Re: Barking.
> >Drift
waterhouse,
Yes you are correct.
Forgive the drift, still I have received a number of PMs about this, so allow me to answer in this thread to those I have yet to reply with a PM, and to have here in this thread for future use.
You catch the small game near a tree, and shoot the tree, in a manner where the "bark" actually kills the small game.
Where this comes in handy is for serious situations while hunting, or in the woods.
For instance you get lost, or the weather has turned nasty in a heartbeat, now turning a hunting or trip in the woods into a survival situation.
It does not matter if center-fire rifle, or even shotgun, such as those restricted to using slugs only for deer , even a centerfire handgun, like your CCW can be used.
One keeps in mind 4 rules of gun safety, especially rule four - Always be sure of your target and know what is behind it along the bullet's trajectory.
One is using ricochet to fell the small game.
Trees are the most obvious, even stumps. However this technique works in snow/ice settings, shooting a "bank of snow-n-ice" and in more barren settings, (no trees) shooting a rock, or bank of hard dirt. Even shooting low of a critter will fell them, with throwing up debris and the force of the shot.
Not a game, instead a serious skill set for the tool box in case of need.
Along with this, one is to always have a knife on person. One can lose a sheathed knife (fixed or folder) falling down a hill, or being thrown from a horse, or other situations.
A small knife, just a pen knife, such as Case Peanut, is to always be in your pocket (as I was raised and mentored) and even the SAK Classic on your key ring can be a literal life saver.
For whatever reason you do not, or cannot make a snare or trap, you can "bark" a critter(s).
The small knife will remove a bullet, ( pellets or slug from shotgun shell) and allow you to use the gunpowder to make a fire, and make means to cook what "barked" , and clean the critter(s).
May I suggest some you folks Mentor this to new folks. I have received 11 PMs about this, since posting it earlier.
I also suggest using "dummy ctgs" , spent primer, bullet seated to practice the using of bullet for fire starting.
On a range with safe backstop, get a stump, and use small balloons to teach and practice this.
I have also used used small target outlines cut to critter shape, and size. One can see the ricochet "pattern" on the cardboard.
Back to our original thread .
Steve
