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Friend of mine owns a huge ranch in the Owyhees, and also runs on several adjacent BLM allotments. It is in incredibly desolate country. He has 4-5 of those cabins and has the same kind of sign. Has a "guest" logbook for one of them too, as it is a fairly popular ATV area. I stay at one occasionally when hunting Mountain lions.
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I bet they are fun to shoot!
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Dwayne, Happy Fathers Day to you too my Friend! These are all Jacks. Cottontails would be worth eating unlike nasty old jacks, and I lay into the Jacks. I normally give the little Cottontails a free pass unless I am going to eat one. There are but a fraction of them as compared to the desert jacks, which are just vermin, so we let the little Cottontails go and hope they survive. When I do shoot a cottontail I only take what I need for a meal, no more. The old Flattop is what I call my "Taffin" gun in honor of writer John Taffin. Many years ago I traveled over to Boise to go to a gun show with a friend who is the co owner of Milt Sparks. He built the holster for the gun: Anyways Jim and I had breakfast with J.T. and I told John that I was looking for a shorter barrel and some grips for the gun as it came with a 6.5" barrel originally. Long story short, John invited me over to his house, and gave me both a grip frame and shorter barrel. He showed me how to swap frames on the gun and we swapped the frames in his kitchen. So since then I have referred to the gun as my Taffin gun. It was a very rough old thing when I got it, and appears to have been in the bottom of someone's truck box for a long time, but internally it is solid and shoots straight, as the rabbits will attest. I never worry about taking it out in crappy weather or getting a bit of rust on it. Great pics and cool story, Mackay_Sagebrush!
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I bet they are fun to shoot! yep.......a good dog town can keep ya busy Barrel warms up fast.....thus the 'Sham Wow' soaked in cold ice water Keeps mirage waves out of scope too Spare rifle or two also a good idea
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I bet they are fun to shoot! yep.......a good dog town can keep ya busy Barrel warms up fast.....thus the 'Sham Wow' soaked in cold ice water Keeps mirage waves out of scope too Spare rifle or two also a good idea Takes a lot of ammo, be buying bulk bullets
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Friend of mine owns a huge ranch in the Owyhees, and also runs on several adjacent BLM allotments. It is in incredibly desolate country. He has 4-5 of those cabins and has the same kind of sign. Has a "guest" logbook for one of them too, as it is a fairly popular ATV area. I stay at one occasionally when hunting Mountain lions. The Owyhees is VERY remote for sure. I have floated the river. That is an adventure itself. Met the first wife at the Big Loop roundup in Jordan Valley. Used to go to the Cattleman's Association dances when they were up in Silver City a long time ago. How we survived that I don't know. Fun Times. Tough country to hunt lions in for sure. People have no idea what remote is in the lower 48 until they have been out on the ION.
THE CHAIR IS AGAINST THE WALL. The Tikka T3 in .308 Winchester is the Glock 19 of the rifle world. The website is up and running!www.lostriverammocompany.com
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Ducks, give them away. Divers and sea ducks, puddle ducks are edible.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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I often take out of state friends up that same drive - a great day trip. The pasture just past the cabin on the left always has a few ground squirrels to shoot on the way up the creek. Pahsimeroi Valley
223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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I bet they are fun to shoot! yep.......a good dog town can keep ya busy Barrel warms up fast.....thus the 'Sham Wow' soaked in cold ice water Keeps mirage waves out of scope too Spare rifle or two also a good idea Takes a lot of ammo, be buying bulk bullets Nosler BT's Hornady V Max Even p/dogs deserve a good clean one shot kill
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These days usually it's possum and coons. Occasionally a skunk and occasionally a coyote if I see one while deer hunting and decide to shoot it. I have had coon - not great, kind of greasy, and I have eaten possum, once at my grandmother's. Neither was memorable either way. I'd eat them if I had to.
"Blessed is the man whose wife is his best friend - especially if she likes to HUNT!"
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I often take out of state friends up that same drive - a great day trip. The pasture just past the cabin on the left always has a few ground squirrels to shoot on the way up the creek. Pahsimeroi Valley That is EXACTLY where I shot these at.
THE CHAIR IS AGAINST THE WALL. The Tikka T3 in .308 Winchester is the Glock 19 of the rifle world. The website is up and running!www.lostriverammocompany.com
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Ducks, give them away. Divers and sea ducks, puddle ducks are edible. Same with snow geese. Tough and chewy. Never shot any more. Won't shoot any critter I don't plan on eating, other than pests, like agressive coons and the aforementioned feral cats.
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You posted a picture of a high mountain lake the other day (which I can't find now) - was that Mirriam lake? It sure looked like it to me but it has been a few years since I have been inclined to hike up to it. I often take out of state friends up that same drive - a great day trip. The pasture just past the cabin on the left always has a few ground squirrels to shoot on the way up the creek. [quote=Mackay_Sagebrush]Pahsimeroi Valley That is EXACTLY where I shot these at.
223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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Ducks, give them away. Divers and sea ducks, puddle ducks are edible. Same with snow geese. Tough and chewy.Never shot any more. Won't shoot any critter I don't plan on eating, other than pests, like agressive coons and the aforementioned feral cats. Snow geese can live 20 years, Canada geese even longer. Indeed the old adults are not very good to eat! However, if you only shoot the dingy-looking or "dirty" snow geese they are the young-of-the-year birds and they are MUCH better table fare! When I was an impoverished graduate student, I lived at one of the great snow migration sites. To save money, pretty much all of the meat I ate was from snow geese, ducks (mallards and canvasbacks mostly), sandhill cranes or whitetail deer. Oh, and to add flavor, some bacon to wrap the above-listed critters in while cooking. John
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Elephant, water buffalo, pot bellied pigs, dinks.
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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Interesting life you've led DD.
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Ducks, give them away. Divers and sea ducks, puddle ducks are edible. Same with snow geese. Tough and chewy.Never shot any more. Won't shoot any critter I don't plan on eating, other than pests, like agressive coons and the aforementioned feral cats. Snow geese can live 20 years, Canada geese even longer. Indeed the old adults are not very good to eat! However, if you only shoot the dingy-looking or "dirty" snow geese they are the young-of-the-year birds and they are MUCH better table fare! When I was an impoverished graduate student, I lived at one of the great snow migration sites. To save money, pretty much all of the meat I ate was from snow geese, ducks (mallards and canvasbacks mostly), sandhill cranes or whitetail deer. Oh, and to add flavor, some bacon to wrap the above-listed critters in while cooking. John Strenuous use of a tenderizing hammer and chicken-frying is your friend. Bacon is a plus.
Make Gitmo Great Again!! Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
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Another time I took some geese to a friend that owned a Chinese restaurant. All variants he cooked turned out delicious and his family joined us at our table. Wouldn't hesitate doing it again.
Make Gitmo Great Again!! Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
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Another time I took some geese to a friend that owned a Chinese restaurant. All variants he cooked turned out delicious and his family joined us at our table. Wouldn't hesitate doing it again. Leighton and I Have traded sea ducks to a Chinese restaurant in china town Boston for real food.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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Drover, Yes that alpine lake was Merriam. I went into that and Pass Lake on that trip with my dad and oldest kiddo. Ice cold clear water
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