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There's a lot of cover there. 6 would be good unless you're in the open country low.

My scope would definitely have 6x...... and a 20x!

Well scatterguns properly fitted are, in the right hands, magical wands. Rifles and pistols are tools, although some are very good tools, even artistic masterpieces.

I will leave it at that.

Dan

PS: I lied. I have to tell a story. When I was in high school there was a camping trip involving 6 young seniors, one convertible and 4 shotguns. One of the shotguns was a 12 bore Mossberg pump with a Poly-choke. The owner was a bit of a wild hare and I'm being kind.

At the end of the camp out and most things loaded in the car (top down), the Mossberg Kid decided to shoot a leftover jumbo sized can of pork'n beans. So he balanced it on the end of the Poly-choke and held the whole mess up over his head. Several things happened when he pulled the trigger. From all appearances, the Poly-choke went into low earth orbit, never to be seen again. The can vanished also. Everyone within 50' was covered with pork'n beans as was the red convertible. It really wasn't beans at that point, it was more like a brownish gruel. Save for the color being a little off it could have been a scene from a Sam Peckinpah movie.

Everyone had the most shocked expressions save for myself, particularly the Mossberg Kid. I was rollin' around in the dirt laffin'........my........ass..........off.

I don't think you can do that with a rifle, the barrels are generally too small in diameter to balance a can of beans.

You had to be there. Shotguns are magic.

laughing



When we were kids we stuck an (unopened)can of soup in a fire.


Sat around for a few minutes staring at the can thinking how good this soup was gonna be.....

KAPHOOOOP, ash and chit and soup all over us!

WTF over?!

6X works low too.

This pic is a dead give away where it was.

Sweet pic, looks like neat country.

Yep.

I see elk in the Pork River just about every time I'm calling puppies

Shotgunning is an Art, like you say. The guy with the best Hand-Eye coordination wins

Precision Rifle is both. Ya gotta have a rifle that shoots.

That's saying nothing about the complete Art of Wind Reading.

Talk about Magic!

Where was I?

No, no, no. Shotguns are magic. Rifles and pistols are math. Either can be veiled in art. Shrapnel knows this to be true.

Rifles can also be disguised as graffiti. It is a distraction, don't be mislead.

Wagon boxes can be filled with cat piss too. I have heard this from trusted sources.

A 20X scope will not generally allow you to shoot something and have it fall dead at your feet. It is a small trick to do so with a shotgun. Or, you can drop something at the feet of someone else if so inclined. Shotguns do so without a scope or sight of any kind. They will also allow one to drop a dead duck in the adjacent blind when and if the occupants deserve it.

Let the Force be with you.

Rifles are only math with a solid rest..








.Magic happens in strange positions.



Wait! I'm on the wrong thread!

That's some cool country SLM.

+1!

Eric

Elk country.

I like. Flat tops below the peaks is...odd. The Gods were drunk that night?

...at certain times of the year.

This is more like Elk Country...

This lookslike some country east of Raton, toward Clayton.....but I'm not from there and it has been awhile......

New Mexico is awesome.

That's in the southern part of NM I'm guessing. I live in Raton and I've never seen that area....it's nice tho...