Handsome Rob

I know the feeling! I'm sat on my mailbox like a buzzard on a gutpile!

I agree. How about a PROPER primitive weapon season to run from the first to last Sunday in January. Longbows, recurves and un-scoped, roundball shooting, sidelock muzzleloaders only.

I honestly think you'd be surprised how many folks actually do hunt with proper, primitive muzzleloaders.

In my opinion & please bear in mind that it's only MY opinion, i think it ought to go the other way. I personally think that it should be a primitive weapon season. Primitive meaning sidelocks only.

Come about 45 minutes south on 24 & visit the George Dickel distillery, another 20 minutes & there's Jack Daniel's. I [i]think[/i] you can get a tour of the Barrett factory?

I still haven't had the chance to get mine mailed out Partly because The Wife is in Noo Yawk & has left me running the business, partly because, yes, I'm bone frikkin' idle, but mostly because I keep looking at it & thinking '**** you, I'd really like this!'

Hey, it don't have to be true to be funny! Duck Dynasty anyone???

Saw this on another forum & thought it was a very interesting topic. I'd really like to see hogs put back on the menu, but with one caveat: You'd need a special/extra license to hunt them on TWRA property. It may put off the 'transport to hunt' mob, whilst still allowing those of us with the itch to be allowed to go kill a few on public land. Also an extra period of bow only, between Muzzleloader & gun season, extending the overall season to the last Sunday in January & drop/modify the doe restrictions in unit A.

Any motorbikeists in the audience? . . . . [url="http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2012/12/peta-crashes-biker-gathering-not-to-be-missed-2534390.html?utm_medium=facebook-share&utm_source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fl%2F0AQGdF4h8AQHuY7MIr1HC98anhUvGF79M8zBJ-G3GxK_1ow%2Fawe.sm%2FbBAxx&utm_content=awesm-publisher&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fawe.sm%2FbBAxx&utm_campaign"]http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2012/12/peta-crashes-biker-gathering-not-to-be-missed-2534390.html?utm_medium=facebook-share&utm_source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fl%2F0AQGdF4h8AQHuY7MIr1HC98anhUvGF79M8zBJ-G3GxK_1ow%2Fawe.sm%2FbBAxx&utm_content=awesm-publisher&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fawe.sm%2FbBAxx&utm_campaign[/url]

[quote name='Lions Fan' timestamp='1354572727' post='854419'] Got my SS gift today and can't wait to take out some chipmunks with it!!!!! I have been meaning to get one of these for a while, just never got around to it. [img]http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad195/theryskamps/1203121704.jpg[/img] [/quote] *Peter Griffin voice* Awwww no way! That's freakin AWEsome! You got a slingshot! That is sooo freaking sweet!

[quote name='Hunting101' timestamp='1354647176' post='854817'] I see no reason to delete it. I may look into that video. Its made by the Dept of game and fisheries so its probably a good how to video. [/quote] It really, really is! The only way I could imagine a better way to learn, would to actually have someone stand over you & tell you what to do. The [i][u]really[/u][/i] cool thing is that it's done in real time with NO cuts for editing. If you have a portable DVD player you can actually watch & cut along.

(I hope it's OK to post this link.) I bought this $12 DVD a few years ago from Virginia's Dept of Game & Fisheries & it has saved myself a many of my friends hundreds if not thousands of dollars in processing fees. It is on of the most well thought out, detailed & above all simple to follow tutorials I've ever seen. The DVD goes from field to table, showing every cut made of every cut of meat from the deer. It is so simple to follow, after watching it I had a friend's 11 year old daughter butcher her own deer! [url=https://www3.dgif.virginia.gov/estore/proddetail.asp?prod=VW250]A Professional Guide to Field Dressing, Skinning & Butchering White-tailed Deer[/url] This is seriously the BEST money I've ever spent on hunting.

[color=#000000][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(247, 247, 247)]I took a quick walk with my 1895 this afternoon. Only the second time I've had it out in the woods. The scope was mounted at 1 o'clock this afternoon & only took 10 shots to get on the money at 50yds. I know it was a bit of a risk taking her, but the woodland I'm hunting rarely if ever offers farther shot opportunities & I have enough self control to keep my shots close. I had it sighted in by 1:30, hit the woods at 2:30 & had him in the back of the truck by 3:15! I wish it was always this easy! [/background][/size][/font][/color][img]http://www.marlinowners.com/forum/images/smilies/cheesy.gif[/img] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(247, 247, 247)]This wee fella, unfortunately for him, walked toward me & got well within that zone![/background][/size][/font][/color] [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/robtattoo/3point.jpg[/IMG] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(247, 247, 247)]Slightly quartering toward me, at 32 paces. That's the exit wound you can see.[/background][/size][/font][/color]

Meh. I bought one a while ago. Didn't come with the Magnificent Seven-esque theme tune. Sent it back.

Got mine ordered today, should have it mailed out early next week.

Hot diggety pig! That's amazing, thank you!

Sir, you're a legend!

I'm guessing I'll probably need a dozen, over what I already have here.

For all you deer/elk/bear/moose hunters. I'm asking a big favor here, I know, but I'm looking for as many deer hides as I can get my hands on. I'm not wanting these for any commercial or profitable venture. Next year I have plans to build a 'summerhouse' for friends to camp over during the year. I have plans to build an ancient Saxon Roundhouse on our land & I'm really wanting as many skins as possible for wall-coverings & insulation (Any of y'all are more than welcome to come stay a while!) One of these..... [img]http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/photos/data/media/6/bodrifty-round-house.jpg[/img] I'll be having them all tanned as a batch once season is out. I don't need any special treatment, if anyone feels inclined to donate their hides just roll it up tight, flesh-side in, & throw it in the freezer. PM me & I'll drive over & collect it!

Subsonic, un-suppressed shotgun. Yes it may make you look like a tool, but I can see the attraction for Turkey hunting! http://www.guns.com/the-metro-gun-subsonic-shotgun-barrel-system-11424.html

Sweet! Both beautiful bucks.

Yeah, STILL the tinnitus

We raise free ranging chickens & I made eggs for a fishing buddy of mine one morning. I thought his eyes were going to pop out when he realized he was eating proper eggs, not those anemic store-bought 'things' I'm not preachy about food, but pretty much all we eat is free-range & organic. Carrots that still have mud on them really DO taste better than pre-packed carrots. Eggs from chickens that can peck around, eat bugs & worms are not only better for you, but they taste fantastic! I also do all the cooking in our family & have done for years. I butcher my own deer, birds & hogs, when I can get 'em. Knowing how your food is prepared, where it comes from & how it was treated while it was still on the hoof really makes a difference in how it tastes. Happy pigs really do make the best bacon!

[quote name='sigbrown1297' timestamp='1353040780' post='846382'] ya, i'll have to see what I can borrow. [/quote] NOPE! Shoot what you're used to and accurate with. 5.56 WILL kill deer. While I would prefer something like .270 or '06, if all I had was a .223 I was used to & knew I'd take that over a bigger gun that I wasn't so familiar with, every day of the week. It's ALL about shot placement. Everything else & I mean EVERYTHING else is a secondary consideration. You gotta remember, even with pin-point-perfect placement, not every deer is going to dump on the spot (although the Sportsman (sic) Channel would have you believe this) Use good quality bullets that are going to expand properly, learn where to shoot a deer from all angles & keep your shots to distances you're 100% comfortable with & you'll be fine.

It's on the light side, but if you put it in the heart or lungs, it'll certainly do the trick! Probably not a guaranteed dead-on-the-spot round, but with 4 holes in the lungs, most deer ain't going far.