Bigsampson

“Buy a shite ton of life insurance before you start.“

Firstly,
Make sure the insurance you have, or at purchase, covers you for private aviation accidents.
Most of them do not.

Flying is generally much safer than driving.

Be prepared to spend 10 to 14 k for a private. It’s not cheap. And you have to stay in practice. You have to commit one or two days a week to gain proficiency. If you take a few weeks off, most people need one or two warmup flights to get back on track. Staying proficient is what causes most would be pilots to drop out of training.

Sorry,
338 win mag and many others retain enough energy to do the job at 800 yards.
You have to have a gun capable, favorable conditions and a person practiced with that firearm at those kinds of ranges.

Most of the time deer care less about dogs unless they are actually after them. I have seen dogs trailing deer run right past deer in a field. They just watch them. Sometimes bolt 15 or 20 yards, watch , then go back to feeding after they pass.
Same with strays. If the stray gets close, the deer move off. If it is within sight, but not a direct threat, they just watch them till they pass.
If they are strays, harassing deer, I understand the 3 s’s.

I have a few, but for 300 bo, 308 I use a silencerco hybrid 46.
Can be direct thread or any of the standard connections.
Comes w a 45 cal end cap. You can buy an assortment of end caps from 223 up to 45.
So, you can shoot 45 pistols, 300 bo, 308, 338 lm, 45-70. Pretty much anything in between.
On a 45 pistol it is crazy quiet. I have a 300 Bo barrel on an encore and it’s nothing but a thunk.
It does very nicely on an ar in 300 Bo as well.
On a full house 308, it makes noise as expected, but heavily dampened.
It’s doesn’t affect poa and is a hoot to shoot. I have a 500 yard 8 inch plate at my place, it’s fun to ring unsuppressed. But suppressed is a hoot.

I can tell you what “might” happen if you don’t.
Several years ago I bought a fairly large offshore boat.
Bought it used, but had set up for a few years with 300 Gallons of regular fuel!
Started fine and ran at low rpm’s great. But, would bog down if you pushed it. Had a pair of 225 merc optimax w low hours on them. Compressions were great and just could not get it to jump onto plane like it should.
After several trips to the river I bought a 5 gallon external tank and ran one, then the other off the clean fuel. Bingo. Ran great.
Started a complete refit of all fuel lines, got rid of 300 gallons of bad gas and problem solved.
The gas in the tank looked like orange cool aid. I tried to burn some. It burned like diesel. No balls at all.
Worst part was in the lines. There was junk all built up in the lines. Looked like crushed up butterfinger. Not gummy, almost crunchy. It formed in the lines and then broke up and clogged low spots and bends.
What a mess.
After that I kept good treatment in it all the time. Worth every penny.
One tank of gas going bad on you is probably worth several years of treatment. Especially on an offshore boat.

Look at the Panzer M4.
Turkish knockoff of Benelli m4.

Most of the parts interchange w actual Benelli parts.

I have several competition and hunting shotguns. Including Benellis. Shoots great and is solid quality. Big following. Facebook has a group.
For $450 bucks, can’t go wrong.

I started mine at 10 with a Matthew’s Mustang, an outstanding starter youth bow.
Your kid is big enough to skip the youth bow.
I would avoid the big box stores and go to a good bow shop. Much better customer service and ability to taylor the bow to your kid.

I have Nitto Ridge Grapplers on my F350.
Way better than wrangler at’s,
But I have had problems w delamination.
Of the original 4 tires I have had one or two a year delaminate in the tread causing crazy bouncing. They seem to last about a year and then go bad. Discount tire replaces them, and another $95 road hazard policy, and on the way again. But it is a pain to have to go there every 6 months or so to get a new tire or two.
I’m in Texas, so some fairly high speed highway miles. We do have a big fifth wheel, but it has been parked for 18 months or so.
Do not haul anything heavy, just Texas heat and highways.
Really like the tires, but going to swap out to something new.

Gas lines could be gummed up.
Take off engine and make sure you have free flow.
Put some gas in a clear container.
If it orange. Get rid of it all and flush lines.
Check fuel filters as well. They can hold water and gum up.
When you check the gas, try to get as much as you can from bottom of the tank. Check for water. You would be surprised how much water can get into your gas system over time.

I thought the vaccine was only for rattlesnake.
But, vet explained that it is for all rattle snakes, moccasins and copper heads.
It does not render a dog immune.
It gives you time to seek a vet and hopefully minimizes the effects of the bite.
You get two shots the first years, one booster a year after.
I have friends that have land out west where we are that have lots of experience w snake bites and swear by them.
In Fort Worth, the vets will hit you about 100 bucks for the shot. Country vets usually 30 or 40 bucks.
Between all the people that I know that have had the shot and our experience (could still have been a dry bite) we def will keep them up. 50 bucks for a vaccine or huuuge bucks for antivenom, and maybe reducing or eliminating crippling and disfiguring necrosis.
Easy choice.