huntingman

14 years

Thank you for the response. I have done that.

Which forum should I post a knife for sale in? I have noticed knives for sale in the gear and the non-firearms trading posts... I posted a knife in the non-firearms trading post but it may sell faster in the gear trading post.

sig229 has a good way and I'm getting me a few of those sticks for cleaning tight places! I take 2 pipe cleaners, bend them over, than twist them tightly together. Some use a a 22 cal. brush but I don't let the channels get that dirty

I picked up a Ed Brown Kobra Carry ss yesterday. For my own safety around my wife I'm not even thinking of a "Next got to have gun", at least not out loud. Just between us........... another Ed Brown.

x2 Cheaper stuff works just fine. I use whatever I can find in 55 gr. in SP or HP. Right now, my AR-15s are zeroed for 55 gr. Never shot the 45 gr. White box.

Congratulations ! I'm also getting the sickness for a 1911. Just that I've never owned one. I've been looking at one like that myself.

Congratulations everyone, nice looking birds. Something must be wrong with me because I've never had the desire to turkey hunt. Well, that leaves more for everybody else.

I've hunted bobcats with a rifle or bow for nearly twenty years and have done a little research on the animals and along with my own experiences, I hope I can help. Bobcats are one of the most challenging game, if not the most challenging game animals I've ever hunted. With that said, I've quit hunting them because I think with a generous supply of bobcats on hand, I see fewer coyotes on my farm. Now, this is just my own observation and it may not be related. First off, bobcats have to be around in the first place. Now this may seem funny, but it's true. Just because there are bobcats in an area doesn't mean they are where YOU are hunting or will ever be there. Bobcats just don't walk around aimlessly, they have a purpose and generally have a pattern. What I've found is if you have bobcats in your hunting area they will always be there and successfully hunting them won't be difficult. You can Google about where bobcats den and places they like. I've found, at least where I hunt them, is that they like rocky areas with abundant thick stuff, cover. They require plenty of small game such as turkeys, rabbits and so on. I would look for cat poop and all that I've seen has had hair in it. Also, look for a pile of turkey feathers. A game camera may help to locate bobcats, I've had a few pics of them on my game cameras. While I have an abundance of bobcats, I only have a few pics of them. The game cameras were located on deer trails and I wasn't trying to get bobcat pics. With that said, I do feel like bobcats use the same game trails other animals use or a trail near by, as my camera pics show this to be true. It is well known that bobcats are nocturnal with most of their movement being at dawn or dusk. Well, this may be true, but if you're hunting the den area sightings can be more like mid morning and can go on through the day, especially if it is a young bobcat or a female with her kittens. I once watched three bobcat kittens playing under my stand, and I'm sorry to say, it was the one day I didn't have my still or video camera. I've never seen or heard deer so upset as I witnessed on that day, real ANGRY ! To be honest, my largest bobcats, males, were taken while I was deer hunting over thick cover with a woodland edge. The bobcats were traveling from the woods to the cover. They weren't stalking or creeping, they were walking normally, slow and carefully. The largest male bobcat I took KNEW I was there and came in to investigate, "curiosity killed the cat" you could say. Well fed and happy bobcats may be hard to call in. They may come in out of curiosity more than anything, so even if high in a deer stand DON'T MOVE, as bobcats hunt more from sight and sound than they do scent. Trust me, I was almost attacked from behind once when a bobcat mistook my moving, brown and long haired, head for wild game, almost had to clean out my pants, if you know what I mean. The best luck I've had with calls is with a simple rabbit in distress call and used at sunrise. These are just a few of my observations and I'm in no way qualified to give advice on how to hunt bobcats in other situations, but these ways work for me. If bobcats are where you hunt, you WILL eventually be successful ! So good luck, hunt safely, and remember your camera ! The picture is the last bobcat I took and will probably be my last bobcat. He was 35 lb. and shot with a 308, at my place.

X2 I'm also NOT yelling and giving my position away. BG is going to have to find us. I have no children living at home so.....my plans are a little different.

Mad Squirrell, Thats a very good plan and smart !!!!

That's a good deal and the 243 would be a nice rifle to start the boys, if they want to deerhunt.

Done, Thanks for posting.

Congratulations, always a pleasure to see a coyote hunted well Nice pics

Way to go I have so many of them yotes on my place and am sick of them killing deer and I'm sorry for the loss of livestock. This year I rarely looked at the pics on my game cameras without seeing a yote or two or three. I keep telling myself to " Get out there and hunt them", but I seldom do and only got a few last year. Great story with pic, and congratulations! Oh....and I like your hunting rifle, similar to what I like to use.