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According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." #13206049 10/14/18 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,503 Bozeman, MT shrapnel OP Campfire Ranger OP shrapnel Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,503 Bozeman, MT When La Boeuf shot the turkey with his Sharps, Rooster had to comment on it. A sharps will work when there is nothing else in hand...

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206069 10/14/18 Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,411 West, W. Fla. Republic O Old_Toot Campfire Ranger Old_Toot Campfire Ranger O Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,411 West, W. Fla. Republic Nice bird. Nice rifle, too. The degree of my privacy is no business of yours. What we've learned from history is that we haven't learned from it.

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206071 10/14/18 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas 👍👍👍 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." WS

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206422 10/14/18 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,096 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,096 Texas Thanksgiving is covered!

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206489 10/15/18 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,648 ms N navlav8r Campfire Ranger navlav8r Campfire Ranger N Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,648 ms 👍 NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206530 10/15/18 Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 6,412 Vacaville, CA Ranger_Green Campfire Tracker Ranger_Green Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 6,412 Vacaville, CA Is that you other, other creedmoor? Nice rifle, bird , and land. Me solum relinquatis Molon Labe

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206565 10/15/18 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 5,737 Richmond, Virginia arkypete Campfire Tracker arkypete Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 5,737 Richmond, Virginia I shot my turkey, a number of years ago, with a Siamese Mauser converted. When you hit the bird in the neck he drops like rock. "Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force." --Thomas Jefferson

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206657 10/15/18 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 14,693 Northeast Louisiana S Sharpsman Campfire Outfitter Sharpsman Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 14,693 Northeast Louisiana But but the head is still attached!! Even birds know not to land downwind!

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206659 10/15/18 Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 24,239 North texas usa curdog4570 Campfire Ranger curdog4570 Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 24,239 North texas usa A FMJ bullet placed squarely in the breast of a turkey facing the shooter destroys little edible meat. I expect a hard cast would do the same. Never holler whoa or look back in a tight place

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206671 10/15/18 Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 11,972 Texas R rainshot Campfire Outfitter rainshot Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 11,972 Texas Rooster was commenting on Mattie's saying the bird was blown near in half. la Boeuf made a spectacular shot later in the movie saving Rooster's life with his Sharps at distance in spite of a mortal wound. That's a beautiful Sharps you have there.

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206765 10/15/18 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,516 In the vicinity of dandihood H horse1 Campfire Outfitter horse1 Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,516 In the vicinity of dandihood Makes me really wish that ND would let us go back to using centerfire or rimfire rifles for turkeys. As it is now it's shotguns, handguns, or front-stuffers. That Sharps is a work of art. I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206772 10/15/18 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 13,065 Croatan NC 6mm250 Campfire Outfitter 6mm250 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 13,065 Croatan NC I've had a big ol tom turkey hanging out in my back yard the last couple days , I don't have a Sharps though.... Mike Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff. Jerry Miculek

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206777 10/15/18 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,913 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,913 Winchester, WY USA Nice job! No such thing as too much gun! With a “big” gun, you just need to be selective with placement....just like with too “little” gun! memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." Sharpsman #13206817 10/15/18 Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 28 MN USA R RustyNut Campfire Greenhorn RustyNut Campfire Greenhorn R Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 28 MN USA Originally Posted by Sharpsman But but the head is still attached!! That's the first thing I looked for. But then I just finished watch Quigley.

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13206828 10/15/18 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,503 Bozeman, MT shrapnel OP Campfire Ranger OP shrapnel Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,503 Bozeman, MT It was a nice day, though windy. I bought a new camera on the Campfire and took some other pictures that same day...

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13207233 10/15/18 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas 1911a1 Campfire Tracker 1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas Nice turkey and a really neat rifle. Turkey.....it's what's for dinner Bon Appetit ! Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13207256 10/15/18 Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 67,689 N. Central Florida, and Miami Mannlicher Campfire Kahuna Mannlicher Campfire Kahuna Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 67,689 N. Central Florida, and Miami Great pictures of a part of America I don’t get to see ofren in purpose. 😀 Sam......

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13207270 10/15/18 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 14,693 Northeast Louisiana S Sharpsman Campfire Outfitter Sharpsman Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 14,693 Northeast Louisiana OUTSTANDING!! Even birds know not to land downwind!

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13207280 10/15/18 Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,378 SE Idaho C CraigD Campfire Regular CraigD Campfire Regular C Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,378 SE Idaho Nice turkey and nice wood on that Sharps. I have the same MVA sights!

Re: According To Rooster Cogburn "Too much gun." shrapnel #13207390 10/15/18 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,732 Palmer, Alaska C Cariboujack Campfire Ranger Cariboujack Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,732 Palmer, Alaska Good shooting. Thanksgiving turkey is in the basket. NRA LIFE MEMBER GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS! "Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself." -Mark Twain