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    Surviving a rattlesnake bite

    We have a few diamond backs and a LOT of cottonmouths around here. I've taken out a lot of cottonmouths and had them TRY to take me out. Two springs ago was REAL close, almost stepped right in the middle of one. I was dressed to go to town, jumped back while simultaneously drawing my 9mm...
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    Hunting and Eating Nutria AKA Coypu.

    East Texas and Louisiana have lots of the things. Personally, I've eaten a lot of stuff, but I draw the line at rats. :rolleyes: You can get a bounty for 'em in Louisiana, I think. They compete with the native muskrat there. They're an introduced species.
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    another thing to watch out for while hunting, snakes.

    We're ate up with cottonmouths, a species I have no use for. Spring is pretty bad, put on my snake boots whenever I go outside. Snake boots do work. I got hit by a large rattler near the ankle and the boot repelled it. If you're going into snake country, I would suggest them. They work far...
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    Anyone worried about the "meat shortage"?

    Well, Ramen noodles were 10 cents a pack. Beer was 50 cents a can at the Dixie Chicken. :D
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    What to do With Dead Varmints?

    Vultures love me. They wait in the trees for me to show up. :rofl:
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    CVA 410 Shotgun.

    I shot one several years ago on my place. I used a .22 magnum rifle at about 70 yards. :D We only have Rios here.
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    Over/under vs Pump for Ducks

    If you do get a O/U or SxS for duck hunting, I learned this on this board in the shotgun forum. WAX it before the season with paste wax, good old Johnson's paste wax. Wax the wood AND metal. That has really helped on my old Winchester 1400 semi auto. It has kept the corrosion away. When I...
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    Over/under vs Pump for Ducks

    I got my camo Mossberg 500 for less than $300 in the early 90s and it still shoots well. It's been on many duck hunts in the salt marsh, has had mud and salt water dunks over the years that didn't seem to phase it. I like the plastic stocks it came with. I shimmed the stock so that it would...
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    Over/under vs Pump for Ducks

    I got a CZ Redhead Delux some time back. It's never shot a duck and will never go duck hunting. It's my dove gun, pretty gun. I sit on my dove stool when hunting and just admire it. :D It's never been in a boat, either, LOL. As for bird hunting, I started out with my Grandpa hunting doves...
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    Over/under vs Pump for Ducks

    I hunted for years with a beautiful, but fortunately cheap Spanish built double. Years of salt marsh and riding in boats and it weren't so pretty anymore. I surely would NOT treat a shotgun worth anything like that again, would revert to one of my Mossbergs. :D I do like semi autos, though...
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    Anyone worried about the "meat shortage"?

    Washington state has legal weed. I'm sure those gubment checks won't last long. :D
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    Anyone worried about the "meat shortage"?

    You shoulda tried Ramin noodles. I was unbelievably skinny when I graduated, 160 lbs and 6 feet tall. That's why I retired. Jobs are fattening. :D
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    Anyone worried about the "meat shortage"?

    Yeah, just felt like backstrap last night and have to eat it before my daughter comes and takes it. I still have a lot of elk and venison left.
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    Hunting with Handguns

    I've shot a few squirrel with my TC Contender and a .22LR barrel, VERY accurate. I've taken a few with the .410 barrel I like to carry in spring when I'm out back to discourage the cottonmouths. The .30-30 gets 'er done during deer season if I want a handgun. I do carry my ear muffs with it...
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    Magnum Rifle - Is there a sweet spot?

    Components? http://www.midwayusa.com See, no excuse there! :D I had similar thoughts wanting a belted magnum 30 years ago. I compared down range ballistics and ballistic coefficient being a handloader and decided on the 7mm Rem Mag vs the .300 Win Mag. They'll both kill elk and that was a...
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