room in Islamic African nations.

There are evil people everywhere, and they apparently have no issues snatching kids in crowded areas.  As the statistics show, these events have been happening for a long time and chances are that YOUR kids will be ok.  But someone has to make up that percentile, there is no sense making it easy to be victimized.  Some of us let the relative safety of our surroundings give us a false sense of security, small towns, on the military installation, hell even your families property, but we must remain vigilant no matter where we are.  And that goes for more than just watching your kids, as events in France and some here in the US have proven, evil people can come out of nowhere.

While I know this is a fact, I don't allow those 0s after the decimal guide my daily activities.  If I have anything to say about it, it won't be any of mine making it into the stats.

No, I can't say you suck; there are things about small towns that are different than where I raised my kids.  But with the things that have been reported lately I take extra precautions than what I did with my kids and my parents did with me.

I just don't get how a child of that age can go missing.  There is no way in hell I let my granddaughter out of my sight in crowds, in fact she has to hold someone's hand when walking and sits between us when we get to where we are going.  I am not trying to lay blame on the parents or anything but I do get amazed that everyone is not more attentive with their kids.  I realize that this was one of those small town areas where probably nothing happens but still.

I have an AK, and an SKS and while I can and do keep proficient with those platforms I'll stick to my 5.56 and .308s.  I prefer to have something that can reach out a bit farther and more accurately.  I know you can tweek an AK and other 7.62 rifles to perform well at a distance but I know most can't do that out the box.  Besides, we have been doing well against the AK in battle since Vietnam, why change now.

Islam is not going away, not anytime soon and taking the numerical separation above we need to destroy #s 2 and 3 in such a way that #1 will think twice about converting to the other numbers.  All these people understand is force, we need to stop thinking about the "children" and collateral damage.  And while the Gaddafis and Assads of the world are murderous scum, they are what those regions need.  They are what is required to keep those people within their own borders.  And before anyone starts to add Sadam into that group, he started going outside his borders, paying off the families of suicide bombers, harboring terrorists wanted by the US and lets not forget Kuwait.   I am not a religious type, but I have no problem with marking my bullets with crosses and lubing them with pork based grease.  The only way to defeat an enemy with the mindset of 72 virgins is to prevent that from happening, in their mind, destroy them in body and mind. Warn any State that harbors or supports them that these acts will be viewed as acts of war and we will retaliate in kind. Those already here need to be put on notice that any act or show of support of terrorists will be considered providing aid and comfort to the enemy and will result in voided visas and loss of citizenship in court.   But I KNOW all this is but a pipe dream, our government has no political balls to even suggest this, besides they are to busy finding ways to tax and keep us from exercising our 2A rights.  

Many would say we are "under-gunned" with our M4s against their AKs, I would beg to differ.  I would rather engage a rifle with a rifle but if that is not available I rather have my side arm than get caught with my d... in my hand waiting to take a 7.62 to the head.  

I haven't been hunting out there in over 20 years, but I hunted the southwest part.  My godfather lives in Blanca and I have wanted to join him in a hunt at least once more.  My only advice is to make sure to sight your rifle, 30-06 is fine, when you get there.  The altitude will change your POI enough to matter.

That's the e911 system, we actually pay for that service in all our cell plans.