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I’ll try this again. Let’s have a thread about hunting. And guns. Maybe it will be fun? Who knows? You wanna talk 2A? Go for it, I don’t care. If it devolves into political diatribe, so be it. I’ll let someone else be the judge and shut it down. But several of us like to talk about this shit and our hunts, so here we are.

West Texas dove hunting. My Browning Gold Hunter 12 Gauge and my Ruger 45 Long Colt sidearm IMG_1236.jpeg
 
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i like the western style guns. im sure there are better out there. never been hunting. not sure if i could kill anything. afraid i would like it too much. well i did shoot a bird with a pellet gun one time it still bothers me.
 
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I have an old 3-screw Blackhawk in .357 with the 7-inch barrel. These days it's accurate much farther than my eyes are.

I also have a 4" S&W Model 28 (Highway patrol) that is built on the S&W N-frame and is a massive beast. It will shoot anything you care to stuff into it. And for finesse, a 4" Colt Diamondback .38 that's worth so much now that I seldom shoot it.

I've gone hunting once with a couple of friends on the breaks of the Snake River canyon in SE Washington. The only rifle I have that qualifies as hunting grade is a pre-war Savage model 99 in .300 Savage (basically an earlier version of the .308.) It has a peep sight but the action is smooth as glass due to the number of rounds that have gone through it. I did get one round into a deer at close to 100 yards while it was moving, which really surprised me; another one of the party got the finishing shot in. I've learned from friends who hunt that I like elk better than venison. At least in this area, the elk tends to taste less gamey.

After years and a good deal of reflection, I'm not interested in hunting any longer. I just don't feel motivated to do it. I'd rather target shoot, and i only do that once every month or two.

This Model 99 is similar to mine:

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An article with appreciation of the Model 99. The one in the article is similar to mine, with a brass rotary magazine that shows the user how many rounds are left in the magazine. It was a very advanced lever action for its era, and was produced for 100 years in many calibers.
 
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If I had a gun I'd love to go hunting. I never really seem to have the time so I haven't invested in it yet. I have a Crossbow but I mostly got that for novelty than hunting

My pal goes hunting all the time though. Mostly for ducks
 
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I love to hunt but also really only like to do so if I’m going to eat it. I’m not that interested in trophies, unless, like in west Texas, I’m in a buck only county. But if there are no antler restrictions and no trophies have come by, I’ll take a small buck or a spike.
I love target shooting, even with my 22.
 
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fcleff69 said:
I love to hunt but also really only like to do so if I’m going to eat it. I’m not that interested in trophies, unless, like in west Texas, I’m in a buck only county. But if there are no antler restrictions and no trophies have come by, I’ll take a small buck or a spike.
I love target shooting, even with my 22.
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I used to love shooting my bow. I tried to do it at least once a week. I wasn't particularly good at it, but it's a fun hobby. I can only imagine I'd love shooting a gun at target's, particularly a .22 cause they aren't miserable on the joints and ears to shoot them haha.

I would hunt to eat too. But I imagine you can do both if you get a nice size buck. Lots of meat in the body, even more so if you only keep the antlers (thats what my dad did, he rarely ever kept the entire head, except for one). Even just the antlers alone make a very nice trophy, and you get a freezer full of meat to boot!
 
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Sethdusith said:
I used to love shooting my bow. I tried to do it at least once a week. I wasn't particularly good at it, but it's a fun hobby. I can only imagine I'd love shooting a gun at target's, particularly a .22 cause they aren't miserable on the joints and ears to shoot them haha.

I would hunt to eat too. But I imagine you can do both if you get a nice size buck. Lots of meat in the body, even more so if you only keep the antlers (thats what my dad did, he rarely ever kept the entire head, except for one). Even just the antlers alone make a very nice trophy, and you get a freezer full of meat to boot!
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Of it’s a spike I’ll to a hat rack (horns on plaque), a good buck get a European mount (skull and horns), a trophy get a full head mount. I’ve got one trophy as a euro mount but should have done the full head mount. Oh well. There are other bucks.
 
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