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I see this expression used all too often, and wonder if the people using it realize how odd it sounds.
Who the hell's tracks is it supposed to drop in anyway?
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Depends on your definition of "it's".
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Um, if I'm not mistaken, the phrase is not used to differentiate between who's/what's tracks in which it dropped; rather, it is used to express, how far it traveled/failed to travel.
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I'm with JB on this one...whether they drop to the shot, or run five miles then die, they still die 'in their tracks'.....
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That would be me..........
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I'm with JB on this one...whether they drop to the shot, or run five miles then die, they still die 'in their tracks'..... This is kind of like "front shoulders"....
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Exactly. No such thing as front shoulders. Yet we say it all the time.
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I'm with JB on this one...whether they drop to the shot, or run five miles then die, they still die 'in their tracks'..... Well, I've never seen any DEAD animal laying IN it's tracks. This is kind of like "front shoulders".... How about Rear Shoulder? Jerry
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That's why....
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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'Dead in its tracks' is used and understood in the same context as DRT.
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I'm with JB on this one...whether they drop to the shot, or run five miles then die, they still die 'in their tracks'..... This is kind of like "front shoulders".... Better than hitting them in the rear shoulders isn't it?
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Or when a guy refers to the differential under the forward end of his 4x4 as the "front rear end"
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I might as well say it, because somebody will. Hot water heater. miles
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I might as well say it, because somebody will. Hot water heater. miles Absolutely ! If I'd thot about I would have said it. For the 'unwashed'.... pun there is NO SUCH thing as Hot water heater!! Jerry
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I'm with JB on this one...whether they drop to the shot, or run five miles then die, they still die 'in their tracks'..... This is kind of like "front shoulders".... I like to drop 'em in their tracks by hitting 'em in the front shoulders. I use a premium pill in my .338 Winchester, it hits like the Hammer of Thor. DRT, with two holes for a good blood trail.
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I like to drop 'em in their tracks by hitting 'em in the front shoulders. I use a premium pill in my .338 Winchester 7em-em, it hits like the Hammer of Thor. DRT, with two holes for a good blood trail.
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