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I also love still hunting deer and hogs in a light rain when it is freezing. Animals like to bed up then and their senses are not as good. Best reason is that my size 13 boots don’t make much noise. I wear camo top to bottom when I go hunting. We wear camo when we go shopping. When there is a local sporting event, we attend wearing our hunting camo and root for the local team. The two times the local high school won state, we were there rooting for them. We open doors for all the ladies and older men. We smile and say hello to all that we meet. When we go out to eat, we tip more than the normal 15%. All the people where we hunt in West Texas don’t know our names but those we deal with do. When we travel, I live in East Texas and deer hunt in South and West Texas, we wear camo. I wear my camo pants working in the yard at home. Often when I shopping at home, I wear my camo shirts. I and my hunting buddies wear camo to tell the world that hunters are not the bad people the far left make us out to be. Maybe if all hunters did as we do, public opinion of hunters would improve.
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I wear camo when duck hunting, but that's about it.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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I have rarely in my whole life seen anything that ruins the lines of an otherwise good looking custom rifle than a gear shifter bolt handle. Reminds me of Rat Fink. Now there's a blast from the past!!!!
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee
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so is this... but it's amazing on several levels...
"...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."
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Not deplorable,but well worth looking at.
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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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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Not deplorable,but well worth looking at. an elk quarter on her back might balance the load somewhat😊
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so is this... but it's amazing on several levels... Nice beavers
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Since we're on the subject of beavers, one must understand the flip side.
Hugh the Goliath
In high school they called him Colossus And the boys were all startled to see That his gift was as long and as thick as a cuke That went from his crotch to his knee.
No regular briefs could enclose it No pant was designed to hold The root that they spoke of in whispers And about which legends were told
It was said that when soft, Hugh would use it Like a rope to tie girls up for fun When hard, it would shade the cheerleaders And keep them all out of the sun
Hugh's uncut appendage was famous Everyone hoped for a glimpse of his prize All the guys craved his turgid Goliath All the girls longed to feel its great size
But although its bulk was enormous And everyone longed for its girth Hugh died a young man and a virgin He was buried face down in the earth
The reason, 'twas said, was quite simple And most geologically sound If Hugh popped a boner while facing the sky He'd dig himself out of the ground
- Stephen Redgwell
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada
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If I were a youngster taking up hunting today, I could not afford it. Even with my present salary.
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Many of the new Upland hunters of today are also not as coordinated as those of the past. Working a pump shotgun is something they equate to a fine tuned athletic skill. Boy that's the truth showed up with my dads ithaca 16 ga and I swear one guy with the group had never seen a gun w/o a vent rib. You would have thought I was carrying a matchlock. Upland hunting is sadly going the way of fly fishing. It all about the brand of your waders etc. I was at the pond at the local golf course throwing bugs with my old brown glass fenwick wearing a medalist reel. Some guy immediately began telling me how no one could throw a line with one of those even after I caught 2-3 bass while he was talking to me.
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I used to fish without cammo. Frag grenades work better than camo. It was a long time ago.
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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My dad fished without camo a couple decades before that BD.....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I found camo worked well when I was dating.
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Many of the new Upland hunters of today are also not as coordinated as those of the past. Working a pump shotgun is something they equate to a fine tuned athletic skill. Boy that's the truth showed up with my dads ithaca 16 ga and I swear one guy with the group had never seen a gun w/o a vent rib. You would have thought I was carrying a matchlock. Upland hunting is sadly going the way of fly fishing. It all about the brand of your waders etc. I was at the pond at the local golf course throwing bugs with my old brown glass fenwick wearing a medalist reel. Some guy immediately began telling me how no one could throw a line with one of those even after I caught 2-3 bass while he was talking to me. Was using my favorite Model 12 several years ago on a pheasant hunt. Dumb azz kid ( ok he was at least 30) serious as hell comes up and asked me "why are you using a civil war gun???"
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Or plastic stocked guns..
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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Many of the new Upland hunters of today are also not as coordinated as those of the past. Working a pump shotgun is something they equate to a fine tuned athletic skill. Boy that's the truth showed up with my dads ithaca 16 ga and I swear one guy with the group had never seen a gun w/o a vent rib. You would have thought I was carrying a matchlock. Upland hunting is sadly going the way of fly fishing. It all about the brand of your waders etc. I was at the pond at the local golf course throwing bugs with my old brown glass fenwick wearing a medalist reel. Some guy immediately began telling me how no one could throw a line with one of those even after I caught 2-3 bass while he was talking to me. Was using my favorite Model 12 several years ago on a pheasant hunt. Dumb azz kid ( ok he was at least 30) serious as hell comes up and asked me "why are you using a civil war gun???" Must just be your usual stupid city fu-cks. Most of the young guys around here hunt with pump guns and use them with proficiency.
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Or plastic stocked guns.. ouch....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Few guns have the distinctive sound of a Remington 870.
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Gadgets, gotta have lots of gadgets.
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Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?
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