BarG
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Here is me and my son My deer is on the right .
The tobacco hanging in the picture will be sold to Big Tobacco .
Those are great looking deer Larry, I'm still hoping to see one close to that this year.
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Those are great looking deer Larry, I'm still hoping to see one close to that this year.
Well the season is over and no deer here, grats to those that got one. Thinking next year I'll plan the time better so I have more time in the woods
BarG
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I live in what used to be a 1 buck county. Period. In recent years they placed antler restrictions and raised the limit to
1 buck with inside spread of 13", 1 spike, with 2 anterless during thanksgiving weekend. I shot my spike early on and got one anterless this weekend.
I still have one month to hunt our land on the river bottom for some of the best bucks I have seen. The big one I saw last year was the second best I have ever seen but was too wary to give me a shot. It was in early december and and I rattled him and 3 other smaller bucks in but he was hanging real tight to cover about 275 yds. out and there was no clean shot available before he spooked and dissapeared.
1 buck with inside spread of 13", 1 spike, with 2 anterless during thanksgiving weekend. I shot my spike early on and got one anterless this weekend.
I still have one month to hunt our land on the river bottom for some of the best bucks I have seen. The big one I saw last year was the second best I have ever seen but was too wary to give me a shot. It was in early december and and I rattled him and 3 other smaller bucks in but he was hanging real tight to cover about 275 yds. out and there was no clean shot available before he spooked and dissapeared.
We get two deer a day limit the whole season this year. Only one of which can be antlered. We get of total of three bucks a year, one of which has to have 4 points to one side. We have alot of deer. Our season runs from Oct. 15 to Jan. 31. Gun season from Nov. 17 to Jan. 31.
Years ago, I decided to buy a gun for hunting I did not know which one is better (still don't know) A dealer suggested me a Maverick shotgun, I bought it. Then I went to a office for getting a permit. They gave me the permit, while reading it I noticed that I'm allowed to hunt nothing but hogs and ravens. So the gun is still waiting to be fired 
Years ago, I decided to buy a gun for hunting I did not know which one is better (still don't know) A dealer suggested me a Maverick shotgun, I bought it. Then I went to a office for getting a permit. They gave me the permit, while reading it I noticed that I'm allowed to hunt nothing but hogs and ravens. So the gun is still waiting to be fired
Shooting at paper targets is fun. Also with a shotgun you can get a hand thrower for clay pidgeons. Also very fun. I shoot year around for pleasure, much more so than hunting. I don't shoot any animal I don't eat but I enjoy target shooting as well and competing against myself. I also target practice alot because wounding an animal breaks my heart if I cannot recover it. So I keep my skills honed to avoid the unnecessary suffering of an animal I choose to take for meat.
Years ago, I decided to buy a gun for hunting I did not know which one is better (still don't know) A dealer suggested me a Maverick shotgun, I bought it. Then I went to a office for getting a permit. They gave me the permit, while reading it I noticed that I'm allowed to hunt nothing but hogs and ravens. So the gun is still waiting to be fired
How about thieves and unwanted intruders ? A shot gun would be better than a pistol .More coverage . Slugs is also a good large hole maker . Crime may not be a problem where you live , but here you never know when you will wake up with someone breaking your door down .
Im gun poor myself . I have way too many .
AK
Deer hunting , We only use two shells , one for me and one for my son . My deer was only 310 to 325 yards away .My sons was less than 100 Yards .
My deer fell where I shot it and my sons deer traveled 200 yards from where he shot his .
Our modern fire arms ( Rifle ) hunting season is November the 10th to November the 19th .There is bow season , muzzel loading , crossbow and late muzzeloading seasons .I only hunt with a rifle . We can take only one Buck any size and I think it is two does . I never shoot does on my farm . Some neighors do , I want to get a better deer population before I take does .
Me and my son both could have taken smaller bucks but we chose not to . I would like to see the law changed here to where the antlers have to be wider than the ears .
Amish have moved in beside our farm where my son lives and they don't care what size it is they shoot every deer coming and going .
BB--I prefer a shotgun for home defense also. I keep a pistol beside the bed but I think it's mainly for fighting my way to my shotgun. Our deer population problem here is the opposite of yours. The buck to doe ratio is way out of proportion in favor of the does so I try to take a couple of does a year for meat and get the ratio back into proportion while I wait for a big buck. Waiting for the big buck most years I don't get a buck. But if you can get the ratio down to more like 1:1 you have a better chance of seeing a big buck because they have to move more to find the does. It's hard to do though with everyone around you shooting little bucks just because it's a buck. The does eat better.
Speaking of gun poor--here's a couple of guns I've recently completed. The 1885 Wichester single shot I just made the stock for. One picture shows the wood blank I started with. The bolt action is one I totally built from an old 1924 Mauser action. I rebarreled it, finish chambered it, new trigger, drilled and tapped, replaced the military straight bolt and welded on a bent bolt to clear scope, etc. It is chambered in 35 Whelen (30-06 necked up to .35 caliber) Shoots 200 to 250 grain bullets. I call her "Thumper". (from both ends) LOL The wood on single shot is fiddleback walnut. When you move the gun in the light the stripes flip flop. The dark stripes go light and the light stripes go dark. It's one of the prettiest pieces of wood I've ever worked with but was a nightmare to carve because the grain twisted around in it like a braided rope. The bolt action stock was cut from the crotch of a black walnut tree. The grain in the butt is called feather crotch or flame grain. In the light the figure in butt dances like flames. I did all the work on both guns myself. Thumper is a tack driver as long as I do my part. I finished it in time to get it sighted in for deer season but the linseed oil wasn't cured enough to checker or stipple so I'll take it back apart after season and do the checkering. The pictures don't do them justice. You need to see the way the grain and figure dance around in the sun to really appreciate the wood.
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BB - I've never seen a burglar during all my life, our burglars are generally very smart that they don't rob you by using violence. They made you give your money willingly. Yeah, fraud is the biggest problem and there's no chance against it with a gun.
Also we have some hidden powers to beat criminals. Take a look at the video
AK - I made a lot of target shooting when I was younger (a soldier). But they were infantry rifles like Heckler & Koch G3 and AK-47 (Kalash). So I have some experience with target shooting Now, it's not very enjoyable for me shooting a clay pigeon. Also I'm living in the city, I must go to certain areas for this purpose out of the city. It's not worth it.
Also we have some hidden powers to beat criminals. Take a look at the video
AK - I made a lot of target shooting when I was younger (a soldier). But they were infantry rifles like Heckler & Koch G3 and AK-47 (Kalash). So I have some experience with target shooting
Now, it's not very enjoyable for me shooting a clay pigeon. Also I'm living in the city, I must go to certain areas for this purpose out of the city. It's not worth it.Really nice work Knucks. I love the wood. -- John
Thanks Johnlee- takes a long time.
Istanbulin-- great video. That was slick the way he took the gun away. Those guys didn't waste any time finding the door! What is the punishment for burglary in Turkey. We give them a slap on the wrist and turn them back out on the streets. That is one reason we have such high crime here. If the authorities would enforce the laws we already have and punish the criminals, instead of just creating new laws nobody follows we would be much better off.
BarG
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Wow! Those are really fine looking rifle stocks. I want to make one for my 300 winn mag after seeing those. I call it "meat".
Have you ever worked with Lacewood, "Cardwellia Sublimis" . It has a fantastic grain that changes depending on direction looked at also.
AK
Those are some fine looking stocks . You did a really good job .
I would leave those at home and not hunt with them , I would be afraid of scratching them up .
Istanbulin
Shooting clay targets thrown through the air is fun but it helps with fast moving targets like quail , doves and rabbits.
If you ever come to the USA we all could show you around . I could show you tobacco , BarG and AK can show you some hunting and Johnlee can show you women in the city .
Those are some fine looking stocks . You did a really good job .
I would leave those at home and not hunt with them , I would be afraid of scratching them up .
Istanbulin
Shooting clay targets thrown through the air is fun but it helps with fast moving targets like quail , doves and rabbits.
If you ever come to the USA we all could show you around . I could show you tobacco , BarG and AK can show you some hunting and Johnlee can show you women in the city .
You'd be welcome but just show. My dealing days are long gone and I NEVER tell.
-- John
There's a quote from Terence, he said ; "I know the nature of women. When you will, they will not; when you will not, they come of their own accord."
BarG--I've never seen lacewood. Is it stable? Sounds like a pretty wood.
BigBonner--I've been restocking all my guns for practice. I have to hunt with something. Like you, gun poor.
BigBonner--I've been restocking all my guns for practice. I have to hunt with something.
Like you, gun poor.
There's a quote from Terence, he said ; "I know the nature of women. When you will, they will not; when you will not, they come of their own accord."
Istanbulin-- If Terence can figure out that much about women my hats off to him. I can't make heads or tails of them. Although if I had my choice it would be tails. LOL
BarG -- I just looked up Lacewood on internet. It's a beautiful wood but moderate stability and medium movement is expected during use. I would be afraid of shot stringing as barrel heats up. I've used that curly maple that's real good looking and stable. I used the old time "suigi" method of bringing out the grain and darkening the wood. I run over it with a propane torch and the grain really pops and darkens the lightness of maple. The Pennsylvania and Kentucky flintlock stocks were treated this way. Here's a 7mm-08 Remington. I sanded alot of the dark brown back off I wish I had left it. But the wood would be white without the torch. The next two is some carving I did on a .260 Rem.
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