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I also like Texas a lot, especially during Montana winters. In fact in December I'm headed down there to hunt for the 21st time, more than I've hunted anywhere else except Montana. I may even spend longer chunks of winter down in Texas as I grow older, but ain't gonna move there.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
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I'm going in February. Shhhh..... Travis
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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You get your ass in and get your ass out as soon as possible. powdr
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Im going in January...and again in June.....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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You get your ass in and get your ass out as soon as possible. powdr That's what she said... Travis
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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I'm going in... oh, wait. I live here now. :-)
You heathens be sure to let me know exactly where you're going in Texas so I can alert the local constabulary -- or shoot your trophies before you get here.
If you're fixin' to put a hole in something, make it a hole to remember.
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I also like Texas a lot, especially during Montana winters. In fact in December I'm headed down there to hunt for the 21st time, more than I've hunted anywhere else except Montana. I may even spend longer chunks of winter down in Texas as I grow older, but ain't gonna move there. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
If you're fixin' to put a hole in something, make it a hole to remember.
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When people ask me why I moved from Texas to Idaho, I always point out that Texas has fireants, Idaho (Montana) has elk.
Sic Semper Tyrannis
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I for one like Texas...and most Texans. Not as much as Montana, obviously. I did however learn while I was there that Im the ONLY one who didn't kill a 400 pound hog....seems all the natives get them all the time, and I was the ONLY one whose Axis didn't weight 250 pounds. Saw a Raghorn bull elk mounted in the LGS there. The proprietor had killed it in New Mexico the year before, and was able to pack out 800 pounds of meat from it. Sooo I learned why everything is bigger in Texas. Because the Texans say it is! Sad but true. I have shot several Axis in excess of 250 pounds however.
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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Look guys I can't help it if our spike elk are bigger than anything in Montana. It's just the way it is. Let's see 800lbs of meat...live weight 2000lbs? That sound about right? Thought so. powdr
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Look guys I can't help it if our spike elk are bigger than anything in Montana. It's just the way it is. Let's see 800lbs of meat...live weight 2000lbs? That sound about right? Thought so. powdr
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Look guys I can't help it if our spike elk are bigger than anything in Montana. It's just the way it is. Let's see 800lbs of meat...live weight 2000lbs? That sound about right? Thought so. powdr When the guy told me about that I thought Ive had plenty FEEL like 800 pounds by the time I got them to the truck.....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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That's a well-known rule.
When I lived in northeastern Montana there weren't many elk up there, even in the Breaks. But the young son of the sporting goods store owner drew a bull tag, and the kid killed a spike a couple days into the season. This was a pretty special event in our small town, and the local paper ran a story about the deal, complete with a grainy black-and-white photo of the gutted spike in the back of their pickup in front of the store. The reporter asked the hardware store owner how much his boy's elk weighed, and the proud father said, "Right around 900 pounds."
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
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My mom was from Texas. After trying to explain things to her (on numerous occassions)I well remember my dad's toughts on Texans.
He'd shake his head and mutter "you can always tell a Texan...but not very damn much", followed by a comment about pissing in the wind. ;0)
-Mike-
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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That goes for women in general too. But I know what you mean.
"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli
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As a Californian (left for Midland Texas in '95) choosing the Idaho panhandle and the Texas hill country as my final destinations I am more than pleased. Yes, pride in either place but, well, OK....
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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800 lbs is a record bull elk, with less than half of it being edible meat.
the 64 gr Win sp is marginal for penetration. All these .22 bullets are, actually. the shots must be nearly broadside, and better avoid shooting at dusk, if there's any thick cover around. Exit wounds/blood trails are not all that likely with these rds/bullets. Ranges should be held to about 150 yds, with very careful placement of the bullets into the vitals
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800 lbs is a record bull elk, with less than half of it being edible meat.
the 64 gr Win sp is marginal for penetration. All these .22 bullets are, actually. the shots must be nearly broadside, and better avoid shooting at dusk, if there's any thick cover around. Exit wounds/blood trails are not all that likely with these rds/bullets. Ranges should be held to about 150 yds, with very careful placement of the bullets into the vitals Did you cut and paste all that or actually put it into your own words?
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Been to Texas many times pig hunting. ....Stopped at a gas station in the middle of NOWHERE southwest Texas. It seemed like the all the trucks we saw were extra long extended cab Fords painted in white. The wemin were stunning for the middle of NOWHERE.Danged impressive. Theres an excellent write up in P.O. Ackleys handbook for shooters and reloaders about usuing the 220 Swift on deer. The info about powder and bullets is dated. But the principal if using a bullet that wont explode at hyper speed on deer is as good today as it was 60 years ago.
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