Merino wool wicks sweat away to other layers, cotton absorbs and keeps it on your skin. You'll usually notice the difference on your feet first. What you plan on doing depends on what the best base...

Parachute cord cut to your desired length..can put rubber shrink tube on the ends for easier threading.

That would be considered blasphemy in this household :D

Good pics of your boy!

I think the 80s are worth the additional weight bc of the clarity once you crank the power up. If you can't crank it up, you might as well have a pair of 15x SLCs and a tripod to attach them to.

Befriend some DOW folks and call and get them to look. We will call that bustin' in the front door :D

Good looking deer. Always hate finding a nice rack that way.

Naming every buck that gets killed despite never seeing the deer before killing him.

For blowing through that much ammo in a sitting it would be hard to argue against .223.

You get about the same thing with 66 & 67.