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Jeff, what was the varmint?
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.
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Thats a cool lookin' old rifle, what is it T LEE? Gunner Savage 72 their 1970's remake of the Stevens Favorite, I re-chambered it to .22 WMR. They called it the Crackshot CRACKSHOT Mfg. 1972-89. Sweet Gunner
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I have already been forced to go to magnums, they knew the rang of the shorts & longs. Sniping is the only way anymore.
Your Obt Svt. Gen. B. Neu Sance Stand ready Sir, A call for the artilery may come your way. Double shot the guns and give them hell Genl. B Cornpone General, SIR! Permission requested to break out the .45Gov't Model 1895, SIR! I already know that ANY pizzant 7mm anything will just bounce offen them critters! Maj. Malfunction Permission granted Major. Take no prisoners play DeGualo Cornpone
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I've taken 11 this year so far. But after you thin their ranks they send in the opossums for reinforcements. Taken 8 of them stinkers.
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T Lee, my son was born in 1964. His first rifle was that Savage 72 Crackshot (1974?), and he still has it. Great little starter rifles. I never thought about a re-chamber. Thanks.
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It is a tack driver out to 100 yards or so.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Marlin 39 has been my coon war tool over the years. They are persistent little varmints.
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did not read all the thread, but I just shoot the damn things when I see them.
Sam......
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they are hell on Deer Feeders Few years ago I went to the lease to set up the feeder and forgot the varmint guard. Filled up the feeder anyway with the intent to return in the morning. Didn't make it back for about 36 hours and I was cleaned out. 250 pounds of corn gone in 36 hours! Their cute little paw prints were all over the place. Hate them things worse than hogs.
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It is a tack driver out to 100 yards or so. Yes but you older folks with your eyesight use pretty big tacks.
"The 375HH is the greatest level of power you can get for the investment in recoil." (JJHack) 79s and losttrail, biggest waste of air.
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George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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am thinking you're the dude they were talking about in the tactical flashlight thread! is there a number I should call to tell em TLee has a tactical setup to shoot coons?
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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Hey, that is a light / laser combo. I am in deep do do with the batfags now.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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We are seeing all manner of coons and possums here in DFW suburbia.
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a tacticoon rifle! as far as where to release those coons from the Havahart traps....I like to set them in a couple of feet of water for about five minutes, then you can pretty much release them anywhere you want. Damn, my worst death would be drowning and to each their own, but damnit man, shoot em in the head if you are going to kill em. Thats what I do. Couldn't cotton drowning something on purpose.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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I think its the fact that our yard has 4 dogs... we have caught armadillos left and right and some possum.. but not a coon and no destruction to bird feeders etc... yet....
I have noticed tracks at the protein feeder though and I've never seen them there.
Broke down finally and got weak today and ordered a damn game camera.... may change my tune at the protein feeder after that....
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Wifey says I gotta use the CB longs...... Jeez..... " I don't want you waking the neighbors!" she says...... Cmon, ain't like I'm using the freakin' Holland & Holland!!!! They live way he** other side of the pasture!!!! I wanna bust a coon!!!!
Kaywoodie
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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haha, if I had to, would use the H/H without a doubt... unfortunately the newest dog is a stray that we took in and is a super dog... but lightning and guns scare the crap out of him... I'm about in the same boat due to taht.... 22LR single shot, firing Aguila super colibri to the head... quieter than most pellet guns....
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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LOL! I wish we had those Super Colibri's! All we have are the CCI's and I meant to grab a box before leaving tonite. Try to remember again tomorrow.....
K
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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a tacticoon rifle! as far as where to release those coons from the Havahart traps....I like to set them in a couple of feet of water for about five minutes, then you can pretty much release them anywhere you want. Steve, My 29 yr. old tax lawyer son-in-law, who I think you have met, was up from New Orleans with my daughter for a wedding. He spotted a coon in my yard and pointed out the pecan tree he was in. As it was dark, I took my 8 3/8" K-22 and a flashlight out in the yard. I spotted the coon's rear end about 50' up in a fork and popped it with a subsonic HP. He growled and clawed around in the tree, then hit the ground. I finished him off with a head shot. This young man, raised in the city, gleefully announced that this was his first "hunting trip". He seemed impressed with the whole operation. Knowing New Orleans city folks like you do, I'm sure you'd appreciate that one. DF
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