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[tsh3406]

Got my bull-barreled 7mm broken in, 150 rounds of hand-loaded ammo ranging from 140gr bonded cores to 168vld-hp's for those way-off shots. Gonna strap 'er into the machine rest this week, to dial in a 300 yard zero, then shoot some groups with the new loads. Also just put down a deposit on a custom built AR-15 upper chambered in .243wssm for a little prairie dog action next year. It should be done around March. Who else has big huntin' plans?

Tim

[Muskie]

well no so much hunting as recruiting hunters to make game donations, I run a fairly sucessful game dinner every year for charity getting to the point I have to turn people away but a large assortment of game, fish and fowl every year it is different, My brother in law is a chef so it is constantly a changing and challenging menu. I see you are c4-6 so you have regained enough finger strength to pull the trigger or di you need to make mods?

[Scott_C4-5]

I'll be going out soon. My crossbow mount is ready and my blind is near done. I need to call a guy that's going to let me hunt on his land and arrange a meeting so I can scout it out and find a good place where I can get into. Then, it's killin' time. With luck and good winds, that is.

@Muskie, I use a bite trigger. I only have use of one arm, so my dad and I designed a gun/crossbow mount that I control with the movements of my head, neck and shoulders via a bite grip to control it all. The bite trigger is made by www.beadaptive.com and is good for higher quads without finger use. I probably could have made a trigger device that was activated by my right hand, but was worried it would throw my aim off if it wasn't really simple to use.

[DannyR]

Getting ready. My brother and I have bveen to the range a few times...he's having some trouble sighting in his 270. I mainly hunt with a 30-30...I have a 270 but where I hunt there won't be a lot of long shots...which is good because I like shooting open sights. Trail cams have picked up some shots of nice bucks this year. I hunt from a blind usually with someone like my wife who has started going with me since my injury. Funny thing happened..she enjoys opening day as much as I do. How many hunt for the meat? After the season is over I enjoy getting together and making sausage and stuff. I have got 3 deer and was out of venison the following year. Good Luck to all hunters.

[Muskie]

Thanks Scott, I will definitely look into this we had discussed going to a range before my son's accident since he has never fired any firearm before probably a good place to start.

Dany, I don't hunt anymore (no time) but I do love me some venison

[Scott_C4-5]

I plan to eat whatever I kill, or donate what I don't have room to store. I haven't been hunting for 22-23 years and never killed anything but a few squirrels. I'll be using a crossbow for archery season, a 12 gauge for buck gun season and if all goes well and weather permitting, I'll get a muzzle loader for its week long season.

 Muskie, on 17 October 2011 - 08:19 PM, said:

Thanks Scott, I will definitely look into this we had discussed going to a range before my son's accident since he has never fired any firearm before probably a good place to start.

Dany, I don't hunt anymore (no time) but I do love me some venison

Shooting a gun is hella fun, as they say these days... or I guess still say. If he can find a way to hold one or get a mount to help, a day at the range will most certainly lighten his mood. Its a good way to blow off stress.

[tsh3406]

 Muskie, on 17 October 2011 - 05:37 PM, said:

well no so much hunting as recruiting hunters to make game donations, I run a fairly sucessful game dinner every year for charity getting to the point I have to turn people away but a large assortment of game, fish and fowl every year it is different, My brother in law is a chef so it is constantly a changing and challenging menu. I see you are c4-6 so you have regained enough finger strength to pull the trigger or di you need to make mods?

Yeah, I lucked out with the incomplete injury, it could've been so much worse. Unless folk know what to look for, they figure I'm a para. I don't have much grip in my left hand, so muzzle jump is my biggest concern. I shoot skeet with an 11/87 that I have intentionally weighted as much as I can to help follow-up shots, but it's the only big gas-gun I have. I've lightened triggers on all my bolt and leverguns, and gone to pistol grips where possible.

I wish they held dinners like you talked about, I'd be all for it, I LOVE wild game. I'm just like Danny and Scott, I don't shoot anything I don't plan to eat. Venison sausage is about the best thing ever, and rabbit is good just about any way you prepare it, I've even had some bbq 'coon that wasn't half bad. I know varmint hunting doesn't fit in with my philosiphy, but to quote The Outlaw Josey Wales, "T' hell with THEM fellas.... buzzard's gotta eat...." lol....

T

[Muskie]

T do you belong to a hunting camp/club they are pretty big back here in rural NY? It is a real fun time. The local VFW has a venison only dinner for a local church and it is their biggest fundraiser. We bring in a local outdoor writer and he has some funny hunting and fishing stories. Just need someone who is a good cook and I emphasize good because no one wants their donation to chew like leather, especially if someone donate elk or caribou. I was mostly a bird guy just a single shot 20 gauge, I used to hunt old logging trails in Maine when Iwas in the Air Force. My oldest son has a friend whoses dad used to send him out in the yard with a .22 and a 5 gallon bucket for squirrels told him don't come in until it's full cause we are making stew. From he tells me it was pretty good.

[Snakeye]

I no longer hunt but do treasure my days and nights at the deer camp and long evenings listening to the hounds bay on coon hunts as well as pheasent hunts with a good bird dog...I was raised on a family farm with woods all around and love nature with a passion but haven't been able to bring myself to kill anything (cept maybe a fly or two) since leaving the military..I do think responsible hunting is good for all members of the family tho and teaches kids to enjoy and respect nature plus thinning the herd keeps game animals from dying of starvation, which is a good thing...Good luck to all you hunters and be safe....

[goose]

Why aren't you guys hunting Dears? LOL

[tsh3406]

 goose, on 18 October 2011 - 02:10 AM, said:

Why aren't you guys hunting Dears? LOL

I take my "Dear" with me, she's a bit of an outlaw, lol....

[tsh3406]

 Muskie, on 17 October 2011 - 11:04 PM, said:

T do you belong to a hunting camp/club they are pretty big back here in rural NY? It is a real fun time. The local VFW has a venison only dinner for a local church and it is their biggest fundraiser. We bring in a local outdoor writer and he has some funny hunting and fishing stories. Just need someone who is a good cook and I emphasize good because no one wants their donation to chew like leather, especially if someone donate elk or caribou. I was mostly a bird guy just a single shot 20 gauge, I used to hunt old logging trails in Maine when Iwas in the Air Force. My oldest son has a friend whoses dad used to send him out in the yard with a .22 and a 5 gallon bucket for squirrels told him don't come in until it's full cause we are making stew. From he tells me it was pretty good.

Years ago, I was around 10, my Grandpa took me to a wild game dinner, but no one does that around here anymore, to my knowledge. There are a few small hunting clubs, but they just have stuff catered in, nothing fancy. My hunting has always been bird, small game and deer, but recent events may be leading me to WA state, and they have near every animal in CONUS that I could ever want to hunt and eat. Only exceptions I can think of are hog, pronghorn and turkey.

[Muskie]

Well that sound like some good hunting and eating. What part of WA near thee coast great fishing too. What is funny about that I didn't know is that the western part of the state is desert like.

[tsh3406]

 Muskie, on 18 October 2011 - 02:11 PM, said:

Well that sound like some good hunting and eating. What part of WA near thee coast great fishing too. What is funny about that I didn't know is that the western part of the state is desert like.

It'd be the Seattle/Tacoma area, my brother lives there, as well as my girlfriend's sister. I didn't realize that either, about the desert, and the WA Fish and Game Dept indicates they are evaluating the eastern part for pronghorn habitat. They also have a very small but growing population of wolves. Don't think I could shoot one, but it'd be awesome to sit on my porch and listen to them.

Got any good game recipies? I've always wanted to try caribou.... and rattlesnake

[Muskie]

as far as recipes what are your tastes sweet, savory , spicy? cause I can put a few together for ya. As far as wolves not a great thing for the game population unless it is extremely large, I live on the border of NY/NJ when I moved here almost 30 years ago we only had large deer population, so they reintroduced turkeys and black bears, guess what happened turkey population exploded so they decided to reintroduce coyotes to thin the turkeys, and now we have an ever shrinking deer and turkey population bears in your garbage cans and small dogs and cats going missing. If the wolves are there by nature it is a good thing as soon as you go messing with the ecosystem something comes up and bites you in the butt. (no pun intended)

[tsh3406]

The MODOC is doing that here in Missori too. They have already reintroduced mountain lions, black bears have made it to the northern part of the state, and elk are next on the list. It would be awesome to hunt elk here, but I see them wreaking havoc on crops.

[bucsaringer]

I like Snakeye, truly miss hunting. I don't have enough strength in my arms to hold up and aim my compound bow, rifles or shotguns anymore. Although, some of my friends have told me they would take me hunting, it's never panned out. I did the majority of my hunting with a compound bow, and I always liked to save a doe tag for muzzleloader season.I butchered all my own deer. I also really enjoy venison and used to make my own hot and sweet sausage, baloney, and I would can a good bit of venison. I really enjoyed the back strap, cutting it into boneless chops.I think everybody's favorite was the deer jerky, I used to make.

I do wish everybody good luck, especially you Scott, I hope Lady luck brings that big buck within 30 yards of your crossbow and your shot is true with your bolt going right through the vitals. I wish you all a safe productive hunting season.

After all: Happiness Is a Fresh Gut Pile!

Edited by bucsaringer, 18 October 2011 - 08:04 PM.

[Snakeye]

They need to re-introduce wolves to Iowa where the deer have taken over...Driving thru the state any early morning or eve is like a demolition derby..Dead deer and car parts all over the interstates...G-d help ya if ya hit one these over-sized corn-fed suckers cause they can flat demolish your rig..They need to increase the season and more doe hunts perhaps or allow high-powered rifle hunts...Sadly, the pheasent population is down this year tho due to tough winter..

[Muskie]

Hi Snakeye I also agree that the season needs to be lengthen but one of the issue we face in the east is the decrease in the hunting population just alot less guys/gals getting into the sport. Including guys like myself that just found other things had to be done once we had kids.

[RZ94]

I'LL BE LOKKIN' TA WHACK A BIG MULEY THIS WEEKEND. BEEN DOIN' GOOD ON THE BAND TAILS AND THE DOVES. DUCKS......I'LL HAVE TO WAIT FER SNOW.

WHOEVER WANTS WOLVES, COME OVER HERE AND TAKE 'EM, I'LL BE LOOKIN' TO KILL THE HELL OUT OF 'EM. THEY RAISE HELL ON ELK, MOOSE, DEER, HELL NAME IT.

[Scott_C4-5]

 bucsaringer, on 18 October 2011 - 07:58 PM, said:

I like Snakeye, truly miss hunting. I don't have enough strength in my arms to hold up and aim my compound bow, rifles or shotguns anymore. Although, some of my friends have told me they would take me hunting, it's never panned out. I did the majority of my hunting with a compound bow, and I always liked to save a doe tag for muzzleloader season.I butchered all my own deer. I also really enjoy venison and used to make my own hot and sweet sausage, baloney, and I would can a good bit of venison. I really enjoyed the back strap, cutting it into boneless chops.I think everybody's favorite was the deer jerky, I used to make.

I do wish everybody good luck, especially you Scott, I hope Lady luck brings that big buck within 30 yards of your crossbow and your shot is true with your bolt going right through the vitals. I wish you all a safe productive hunting season.

After all: Happiness Is a Fresh Gut Pile!

I only have limited use of my write arm, so I do my aiming with my mouth. If you'd like to hunt/shoot again, I could show you my setup. I spent the day scouting hunting land via google earth. I'm waiting on a call from the guy who owns some land I might get to use.

[Aparr]

My husband just bought me a Ten Point Crossbow. I need to get something to be able to pull the trigger and a mount for my chair. Any suggestions? I'm looking forward to getting back into the woods!

[Scott_C4-5]

Check out www.beadaptive.com. They have trigger devices. They have mounts but you can find cheaper ones online.

Here's a list of adaptive equipment:
http://www.buckmaste...-equipment.aspx

http://www.ctoforme....e_Disabled.html

Being a C-7, you could probably get a hunting stick/bipod like this:

http://www.amazon.co...d4bcf11aa169e7c

My dad and I designed and built my mount... this is my first design... it needed a few fixes before it was ready to use without killing me too.

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[Aparr]

That's really cool you and your dad built your mount. Thanks for the sites, I'll check them out...much appreciated!

[T A]

Avid deer hunter, with a rifle and a bow. Our archery season opened on the 18th of September, took a nice doe this past Saturday now hoping for a buck.

During the off season spend a lot of time shooting 3D league and competitions and just getting into long range shooting with a rifle.

Here's my modified Pride Wrangler, gets me back out in the woods!




Shooting 3D this past summer



Doe from last Saturday





Good luck to everyone on your upcoming hunts!

Tim