Re: OT...Got Garden? Daily Food Crisis in the News

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 MajorOz <MajorOz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > <lol> I totally understand! My dad loves his black powder rifle and
> > pistol. I like my Bushmaster Varminter. It's guts are AR-15 so it's
easy
> > to care for and it's built for long distance shooting. My current top
> > shot with it on prairie dog os 430 yards. It fires .223 but the muzzle
> > velocity is 3,200 fps.
> 
> 
> ...realizing I am getting further and further off topic.....but
> WTH......

Indeed. ;-)  My hand-loading guru talked me into prairie dog hunting the 
second week in April.  I felt like such an evil *****, but I learned a 
lot about long distance precision shooting with the BV. My best shot was 
430 yards, but most were made at about 300 yards.

I did bring home some wild rabbit meat tho'... so not all was a waste.

> 
> I used to think I was a pretty good hunter when I lived in
> CO,WY,ID,WA,and OR.  What I actually was was a good marksman.  I
> found, in the NW coastal rainforest and, later, when I moved to the
> Ozarks, I had no idea how to HUNT.  Took me a while in the woods to
> figure it out.  That is when I started using a bow and a Win 94.

There are different modes of hunting. ;-) What you are doing is REAL 
hunting. Learning to stalk. Well done!

> 
> > For deer tho', I'd use the Winchester model 88 .308 lever action.
> 
> Excellent rifle!  Back in the late 50's, when I finally had enough
> money to buy a rifle, as a leftie, I almost got one, but ended up with
> a Sav 110L left hand bolt.
> I often wish I had gotten the 88.

Dad gave it to me for my 16th birthday.  As hard as it kicks, it's one 
of my favorite guns. I'm learning to handload for it. .308 is pricey now.
As is most ammo. :-(

> 
> >
> >
> > > cheers
> >
> > > oz, who is almost too old to draw his bow*, but still manages a deer
> > > with it on lucky days.
> >
> > > *and no puns from you with dirty minds.
> >
> > <giggles>  Bow hunting deer is quite a good skill. I'm not that good
> > with those!
> 
> If you can draw a compound of 50 or so pounds, surprisingly little
> practice will have you hitting a paper plate at 30 yds 3 out of 5.
> 
> cheers
> 
> oz, who, as a teen, went out frogging with the state champion (long
> bow) archer.  I positioned the boat so he could skewer them on logs.
> Fantastic!

I took archery in college so I understand the concept.  I'd just have to 
PRACTICE!
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Peace! Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a *****."
                                               -- Jack Nicholson