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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SharpStick!!!
« on: April 03, 2018, 04:00:08 AM »
YAY for SharpStick! - another year notched on yer gunstock! Hope you have a "bang up" birthday!
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SharpStick!!!
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2018, 08:35:09 AM »
Happy Birthday SharpStick!  :shake :toast
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SharpStick!!!
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2018, 09:31:49 AM »
Happy Birthday SharpStick, I hope it's a great one!  :toast :applaud
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SharpStick!!!
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2018, 02:09:14 PM »
 :hairy Happy birthday, SharpStick.  I see many more in your future.  :toast
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SharpStick!!!
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2018, 04:56:06 PM »
Thank You All!

Can't believe I'm 65 now. My brain still thinks I'm 12 and chasing jack rabbits around the countryside with my first 22 rifle, but my body just won't do that any more  :P   I guess I'll have take up varmint calling with my muzzleloader so I can just sit under a tree in the shade  8)   That'd be interesting, taking on a coyote or mountain lion with only one shot.   Anybody have any experience with that?

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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SharpStick!!!
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2018, 05:49:37 PM »
Quote from: SharpStick on April 03, 2018, 04:56:06 PM
Thank You All!

Can't believe I'm 65 now. My brain still thinks I'm 12 and chasing jack rabbits around the countryside with my first 22 rifle, but my body just won't do that any more  :P   I guess I'll have take up varmint calling with my muzzleloader so I can just sit under a tree in the shade  8)   That'd be interesting, taking on a coyote or mountain lion with only one shot.   Anybody have any experience with that?
I've shot more than a few coyotes with a muzzleloader, but I've never had a chance to put a round ball in a cougar.
Coyotes can take a lot of "killin'" sometimes, or they can get away after being wounded enough to finish a normal critter.
Not much chance of a wounded coyote ever posing a threat to a human (though I did have one bite through my thumb once).
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SharpStick!!!
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2018, 09:02:04 PM »
I've often thought of hunting coyotes with my muzzle loader, then I normally just grab up the 22-250 and take care of business with that. Truth be known, I think the ol' muzzleloader would be a'lot more fun.  :shake

I once did sneak up on a coyote pack that was hunting the same Antelope herd that I was during the Nebraska ML season. I bet I got within 25 yards of them Coyotes) up on the grass lands and they didn't even know I was there... The little four legged b_stards jumped the herd before I could finish working up on a very nice (at least 14 to 16 inch) male Antelope who I believe was the herd's dominant male. Needless to say neither the coyotes or myself made meat that morning up around Toadstool Park.
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