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I think you may have hit him, Dog hunter.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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one shot by Seafire JR, taken with a Shaw 223 barrel on a Model 70... distance was about 125 yds, load 13.5 grains of Blue Dot, 55 grain SP Hornady if you know where and when to hit'em...you can get some spectacular results... and yes he washed his hands afterwards in hot water and with soap...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Whats for dinner? Rock Chuck or Jack Rabbit? ER Shaw 223 barrel...Model 70 action 13 grains of Blue Dot, 55 grain Sp Hornady... ER Shaw 223 Barrel, Model 70 Action, 250 yds. same Blue Dot load and 55 grain SP Hornady.... all of the above from previous seasons.. but I need to inspire myself, for when and if all of this rain finally goes bye-bye... meanwhile I can go water skiing in my back yard...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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went out this morning before the wind kicked up......need to find new killing grounds, actually have finally succeeded in seriously thinning out those at my uncles....only had about a dozen killed in 90 minutes.....10 years ago woulda been 4 times that.....
A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books
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Campfire Ranger
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22s kick ass cost wise but the wow factor just isn't there... vs .204 Ruger so boring those 22s are...
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Campfire Oracle
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My sentiments exactly....
Love the centerfires for converting biomass...
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I do my part providing biomass to feed the raptors so they leave my damn game birds alone. I consider it a public service.
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Campfire Oracle
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Same-o here! Whenever "greenies" ask what we are going to do, I refer to it as a " Raptor Feeding Symposium"...not ONE has made the connection, even when I elaborate by telling them we see to it that meat is evenly distributed for the raptors to eat... I guess they think it comes out of a styro-package...
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I don't doubt that. Some of those guys are so clueless it actually IS funny.
I just paid for an Argentina hunt and (today) a pair of Swarovski binos so my "bullet budget" is as dead as Obama's campaign for a while. Looks like .22s for hawk feeding for the rest of the summer...
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Campfire Oracle
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"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Campfire Ranger
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Stag, fallow, blackbuck, boar and (if time allows) high volume dove. I have a woody just thinking about it and its still a year out...assuming the mayans were wrong.
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That sounds like a fun trip. Best of luck.
Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Campfire Oracle
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+1....what Travis said....sounds mega-cool...
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I'd love to go to Argentina, hunting or not.
Beautiful wimmens, great food, gorgeous country.. I might not come back.
I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...
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Campfire Ranger
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Chile and Argentina are on my list, wife's born and raised in Chile and we need to make a trip there to visit and beat on the birds.
Maybe rip some lips as well...feesh hate me
Dober
"True respect starts with the way you treat others, and it is earned over a lifetime of demonstrating kindness, honor and dignity"....Tony Dungy
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Yep, I'm super-duper stoked. All free range and I can kill any stag I choose, big or small, for the same price. No extra charge because he's gold medal or whatever. I paid more for my South African hunt than this trip too. Win win.
Till then I have to shoot prarie dogs and fish the Flaming Gorge to keep myself content...
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Campfire Tracker
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Sounds like a good trip. If you don't mind a guy asking, what does a trip like that run? I'd like to give something like that a try and this summer is shaping up to be a good one on the roof (a little extra play money).
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All said and done, with plane tickets and shipping of trophies back home, I will have about 8 grand into this. I stumbled across a stag and boar hunt for $3450, plus trophy fees for any other animals I desire (which in this case is blackbuck and fallow deer). I am going with an outfit who a friend went with a couple years ago and really liked. Be smart about things, like get European mounts instead of full shoulder mounts and don't get hung up on "expensive" critters and these trips are less than a guy would think. A passport and airline approved gun case would be needed as well, but I already have those so those are not an expense this time.
For instance, I am not shooting an axis deer because they are 2 grand plus, and their antlers are not real special (I do like their coats though). Same reason I didn't shoot a nyala in Africa. The "money to horn" ratio isn't good. If a particular critter floats your boat, fine, but don't go crazy with several "expensive" critters.
As awesome as Alaskan moose antlers are, the trophy fee alone is way more than this entire trip.
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Campfire Ranger
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cheaper the just shoot an axis in Texas......want one cause the coat is cool and heard from many they are about the best tasting critter, but one can be had free range in Texas for less than $2k....
anyway, sounds like a neat trip, cant wait to see the pics....kinda would like to do Argentina cause its one of the few places with huntable Pere' Davids deer....wild antlers on those guys....
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410 yards with 85 grain NBT out of my 25-06
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