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i cant wait for duck season to open...i typically wont hunt anything until after the first frost (got that one out of the way last night, probably will get the second tonight!) and i cant wait to go after the ducks and geese. i'm glad you posted this, i need to dig my decoys out as well...

i really had my doubts about these CTACs before i put one on. i had about given up on IWB carry of my glocks, as nothing i tried worked for me with them. but with this CTAC i can carry a fullsized G22 IWB with very little effort to conceal it...i just love this holster. in warmer weather the G27 just disappears. i'm on the chunky side and i feel the CTACs are one of the most comfortable IWB rigs out there...

Marlin used to make a Model 25N which was a mag feed .22lr and a 25MN which was a mag feed .22mag. i have one of each. my .22lr is one of the best shooting .22's i've ever had and it aint going anywhere! my .22mag is for sale though...

here is another vote for the Comp Tac CTAC...i love my Glock 9mm/.40 slide version, i can hide a G22 very well in it and a G27 just disappears under just a t-shirt...

WOW, thats a very nice...uhh...rifle, yeah, thats a nice rifle!

+1000 on this one...that is some rough country up there. in some places rough isnt the right word for it...

i was mainly suggesting the Savage because they are so easy to switch the barrels out on... a barrel nut wrench and a set of go-no go gauges and you can do it yourself...

i think your best bet would be to go with a long action Savage and then rebarrel it to a heavy barrel .30-06 if thats what you want. most all of the tactical bolts are short actions...

i've hunted at BSF quite a bit in years past...and honestly its been hit or miss. i dont think they have as big a hog problem as they let on honestly, i've seen sign there and actually seen wild hogs running around, just couldnt get a shot on them. i have seen much more concentrated hog sign though at Catoosa WMA, which is a few miles south of BSF as the crow flies. hogs are much more abdundent in that area. bad thing is though Catoosa WMA is a quota/draw hunt only system, and its already tagged out for the year.

i vote for a kel-tec P11...they can be had in the 300ish range, fire 9mm which is cheap to shoot and decent power (better than .22 or .380).

i think you'll find the great majority carry at 4-5o'clock area...for the reasons you stated...hides well and decently quick access. until your back is fully recovered (i know what your going through, happened to me in an auto wreck 2 years ago and i still have my bad days with my back) you may want to find a smallish pocket gun. it will help your heal time tremendously, especially if you spend a great portion of your day sitting. then when you are fully healed and go back to your normal carry, you will be in the habit of carrying your backup in your pocket :-)

i have handled both and i must say go with the Stoeger if you have the option between the two. the fit and finish is much nicer as Joe said...

it looks like thats a basic butler creek folding stock that has been cut down in the forend area to match the shorter NFA barrel that has been installed in the 10/22 action...

thats not overkill! that is beautiful!!!!

the easiest way to do it is to remove the barrel from the gun, then start putting shells into the magazine tube. after you put the 3rd shell in, you should see a small dowel rod start coming out the end, grab it and pull it out. then there are two small clips at the end of the magazine tube where you insert the shells, you will see that they hold the rounds up in the tube. carefully depress these two clips and it will let the bottom shell back out. do this for all three rounds that you just put in the magazine tube to unload the gun, then put the barrel back on it. you then should be able to put 5 3" shells into the tube and one in the barrel. hope this helps...

i carry a Glock 27 and Glock 22 in mine and dont use a Safe-T block either. they hide easy, and as PackinMama said it is pretty quick to get to as long as your shirt is untucked (which mine is about 99.99% of the time anyways. i was nervous at first with the Glocks in the belly band holster, and carried with a empty chamber and trigger cocked. after about 2 weeks of daily carry, and the trigger hadnt pulled itself, i started carrying with a live round in the chamber again. everyone bashes Glocks about no safety, or AD's or ND's...but i have found that as long as you dont pull the trigger or get anything into the triggerguard area when holstering the gun, that they simply will not fire. imagine that... treat a revolver with the same lack of gun safety discipline and they will do the same thing a Glock will do. sure people (cops included) accidently shot themselves with revolvers, but that was chalked up to a design flaw of the revolver was it? thats why i love revolvers and Glocks, no levers to have to remember to flip, no special way you have to grip it to get the grip safety to disengage, just nothing to worry about. draw, aim, squeeze the trigger, and bang... anyways, didnt mean to derail there...i'll look at the brand of mine and post what it is on here. i really love it...

OS, owning and shooting a mountain howitzer would be fabulous!!! just not for using it for hunting purposes...unless your hunting zombies...i'd like to open up one of them on a field full of zombies!

i have one and love it...hides a big gun very nicely...

+1, lifetime warranty means nothing if it costs you your life! i think you do need a home defense handgun, but i also think it should be used to get to your shotgun. they are both a requirement. revolvers are simple and easy to learn to use. especially for your wife, if your semi-auto jams she will have to clear the failure and keep fighting. not so with the revolver, if for some reason it doesnt go bang when you pull the trigger (bad ammo?)...just keep pulling the trigger. whatever you chose, go with quality and what feels good to you. then get proficient with it, practice regularly. then find a shotgun and do the same thing...

yeah, that just sounds stupid to me. not very sporting either to shoot at a deer at 100 yards with 148 12ga pumpkin balls simultaneously...

looks great! i love the 10/22...i've been thinking about building another one of those myself lately...

on scopes, i would stick with Bushnell or Nikon. they are about the best bang for your buck. a good 3-9x40mm will run in the $150 range, but a fixed 4x will be cheaper. i'd stay away from the ultra cheap scopes, but thats just me. i use those on .22's only. the Bushnell Legend and Elite 3200's are super nice, as are any of the Nikon's. you can get a low end Nikon at walmart these days...

of those two options, i would use the Marlin .357. scope mounts will be cheaper and more readily available for it also. treat it like a loud bow, and you should have venison out to 125 yards. which for woods hunting in TN, is way long shot. most areas i hunt in the woods are only about 60 yard shots at most. thats why i use a .30-30 and no big high powered stuff for me...just dont need it. on the scope, i would say if you are going to do it, get at least a 3-9x40mm variable or a fixed 4x. in my opinion, its not worth messing with a 2x, just shoot iron sights if thats what you want. as you are becoming a new hunter, i would strongly encourage you to learn the animals anatomy that you plan to go after. find out where the heart & lungs are, and where they will be at different angles and such. this will help you with your shot placement. if you do go the .357 route, i would avoid directly on the shoulder shots. that bone is thick, and without alot of punch it might not get deep enough to reach the heart and lungs. i'd shoot it slightly off the shoulder and slightly higher on a broadside shot to make sure i got the heart and at least one lung (thats what i meant earlier by treat it like a loud bow).

thats just plain stupid...blatant disregard for the wildlife in my opinion. there is no way one area can withstand that "beating" that was just put on them. and the ducks will probably go to waste...i hope those guys get whats coming to them...make an example out of them TWRA!

last time i was there they were open with the statewide TWRA seasons. they also have there own special hog hunts as well after the statewide deer season closes...