Thu Oct 31, 2013, 04:27 AM
Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)
General Gun deer season starts in Texas Saturday!
One of the "ranchita's" owners will get the pre-dawn start, I'll get the p.m. time up on the mesa. Looking for 71° high, sunny, NE wind. As I write this, the rain in Austin has been non-stop since midnight; nice light show. Rain tapers on Halloween. Between deer both stuffing their guts after the rain and looking to get laid, I should stumble onto something to fill the freezer!
Starry, starry night.
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Eleanors38 | Oct 2013 | OP |
sir pball | Oct 2013 | #1 | |
Eleanors38 | Oct 2013 | #2 | |
sir pball | Oct 2013 | #3 | |
oneshooter | Oct 2013 | #4 | |
Eleanors38 | Oct 2013 | #6 | |
oneshooter | Nov 2013 | #7 | |
Eleanors38 | Nov 2013 | #8 | |
Eleanors38 | Nov 2013 | #10 | |
oneshooter | Nov 2013 | #11 | |
ManiacJoe | Oct 2013 | #5 | |
Eleanors38 | Nov 2013 | #9 |
Response to Eleanors38 (Original post)
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 12:14 PM
sir pball (4,417 posts)
1. You bloodthirsty genocidal murdering evil inhuman maniac!
I kid, I kid. Jealous up here in NYC.
Looking forward to the post-Thanksgiving trip to LA, visiting the future parents-in-law and their lovely, wide-open farmland right in the middle of the season.. |
Response to sir pball (Reply #1)
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 01:33 PM
Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)
2. Well, get your license now! I hear that Upstate NY has a deer "problem."
Maybe you can latch onto a farmer or orchard keeper and help out?
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Response to Eleanors38 (Reply #2)
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 01:55 PM
sir pball (4,417 posts)
3. It's sadly virtually impossible
Aside from the fact that my favorite all-round hunting rifle is an "assault weapon" and more or less banned, even getting my completely innocuous bolt-action rifle up here is an immense hassle. NYC expects me to pay $240 and go through an intensely convoluted licensing and registration process, in person, on a weekday. So much for "respecting hunters"...it's literally cheaper to store them in the safe in LA and fly down there once a year.
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Response to Eleanors38 (Original post)
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 06:07 PM
oneshooter (8,597 posts)
4. Got two of my rockers and a Sharps ready.
Response to oneshooter (Reply #4)
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:26 PM
Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)
6. "rockers" and Sharps? Rogers and Hart?
Response to Eleanors38 (Reply #6)
Sat Nov 2, 2013, 08:39 AM
oneshooter (8,597 posts)
7. " Rockers", Flintlock rifles, 50 Longrifle and 62 caliber Hawkin
"Sharps" 1874 Sharps Buffalo Rifle, 45cal 530gr cast bullet, 86gr 2fg powder, in a 2 4/10" case. Rifle has a 36" barrel with vernier tang sights good to 1000ys or more.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=1874+Long+Range+Sharps+Rifle&qpvt=1874+Long+Range+Sharps+Rifle&FORM=IGRE |
Response to oneshooter (Reply #7)
Sun Nov 3, 2013, 09:32 PM
Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)
8. Thanks for the info. I figured on the Sharps, but the rockers is a new one...
I've read where "rockers" is shorthand for "rocking chairs," a descriptor of a "big rack," which also suggests big calibers.
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Response to oneshooter (Reply #7)
Sun Nov 3, 2013, 10:00 PM
Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)
10. Beautiful rifle. My, that .45 suggests a minimalist caliber until
you consider the weight of the bullet, and the powder charge. That set up should drop a deer in its tracks. Good luck on your hunt.
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Response to Eleanors38 (Reply #10)
Sun Nov 3, 2013, 11:59 PM
oneshooter (8,597 posts)
11. I shoot the Sharps on a regular basis.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=BPCR+matches&FORM=VIRE8#view=detail&mid=CB119275C0E102367792CB119275C0E102367792
Ranges go from 100 to 500 yards. |
Response to Eleanors38 (Original post)
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 06:26 PM
ManiacJoe (10,102 posts)
5. I have gotten too lazy to go hunting any more.
Last edited Sun Nov 3, 2013, 09:28 PM - Edit history (1) However, if you run out of space in your freezer, I can "volunteer" some room in mine.
![]() Good luck and stay safe! |
Response to ManiacJoe (Reply #5)
Sun Nov 3, 2013, 09:52 PM
Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)
9. Well, I got a nice young buck this a.m., and divied up a backstrap to my hosts. Beautiful weather!
Tacos with pico degallo & fajita over a mesquite fire, along with pork chops & potatoes-in-the-coals under dense stars and mid-40 temps.
Sat under a tree and saw a big doe who wouldn't stay still long enough to line up a shot, and disappeared into cedar. But such deliberate behavior meant only one thing: A buck was quaffing in her precious bodily essence. He was even more deliberate, and wouldn't respond to my "ba-a-a-a" sounds, but evidently he took the doe's warning and froze unadvisedly in a nice clearing while I wallowed into position for a textbook broadside shot; recovered quickly 50 yds away. Now, undergoing "redneck aging" out on the patio! |