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A saw a large doe and one about that size in Wilson Co. last weekend. Moving fast and no good shot. Heard lots of shots in the surrounding hills, so someone was getting something.

If it gets worse we'll have to call it Battlefield Earth.

The Taurus can be cocked and on safe. The Beretta can't. To move from FIRE to SAFE on the Beretta you have to pass through DECOCK.

The last thing I need is another caliber, but dang that's tempting.....

  That was a dude.

I was sort of on the fence between theater vs Redbox, but once all the stink started up about this, I decided to flip hacker terrorists the bird and go see it in the theater. I still will if they release it.

I just got in from it too. Meh.   The source material for these 3 has been too thin. It's clear that the writers of the non-book scenes are not Tolkien. Instead of having interesting story, they fill it with lengthy ninja-elves/indestructible-dwarves battle scenes with way too much flying through the air. It's like an 8 year old playing with action figures. After making it through the first 2, I'm glad I went to wrap it up, but I'm glad it's done. These 3 are nowhere near as good as the LOTR trilogy.

  If it's like most Rogen/Franco movies, running it in primetime on a broadcast network would result in some hefty FCC fines. :)

For those who use the license throughout the year, I don't see what the complaint would be about the cost. I agree that it's reasonable then. My issue is that it's the same price for a person to only hunt deer for 6 weeks as it is for a person who hunts deer for 3 months, turkey for 6 weeks, fishes year round, hunts small game, and bird hunts. A single-day hunting license like the single-day fishing might be a nice idea, with a limit of how many a person can buy before needing the full license.       I guess right now maybe that's close to where I am. I did do some prep before the season by scouting the land as best I could with my uncle who has hunted for a long time. That was fun. It was the first time I had ever noticed the rubs on the trees. It was like hiking, but slower and paying more attention. The only non-WMA land I have access to is wooded so there's not much I can do to work the land. It's also an hour each way from my house. My uncle has had some health issue lately that kept him from being out there with me, so I went with a friend who is still new to deer hunting too. He hunted last year with some experienced hunters and got a doe, but that's it. I guess we're just a couple of monkeys trying to hump a football.   I got a coyote the first  time out, which I guess was nice, but I didn't get an adrenaline rush from it. I didn't get pumped up when some does came somewhat close to the stand either. Not close enough for a shot, but close enough to watch. Maybe it's just not in me to love this sport.   Like I said, I'm not giving up yet, but so far it's not a whole lot of fun. At this point, it could be free and I'm not sure I'd want to keep doing it. Maybe I'll try doves next year. I like skeet shooting.

  I get that. But I can hike in the parks for free or camp in them for a nominal fee and enjoy the woods. I can watch loads of deer at Gallatin Gun Club, including some nice sized bucks. I can watch squirrels in my back yard. Take away the meat and I can get pretty much the same outdoorsiness I'm getting from hunting for free or nearly free in other ways. At some point, this just gets crazy. The license has no other value to me. I hate fishing. I'd rather get a prostate exam from Andre the Giant than fish since at least the exam would be over quickly. I have no need or desire to hunt anything but deer. This gun addiction of mine is already expensive enough so I don't plan to add muzzleloaders or archery equipment too. That means I'm shelling out a wad of cash to hunt for about 6 weeks. In that time, I'm working like most of us are, and have other commitments on my time including all the Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff. If I can work in 4 or 5 times out during the rifle season, that's doing pretty good. I got hosed by a master baiter (see other thread) so I've only made it out twice and may only make it one or two more if I'm lucky. Right now I'm averaging $38.50 in license fees to sit on my butt in the cold for several hours after dragging myself out of bed at 4am, disturbing my wife's sleep and having to hear about that after I get home. Right now, I'm thinking this hunting thing isn't for me. I'm still hopeful and haven't given up just yet, but it doesn't look good. Add in a price increase and it may be enough to make me sell the gear I bought and wash my hands of the whole thing. The hit I'll take on selling the gear will probably still be less than a single season's license fees.   Maybe it's true that some people have it in their blood and maybe I just don't. We'll see. I'm still hopeful.

JAB, was that you with the double shoulder rig? http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/84074-i-saw-the-goofiest-thing-yesterday/?p=1219093     :D

...Nevermind...

There you go, trying to bring logic into government funding....

  Sales Tax, I assume. 5733 - 485 = 5248 before tax. 485 is 8.8% of 5248. I don't know CA sales tax, but that seems like a reasonable guess. Either way, it was money well spent. I got up early this morning to do a little pre-breakfast snipping. I love my new riffle!

Sorry Dustbuster, you missed out. Thanks glowdotGlock. It was great meeting you. That snipper rifle is going to be awesome when I'm in my Gilly suit.

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Holy crap. This better be one tasty deer if I ever get one. I think I could have had a live Kobe cow shipped in from Japan and custom butchered for what it's costing me to get in to deer hunting. So far I have to say that I'm not enjoying it enough to keep dropping so much coin on it every year. I know a lot is sunk costs in equipment, but taking the rates up will only make me less likely to get a license each year.

That would make it a 54!!!!!!!   That's bigger than a Desert Eagle! Are you mad? Only Chuck Norris and Darryl Dixon can handle firepower like that!

I watched Titans on 2 tonight (was cooking dinner and couldn't find the remote...) and heard Whisenhunt say that they're on their 8th tackle. Holy crap! Usually you have 2 with a 3rd that might play a little.   Clipboard Jesus had better not get hurt out there. This is our new backup QB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Palmer   Yep, you saw that right. Our backup has 0 TDs, 2 INTs, a whopping 59 yards passing and a Fantasy Football worthy 34.4 passer rating.

I know they clarified it in 2011 at 250 yards (at least that's the date of the news reports covering it), but I couldn't find it in writting from the TWRA anywhere on their site. Either way, it looks like that's the magic number. I'm definitely not going back out there until I hear from my cousin and know what the resolution is + 10 days.   She did confirm what I had read in the 2011 news stories and what Hozzie stated earlier: 250 yard radius is a fully protected zone. Can't shoot in or into that area.

  I called the Region 2 office. She said 250 yards is not in the regulations, but it's what the field officers use as their guideline. I suppose depending on the circumstances they could choose to shorten or lengthen that radius.

  Don't forget your scarf.

Nate probably has at least 2 - 3 years in him if he wants them. Maybe more. WRs can have a 15+ year career. He's wrapping up year 10. The receiving corps is not too bad with Washington & Wright plus Walker at TE. To get a good QB, they need to fix the O-line to give the passer some protection. Picking up a 1,000 yard RB (or at least >750) to take some pressure off the pass rush would be great too, but you don't have to have that (look at New England). Sankey and Greene aren't it. Maybe Sankey could be with a better O-line to make some holes, but we'll never know...

From the article:     It should read:   The Titans have been searching for answers to engage a fan base which has dulled following multiple changes since Bud Adams pissed away the franchise on Vince "I sprained my vagina" Young.

  Because deer fed a steady diet of real Wisconsin aged cheddar taste better than deer raised on government cheese.