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    deer were moving last few days.

    my wife made some good kills and even let me shoot one. i will try and get the pictures loaded in the next couple days. she started things off with a nice 8 point then the next day doubled up with a seven point and a nice doe. i ended up the hunt with a good size doe. we had to hunt from a...
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    Alexander Hamilton's powder horn?

    TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ”” A New Jersey dentist believes an engraved piece of cow horn that goes up for auction next month symbolizes the American dream for a man who was key to the founding of the United States and is now the focus of a blockbuster hip-hop Broadway musical. A descendant, an arms...
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    had a big one eating out of my hand

    here it is the last of dec. and the skeeters were trying to eat me right before dark. i looked down at my hand and the biggest skeeter i ever saw was just fixing to help himself to my blood. i'm ready for winter before spring gets here. i did get to see a bunch of deer and hogs in the last few...
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    got a 8 point this afternoon

    i got a fair 8 point this afternoon, i will post a picture in the morning. a perfect 75 yard heart shot that made a pass through. when the smoke cleared he was gone but i heard him crash in the pine timber. he made a good 100 yard + dash before going down.
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    bird shot from a rifle

    got real bored today, couldn't go hunting so i shot my rifle some. i fired 6 round ball shots and done real good, i was shooting a .50 kentucky. after i ate dinner i tried shooting bird shot out of my rifle. i shot 5 times using 60 grs ffg and 1oz of 7 1/2 shot. i poured in the powder pushed a...
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    got a buck today,no picture yet.

    got a fair size buck this afternoon with my .50 kentucky. i will try and get a picture loaded friday if i get a chance. he was tracking a doe that came by about 30 minutes before. about a 50 yard broadside shot. dropped him in his tracks.
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    The hunt that went bad.

    Not thinking can get you in some very bad trouble. That is just what I didn't do, think. I bought a brand new climbing tree stand weeks back to replace one that was over 20 years old. I put the old stand in the shed and had been using the new one in my favorite spot. Two days before the incident...
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    green river blades

    i just got my order of green river blades, i plan on using deer horn on one and different woods on the others. i got walnut,bodock,cherry and some different oaks. i will post some pictures as soon as i get some free time from work and hunting.
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    fridays doe

    [/URL][/img] got this doe friday after work. 20 yard shot with my kentucky .50, .490 ball pushed by 70grs ffg goex. she went down soon as hit, the ball took out about 1/4 inch of the spine. i was hunting on some land a guy owns that i cut firewood for. he has this small field that had been...
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    the deer ran off!

    my buddy shot right after it got light enough to see good. i was over the next ridge or so and heard the thump of a good meat hit. i waited a short time to make sure he didn't push one my way. when i got over to where he was sitting he waved to me, i walked over to him and asked him about his...
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    shortening a barrel

    the pedersoli frontier rifle has a barrel that is a tad to long for me. it makes me feel like i need to prop it on something to hold steady. can the barrel be shortened say 11 inches and the rifle still be as accurate as it is now. if not how much do you think it could be shortened without...
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    breach plugs-traditions/pedersoli

    are the breach plugs and drums made the same on the kentucky pedersoli and the traditions.
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    deer hunting with dogs?

    do you have a season where hunters can hunt deer with dogs in you area. deer with dogs opens in the morning here in mississippi and its the first regular gun season and its buck and doe. i'm surrounded by 4 hunting clubs that all use dogs so not by choice but it makes me a dog hunter by force...
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    almost but didn't shoot.

    my wife had one of her nurse friends come sit with her yesterday after the kids got off to school so i made my way out the back door and down to my tree stand. on the way i jumped a very small deer then over the next hill jumped a big doe with her two fawns. later that day i could hear a deer or...
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    best degreaser for new barrel?

    is brake cleaner about the best for cleaning the packing grease out a new barrel. i sold my first load of hickory poles a couple weeks ago and bought one of the .54 pedersoli frontier percussion rifles while they were on sale for $449.with free shipping. i just used dish washing soap on the last...
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    movie info

    does anyone remember the name of the movie that was about a guy that raised and trained bird dogs. it was a old movie where one of the field hands was going to get rid of one of the pups and the trainers son got the pup and raised it to be a champion. it showed the little white boy and his...
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    beaver hunt

    i went down to my pond sunday to feed my bream and a beaver had moved into it. he had cut down one of my trees i panted a few years back and chewed on a few others. right before it got dark he came out and made a big circle then came just a bit to close and the .54 round ball turned him into...
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    last day for deer today

    deer season ended today. i ended getting 4 doe and 3 bucks. 6 with primitive and one with center-fire. i still got hogs coming around so i might get a few more of them before it starts getting hot.
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    Bullet ID help

    Can anyone identify this brand of bullet? It has a hollow base. [/URL][/img] [/URL][/img]
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    Sticking to one rifle

    i think my wife has been waiting for just the right chance to say the most hurtful thing, not saying shes wrong it just hurts to hear knowing shes right, well at least some of the time. After i made that luck shot on the 5 point last week, thats what she said anyway, not that i disagreed. But...
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