I’ve got a couple of rifles and the same caliber. They don’t use the same load, cause they’re different cartridges. One is a 7-08 and one is a 7 SAUM, but both are 7mm.
I won’t ever hunt or go to the woods without snakeproof boots or snake gaiters in warm weather.
I’ve never once been struck at at my upper body, but have been struck several times on my lower legs.
It’s your life and time, do as you want.
I never have the luck of others. The factory full chokes have never worked for any of the guns I’ve setup.
My 870 20 gauge Compact with an IC 555 choke has 300+ pellets in a 10” circle at 40 yards. That’s with a 1 5/8 ounce load. My 20 ga 1187 gives me 350 pellets with the same load and choke.
Three seasons. First season I passed on a shot at a cow. Second season I let my friend shoot a young bull, while standing next to him. The third season I shot a bull while by myself. All on public land.
Outside of the initial bow setup, no. If I change arrows or arrow components, I never do anything to my bow tune.
My broadheads have always hit with my field tips. I’ve never had to tweak my arrow rest adjustment to get my broadheads to hit right.
However, I’m not a long distance...
Most of this “arrow tuning” that folks do is crap. Here’s an example for you. You can stop the direction your arrow rotates in mid air and then make it spin in the opposite direction and it doesn’t do anything to effect accuracy. This is actually quite common in practice. Most folks are...
All of mine are factory rifles and are usually 1/2” groups. I find that if it takes a seating depth adjustment to get accuracy, then it’s too finicky of a load.
Some folks like to tinker with stuff, though.
Heck, I don’t even know or care how far off the lands I am.
I’ve been lucky with the dozen or so rifles that I load for with the COAL listed on the load data. I haven’t had any trouble getting the bullets I want to shoot in any rifle at the velocity that I want to at least MOA type accuracy.
Never killed anything call a tom, but did kill 4 gobblers this season. Two in Bama and two out West. Should’ve had another Bama gobbler before my trip, but he got away before I could get a shot.