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I Know This Is LRH... But What Is The Shortest Distance You Have Taken A Live Target?
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ZG47
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A goat at maybe 3 metres. I had to let it get that close because it was running towards me on a sidling track which wound left and right and I had to ensure that I had a back stop for the shot.
Get them with a claymoor?
Did it also confirm at the same time...AND A #$_-@# G CRAZY IDEA!I wanted to try bear hunting over bait with a spear…..but, a call to the G&F determined that it was illegal in Wyoming!memtb
The stoopid things just kept walking out despite the one in front of them falling over.
I gave them to a family of immigrants that worked for family.
It was probably an '06 - it's been 25+ yrs. The tree has gotten so big that I can't get my climber on it any more, and there are planted pines in front that make a 25ft ladder stand useless. I regularly climbed that tree to 45ft. I could see the nuclear reactor in the next county over from it.
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ZG47
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The problem with using a claymore mine—essentially a portable fougasse—is that, regardless of what the movies show OR the salesperson says … it is prudent to have something blast-proof between you and any side of such a device when you push that button.
As a former part-time military engineer, I can tell you that even a smoke grenade should only be used with adequate eye protection. One of the Regular Force engineers upgraded his water treatment qualifications for a civilian job after a smoke grenade went off instantly. His eye was fine by the time he left BUT you probably get my point about devices that are built to go bang.
memtb
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I forgot about coons and skunks in jaw traps or cage traps……numerous!
I also forgot, when working as a Reserve Police Officer, I put down a very injured, very large bull (domesticated) that had been hit by a car. My service weapon….. light load, cast bullet, 44 magnum @ about 6"! memtb
Whitetails so close, literally under my stand, that I can't let arrows fly. Turkeys right off your boot strings armed with a 12 gauge bazooka grade scatter gun can and do get right interesting too.
Amazing experience when things like these happen.
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Amazing experience when things like these happen.
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Jamun69
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November, 2012 I was hunting in a newly reopened section that had been clear cut that fall. I was stalking the edge of the remaining forest strip after hearing some movement in the trees when to young 5 point bulls came to a halt at just under 2 yards in front of me. I raised my 30-06, and they both just stood there staring. It was an easy frontal shot through the heart, so only one of them got to walk away from the encounter
memtb
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They made no comment!
When baiting and hunting with my handgun, I had a young bear walk up on me close enough that I could hear her breathing…..couldn't get a shot through the thick conifer (large Christmas tree) between us.
Had she continued about another 4 feet, it would have been a shot of about 8 feet…..but she winded me. She "boogied" into the nearby dark timber…..but not in an "all out" panic run.
I waited a few minutes, and decided to attempt a stalk. Once into the dark timber, while waiting for my eyes to adjust……I heard her breaking up a rotted log close by. I slowly, quietly eased her way and saw her about 20 or so yards away…..facing away. She finally turned, giving me a broadside shot.
She's the little 2 tone blond , I posted the photo of in a different thread!
I figured if I could get close enough to hear one breathing…..it was within "spear chunking" or better yet ……. tree stand dropping range!
memtbI killed a button buck when it was about 6 inches from the muzzle of my 7 STW. I wad looking at a really nice doe at 500 yards, heard something and realized this deer was
going to run me over. I rolled a little closed my eyes and pulled the trigger. Flipped it over, it *** landed about 2 inches from my nose. My brother had spooked it, I was laying between the fence and a hedge. It destroyed 95% of the meat. (Aluminum tip and copper jacket pieces throughout).
going to run me over. I rolled a little closed my eyes and pulled the trigger. Flipped it over, it *** landed about 2 inches from my nose. My brother had spooked it, I was laying between the fence and a hedge. It destroyed 95% of the meat. (Aluminum tip and copper jacket pieces throughout).
esshup
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Horizontally, about 24" with a muzzleloader.
jrthomasjr
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I didn't take the chance because it was illegal at the time; Alabama was not very generous with their doe season then. Back about '83 or '84, I was on a trail that led to a power line. I watched a doe come across the power line, not in a hurry at all. She came straight down the trail I was standing on and I stepped aside just before her nose hit my leg. She acted like I wasn't even there until I moved to let her by. I've had a few other close brushes (less than 5 yards) with deer, but never that close. It was always bow hunting and got busted every time. The one mentioned above was gun season, hunting with buckshot.
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I didn't take the chance because it was illegal at the time; Alabama was not very generous with their doe season then. Back about '83 or '84, I was on a trail that led to a power line. I watched a doe come across the power line, not in a hurry at all. She came straight down the trail I was standing on and I stepped aside just before her nose hit my leg. She acted like I wasn't even there until I moved to let her by. I've had a few other close brushes (less than 5 yards) with deer, but never that close. It was always bow hunting and got busted every time. The one mentioned above was gun season, hunting with buckshot.
