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Brad: Do they use 270 M70's there? If I can find one of them, I'm right at home.....fat city! Sportsmans Warehouse...$659 Their Paris store might not be open yet. Couldnt help it.
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Happy Birthday GV
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Brad: Do they use 270 M70's there? If I can find one of them, I'm right at home.....fat city! Sportsmans Warehouse...$659 Their Paris store might not be open yet. Couldnt help it. WTF: Wize azz.................... GV: Joyeux Anniversaire!!!
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Thank you guys
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I was just in one of those moods.
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Hey guys, I spent the whole W-E hunting in France, Verdun (right on the battleground), then The Marne (Mourmelon). Great time with the French friends, excellent hunts, friendship, food and drinks ... Also great places in history. ... [img] http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/8253/insoliteboirejk7.jpg[/img]
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No offense guys but european hunters do have style. They look like they are meant for an LL Bean or Filson catalog.
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GV: Fabulous!
They use orange over there,too!Looks like quite the social event.
I loved all the food and wine!
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Looking down from the jet landing in Munich last Saturday I saw numerous stands in the fields and a row of hunters and dogs walking in a line abreast in the snow across one field. Couldn't see much cover in the field so don't know what they were hunting but it could have been a scene out of Iowa.
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Looks like a bunch of Cajuns, just dressed neater!
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Thank you Grand Veneur for the pics!
Quote: "Looks like a bunch of Cajuns, just dressed neater!" What is it with the French aversion anyway? Could you explain so we can understand? A Frenchman in Nebraska winter.
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I have a theory ... Snails and frogs must be some kinds of holy creatures in the US I'm quite a sinner myself
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I'd eat them! And I have......
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Mourmelon is a very special place, military camp in The Marne, they drive the game on very very large areas at a time, so they have around 200 riflemen to surround the drived zone. It means they have dozens of beaters and hounds too. They shoot the roe deers, red stags and foxes but the wild boar is the star.
In my area we use to hunt quite smaller areas with 20 to 30 rifles at a time.
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Wow!You never see anything like that here!
There must be a lot of game.
What rifles are most in use?
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My personal choice is NOT typical so I can say what I see but it's only personal comprehension: 8*57 JRS and 9.3x74 r double rifles, Browning BAR and the like SA rifles (mostly Mag and short mag cal), various bolt actions (CZ, Sauer, Mauser action, Winchester 70, Tikka, Sako ... in the 7*64 - 9.3*62 caliber range) ...
Among the beaters you see short barrel shotguns, lever action Marlins (.444, 45-70), Pump action (remington 7600 in 35 Wh or .280 rem), mostly to solve fights between the hounds and big boars when it's safer than the dagger/ba�onet style.
Some use browning BLR, combination guns ... I use to take my .375 mod. 70 safari express.
Heavy rifle bullet is for me the best choice on driven game, because of the adrenaline shots of the game and the shooting angle (mostly 3/4 rear shots)
Old 06 is becoming popular in Belgium as an all-purpose rifle caliber but those ex-military calibers or closely linked to military caliber rounds are forbidden on the french hunting grounds. So you don't see excellent medicines such as the old 06, 303 brit, 308 win, 8*57 and 7*57 mauser, 6.5*55 swedish ...
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GV: Interesting....thanks!
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What"s to hunt in France besides "babes" and "wine"??
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