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Going to have it stuffed?
Most guys I know that have killed one get it mounted but I used a 60 Gr. NBT on this one,high shoulders and neck shot......those areas were pretty well gone, and the head was messed up too. Tough to be 'fur friendly ' on a critter than small...
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Cam Newton would wear that tail with pride. Cam's $12k fox tail
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Damn! I smell a missed opportunity! 
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Especially, seeing as the rest was devoured by a large cat, it wasn't a panther, but...
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Thinking Cam needs to work on his pride a bit right now...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Nah, just his football skills, strength and conditioning. Remember this was not a contract year. He already got paid!
He may be sporting yeti and unicorn tails the next few years.
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Did the coon screw the squirrel or did the squirrel screw the coon?
Wish I coulda seen that.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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That stock was Select African Walnut  Sure looks like a synthetic to me.
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Going to have it stuffed?
Most guys I know that have killed one get it mounted but I used a 60 Gr. NBT on this one,high shoulders and neck shot......those areas were pretty well gone, and the head was messed up too. Tough to be 'fur friendly ' on a critter than small... A clear case of too much gun. Too bad. A .22LR would have left something suitable for mounting.
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You're right of course...on this once in a lifetime occasion of calling in a ringtail, I should have dropped everything, dashed the 27 miles back to town, got my .22 and shot him with just a tiny little hole in his hide.
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Run whatcha brung. I shoot yotes n cats.w a 6mm or 22-250, maybe even a 25-06 if thats what I have. I leave em lay anyway. As long as I am saving turkeys n bunnies I am sasified.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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I was running a 'fur friendly' load...but didn't know it would be called on to shoot something that small.......  The fur was pretty thin on that little rascal!
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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If it kills it is friendly in my mind. "Fur Friendly" in a 221 Furball may not be so friendly in my 22 Varminter.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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I saw a black phase gray squirrel with a red tail one day when I was deer hunting. I could have killed it with my .30-30 but what would have been the point in that ? Just so I could say I once killed a black squirrel with a red tail and maybe take a pic of what was left ? Seems like a waste to me. I went back the next day with a .22 and killed it. It hangs in the living room today.
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I have a ringtail I trapped and tanned back here.
The little chits are mean and smelly.
--- CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE --- A Magic Time To Be An Illegal In America---
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I heard they were mean, and occasionally set up shop in old deer blinds and make a real pita out of themselves.
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Ingwe, that is really a cool trophy. I know some guys who only keep 8 x 10 photos of their trophies. They are a whole lot cheaper and easier to clean than stuffed animals and much more likely to be kept by those who follow us.
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I'm leaning more and more that direction. The big stuff gets a European mount at best.....got a house full of taxidermy...
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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People wonder why I give away bear hides...
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Did you get it in Texas? Those used to run around my HS way back in the cave man days.
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