Handsome Rob

SHIVA'S SHEEP!!! :eek: It's a monster! Any further details (Where, how etc...)

I know it's a hardship, but if you're wanting a good stand, invest in a Summit Titan. It's a little spendy (although there are more 'spensive stands out there) but as a treestand neophite myself, I spent 6 months this year researching & trying out different options. The summit is by far the easiest to use, most comfortable,quiet climber out of every one I tried. If you're going to spend any time up a tree, a Summit would be money well spent.

Lots of diesel. Drive to Texas and have a fat old time of it hunting hogs & Javies! :D

Cleanup needed, aisle three!

Very nice collection Joker! My 5 would be, in no particular order of preference..... Taurus Judge in 45LC/.410 Remmy 870 Henry Big boy .44 Winchester Wildcat .22 After that, I'm on a 50/50 tie between the good old L1A1 SLR (In case I really need to reach out & touch somebody ) & a good .458 Express double (In case I find myself in 19th centurey East Africa)

Tims Ford wildlife refuge has thousands! No hunting allowed, so they're really quite tame

Oooooh. I get it. Just read the rest of the site. What a tosser.

????? I don't get it? He's holding a severed deer head. What's wrong with that?

Thanks guys, lots of good info there.

I have a .357 Rossi carbine that I'm wanting to deer hunt with, but I'm unsure what I should use ammunition-wise? Due to it being a handgun caliber, it seems that just about everything available is hollow point & I don't know if that will be OK out to 75yds (Don't even know if this maybe stretching things a bit) I've been advised that the Hornady Leverevolution would be ideal, but they seem to be pretty much unobtainable! I know I'd be better off with a .243 or .270, but I'm on a tight budget & I don't know if rifle hunting is something I'll do more than once. I've bow hunted for 12 years, but gun-hunting larger game is totally new to me. Can anyone offer any advice to a complete novice?

The Winchester Wildcat's a fantastic little rifle, straight from the box. Very accurate & a great triger (although non-adjustable, mine was set perfectly out of the box.)

Didn't think the rut kicked off down here until mid to late November??? Everyone I've spoken to says that right around Thanksgiving is usually getting to peak rut.

Does anyone know of anyone that's producing an aftermarket stock for the Winchester Wildcat .22? I have one (my first gun!) & I love it to death, but the LOP is tiny (10-1/2" I think) & I find it a little 'cramped' I'd love to get hold of a new stock if possible.

Opening day was a blast! Beautiful sunshine (when it rose) up on Bear Hollow. Got to position & into my ghillie suit at around 5.30 am. Got winded by 2 nice does at 6.15 & shot clean under a small 6 point at 7.00. Then the people arrived Got busted by a Church group out for a ramble. Gotta love hunting public land!

People who lie about the condition of an outboard motor on Craigslist & force me to drive 5-1/2 hours for nothing. I wouldn't mind so much, but I spoke to the guy on the phone 5 times before I decided to go & look at his boat with 'perfect running motor' Got there & the damn thing needed at least a grand spending on it. BASTARD!

Either one of these..... OR, one of these..... All are around 63# at my 30" draw Arrows are 340 spine Beman MFX with various 250gn broadheads. Total arrow weight of 678gn.

YouTube - Family Guy Grind My Gears

Slightly side-stepping, but not completely off topic; Anyone know how that rip-stop stuff is supposed to work? I've got a pair of ripstop pants for hunting & the first time I wore 'em, they ripped on a thorn. Seriously, how crap is that!

None taken! As far as I'm aware, Black Diamond bows are fantastic quality for the price. I used to shoot a Bowtech Allegience & a Guardian myself & I wouldn't have swapped either for any other compound on the market. Black Diamond are made in the same factory, by the same folks (as far as I can remember) out of slightly lower quality components than the Bowtech branded bows. I know a good few field & target shooters back in England that shoot Diamond bows & have great results with zero complaints

Just playing Devil's advocate here, but do you not already have a bow? If so, why do you want to change? Have you ever bowhunted before? Only reason I ask, is that I kinda get the impression that you've not done much, if any, bowhunting (If I'm wrong, please, please accept my sincerest apologies) Bowhunting can be one ofthe simplest forms of taking game known. I've harvested many, many animals with (literally) just a bent stick & string. You don't need the fastest/newest/shinyest bow to take game both legally or ethically. If this isto be yur first season, you would be far, far better served by shooting the bow you've go now & learning how it performs & then working with those limitations. If you ever watch the 'hunting' shows on TV, you could easily believe that you need to be a perfect shot out to 60 yards + & you need to shoot a 340fps IBO rated bow. Well, to use the English vernacular.....BOLLOCKS! Out of all my bows, I have 1 that shoots a hunting weight arrow at over 200fps (It chronos at 203 with a 683gn arrow) I have taken well over 100 animals both large & small, on 3 continents with only traditional gear. 90% of those animals were taken at well under 20 yards, some as close as 3 or 4. The trick to bowhunting, is to know your gear, accept it's limitations & do the best you can with what you've got. The more familiar you are with your bow, the better a hunter you'll become. As I say, Devil's Advocate, no insult to anyone intended.

He he he! Good sound advice though, thanks!

You want to try it from the perspective of a middle-aged foreign guy! I've hunted since I was 14 in the UK & as a visitor to the US, Australia, Europe & Africa. However, as a resident, getting my head around all the rules & regs for TN is unbelievably difficult! I feel like a 14 year old again, having to learn at 35 what most kids already know! The way the rules are worded, with no obvious explainatons, is mind-boggling. I still can't figure out when I'm allowed on any of the WMAs! Can I hunt anytime during the relevant season? Am I not allowed to hunt during quota hunts? WTF????? The sooner as I find a friendly farmer with +/- 200 acres of woodland, the better!

Yep, just done a Google search. Junk. Good fun in the back yard as a plinker, definately NOT a hunting crossgun.

If it's anything like Barnett's other crossbows it'll be junk. Low-end, cheap quality toys is pretty much all they are. Mind you, I have a personal loathing of all cross guns so you may want to seek other opinions.

I've been on the lookout for a .36 cal smoke-pole for a while for the skwerls. Any recommendations? I really do want to get into black powder (NOT inline stuff) hunting this next year, to compliment bowhunting.