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once we were skinnin' a big ol' buck at my dad's house and a guy dropped by and started wanted to know exactly where it came from. my ol' man asked him why he even bothered because he knew we were gonna lie to him. Lark.

a 165 .338 has to be about as long as it is wide. does it have much of a BC? in reality, after 400 yards everything drops almost straight down. a shooters worst enemy, gravity, takes over, and nothing is very flat shooting. you have to know the range and know where the rifle hits at just about all ranges, in about 20 yard incriments. the .338 is a fairly good long range gun because of the high BC and it has a fair velocity for such a big ol' slug. good luck with the 165's. i have a friend who has a BAR in .338. he blows trees outta the way makin' a clear path for the bullet. Lark.

why would you want to shoot such a short, light bullet in a .338? it's a big bore that is made to shoot big bullets at tough animals. and it is a pretty good out to 500 or so. i think i'd stay with 200's or 225's or heavier in a .338. Lark.

heck, i bet i read or hear someone call a javelina a rodent a dozen times a year. saw some idiot on a hunting show call em that the other day. i even heard bob hirsch say it on his radio show once. misnomer on a whitetail ain't near that bad. i know folks that insist their are 2 coues deer, the regular one and the mythical "fantail". Lark.

you finish it off, tag it and take care of it. don't leave a wounded animal because you're afraid of how to interpret a law. Lark.

i can agree with a .284 winchester. helluva cartridge. but not that cork gun 7mm/08. unethical for sure. and you hafta turn in your man card to get one. Lark.

first thing to look at is you. make sure you ain't flinchin'. get that to where you know it ain't the problem and go from there. trigger pull can really screw things up. so can a loose scope, loose action screws, poor bedding, a wore out barrel, or even a bad barrel. i've seen new rifles with bad barrels. and you have to make sure your ammo fits your rifle. it has to have the correct overal length or it will make bullets fly all over the place too. in a .270 you shouldn't have to worry about barrel twist, but in most calibers it's real critical. what kind of set up do you have, as far as rifle/scope/ammo combo? Lark.

it's a good idea to clean resize dies real good if you haven't used em for awhile. just about anything will get sticky after sitting around awhile. one thing i keep around all the time is wd-40. i usually always spray a little in the resizer before i start. it will clean up about anything and it it is real good smellin' aftershave and ain't bad on sawiches or corn flakes. Lark.

just got done feedin' the critters. today is my daughter's birthday and she wants elk heart stew and homemade bread for lunch and my wife is gettin' it ready. the house us fulla good smells from the heart in the fryin' pan and bread bein' made, the sun is comin' up and we got Christmas carols on the radio. i'm a blessed man. Merry Christmas friends. hope you all have a good one. remember the reason for the season and be happy. have a Happy New Year too. and remember that even when life is rough, it is always better than it seems. Lark.

this is a pretty sad story. hope he had fun. Lark. http://www.wmicentral.com/site/news.cfm?ne...05965&rfi=6

rcbs makes a stuck case remover. if you're gonna reload, get one. good thing to get for xmas maybe. somebody else makes one that you have to drill out the base of the case and tap it and pull it that way. i don't like that kind. the rcbs has a little apparatus that pulls the nexk excpander through and then it has some hard steel rods that you drop down the neck and smack with a hammer. but really, if you're gonna reload, get a stuck case remover. Lark.

cowboy hat, .270, long range, nice buck. this guy is just too cool. he ain't quite as good lookin' as me, but he's got everthing else down pretty good. good job and a real good buck. Lark.

fine job fellers. real fine job. Lark.

most processors do a good clean job, but they like to cut the steaks way to thick and don't trim up the fat and sinew and stuff so we do our own. always have. have a big commercial size grinder. my wife has a extra large vacuum packager food saver deal. don't use paper anymore. the tube deal for the burger is great too. bought a tenderizer head to make cube steaks outta them tough dang round steaks, and it does a heck of a job too. it's a lotta work, but at the prices they charge anymore it won't take long to pay for a grinder and other stuff. Lark.

gameholler is a total ahole even if he does post a photo and he shoots a cork gun. actually i wanna see the photo too. nobody ever sends me any photos. well, they might, but sheriff joe won't let me have my phone in here. Lark.

i saw allen's name and phone number in a truck stop in tucson. "FOR A GOOD TIME CALL BURRONUTS". had an 800 number too. hey allen, shoot a really big one. a really, really big one. no, not a muley. Lark.

if bill hates folks bastardizin' the english langij, he must have a dart bord with my pitcher on it. i've only killed 2, both with rental cars. one southwest o' chicago and one by eldorado texas. the both looked just like the dead one i seen by springer. Lark.

whattaya expect em to do in dc? they want reinforcements. there ain't nothin' but jackasses and horses asses in that town anyway. take look at grijalva. them things gotta be his cousins, Lark,

so whatter we 'sposeta call em? i ain't memorizin' all them subspecies. they're east o' here. sooooooooooooooooooooo? how can they be tejas whitetail if they're in new mex? texmex maybe, but i don't see how ya can call em texas whitetail. maybe the come from oklahoma? heard there was fruit ready to pick around raton. Lark.

dangit, just when it was gettin' fun they nuked the thread about the stranded hunters. what did i miss? i want to add one thing. i'm real sorry to hear about the stock feller that died in the tree accident. what a rotten deal. from what i've heard and read, he was a decent guy with a family that he cared for. and he was a hunter. that's enough for me to like him. condolences and best wishes to his family. cwd will probly have something pathetic to say about it, but like i said, nobody ever hurt me with their mouth. this storm was a rough deal and i guess there are still a few guys that aren't accounted for. hopefully they're all ok. but this is a lesson for us all. what is it the boy scouts preach? BE PREPARED. take a extra sleeping bag and few more cans o' beans and spam and make sure that there are matches everywhere. bone up a little on wilderness survival. if you have a match and some ammo, pull a bullet and start a good fire. always have a knife. always. these new gps/radios are slick deals. so is a cell phone. be prepared boys. bein' siwashed is a rough deal. it's happened to me, so the rest o' you rookies are real susceptible. again, all the best to the stock family. gonna be a rough Christmas. and all the best to the guys they're still looking for. maybe muleyman won't hijack this thread. hunt hard boys. Lark.

there was a dead doe on i-25 northbound just south of springer in october when i was headed to colorado to hunt pronghorns. schocked me to see it there. Lark.

i don't think it's an albino, no pink eyes, but it is one cool lookin' deer. great photo. Lark.

i'd say muleyman and gameholler, but i hate redundancy. and thanks amanda, i love you too. i won't list the 7mm/08 because it's good for laughs. can't believe i missed this thread. been spendin' too much time readin' about serial killers i guess. Lark.

i use a pig call that sounds like "GET THE heck OUTTA HERE YOU STINKIN' MUSKHOGS!! RUN OFF NOW!!" takes even more of the chance of me shootin' one away. i'm also appalled to know that amanda's feet look like javelinas. did you have on fuzzy slippers or what? fuzzy stinky slippers? Lark.

tell us something about him. all i know is what muleyman said about him being stupid for camping near a tree and taking taxpayer money in his paycheck and all that garbage. for some reason i think he didn't know what he was talkin' about. give us a little obituary about skylar. tell us some good stuff. rub muleyman's face in it and let us know more about a good guy. this whole deal about the siwashed hunters and stuff has been something we have all been able to draw a little inspiration from has given everyone a rallying point, as children of the land. well, all of us except poor muleyman. can you imagine what it's like inside a brain like that? like i said, makes us all look better. Lark.