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HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? #3887761 03/12/10
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 378 El Paso, TX S scopey58 OP Campfire Member
OP scopey58 Campfire Member S Joined: May 2009 Posts: 378 El Paso, TX	My dad recently gave me a Winchester 94 1776-1976 Bi-Centennial that is NIB. He bought it new. I don't have any "safe queens", so the question is wether or not to take it on either a mule deer or cow elk hunt this fall. I usually draw a cow permit about 100mi from home and last year shot my elk on opening day with a 270. Shots are usually less than 100yds so I was thinking about trying out the 94 on at least the first two days. What ya think.. shoot it or not? John

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Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? scopey58 #3887795 03/12/10
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Scorpion Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 4,967 Appalachian Basin	Get it bloody!

Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? Scorpion #3887836 03/12/10
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 378 El Paso, TX S scopey58 OP Campfire Member
OP scopey58 Campfire Member S Joined: May 2009 Posts: 378 El Paso, TX	Thats what im thinking... Dad would be disappointed if I sold it, so thats not an option. But I think he'd be proud to see it bring home some meat. John

Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? scopey58 #3887964 03/12/10
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,513 Likes: 1 Lived all over the world H hotsoup Campfire Outfitter
hotsoup Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,513 Likes: 1 Lived all over the world	well, if selling it is not an option, you have 2 options left - hunt with it or shove it back in the closet (where it sits and never makes a single memory). i say hunt with it.

Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? hotsoup #3887972 03/12/10
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exbiologist Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 6,264 Colorado	Yeah, if you can't sell it, then you have to hunt it or at least shoot it. "For some unfortunates, poisoned by city sidewalks ... the horn of the hunter never winds at all" Robert Ruark, The Horn of the Hunter

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Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? scopey58 #3888072 03/12/10
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 46,965 Iowa R RickyD Campfire 'Bwana
RickyD Campfire 'Bwana R Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 46,965 Iowa	Quote But I think he'd be proud to see it bring home some meat. Looks like you already have your answer. We may know the time Ben Carson lied, but does anyone know the time Hillary Clinton told the truth? Immersing oneself in progressive lieberalism is no different than bathing in the sewage of Hell.

Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? RickyD #3888220 03/12/10
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TNrifleman Campfire Tracker T Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 7,437 Tennessee	Since you ain't into safe queens, (good for you!) then I'd recommend making meat at least once with that lever gun. Doing so will make that family heirloom just that much more special. μολὼν λαβέ

Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? TNrifleman #3888227 03/12/10
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tbear99 Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 8,625 UPSTATE NY	you already made up your mind so hunt it DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR I LOVE MY COUNTRY IT'S THE GOV'T I FEAR

Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? tbear99 #3888294 03/12/10
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carbon12 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,999	Why not ask your dad? Or is that not possible?

Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? carbon12 #3888450 03/12/10
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4xbear Campfire Tracker 4 Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,127 Occupied California	By all means Hunt it. Bear Bear Life is what happens to you as you are making other plans. NRA Patron Member

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Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? 4xbear #3888472 03/12/10
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ColdCase1984 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,058 Heart of Tennessee, Plateau of...	Do a Waltz Across Texas with it this year; kill every legal Lone Star game animal with it, and all the varmints you can zap, too. �When in doubt, I whip it out.� Uncle Ted

Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? ColdCase1984 #3889829 03/12/10
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Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level	If I can't shoot it I don't want it taking up space in the safe. I'd shoot it because I wouldn't sell a gift. Last edited by Coyote_Hunter; 03/13/10. Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE! No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's. A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.

Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? Coyote_Hunter #3889885 03/12/10
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remfak Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,474 Hermitage, TN	Sell a gift from dad? Hell no! Sit in the safe? Nah. Shoot it? Why the hell not?

Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? Scorpion #3889901 03/12/10
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Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? scopey58 #3890148 03/13/10
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,666 Likes: 8 A Quieter Place S shootem Campfire Outfitter
shootem Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,666 Likes: 8 A Quieter Place	Just a thought. Get the gun out sometime when your Dad is over and tell him how much it means to you to have something he thought so much of. Then tell him you're thinking about consumating the gift with a memory hunt, something to add even more value to what is already an heirloom. See what he says. That'll matter more than all the opinions here put together. FWIW. “When Tyranny becomes Law, Rebellion becomes Duty” Colossians 3:17 (New King James Version) "And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him."

Re: HUNT IT...or NOT ? ? ? shootem #3890349 03/13/10
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medicman Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,576 Ontario Canada	Originally Posted by shootem Just a thought. Get the gun out sometime when your Dad is over and tell him how much it means to you to have something he thought so much of. Then tell him you're thinking about consumating the gift with a memory hunt, something to add even more value to what is already an heirloom. See what he says. That'll matter more than all the opinions here put together. FWIW. Now that is sound advice! Randy Praise the Lord for full Salvation Christ Still lives upon the throne And I know the blood still cleansess Deeper than the sin has gone Lester Roloff

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