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Post by 1shotwade on Oct 1, 2023 20:53:56 GMT -5
My idea, and I'm not sure is a good one, is to set up 5 targets to be shot in order. That is to say every day you fire one round on each of the targets for 5 days and that should ID your cold bore or anything else that contributes to fliers. That would be enough for a pattern should show up I would think. That may not be enough but it can always be continued.
Talk to me because I know nothing except what I have picked up off of YouTube! Thanks!
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Post by 1shotwade on Sept 30, 2023 17:34:18 GMT -5
I've seen lately the 22lr videos talk a lot about a cold bore causing the first round to be "off" from your zero. Seems everyone has a different theroy. I'd sure like to learn more about this. My health is keeping me close to the house so I want to entertain myaelf with a short range and the 22! Thanks
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catfish
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Post by 1shotwade on Aug 2, 2022 16:06:13 GMT -5
Back in the 50s and 60s we used to go to the river and if we caught any small catfish we would put them in a bucket of water and take them home. Once we werehome, we took them back to the pond to grow out. The Idea being we weere removing a lb of fish that had contamination, and growing that out to 20 or 30 pounds of higher quality meat.
Now that I am deep into my retirement, I was considering this again but have noticed that there are now size restrictions on catfish. Is it still possible to do this now, and what would I have to go through. to be able to legally? Thanks!
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Post by 1shotwade on Aug 2, 2022 15:57:55 GMT -5
That's amazing! The older I get the more I learn that I never did know what I thought I did! At 72 now, I figure I've got a couple years until all of my false knowledge becomes someone else's truth!
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Post by 1shotwade on Jul 27, 2022 10:00:39 GMT -5
(((BB gun is 0.172" +/- 0.001" for a steel airgun bb.
0.18" is shotgun BB steel.)))
Actually it's .177 or 4.5 cal. And yes BBs are steel, which makes me wonder which kid got a new toy and couldn't resist the temptation to try for a rabbit.
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Post by 1shotwade on Jul 18, 2022 19:19:43 GMT -5
I'm only 25 miles from Vevay But I could get down to the water but am no longer able to get back up! If I caught one it might be my undoing!
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Post by 1shotwade on Jul 18, 2022 18:53:29 GMT -5
Well, thanks! I don't breathe really well anymore but I would think a half dozen would be plenty of work for me. Where about are you? I'm around cross Plains if you know where that is. 10miles south of Versailles and 20 ish north of madison.
does anyone know about the eggs? I'caugh gar all my life and almost fell out when I found out how poisonous their eggs are!
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Post by 1shotwade on Jul 18, 2022 18:25:39 GMT -5
Is anyone near the asain carp? I keep seeing and hearing about them but haven't been around them much. I like to follow Coon Creek Outfiters (Think I got that right) and he uses oil from camon carp for trapping lure. Looks like the asain is an oily fish also, so my thought are since they are suppossed to be goood eating, I'd like to kill a few and experement with canning them along with frying, I love eggs as long as the won't kill you "Gar egg dangers" and use the rest to get oil for lamps etc and fertilizer with the rest.
I probably sound like a kid but no, only at heart. I am however retired in poor health so I need to do some of these things while I still cam.
Thanks for any info you can give. Wade
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Post by 1shotwade on Jul 14, 2021 9:36:27 GMT -5
I'm sorry if this is a repeat question . Yoou have probably addressed this in the past.
I like keeping squirrels around the house but now they are more trouble than they are worth! They have devistated my peaches and plums to the tune of 20 bushel or so. Enough already! I would like to harvest my apples and pears and chestnuts at some point this year but i'm not sure there will be anything left!
So the question is : can I legally kill these pests out of season, and if so, is there restrictions on the consumption of them that are taken for deprivation like there are in some other states?
Thank you,Wade
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Post by 1shotwade on Apr 21, 2019 9:09:06 GMT -5
We had a place down on the Ohio River. Walking the water's edge, we jumped a bedded buck. It had been hit near the heart area. My dog gave chase and that buck is now a Kentucky resident! It swam the Ohio like we would swim in a hot tub! It's amazing what these "walking dead" deer can do! Wade
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Post by 1shotwade on Jan 1, 2019 17:43:26 GMT -5
Congrats! As a friend of mine says"going hungry is not a plan! Wade
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Post by 1shotwade on Dec 23, 2018 18:24:35 GMT -5
I was on 62 between Canaan and cross plains this morning. Saw a huge black dog standing in the middle of the road with a doe 100 yards ahead. When I got up to where I saw the doe I had to stop and let 8 yearlings cross in front of me. None of them would make 100 pounds! All yearling with no adult with them. Makes me wonder if they were all orphans and yarding up together for protection. Wade
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Post by 1shotwade on Dec 21, 2018 19:37:32 GMT -5
I was up at moms this afternoon. Just happened to be looking out the window at 3:20 when a 150 class busted across an open field and into the brush 100 yards out. Me? No, I wasn't smart enough to have my weapon with me! Wade
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Post by 1shotwade on Nov 24, 2018 8:37:53 GMT -5
That's cool Swilk! Y'all are knock'n them down! Wade
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Post by 1shotwade on Nov 23, 2018 17:53:47 GMT -5
Hope this is OK woody. Someone here mentioned the Drury brothers, New to me so I went over there. Listening to Y'all and took a drive from Cross Plains to Columbus and back today and saw nodda! I'm convinced we are in what Drury calls "The November lul!" Wade
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Post by 1shotwade on Nov 20, 2018 20:53:41 GMT -5
I found it very hard to read tracks with all the humidity. They almost always looked fresh! Wade
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Post by 1shotwade on Nov 20, 2018 20:12:52 GMT -5
I`ve already seen a really great friend of mine lose his hunting area, and it was his family that did it to him even. I don`t know how many hundreds of acres he had access to before they leased most of the ground to some leasing agent. I hunted with him a couple seasons, and I saw in one evening sit more deer than I`d seen in a couple entire seasons at the two little farms I thankfully still have access to. And he would see flocks of turkeys with 30+ birds. His family sold him out. When my buddy`s mother-in-law passes away, I`ll lose access to these 2 small farms I have been hunting for over 20 years. At nearly 62, I can`t hack hunting the terrain at a place like Owen-Putnam, nevermind the better than hour long drive each way. I remember when this other outfit wanted to change Indiana`s season to be like that of Illinois. That`s rude, thoughtless, careless, selfish antler hunters, just like with the OBR. It isn`t just we hunters that have a big stake in this, and not even just us and the DNR. It`s every Hoosier that ought to be concerned about the lack of good hunting areas for too many Hoosier hunters. The average, blue-collar guy who deer hunts does the vast majority of the work done in conjunction with the DNR to keep the herds within the carrying capacity of the habitat. As it becomes difficult to impossible for people to have access to quality hunting lands, the numbers will shrink, DNR monies will follow after the hunter numbers, and the herds and the habitat will suffer. I know that many hunters love the OBR and are fine with the leasing agents too, and if you flame away on me, that`s fine. But I`m one who is not fine with this stuff. The anter mania fuels the leasing mania, and a lot of guys who aren`t rolling in dough end up leaving the hunting lifestyle because it`s just isn`t practical for them. Nothing good comes from the commercialization of something as important, and necessary as hunting, and the average guy is the one who loses out. Go ahead, beat me up, but I had to say my piece. I couldn’t agree more with you. About 30 years ago, I was stationed down in Mississippi. At that time if you didn’t belong to a hunt club you didn’t hunt,period. Mostly all of the land was leased by outfitters. I remember thinking “ I hope this never reaches Indiana “. But as I see more and more it’s becoming a rich man’s game. I was never a trophy hunter myself, more for the meat but even more than that was just deer hunting with friends and family. Building memories. Like you, I’m getting up in age when everything hurts and can’t do all the walking like I used to. I personally would like to see the Indiana DNR adopt a program like Michigan has, its called Hunter Access Program (HAP). The DNR leases private ground and pays up to $25 an acre. Michigan opened up 2.2 million acres for hunting & fishing with the program. 1991 U.S. Census has Indiana at 95.5% privately held and 4.5% public grounds. Well, that’s my piece too. Remember beat up Gregr. Where in Mississipi? I was there in the 80s and hunted de Soto national forest. Loved it with a daily deer bag limit of one and a 129 day season! And Nicotine tips were legal! Of course, you had to stay clear of the dog hunts but that seemed to be the only inconvenience I saw. Most private lands weren't worth hunting from what I saw. Wade
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Post by 1shotwade on Nov 20, 2018 18:43:19 GMT -5
Shut out again tonight... great start to the season 😂 B&C=1,yotes=0! Wade
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Post by 1shotwade on Nov 20, 2018 9:51:28 GMT -5
yeap!
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Post by 1shotwade on Nov 20, 2018 9:34:34 GMT -5
I was just on NAFA site last week and eastern yotes are worth a whopping $15! Said! Just sad. Wade
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