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Anyone know what Dave Petzal is up to these days?
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Anyone know what Dave Petzal is up to these days? As of 4 Jan 2011, he's on the Field and Stream web site doing a video teaching folks how to shoot off their hands. Video Tip: How to Shoot Off Hand--Bob
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I know he was going to do some deer hunting with Melvin Forbes a few weeks ago. Hopefully he didn't take one of those hot [bleep] Savage rifles he pimps on the boob tube.
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Who really gives a damn about Dave Petzal?
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Who really gives a damn about Dave Petzal? I think if something happened to him(illness, death,etc), his readers would, for starters...
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Well said Jim. I like his writings, quite a bit actually. His humanness and such is appreciated. His article from when he was going through a divoce came out when I was going through mine and those of us who love the out of doors and good rifles see things somewhat differently than many or even most. Our experiences as outdoorsmen colour our lives a great deal and Mr. Petzal seems to ge that, and write about it exceptionally well.
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I usually see him at SHOT, either on Range Day or hanging around the Outdoor Streams Afield booth. I'll convey the board's interest in him if I do. (Probably have to write him a note if he's gotten any deafer...)
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I haven't paid much attention to him. I met him at the International Varmint Shooters convention back in the 1980's and he was the keynote speaker. He talked about how we need to hide our game and signs of dead animals when we come back from the field. Ever since then I haven't paid any attention to him. I guess I don't think I need to be a "closet" killer, half the fun of hunting is showing off your trophy... ![[Linked Image]](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/scan0022-1.jpg)
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I'm not a closet killer either, but I have often enjoyed the writings of David Petzal. Showing off has little appeal to me. I've never been ashamed of game I've taken, but I do try and be considerate of the non-hunting public.
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Good balance there, TNrifleman.
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Driving through town slowly with a big antlers or a large pig lying in state on the back of the vehicle is de rigeur where I come from. Twice is considered excessive.
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I was a many-years subscriber to "Field & Stream." Back around 1990-1991 (or so ?), Petzal wrote an editorial advocating more gun control laws against owners of "evil black assault rifles," and "high capacity" magazines. According to Petzal, they had no place in the hunting field. Said we gun owners needed to compromise with the far left liberals by giving up some of our guns (and Rights) in order to keep a few others.
He was so profoundly naive and ignorant, he was unable to comprehend the fact that the far left liberals intend to eventually ban ALL guns, and their assault against "assault" rifles and "big" magazines was no more than one of their incremental "first steps."
I dropped my subscription and have had no respect for Mr. Petzal ever since.
I could not care where he is, or what he's doing.
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Petzal turned me off when he came out with his snide comments about certain Republicans in leadership.
He struck me as a Libtard.
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Dave is definitely NOT a liberal--but he is lucky he made his black-rifle comments before the Internet became widespread. Otherwise he might have been an early Jim Zumbo!
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I was a many-years subscriber to "Field & Stream." Back around 1990-1991 (or so ?), Petzal wrote an editorial advocating more gun control laws against owners of "evil black assault rifles," and "high capacity" magazines. According to Petzal, they had no place in the hunting field. Said we gun owners needed to compromise with the far left liberals by giving up some of our guns (and Rights) in order to keep a few others.
He was so profoundly naive and ignorant, he was unable to comprehend the fact that the far left liberals intend to eventually ban ALL guns, and their assault against "assault" rifles and "big" magazines was no more than one of their incremental "first steps."
I dropped my subscription and have had no respect for Mr. Petzal ever since.
I could not care where he is, or what he's doing.
L.W. Well, I hope you did not buy any Ruger products since that time, in protest as well.... William B Ruger's thoughts on "black" rifles were just about Identical to Petzal's statements of that time. Only Bill Ruger went Petzal one further- he DID make a deal with anti gunners in congress to help define the terms of the "Assault weapons" ban on certain rifles -which his Mini-14 was excluded from. Ruger was also the source for the 10 shot magazine limits.
To all gunmaker critics-
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I have always enjoyed his writing style and have gained some good insights from him. I emailed him once about something that he had written and his reply was very courteous and well-written. I believe that his crusty exterior is pretty much a shtick and that I would like to know him.
As for teaching people to shoot off their hands, when I was young, a was told of a fellow in our town who had gotten into an argument with another fellow over whether a certain revolver would shoot through a certain (old) wooden fence post. To prove that it would, he held the (somewhat loose) fence post firmly with his left hand, placed the muzzle of the revolver rather close to the post with his right, and fired. The bullet penetrated not only the post, but also his left hand.
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Dave is definitely NOT a liberal--but he is lucky he made his black-rifle comments before the Internet became widespread. Otherwise he might have been an early Jim Zumbo! John, as you well know there are a lot of old gunwriters who haven't come out with their true feeling on "black rifles" - and after Zumbo aren't likely to
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