Another rifle

[cnc]

Originally Posted by Top Cat

I'm not getting into a pissin match about gun control or what happens if mother nature is left to thinning the heard by survival of the fittest.
Do your own research

Must be raining down your way Tim!

I'm not the one who suggested I needed a gun to walk in the woods, nor did I dis anybody who likes guns, only stated my preference.

[ponch]

Originally Posted by cnc

In that case maybe we should equip school children in suburban Toronto with guns. There was a documentry on a few weeks back stating that there are very few pure eastern grey wolves as the have found it necessary to mate with coyotes over the past 100 years. Quite a number of this newer breed of animal have moved into suburbia and co-exist with the population, shying away from people but none the less they are there.

I have encountered several coyotes up at my cottage but they also prefer to avoid you. Bear are further into the mountains, there is the odd lynx etc. I have never been threatened by deer or moose either.

Coyotes eat anything they can get their teeth on here. Once they go through the local wildlife, they go after pets and at time while still on the leash. They have no problem killing dogs and cats under 20-25lbs. Same goes for the bobcats too. God forbid your pet gets out without a leash or even on a leash unattended in the back yard. Chances are you'll never see it alive again or again period. The animal control people do nothing about it and in my town I found out we aren't even allowed to discharge air guns. If it was up to me, there would be a hunt to cull the excess predators.

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by ponch

Coyotes eat anything they can get their teeth on here. Once they go through the local wildlife, they go after pets and at time while still on the leash. They have no problem killing dogs and cats under 20-25lbs. Same goes for the bobcats too. God forbid your pet gets out without a leash or even on a leash unattended in the back yard. Chances are you'll never see it alive again or again period. The animal control people do nothing about it and in my town I found out we aren't even allowed to discharge air guns. If it was up to me, there would be a hunt to cull the excess predators.

It's predator season right now, Jim. I have a license and a mountain lion tag and I can't go hunting because of my foot.

[ponch]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

It's predator season right now, Jim. I have a license and a mountain lion tag and I can't go hunting because of my foot.

I have the opposite problem.

[Idaho]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

It's predator season right now, Jim. I have a license and a mountain lion tag and I can't go hunting because of my foot.

I missed it Scott, what's wrong with your foot?

[HwyRider]

Originally Posted by ponch

Coyotes eat anything they can get their teeth on here. Once they go through the local wildlife, they go after pets and at time while still on the leash. They have no problem killing dogs and cats under 20-25lbs. Same goes for the bobcats too. God forbid your pet gets out without a leash or even on a leash unattended in the back yard. Chances are you'll never see it alive again or again period. The animal control people do nothing about it and in my town I found out we aren't even allowed to discharge air guns. If it was up to me, there would be a hunt to cull the excess predators.

They're the same here and it's illegal to hunt them. I usually take my dogs to an area that I know has coyotes and let them loose. They have fun trying to track them down.

[Silent Sam]

...AND..with the reintroduction of the GRIZZLY to the Rocky Mt Area...They wont just kill you...Wolves and Griz will tear you apart, then poop you out in the woods !

Idaho...are you hunting with Super Cub's ? or any other type of aircraft ?...We used to do a LOT of Predator Control in the Dakota's Wyoming and Western Nebraska form J3's, PA 11's, And Super Cubs..(and a variety of "ultra lights")...our weapon of preference is a 12ga Pump..sawed off to about 20 inches (for easy maneuvering in a cramped cock pit area) fireing 3 in mag / BB shot..or Buck Shot...depending on the terrain...and how close down on them you can fly..
Let me know if your interested in such activities...I'm looking for some flying !\

[minst7877]

The 25-06 is a excellent cartridge and one of my favorites. I have a Rem 700 chambered in it.

DC

[ponch]

Originally Posted by Silent Sam

...AND..with the reintroduction of the GRIZZLY to the Rocky Mt Area...They wont just kill you...Wolves and Griz will tear you apart, then poop you out in the woods !



Idaho...are you hunting with Super Cub's ? or any other type of aircraft ?...We used to do a LOT of Predator Control in the Dakota's Wyoming and Western Nebraska form J3's, PA 11's, And Super Cubs..(and a variety of "ultra lights")...our weapon of preference is a 12ga Pump..sawed off to about 20 inches (for easy maneuvering in a cramped cock pit area) fireing 3 in mag / BB shot..or Buck Shot...depending on the terrain...and how close down on them you can fly..

Let me know if your interested in such activities...I'm looking for some flying !\

Colorado can be very wide open. Might as well wave good bye if all you have is a short barreled shotgun as you'll never get close. I'd rather have a rifle.

[Vulcan Bill]

Is 25-o6 ammo readily available? Probably expensive. Of course, with a bolt action one box is liable to last you a couple of years. My hunting is pretty much limited to upland bird these days. Gave up chasing mule deer, Javalina and such.
Haven't been involved with shooting for awhile but just started getting back into it. Dug my old M1 carbine out an put a red dot sight on it. Been having fun at the range with that...and the Ruger SR9c 9mm I recently bought.

No wolves around here but coyotes all over. Saw one taking a crap on the sidewalk one night coming home from work. This was inside the city, not out in the burbs! Recently a guy up in Cave Creek heard his dog making a commotion behind his house. He stepped around the side just in time to see a mountain lion leap back over his back fence. Guess it was after the dog but the dog ended up going after him.

Read somewhere: "I believe there is a place for all of natures animals...right beside the mashed potatos"

[ringadingh]

Originally Posted by Vulcan Bill

Read somewhere: "I believe there is a place for all of natures animals...right beside the mashed potatos"

Thats my favorite place to see them...

[plumber63]

[QUOTE=Top Cat;596082]PETA member


No not a peta member.
I hunt I have shotguns, rifles, handguns,and a bow. I just think if you're going to kill it you should eat it. Now if it attacks you then that different story. But just to go out looking to kill something just to do it
I guess I can see protecting your property/livelihood. But then again they were here first.

[minst7877]

Ammo can be found at most well stocked sporting good stores. Cabela's stocks it but the cartridge is at its finest when it is handloaded to fit the situation. Brass can be obtained by using 270 or 30-06 brass.

DC

[Top Cat]

[QUOTE=plumber63;596151]

Originally Posted by Top Cat

PETA member


No not a peta member.
I hunt I have shotguns, rifles, handguns,and a bow. I just think if you're going to kill it you should eat it. Now if it attacks you then that different story. But just to go out looking to kill something just to do it
I guess I can see protecting your property/livelihood. But then again they were here first.

So were the Indians, uumm, I mean the native Americans.
Should we all go back to England or where ever all the other races came from

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by Idaho

I missed it Scott, what's wrong with your foot?

Bud,

Not to hijack, but it is your thread and you asked...
When I was on the Orofino trip my foot had become infected (cellulitis). By the time I got home it had spread into the bone in my foot (osteomyelitis). I spent 5 days in the hospital and have been on IV antibiotics for the past 6 weeks, just finished the last dose this morning. They inserted a TACC line in my chest to facilitate the IV, which should be removed early next week. I am thrilled about that. Anyway, walking any distance is pretty much out of the question for now, hence no hunting.

My foot is slow to heal and they just set me up with a wound vac this afternoon, which draws a vacuum over the wound area and is supposed to speed up the healing process. It's been a long 7 weeks since I returned from the rally. I haven't even been able to clean my bike up from the trip. It's still covered with bugs from Utah, Idaho, Washington and Montana.