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Post by oldhoyt on Sept 18, 2014 7:55:37 GMT -5
I own a 30/06, but it currently is not wearing a scope. I also own a Marlin 1895 in 45/70 which has a Williams peep sight. And then there's the 358 Hoosier with a 3x9 variable. I do want to hunt some with the Marlin, but the Hoosier gets the nod the first part of the gun season.
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Post by oldhoyt on Sept 12, 2014 13:40:40 GMT -5
That's funny. I heard essentially the same thing from the owner of a gun store near me a few years ago when 44 Mag became legal in rifles. The guy told me he was against it because there would be all kinds of idiots out there firing 10 shots at every deer they saw. Can't say I've heard that kind of shooting, even on opening day.
I don't think the rifle that is used changes the number of idiots in the woods.
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Post by oldhoyt on Sept 12, 2014 7:27:58 GMT -5
In muzzleloaders, I've predominantly shot Pyrodex RS. I have shot a little BP, but saw no advantage in it. I know you can get different opinions, but I recall reading some study (probably done by the maker of Pyrodex) showing pressure curves. They graphed pressure curves from 100 "shots" of Pyrodex, and did the same for BP. The Pyrodex was much more consistent. Of course, there are any number of ways to make that happen.
Anyway, when loaded consistently, being careful to push the bullet down and firmly compress the powder charge, Pyrodex provides all the power and accuracy I need. Some day I'll try BH 209.
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Post by oldhoyt on Sept 12, 2014 7:11:01 GMT -5
I hear goat is very popular in parts of KY. I'd actually like to try it if it were prepared by someone that knew what they were doing.
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Post by oldhoyt on Sept 12, 2014 6:42:18 GMT -5
Male Rabbits are called bucks, female rabbits are called does.
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Post by oldhoyt on Sept 11, 2014 16:38:14 GMT -5
I suppose rabbits kept as livestock could legitimately be checked in as bucks or does, as the case may be.
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Post by oldhoyt on Sept 4, 2014 12:16:29 GMT -5
I dislike the Bumptious. It was their hounds that ruined Randy and Ralphie's turkey dinner in "A Christmas Story".
Anyway, I'm in favor of allowing all rifles from 243 and up. I have a 358 Hoosier and have been glad to use it for the past couple years. No reason to put it away if others become legal, except perhaps to wring the dust out of another "old friend" like my 45/70.
I've always stated here, that the advantage of a rifle for my style of hunting is the ability to reliably hit a baseball sized object within the ranges that I shoot. My longest kill to date was with my muzzleloader. If I have to shoot a buck standing in the thick stuff at 75 yds, I want that rifle to thread the needle and put the bullet where it needs to go.
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Post by oldhoyt on Sept 4, 2014 8:19:19 GMT -5
Absolutely no doubt about it. If the girl killed someone other than the instructor, you can bet the instructor would be getting sued. Criminally reckless negligence.
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 29, 2014 13:17:15 GMT -5
There you have it. Simply because something is legal, does not make it a good idea. Parents need to parent their kids. Fewer and fewer seem to be willing to these days.
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 28, 2014 6:29:29 GMT -5
I don't need to shoot one either. But if you asked me to shoot one, you can bet I would. NEED has absolutely nothing to do with this.
This was not an accident. Accidents are things you can't see coming. While nobody could predict with any certainty that a death would occur, this situation going bad was entirely predictable. You can see in the video this girl is NOT experienced with guns. Regardless of age, do you put an uzi in the hands of someone with no apparent experience with guns? Extreme lack of parental judgement, combined with extreme lack of professional judgement on the part of the instructor is what caused this incident.
So now what you have is two families (at least I'd assume) that are devastated, and one young girl that will probably never recover fully, all because of some reckless adults.
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 27, 2014 9:52:42 GMT -5
Stupid is right, and plenty of it to go around in this case.
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 14, 2014 15:14:13 GMT -5
Except that the author of this article is arguing that this concept should be applied in areas where there are already few deer. If there are already low deer numbers, the habitat shouldn't be "stressed." No doubt thinning overpopulated deer herds will allow overbrowsed habitat to recover. However, if you were to follow the advice of this article, you would be constantly "blasting away" at does. That's what we're supposed to do when numbers are too high, right? Also when deer numbers are too low? Which is it? Just doesn't add up. More info. would be useful, but truly stressed habitat will not recover quickly. It takes more than a few years. These are the years that you need to "continue to blast away". Basically you're trying to nearly eliminate deer during those years, or at least keep numbers so low that regeration of the forest understory can take place - a slow process in the absence of forest management, which is out of the deer manager's hands most of the time.
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 14, 2014 7:34:51 GMT -5
As deer populations grow beyond the habitat's optimal carrying capacity, the habitat becomes increasingly stressed. Stressed habitats may support a high number of deer, but you're teetering on the edge of a crash that could be the result of any number of factors such as a hard winter, disease, etc. I give credit to a manager that recognizes that the habitat is indeed stressed, and decides to do something BEFORE the inevitable crash.
The most logical thing to do in situations where the manager cannot directly improve the habitat (not possible when most land is privately owned) is to allow hunters to remove the stress (deer, particularly does). Then you let the habitat recover (continue to let hunters remove deer over several seasons). Once your habitat has recovered, allow the deer population to grow back to optimal carrying capacity.
Of course, this is not an overnight fix, and hunters will inevitably complain that they don't see the numbers of deer they did in the "good old days", but there's nothing unsound about this approach.
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 14, 2014 7:19:17 GMT -5
tried two years, nothing
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 12, 2014 12:43:51 GMT -5
Thinking over the 10+ years I have hunted here in Indiana with a shotgun, I have shot a bunch of deer with my Marlin 512 with various sabot slugs. But MOST of them I could have shot easily with my Mossberg 500 and rifled slugs with open sights. It is very reliable out to 75 yds.
Even now with the 358 Hoosier, I still seem to hunt spots where all shots are 100 yds or less.
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 8, 2014 15:45:35 GMT -5
Well, your run of the mill sabot slug will continue to spin after contact too, assuming it is shot from a rifled barrel. I wouldn't want to rely on spin contributing significantly to terminal performance though.
I did not have sound when I watched the short clip. Is this design meant to be shot from smoothbores? Do the fins at the rear have a helical orientiation? I would think they must, or they would only counteract spin imparted by rifling.
Seems like a solution to a non-existant problem, for my hunting needs anyway.
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 7, 2014 6:46:31 GMT -5
You won't regret it, but you might regret waiting that long to make one!
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 7, 2014 6:29:51 GMT -5
A few years ago I grew tabasco peppers. They did very well and produced quite a few peppers. They start green and ripen to orange/red. I made a hot sauce from them that was all I could handle, and I really like hot stuff. Much much hotter than the Tabasco sauce you buy. This year I have cayenne, jalepeno and a Korean type called super chili. My tomatoes are just now ripening so looking forward to some salsa, etc.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 31, 2014 9:43:33 GMT -5
I don't know if this is the same problem, as piercings4u indicates the gun closes normally. The only issue is with cocking. Anyway, if switching primers fixes it, no need to over-analyze.
My "problem" isn't really a problem. The gun works as it should, it's only an issue if you are less than positive with the safety.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 30, 2014 16:22:21 GMT -5
Obviously an old post, but on this topic, if anyone is considering buying or making a smoker, first google "ugly drum smoker" and you will find loads of info on this DIY project. The end result is an awesome smoker for not much money. No real skill required either, so that's a plus for folks who are better cooks than they are mechanics. I made mine with an old Weber grill top, and have so far cooked brisket, chicken and duck. Will do a wild turkey soon. Everything has turned out awesome, and it used very little fuel (charcoal / lump charcoal) as compared to a grill.
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