someguy2800
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You and Nature Boy both sort of sound like my hunting partner, only he has gear fidelity issues. He will build or buy a new rifle in some new caliber, hunt with it two or three times, sell it, and start over. He does the same with optics as well. Some of it has been amazing. Some has been rather problematic. The thing is, I never know what he will show up with and sometimes it is more than one rifle for a given hunt.
I keep thinking that he is searching for the ultimate combination to get the job done, but have now realized that I was being naive. He doesn't keep the last best rifle until it is bested. He will sell it off in a heartbeat if something new or interesting comes along.
I just like to experiment with different calibers and rifles and deer hunting is an outlet for me to put that experimentation into affect. I am not really concerned about finding something better, more so just something different. Gives me something to do for a few of the 51 weeks a year that it isn't deer season here. My primary interest is in the firearms and making my own food. Hunting is really just a product of those two interests for me. If I had to use someone else's gun or couldn't keep the meat I wouldn't even want to go.