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Post by balla006 on Feb 14, 2020 23:16:54 GMT -5
I know the OP was originally asking about .22LR revolvers to dispatch feral hogs. However, in line with the thread drift, I can say I’ve been on the receiving end (unfortunately) of individuals like you gentlemen have mentioned burning bridges. As an active duty service member I have to find a new place to hunt every 1-3 years. I don’t always choose to hunt on post (if available) for various reasons.
Sadly it frequently “feels” as though “that guy” has already burned bridges before I arrive. It has proven to be fairly frustrating over the last 17 years. But I also completely understand the position of the landowners and can’t fault them. This just struck a cord with me because the last 17 years have been difficult in this arena. Again, I get it from the landowners position (I am a landowner who has property in another state where I intend to retire). I apologize for further thread drift.
edit: To be clear my frustration is with “that guy” not the decisions of the property owners.
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chaos
.30 Stingray
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Post by chaos on Feb 15, 2020 9:15:24 GMT -5
Not around these parts. I picked one up at "Gebos". Local farm store for $184. Gun prints 2 inches low and dead center at 3 yards with the generic $2.89 ammo I grabbed. Will try some other ammo and likely file the sight. I guided Sandhill Crane hunts in the past. This year was my last ever. I will NEVER hunt with folks I dont know from this point forward. No offense fellas. Ive seen it all. From sports shooting my decoys which are Birds that Ive taxidermied, to blowing holes in the roof of my blind. HAhaHAhaHA!!! I know!!!! I had a couple guys on my ranch that wanted to hog hunt. OK, come on. One guy went through 60 rounds in 4 days shooting every raccoon, opossum, armadillo, etc., THEN was grumbling mad that he never shot a hog! Well geesh, YA THINK?? Oh, I could go on and on and on... LOL! Hogs are much smarter than some humans. I bet the same thing happens in the Crane blind! I KNOW it happens in the duck blind!! I get one Crane tag a year and use my mighty 10 gauge Spanish double hand loaded with nickel plated #2's around the 2 ounce mark, 1350 fps (according to the book). I can tell you one thing; the target and you are both going to feel a little pressure. We are allowed 3 per day and season is a couple months long. I decoy them feet down at 15 to 30 yards. Dove loads will kill them if you shoot them in the head/neck. Most folls use #2 or larger. I dont pass shoot birds. Lady shot one of my decoys 3 times and grazed a couple more. I yelled at her to stop shooting, but she emptied the gun. Said she didnt shoot any of those decoys. I had to explain to.her that the bird still spinning around on the stake from the repeared shotgun blasts was in fact a decoy. I have a few hours in my decoys The shooting doors that fold down have more than one hole in them from folks grabbing the trigger of their gun when picking them up. I make them keep guns pointed up until doors are throw. I took a group of guys from Ducks Unlimited this year. They had a very nice camera with them and took some amazing photos. This was the only hunt that I was not nervous on. These fellas were life long hunters and I actually had fun with them. I can't imagine guiding folks with center fire weapons. I run into to many cats who have no business with any kind of gun in their hands. I refuse to hunt with anyone I dont know or havent known for a good while. Life is too short and I put too much work into making and maintaining my decoy spread for that nonsense. I wish it wasnt that way, but it sure is. Have a herd of new Goose decoys that I almost done with as well. On another note, those 2 hogs made some beautiful bratwurst! Didn't make the wife none too happy that I took over her kitchen. 50lbs rolled out pretty quick! 99% of my hunts from this point forward will be only with a select few guys that I have known forever as well as family. Life is too short to put up with Ignorance.
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Post by bradshaw on Feb 15, 2020 9:40:30 GMT -5
The Ruger Wrangler looks to be a soild choice for a knock around and beat up cheap farm gun. Is it difficult to regulate sights on one of these or am I better off doing something else? My walther p22 has a broken slide and she is retired.It's needs to absolutley print where I point it. Thanks for your time, Colby [/quote] ***** Colby.... I’ve cleaned up Single-Six and Harrington & Richardson “truck guns” which were carried under seat to scuff and gather dust. Among these and other pistols choking on the gradou of neglect, the Single-Six counts among the best at surviving----ready for action. Clogged beyond recognition, some of em, and the Ruger comes up smoking. Now for the pigs overrunning you, those omnivorous varmints eat everything anyone else thought to taste.... And that gambrel, you could hang a Clydesdale on that gambrel. David Bradshaw
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KRal
.375 Atomic
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Post by KRal on Feb 15, 2020 11:31:40 GMT -5
If funds are not an issue, I’d prefer a stainless adjustable sights Ruger bearcat. Carries un-noticeable in a Barranti cross draw and has a lot more class than the painted wrangler, not that a wrangler doesn’t have its place.
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chaos
.30 Stingray
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Post by chaos on Feb 15, 2020 21:29:30 GMT -5
The Ruger Wrangler looks to be a soild choice for a knock around and beat up cheap farm gun. Is it difficult to regulate sights on one of these or am I better off doing something else? My walther p22 has a broken slide and she is retired.It's needs to absolutley print where I point it. Thanks for your time, Colby ***** Colby.... I’ve cleaned up Single-Six and Harrington & Richardson “truck guns” which were carried under seat to scuff and gather dust. Among these and other pistols choking on the gradou of neglect, the Single-Six counts among the best at surviving----ready for action. Clogged beyond recognition, some of em, and the Ruger comes up smoking. Now for the pigs overrunning you, those omnivorous varmints eat everything anyone else thought to taste.... And that gambrel, you could hang a Clydesdale on that gambrel. David Bradshaw [/quote] Used Guns bring new prices in these parts. I refuse to do the online thing as I am afraid of getting burned. I paid $100 more for my Linebaugh BFR because the LGS scalped me a bit, but I wanted it. He ordered it and said if I didn't like it, he would keep it and sell it. Thus I just went with the pot metal gun for farm duty. She will get battered and scarred and that's ok. That Gambrel. I've had that for many years and had some serious meat hanging off of it. Cant remember where I got it. Had to be in my early 20s and it had to have been near free for me to afford it. Hogs come and go on the place. They roam a bit wider range than a whitetail deer as you probably know. The neighbor has been gunning them with a helicopter the last few weeks.....which pretty much ensures they stay nocturnal. It just moved them all over to me. They are none too hard to trap until they decided that they are smart enough to avoid the traps. Change of bait at that time will usually lure them in.
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