[QUOTE=submessenger;3053967]Fair disclosure, I haven’t picked up this year’s license. I’m going off last year’s because it was handy and I’m too lazy to look it up. But, that’s been pretty much our limits in TX since I was a boy, I think. I also have 4 turkey tags.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, sounds like what we used to get.
[QUOTE=Ming Loyalist;3053962]I’m going out with a Remington 870 with a 24" Hastings rifled barrel for it, since in my part of NY you can’t hunt with a rifle. Sabot slugs.
My sidearm is a S&W 629 (.44 mag) loaded with bear rounds in a Kenai chest holster. I use Vortex Razor 10x42 binos. I’ll be in a ladder stand on private land. I have one of those knives with replaceable scalpel style blades (but bigger) for gutting.[/QUOTE]
That is a rifle, lol…what kind of scope is on it.
[QUOTE=BKR;3053969]That is a rifle, lol…what kind of scope is on it.[/QUOTE]
Nikon Slughunter 3-9x40mm
i know it’s a rifle, you know it’s a rifle but NY state thinks it’s a shotgun. shrug. i just want to eat venison.
[QUOTE=Ming Loyalist;3053971]Nikon Slughunter 3-9x40mm
i know it’s a rifle, you know it’s a rifle but NY state thinks it’s a shotgun. shrug. i just want to eat venison.[/QUOTE]
Is there going to be any meat left? Go for the head shot, I suppose?
[QUOTE=submessenger;3053973]Is there going to be any meat left? Go for the head shot, I suppose?[/QUOTE]
Some areas of the country don’t have scrawny Texas whitetail deer that can be defleshed with one 12 gauge slug.
[QUOTE=submessenger;3053973]Is there going to be any meat left? Go for the head shot, I suppose?[/QUOTE]
i’ve been pretty good with getting a double-lung shot mostly. got 50 odd pounds off of the last buck, not bad.
[QUOTE=AprilRains;3053974]Some areas of the country don’t have scrawny Texas whitetail deer that can be defleshed with one 12 gauge slug.[/QUOTE]
We’ve got at least 3 species of exotics (sika, axis, fallow) which have been co-mingling with the 2 natives for about a century, now. I’ll snap some pics of my trophies, tomorrow. For funsies, I’ll include a tape measure.
[QUOTE=submessenger;3053978]We’ve got at least 3 species of exotics (sika, axis, fallow) which have been co-mingling with the 2 natives for about a century, now. I’ll snap some pics of my trophies, tomorrow. For funsies, I’ll include a tape measure.[/QUOTE]
You people make me miss hunting.
[QUOTE=Ming Loyalist;3053971]Nikon Slughunter 3-9x40mm
i know it’s a rifle, you know it’s a rifle but NY state thinks it’s a shotgun. shrug. i just want to eat venison.[/QUOTE]
Works for me!
Next year I’m using my MK12 to conduct a deer holocaust.
[QUOTE=submessenger;3053978]We’ve got at least 3 species of exotics (sika, axis, fallow) which have been co-mingling with the 2 natives for about a century, now. I’ll snap some pics of my trophies, tomorrow. For funsies, I’ll include a tape measure.[/QUOTE]
my dad hunted with a shot gun exclusively in PA. His reasoning was he could just change ammo on the fly depending what he came across. He was set from birds to deer.
[QUOTE=ghost55;3053984]Next year I’m using my MK12 to conduct a deer holocaust.[/QUOTE]
Its gonna get heavy in the woods Operator Ghost. You might consider a lighter rifle since there won’t be waves of Deer attacking your position.
License acquired (shockingly quick, now that everything’s electronic). ShotShells acquired. Apparently, these don’t have enough beef to cycle a mid or full frame 9mm; revolver is recommended (who the fuck has a 9mm revolver?). Hoping that one shot’ll do’er and/or the diminutive PF-9 doesn’t require the extra energy.
[QUOTE=Raycetpfl;3054008]my dad hunted with a shot gun exclusively in PA. His reasoning was he could just change ammo on the fly depending what he came across. He was set from birds to deer.[/QUOTE]
I want a over under rifle/shotgun for same reason. Or a Drilling, when I win the lottery or I reach 59.5 years…
An 870 would be a lot cheaper, lol.
Even better a Parodox…
[QUOTE=ghost55;3053984]Next year I’m using my MK12 to conduct a deer holocaust.[/QUOTE]
Go to Texas and you can. Add in hogs, and you can feed all the homeless people in Portland.
[QUOTE=submessenger;3054015]License acquired (shockingly quick, now that everything’s electronic). ShotShells acquired. Apparently, these don’t have enough beef to cycle a mid or full frame 9mm; revolver is recommended (who the fuck has a 9mm revolver?). Hoping that one shot’ll do’er and/or the diminutive PF-9 doesn’t require the extra energy.[/QUOTE]
You have to be pretty close.
Rocks are more fun.
[QUOTE=submessenger;3054015]License acquired (shockingly quick, now that everything’s electronic). ShotShells acquired. Apparently, these don’t have enough beef to cycle a mid or full frame 9mm; revolver is recommended (who the fuck has a 9mm revolver?). Hoping that one shot’ll do’er and/or the diminutive PF-9 doesn’t require the extra energy.[/QUOTE]
I do.
It uses moonrings…
[QUOTE=Dr. Gonzo;3054027]I do.
It uses moonrings…[/QUOTE]
I think you are confusing another type of “ring” with “moon clips”…
I’ve used .357 Mag “snake shot”. Gotta get close…
I shot a big rattler a couple of times when hunting out by Ozona, Tx, a long time ago…
It really pissed him off.
The next round was a 158 gr. hollowpoint. That fixed his wagon…
I’ve killed more rattlers with rocks and sticks than with firearms, LOL.
I think one of those .410 revolvers would be a better bet.
I wish short barreled .410 shotguns did not have such absurd restrictions. The old “snake charmer” sawed-off .410 single-shots were handy. Of course, the revolvers work fine too.
I have no disillusions of this ammo being effective outside of 10 feet. That may even be a stretch. This is my snake gun. It’s a last resort, and I have no intentions of using it… there are plenty of reviews on the tubes of U, it does what it’s supposed to do, at a range that it’s intended for.