Alleycat72

My go to ar 15 is an 18". It's relatively easy to keep rounds on a human silhouette at 750-850. After that things get bad. I hold a 10" group at 750 with that gun if I want to be honest. At 1000, it twice that. If it's just a range toy without a suppressor, I'd do a 24. A 20" will get it done if you math the s÷$t out of the bullet. An 18" will if you get lucky. My 18" is really only for killing, so take it for what it is, but I did quite a bit of long range testing before it was relegated to this role. Fast twist, heavy for caliber, and big BC numbers are what you're after.

If you're in state you'll just need the form 1 or 4 on your phone.

When I travel with a sbr, I'll fill out an ATF Form 5320.20. It's good for up to a year and I usually stay in the same motel. They are accustomed to us walking through the lobby with machineguns, ARs, and 50/75 lbs of ammo each. It takes about a month to get back and is pretty much a rubber stamp. I have yet to hear of anyone that has ever gotten into trouble for not doing this though. The second thing is to have copies of your form 4 or 1. A pic on your phone is good. I have never been asked for them. Not once in 25 years. You are only required to produce them for an atf officer, but I wouldn't refuse a police officer. They can hold you until the atf shows up. " In a few days". If you forget them, they can look them up pretty fast. I've had several encounters with different agencies over the years and I've never so much as had to produce a driver's license. Every cop I've ever dealt with has been great. I have yet to get one to put me in handcuffs so my buddy can get a pic. They're a bit weird about that.

I've been taking pictures of one that shows up on my place. I just don't have turkey like I have deer.

Guy shooting a turkey from the road out of season on a camera in someone's front yard.

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Just typed what the Wife and I have had to do to keep our kids safe and it read like a Tom Clancy novel. I will just say this, I use social media to keep my kids safe. It's been a wonderful tool for tracking people. The thing that scares me is that 14 years from now a man will get out of prison and my kids will be adults by then..

Well..some of it is government and some of it isn't. The "isn't" doesn't cost you anything, but has government oversight. The part that's government, gets funded with money from hunting licenses. I'm sure there are some differences from state to state. The whole deer birth control debacle comes to mind.

1 mile.

I set up a V7 for a guy in the same cal. 308 upper with a thermal for night and a 6.5 CM with a day scope for everything else. It's a solid choice.

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Rereading this and I know it sounds strange. I hunt with one of two guys at night in multiple states. The three of us never hunt together though. We will take guys with us from time to time. While we run like clockwork, the people we take are not as "fast" or proficient. Targets are based on shooter positions and how the targets are arranged. I tend to be the driver and run the targets into the other shooters. All of this is unspoken rule normally. The only thing that is ever said is "3 2 1". I need to be able to reliably talk to the guy that don't normally do this kind of thing. They need to hear the count down and more importantly everyone needs to hear anyone say hold. All of this is 100% legal and the police or game wardens are welcome to listen.

Ideally it would be a bluetooth type network between 3 to 4 headsets. There are some out there that encrypt your communications and have considerable range, but I don't need that. 100 yards is more than enough. I'm the one doing most of the talking so hands free would be a bonus. I'll be running a rifle while I'm giving instructions and calling out targets.

I'm finding myself in need of comms. The Walker version has some bad reviews. What else is out there that's not crazy expensive?

Most of the big places are online. You can rent NV or Thermal from some of them. It's expensive, but it'll let you know if this is your new addition.

One thing you have do is qualify your question also. If you're hunting for one hog, most anything works. If you're eradication hunting, grandpa's old 30-30 will be less than ideal. Guys get all kinds of contradictory information because the people they are asking hunt hogs different.

We recovered 33 hogs the other night. One guy was shooting green tips and doing well.

33 for the night. Going to bed now. LOL

Not any of the other 2 things.

Funny story. I've worked a job for years that's gotten me used to working long and odd hours at a moments notice. My buddy is in the same business as I am, so he gets it. After I've been up for around 48 hours, I know I'm on borrowed time. So this one time we took two guy, but had to come back without sleeping. The idea was we'd share the driving. Someone asked me if I was okay at some point and I told them "Yes,....when I start seeing things that aren't there, I know I've got 30 minutes before I shut down." I don't think that's what they wanted to hear. LOL. I ended up sleeping about an hour on the way back that time. I'll get 6h both ways this time.

I have a MSR 10 in 308 that is my primary gun. An Aero AR 10 as backup. N-vision nox 35mm scope, Silencerco radius LRF, and a Q suppessor. We keep one spare thermal for scanning and if we have a scope failure. I have seen dropped guns and guys hit the ground hard at night while walking. My buddy usually runs a 338 federal, but he's taking his V7 308 this time.

LOL I never hunt at night alone. Kind of a safety rule for us. My hunting partner always goes and most of the time we take someone with us. This time I will be relieved of my driving duties. That was part of the deal if we were going this time.