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this is how its done on the range. our rats aint that big. 20 yards out with my Gamo. Don't think he would have looked to good with my .243 or .300 wizzum
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I had fun No problems with any gear, great weather, the company wasnt too bad The numbers were down but between the three of us we still managed to kill more then a few, we werent keeping a body count but the I'd say well over 100 but I'd guess 200 would be pushing it. Wade had the camera so we'll have to wait for him to post any pictures. PS. Safariman, thanks a bunch for haveing us over again this year I realy had a good time. Safe to say a grand time was had by all bipedal mamilians. I really think that 200 is closer to the correct body count.
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Sounds like a good time and good shoot. I thought Jamie was in on this but wasn't sure.
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Best of luck. I found a great place Saturday, but holy Toledo, a lot of my best spots are completely dried up.
Travis Sounds like a real glory hole. Sorry to hear about the dried up spots. They heal with time. When you're able to hit it again try Kennedy's in Harlem. A short drive and new prospects.
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You're like the tour guide I'd always dreamed of.
Silly of you to think I've done no damage in Harlem though...
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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You're like the tour guide I'd always dreamed of.
Silly of you to think I've done no damage in Harlem though...
Travis True dat! You my friend are a trail blazer. Get it? Kinda like tail blazer. I need a drink.....
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Drink sound good. Wageslave smart.
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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I'm gonna go pick up Kamerad Les for a drink...just got in from the killing fields...a couple pics.... Killing fields on the Rocky mountain Front...it doesnt suck... Casualties.. Lunch! It didnt suck either
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Did the wind blow over there today Ingwe? I was hopin to take the boat out again this evening but I dont feel like messin with the wind.
Proverbs 12:27 The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
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Nice pictures Ingwe, someday I want to kill critters with you. I just whacked a squirrel with my bow and like I said last time I got pictures. So now you guys know I do stuff outside like Logcutter. 2nd kill with my new bow.
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DT: wind was blowin' like normal...about 20 mph.... Gophs all gave up and went under at noon...wtf? Some were gathering nest building stuf so I suspect they are undergournd nesting.... Winnie: looks like you got more accomplished today with that bow that Turdcutter is able to prove...
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Nice shootin' ingwe!
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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Werent as many gophs on the front either...this must be a down year in their cycle...
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Killed both with my Marlin 981T 22lr.
How's that 981 servin' you? Got a good mind to trade in my Jam O' Mattic savage 64 and get one. Does she get good groups? Don't mean to thread steal but it's hard to find info on these. I have a 981TR. I hit 8 of 9 shots on sage rats at 160 yards yesterday with no rest or bipod (The miss was my fault - wind). It will hit shotgun shells at 200 yards and I have made a couple of one shot hits on a quarter at 200 yards. Like all 22's, you have to match your ammunition to the barrel. Also, I had to bed the receiver (The synthetic stock comes with pillars)to get this accuracy. Most shoot 2-4" groups at 100 yards out of the box. Bedding the receiver will reduce a 2" group to 1.25". The Model TR like mine can be made more accurate than the T by bedding the tube. A group of 4" indicates uneven barrel expansion and you have about a 50-50 chance of buying one in this factory made condition. Mine shot 4" out of the box but I applied the fix.
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are the sage rats out yet in Oregon Yep!
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The wind REALLY picked up here this afternoon. Glad I didnt take the boat out! Werent as many gophs on the front either...this must be a down year in their cycle... I think that might be the case this year. Although, a couple more weeks time could change that. Seems this time of year there are usually more out though. Babies should be coming out in a 2-3 weeks Went and got my boat from the rance a couple weeks ago and brought little bro with our 17HM2s. We drove all over the big field and probably only shot 30 or so. Their numbers were nothing like usual.
Proverbs 12:27 The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
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Numbers are way down. Haven't spoken to a landowner yet that doesn't agree.
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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shrapnel,
Doesn't weather influence the point of impact when you use a wood stock? What year did they stop using wood stocks?
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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so where the heck is the 'splat factor' at??? I mean, if there isn't carnage, where is the reason to go out and shoot them? the zillions I wasted with a 10/22 last weekend with 40 grain HP Lead bullets, showed a lot more internal organs afterwards than those... sorry but mangled rats and red mist is he entire reason for going out there isn't it? I mean, sure it is fun to shoot moving targets, and tightening up one's shooting skills... but bang flop is for deer hunting.. not shooting rodents... rodents ya need kerslap... or that little "Whomp" when you hit them with a 22 LR..although head shots with a 22 are definitely entertaining... the 'fish out of water' death dance... our buddy Shrapnel gets it... AIRBORNE MF!! AIRBORNE!!!...
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