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Agreed. I should have expounded on my post about being "hunting fun". Knowing the kind of hunter you are, I am sure it is not real easy to take shots at any animal that you know gives a chance at only wounding. I am the same way.
It took some getting used to and in truth, it took the farmer showing me 30 acres of destroyed corn crop last year for me to really accept, "Game On!"
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
Agreed. I should have expounded on my post about being "hunting fun". Knowing the kind of hunter you are, I am sure it is not real easy to take shots at any animal that you know gives a chance at only wounding. I am the same way.
Kind of like me shooting pdogs during pup season. (an aside....most of the YouTube videos that highlight exploding pdogs cartwheeing 15 feet through the air are actually 150 - 200 yard shots at pups that are trying to acclimate to sunshine for the first time.) I never liked doing that. But...
One rancher explained it very well...
"A mature 3 YO 'dog has a year or so left of digging in him. A pup has 4 - 5. Kill the pups for me, and then you can shoot all the old ones that are left. That's how you get to come back."
That's eradication at it's primal level. For every 500 yard shot I got at a 2 lb pdog, I probably killed 8 five ounce pups at 200.
Mike
"Walking away seems to be a lost art form." N454casull
It's not the elders that expand the town. It's the elders driving off the young ones from their own established feeding/breeding grounds that cause a colony to expand.
You'll never contain a dogtown by rifle fire by shooting its middle. You may slow it down by fiercely shooting its edges. Even then, you're still gonna loose the war.
I figure this is like shooting feral pigs. Get the young and dumb as fast as you can.
Mike
"Walking away seems to be a lost art form." N454casull
You could have your own successful blog with your stories. I look forward to reading your write ups and your photos are always great too. Thanks again for doing this.
I don't even really know what a "blog" is. I've heard the term but never read one.
A BLOG is a weB Log. This thread is basically a public BLOG. A Private or individual BLOG is a one sided conversation about your experience. Like being a reporter but on your subject of choosing.
D
"A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
No doubt the move would, by far, be the hardest part.
Mike
Pretty cool of you to say that. Thanks. :beer:
Knowledge is essential to living freely and fully; understanding gives knowledge purpose and strength; wisdom is combining the two and applying them appropriately in words and actions.
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Serious fun for sure.
Good practice as well.
I'm sure they were tasty
"The Un-Tactical"
You drop more edible meat with one shot on an eradication hunt than I dropped on eradication hunts over 7 years and probably 75,000 shots.
Maybe there's a good pdog recipe out there, but a high speed V-Max doesn't leave much for the pot.
I'm jealous.
Mike
N454casull
No doubt the move would, by far, be the hardest part.
Mike
N454casull
Nice report as always, Zee.
Let a domestic hog go feral for about 3 generations and they look exactly the same as the ones he's shooting. "Natural Selection" my ****!
Jerry
It took some getting used to and in truth, it took the farmer showing me 30 acres of destroyed corn crop last year for me to really accept, "Game On!"
The little ones pop kinda like a P-Dog when hit with a larger caliber, higher velocity round.
I actually think their color variations can be kinda cool.
Kind of like me shooting pdogs during pup season. (an aside....most of the YouTube videos that highlight exploding pdogs cartwheeing 15 feet through the air are actually 150 - 200 yard shots at pups that are trying to acclimate to sunshine for the first time.) I never liked doing that. But...
One rancher explained it very well...
"A mature 3 YO 'dog has a year or so left of digging in him. A pup has 4 - 5. Kill the pups for me, and then you can shoot all the old ones that are left. That's how you get to come back."
That's eradication at it's primal level. For every 500 yard shot I got at a 2 lb pdog, I probably killed 8 five ounce pups at 200.
Mike
N454casull
It's not the elders that expand the town. It's the elders driving off the young ones from their own established feeding/breeding grounds that cause a colony to expand.
You'll never contain a dogtown by rifle fire by shooting its middle. You may slow it down by fiercely shooting its edges. Even then, you're still gonna loose the war.
I figure this is like shooting feral pigs. Get the young and dumb as fast as you can.
Mike
N454casull
Reminds me of an old joke. It's not family friendly, though, so I'll leave it at that.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
I don't even really know what a "blog" is. I've heard the term but never read one.
:jester:
"The Un-Tactical"
A BLOG is a weB Log. This thread is basically a public BLOG. A Private or individual BLOG is a one sided conversation about your experience. Like being a reporter but on your subject of choosing.
D
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
What makes this place so awesomenis the interaction!
Pretty cool of you to say that. Thanks. :beer:
Larger caliber, I'll concede. Higher velocity.....I'd have to compare notes.
Mike
N454casull
Did you try Penicillin for that?
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Nah. I kinda like it.
I meant, a larger caliber at a high velocity. Not necessarily higher than yours.
Nah. Just blessed with opportunity.
What he said.
:up:
And how many hogs have you killed? And also, I never said I would be in the top 10. Who would be is as of yet to be determined.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.