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Ingwe, Your jackal pics were my inspiration. Do you live in Africa or what?  I know what you mean about damage. That's why I used the pack the way I did. That thing was MESSY....And I challenge anybody that says the .44 Special won't kill gophers... Travis
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I'm pretty sure that was a straight ass shot... A JO special in campfire speak I'd have to console with the witness (my 8 year old) to be sure... Travis
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And I challenge anybody that says the .44 Special won't kill gophers...
It can be done, but your pushing your safety envelope without a PH backing you up.
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And I challenge anybody that says the .44 Special won't kill gophers...
It can be done, but your pushing your safety envelope without a PH backing you up. Sooo, Travis, you shot him in the "back shoulders"....  RWE; as for backup, if you think gophers can be vicious.....its why I mentioned my PH when speaking of jackals. You can't believe what they are capable of...I still get nightmares...can't talk about it anymore...  Ingwe
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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All kidding aside, we were tracking a wounded gemsbok one day when a jackal had a go at our little tracking dog, I had to literally kick him off the dog- didn't want to make the noise shooting. Caught up with and killed the Gemsbok, and a few minutes later, Mr. Jackal had tracked us and came in after a doggie meal...noise didn't matter now, so he got the 7x57 too, from a range of very few feet. No pics of him, no one would touch him, his behavior was such bad juju everyone figured there was something wrong with him.  Ingwe
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Pretty cool you still bagged the Gemsbok! Think the jackal had rabies? Or just monster testicles... Travis
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Pretty cool you still bagged the Gemsbok! Think the jackal had rabies? Or just monster testicles... Travis Both! But FWIW I had the 7x57 loaded with 175 gr. RN solids and even at a few feet, they didn't do too much damage....  Heres the defunct Gemsbok, the dog, and my wife... ![[Linked Image]](http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss45/thmsbrownlee/040_40-1.jpg) Now...back to topic!! Ingwe
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Love that pic. Speaking of medium bores on vermin. I was going to try my new-to-me .308 on some tonight. Rain is coming down real steady though. Might wait until Friday morning.
Campfire brethren: Will my .308 with 150gr Nosler BT's work?
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For Gophers....and maybe PDs...anything bigger and you might have to go up to 180s!  You see whelenut uses a .375 on raccoons...use that as a guideline Ingwe
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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![[Linked Image]](http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l424/bpemg/bunny/bunny.jpg) Bunny parts
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For Gophers....and maybe PDs...anything bigger and you might have to go up to 180s! You see whelenut uses a .375 on raccoons...use that as a guideline Ingwe Thank you sir. Warrior, What did you murder that poor bastid with? I'd like to think your new Pre 64'... Travis
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When its windy in the winter I often use and 06 or 308 with 125 BT's for Coyotes, they throw up more dirt or snow so I can call my shots. My Rem 600 in 308 makes a handy truck gun.
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22-250 handloads at 20 yds... OOps so much for frying this one.
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Odd you mention that...years ago on my first outing with a .22-250 I smoked up a bunch of desert cottontails...Head shots...vaporized them, so I started aiming for just their noses...still vaporized them.... I was sooo pizzed...!!  I WANTED some to fry up... Ingwe
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22-250 handloads at 20 yds... OOps so much for frying this one. That'll do it...
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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My buddy from Montana shot some sod poodles with a 340 Weatherby Magnum. He threw them about 30 ft up in the air!
I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger!
There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.
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Personal best: a PD shot with a .300 Win...20 ft.(!) range.. Only piece we found was a measured 27 Yds. away... I can also remember giving JB my light .375 loads, which he used to good effect on PDs.. Ingwe
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Ingwe: Are you really a "young Nick Nolte" in real life?
The similarity is striking.
I worked on a movie with Nick Nolte back in Seattle in 1990-ish and you sure look like him!
Great photo and great Varmint Trophy by the way!
I have been going to smaller and smaller centerfire (and rimfire) cartridges for the last couple of decades so I can't participate in this interesting thread.
Hold into the wind
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Ingwe: Just reading your written words (PD shot at 20 feet with a 300 Winchester Magnum!) gives me a throbbing headache!
I have owned and shot several 300 Winchester Magnums in the past and the recoil hurt and offended me so much I have now vowed never to own or shoot one again - unless my life depends on it!
Wheres my Tylenol?
Hold into the wind
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55gr ballistic tips from a 243 at 4000 fps will shoot half of a ground squirrel 20 feet up into the air.
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