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You forgot to mention that the Lexus is probably 20 thousand more. If you reread what I said was contrary to what you wrote. Not that long ago a used 4R was higher in cost to purchase than a used Lexus 460GX for the same year. Whether that's true now or not, I don't know, but the Lexus depreciated ...

There's a good reason why birds shouldn't be weighed, or beard and spurs measured. You deprive the bird of gaining weight, beards and spurs from lengthening after death when you retell the story. Weighing and measuring cements weight and length for all times unless you are willing to lie. Gil

If you do a lot of towing, you may want to consider the Lexus 460GX. V-8 and is a re-badged Prado which is the smaller Land Cruiser sold everywhere but here. Full time 4WD with center lock diff. I prefer the set up of the 4R, however. The 460GX has air suspension which can be pricey to repair. The &...

CamoMan4025 wrote: ↑February 19th, 2024, 4:40 pm In that second picture, I don't think you're supposed to drive like that??????????????

It's okay to drive like that if you are hit by a job site concrete mixer that fell off of a trailer into your lane at a closing speed in excess of 100 mph. Gil

The wheels on my 2022 are 17". Dunno what your Taco wheel size is. Soon after I bought the 2022 I replaced the tires with ones with more aggressive tread. The ones that came on it were called All Terrain, but were more suitable for highway driving than what I needed. I offered the tires to a ma...

I've had two, a 2016 XE and currently have a 2022 TRD Off Road after the XE was totaled. I prefer all things covered as well; I have bird dogs and drive 1.5 hours each way on occasion and feel better about keeping them out of the cold at highway speed. The TRD Off Road has all the features of the TR...

Training wheels for newbie turkey hunters. Like a youngster reluctant to shed training wheels on a bike, once they are ditched there is no going back. Gil

I've made copper and aluminum calls by breaking the top glass on a Lil Duece (old style) and silicone gluing the metal disks into place. Not as pretty as a turned wooden pot, but works fine. I prefer the Lil Duece with the glass surface, however. Glass is less fussy to prepare the surface for consis...

The first and most elementary thing which you need to do is determine eye dominance for both of the girls and proceed from there, teaching them to shoot w/ both eyes open. I'm a big fan of BB guns and plastic milk jugs and coke cans to teach gun safety, handling, stationary and wing shooting. I had...

Back in the 1940s give a take a decade or two, there was a famous shotgun writer of the times, Col. Askins. Regarding one versus two triggers, he observed that had the single select trigger been invented first, the double triggered gun would have been hailed as an improvement. The mechanism of two t...

Shane, the extent of my plans is to get up and go. Years ago I gave up the notion that I wasn't "quality" fishing or hunting unless commercial jet travel was part of the plan. That or a drive lasting all day or more...I love the home woods and waters and do what I can with what is availabl...

With turkey season in the SE less than a month away in FL, this is SHTF time for fast return from smiths dedicated to turkey gun work. I expect within the next week or two folks will start looking for TSS and components. The time to start taking care of ammo and gunwork is months ago. Maybe this yea...

Thanks. Rising river water helps, too. Shrinks available habitat. It's now happening in some, but not all waterways. Gil

We're at the tail end of woodcock season and SE Ga. Only positive about the cold is that it will shove the birds here. Season has been spotty because of lack of consistent snotty weather up north until recently. Gil

99% of the time, your red dot will adjust far enough to make up for any discrepancies in your POI. Don’t lose any sleep over it. Get your choke right. Mount the red dot and zero it at 10-15 yards with a dove load. Move out to 40 and shoot your turkey load. Make necessary adjustments but it should b...

I never patterned the gun and was only interested in smaller shot sizes for quail and woodcock--never shot 6s. The first generation gun was 2.75". Dunno about the current model. There are 2.75" 1 oz. loads in 28 ga. Gil

I have shot 3, 4, 6 and 8. At traditional turkey ranges, all work fine for turkeys. At 40 yards, 8 moa dot covers 3.2" ; 6 moa, 2.4": 4 moa, 1.6" and 3 moa, 1.2" Gil

The CZ Bobwhite 28 ga. is a better balanced gun than the 20 ga. model. I shot one for quail and woodcock until last year when I gave it to the grandson of a longtime friend. It is an excellent gun weighing just over 5.25 lbs. It has a scaled action for 28 ga. and isn't just a pair of 28 ga. barrels ...

That ad should reach more eyes than any other place on the internet. The value is what two folks wanting it and one more than the other is willing to pay for it. It is a machine made call probably assembled by someone who worked for him. Custom makers didn't use blister packs to sell their calls. I ...

Rarely see the red-legged blacks in the marsh, but mottled ducks are fairly common on the Ga. coast and bear close resemblance to blacks. Gil

I'm a fan of Garmin, most of the time. I've been using the dog tracking system, the Astro 320 for over 12 years. Only beef has been that the replacement battery for the DC40 collar is out of print. After 12 years of use, I've retired the system this month. My American Britts' necks were long enough ...

Only thing worse than losing a 4 legged family member is losing a 2 legged one. Sorry for your loss. Gil

I had to pm the photo. Gil

I can use the unbarred flank feathers. PM to follow. Gil

cut back on Napalm. Gil