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Ron Spomer wrote a column a few years ago called "Americans Like to Cheat" or something like that. IIRC it was in one of the Wolfe magazines, Successful Hunter or maybe Rifle.
Basically, Americans will go for whatever makes the hunting easier - i.e. increases the odds of taking game. Trail cameras, rangefinders, artificial field rests, you name it; if it lets someone hike less, shoot further or expend less time in preparation while at the same time get a bigger game animal - it will sell.
And before anybody gets their July 2016 underpants in a wad, yes, it's been that way for a very long time...
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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Hey this all started when someone missed the possibles bag from the 19th century.
I prefer classic. Semper Fi I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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Something bothers me about the heavy use of trail cams and the naming of deer.
I love the stoney point shooting sticks/bipod I name all my deer. Meat. I name my deer...hamburger,steak,roast etc.... I've streamlined, just using an initial for the area, a number for the year, and as little else for the cut: M13BS, I14S, E15Pcs! As for modern marvels, love the vacuum sealer, M13S is still good to go.
"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022
Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?
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I still like hunting when it's nasty. I've always liked hunting in the rain, not downpour, but a drizzle.
I don't carry shooting sticks, seldom a sling. My clothing/boots/binos/rifle with ammo in belly and a knife.
That takes care of most things these days. Im with you on all the above, but when Im expecting the Great Migration to go through, I usually have two spare shells.... A sling is a rarity these days....sometimes use it to carry the rifle back out if Im dragging something dead, but frankly, Im getting to old for that schitt. My last Axis...shot from a quickie brush blind...guide comes to pick me up- he is my age- asks if I got one. Yes...hes about 250 yards off into the bush... " Lets go back to camp and get a couple young guys...." THIS is the wave of the future for this kid! Big Mike or Uncle Randy? Big Mike.
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Tom,
Your forgot The Counting Of The Tines, as the hero hunter sits behind the dead deer: "Lessee, one, two, three, four, five, six seven, eight, nine.... He's a genuine ten-pointer!" I'm just happy if my critter still has teeth.. And ingwe is throwing fist-pumps if his critter has managed to have grown any. That was mean.
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Ron Spomer wrote a column a few years ago called "Americans Like to Cheat" or something like that. IIRC it was in one of the Wolfe magazines, Successful Hunter or maybe Rifle.
Basically, Americans will go for whatever makes the hunting easier - i.e. increases the odds of taking game. Trail cameras, rangefinders, artificial field rests, you name it; if it lets someone hike less, shoot further or expend less time in preparation while at the same time get a bigger game animal - it will sell.
And before anybody gets their July 2016 underpants in a wad, yes, it's been that way for a very long time... Well, shooting further takes a LOT more work than walking closer....if you are as good as you need to be at it....
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Tom,
Your forgot The Counting Of The Tines, as the hero hunter sits behind the dead deer: "Lessee, one, two, three, four, five, six seven, eight, nine.... He's a genuine ten-pointer!" I'm just happy if my critter still has teeth.. And ingwe is throwing fist-pumps if his critter has managed to have grown any. That was mean. All in good fun, amigo. I was pining for at least a queef in my general direction.
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I still like hunting when it's nasty. I've always liked hunting in the rain, not downpour, but a drizzle.
I don't carry shooting sticks, seldom a sling. My clothing/boots/binos/rifle with ammo in belly and a knife.
That takes care of most things these days. Im with you on all the above, but when Im expecting the Great Migration to go through, I usually have two spare shells.... A sling is a rarity these days....sometimes use it to carry the rifle back out if Im dragging something dead, but frankly, Im getting to old for that schitt. My last Axis...shot from a quickie brush blind...guide comes to pick me up- he is my age- asks if I got one. Yes...hes about 250 yards off into the bush... " Lets go back to camp and get a couple young guys...." THIS is the wave of the future for this kid! Big Mike or Uncle Randy? Big Mike. Yeah, we tend to do a lot of riding around in those Quiet Boy buggies and tell each other war stories....
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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The tail camera's have almost eliminated the surprise factor of seeing a buck that you've never seen before.
hmmm, I haven't seen those yet. !! I need a 'TAIL' camera. Jerry
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A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap
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Yeah, we tend to do a lot of riding around in those Quiet Boy buggies and tell each other war stories.... I'll bet he's got some dandies to tell.....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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The tail camera's have almost eliminated the surprise factor of seeing a buck that you've never seen before.
hmmm, I haven't seen those yet. !! I need a 'TAIL' camera. Jerry Theres a lot of tail cameras being used by the guys in the basement ( .223AI thread...)
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Jeff Foxworthy made some pretty good hunting videos. The one where he told the couple in the back seat to stop for a minute so he could shoot out the car window without excessive "muzzle bounce" was a classic!
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I also learned that the T/C contender is THE rifle to have.
This is true. Unless you have one of these: Or this:
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Once got to see an out-take from a Craig Boddington video, where after killing a kudu Craig does the "counting" act with the stripes on the hide--and does a great job of imitating the typical TV deer hero.... Sounds hilarious !! Would like to see that. Jerry
jwall- *** 3100 guy***
A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap
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Or this.
Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Did a jig when I killed this squirrel. Lazered it at 25 yds WOOHOO!
Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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When they actually use a rifle, most of them seem to favor some inline faux muzzleloader. Then they miss anyway
"...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."
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hmmm, I haven't seen those yet. !! I need a 'TAIL' camera. Jerry Theres a lot of tail cameras being used by the guys in the basement ( .223AI thread...) I actually forgot about the AI thread. Haven't been there in forever. Jerry
jwall- *** 3100 guy***
A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap
Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!
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hmmm, I haven't seen those yet. !! I need a 'TAIL' camera. Jerry Theres a lot of tail cameras being used by the guys in the basement ( .223AI thread...) I actually forgot about the AI thread. Haven't been there in forever. Jerry You still have your eyesight then.
Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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That's so K O O L !! Jerry
jwall- *** 3100 guy***
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