Test driving the sleek, accurate new Ruger Hawkeye FTW Hunter in 6.5 Creedmoor with Swarovski Z5 & Z8 scopes. @rokslide @ruger_arms @rugersofficial @swarovskioptik_hunting #rifles #ronspomeroutdoors #shooting #hunting #ruger #swarovskioptik

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You can spot a serious rifleman by his backseat cargo. #targetpractice #rifle #precision #rifleman #shootingrange #shooting #ronspomeroutdoors

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Have you heard that lead bullet tips melt in flight or that secant ogive VLD Bullets tumble far down range? These spent Bullets were recovered from a dirt target butt on a 1,250 yard range. Look to be in pretty good shape. #bullet #ballistic #shooting #projectile #rifle #targetpractice #ronspomeroutdoors #bergerbullets

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What's wrong with this picture? Every plant in it except the few isolated sages is an invasive weed destroying the productivity and native wildlife of Idaho. Mile after mile after mile of "wild" lands are covered in cheat grass and medusa head, and now rush skeleton weed. Folks see empty space and think all is fine. It's not. #weed #invasivespecies #ronspomeroutdoors #idaho #sagesteppe #lostparadise

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The long and winding road... #where #mystery #road #winding #choices #thepath #theroadlesstraveled lesstraveled #curves #curvesahead #ronspomeroutdoors #idaho

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New hand loads are on the "weigh." Balancing powder charges to within one-tenth of a grain helps accuracy. #handloading #ronspomeroutdoors #bullets #rifleshooting #powder #accuracy #reloading #reloadingbench

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That satisfying final step -- seating the bullet. 55 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip. On 22-250 Ackley. @noslerinc #handloading #ronspomeroutdoors #shooting #bullets #rifleshooting

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The director. #mallard #ducky #wetlands #DU #ronspomeroutdoors #conservation

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Building some 22-250 Ackley Improved loads to release Nosler 55-gr. BTips for 3,770 fps tour. Holland Custom M700 is launchpad. Leupold Vari-X III 4.5-14X. #rifle #accuracy #velocity #handloading #nosler #ballistic #22-250Ackley #ronspomeroutdoors #precision #shooting

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When do petroglyphs become graffiti? Estimates are an Indian carved these in late 19th century. Borderline? #ronspomeroutdoors #petroglyphs #grafitti #idaho #rockart

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Western tanager males are often accused of poking their heads into buckets of red paint. One of my favorite neotropical songbirds. #bird #tanager #songbird #red #yellow #birdingphotography #birding #ronspomeroutdoors #canon70d #telephoto

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Mr. Hairy and girlfriend demonstrate sexual dimorphism. Major differences in size, color, features between male and female nyala. Male flares mane, neck, rump and tail hair to appear larger to competing males. Quite a show. #nyala #antelope #africa #dimorphism #namibia #hunting #safari #animal

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Camas flower. Indians ate the roots. Wars were fought over access to camas fields. #ronspomeroutdoors #flowers #bloom #blossom #wildflowers #idaho #camas #purple #canon70d

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Black rhinos have good reason to charge. Unless protected by anti-poaching patrols funded by sport hunter dollars, they are relentlessly hunted and killed for their horns. Stupid stupid stupid. PH Ivan Carter is waging war on poachers. Support him. Carter's War on Outdoor Channel. #ronspomeroutdoors #carterswar #rhino #stoppoaching #poaching #africa

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The good German folk back in my home town in South Dakota may be surprised to learn the most popular brewski in Argentina is named after them. #beer #octoberfest #southdakota #schneider #farmlife #ronspomeroutdoors #happyhour

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Black-tailed prairie dogs. #ronspomeroutdoors #plains #rodents #colony #groundsquirrel #bark #southdakota

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Sleek Sabatti M870 Rover in 25-06 Rem. See it in action on http://ift.tt/1WJ05Hi. #rifle #cartridge #shooting #hunting #pronghorn #ronspomeroutdoors #wyoming #rangelandadventures #bushnell

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Brain teaser. What, besides brass, do these cartridges have in common? #ronspomeroutdoors #rifle #cartridge #shooting #bullet #brass

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Wild phlox seen at edge of pine woods in North ID while turkey hunting @farmgirlmoe. No wonder we wake at 4 AM to get out there. #whywehunt #blossom #flower #lifeisbeautiful #hunting #wildflowers #ronspomeroutdoors #idaho #bloom

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Holland Custom M700 in 6.5-280 Ackley. Nosler brass necked down . Fast, accurate, deadly. #ronspomeroutdoors #hollandshootersupply #canon70d #hollandguns #ackley #6.5mm #.264 #rifle #cartridge #shooting

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Another look at those beautiful wild Delphiniums on @msandquist23 farm in Idaho. I spent a mesmerizing 2 hours photographing wild flowers after a morning turkey hunt. #bloom #blossom #flowers #wildflowers #canon70d #ronspomeroutdoors

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Purple larkspur, Delphinium nuttallianum. Indians colored arrows with die made from these flowers. All parts of plant are poisonous. #flowers #wildflowers #bloom #blossom #canonphotography #canon70d #canon100_400 #ronspomeroutdoors

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Gremlins? I like photographing during flights-- if windows aren't too dirty. But clawed? What attacked this Delta window? #travel #jet #plane #photography #aerialphotography #scratch #ronspomeroutdoors

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Deceptively simple entrance to bird hunting paradise with @excitingoutdoors in Argentina. Ducks, pigeons, doves, perdiz and golden dorado in a single day --Three days in a row. @feralfork #hunting #loslaureleslodge #travel #argentina #ronspomeroutdoors #duckhunting #dovehunting #perdizhunting

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The joys of travel are everywhere, but scarier in airport than in the field. None of these threats hit us at @excitingoutdoors #loslaureleslodge #hunting @feralfork #disease #mosquito #travel

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@excitingoutdoors perdiz hunting is spectacular. Argentina perdiz are actually tinamous. Several species are hunted. They are not gallinacious birds like quail or pheasants, but act like them. Delicious. #castandblast #ronspomeroutdoors #uplandhunting #hunting #gamebirds

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@excitingoutdoors David Draper hauls in 10-pound golden dorado on first cast into Parana river. #Argentina #loslaureleslodge @feralfork #fishing #goldendorado #ronspomeroutdoors #fish #fishingtrip #fishing #castandblast

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10 year old Tommy brings back a Perdiz, just one of the wing shooting options @excitingoutdoors Argentina. #argentina #ronspomeroutdoors #uplandhunting #birdhunting

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You get two guesses to ID these ducks and the first one doesn't count. @excitingoutdoors #waterfowlhunting #wingshooting #parana #argentina #ronspomeroutdoors #duckhunting #du #orange

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Cruel Fox Hunters Save Animals. What?

I appreciate people who are concerned about wildlife, but I worry about those who take actions based only on emotion. It's knee-jerk easy to "hate" hunters for killing any "magnificent, innocent" animal, but... Old Ma Nature herself invented killing. Predation. It's essential. And it must be "good" because it's The post Cruel Fox Hunters Save Animals. What? appeared first on Ron Spomer Outdoors.
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Know this family? One is famous elephant round. #cartridges #rifles #shooting #hunting #caliber #ronspomeroutdoors

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Safe? What do you think? #fanning #turkeyhunting #tailfanning #hunting @mossbergcorp @leupoldoptics #ronspomeroutdoors

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Can't believe we get to hunt turkeys, bears and rock chucks in places like this! #wildflowers #idaho #bloom #blossom #spring #flowers #whywehunt #ronspomeroutdoors

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Clever Target Cleanup Tricks

My recent blog about public lands closing to recreational shooters (quick read here) has generated lots of heat and some good ideas. Like crackers. That’s correct: Crackers. Oh, and cheese puffs. The junk food solution to target pollution. In case you missed the original blog, which you can The post Clever Target Cleanup Tricks appeared first on Ron Spomer Outdoors.
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Undeserved obsolescence. 244 Rem. On R. Fires same Bullets as 243 Win., came out same year, but Win. is now champ. Do you know why and what Rem. renamed this cartridge? #243winchester #cartridges #bullet #rifle #shooting

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Two excellent all-round field knives. What's your favorite blade style and length? #knivesofalaska #ronspomeroutdoors #knife #hunting #blades

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Walnut lives and Swift Ammo will too, soon. @blaser_usa #dakotam97 #kilimanjaro #riflesinc #gunstocks #walnut #swftcartridgeco #ronspomeroutdoors

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Can you ID these cartridges and explain their relationships? #familtties #kissincousins #cartridges #ammo #hunting #shooting #ronspomeroutdoors @winchesterammunition @hornady_manufacturing @emptycasesrm

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Product Review: Bushnell's Legend Binocular

Product Review: Bushnell's Legend Binocular
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Who likes those old calendar and ammo box illustrations? #art #Ammo #rifles #winchester #nostalgia #hunting #anniversary #ronspomeroutdoors

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New song bird pigging out at the feeder. You'd think all the garden flowers and vegetables it ate would have been enough. #muledeer #backyardwildlife #deer #birdfeeder #gardening #gardenpests #ohdeer #scram #ronspomeroutdoors

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Crawling toward turkeys has its rewards. #wildflowers #flowers #blossom #bloom #whywehunt #pink #ronspomeroutdoors

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Two finger hold is all you need on a Model 20 New Ultra Light rifle in 284 Winchester. Weighs less than 5#. #caliber #ultralightarms #rifle #hunting #mountainhunting #backpackhunting #284winchester #ronspomeroutdoors #shooting

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