Pygmy

What Lawdwaz said... Even then, the Blue Book is just a general guide. Many times getting a decent price just involves finding a buyer who happens to WANT what you are selling. Conditon and date of manufacture is very important, especially several of the firearms listed are collectible. For instance a late manufacture Model 94 that has been altered from it's original condition or beat to hell might be worth only a couple hundred bucks, but if it is a pre-1964 in excellent unaltered condition, it might be worth ten times that much.

From 2 deer, I have two packages of steaks left, and one will be devoured tonite..Other than that, one sirloin tip roast which will either become stew meat or I may corn it. I have 12-15 pounds of burger..It will be used as meatloaf, meatballs or plain deer burgers, and probably I'll do up a 5 pound batch of cured venison salami out of it.. In any case, there won't be any left when it's time to put some fresh meat in the freezer along about November.

Biggamefish has a good point regarding the neck..A dog would have a more pronouced skull, a more distinct transition from the neck to the head. Due to that, I'll say bear...The hair does not look coarse enough to be a hog.

My one and only frontloader is an early (1973 vintage) T/C Hawken .50 caliber with a tang peep sight, since my old eyes no longer can focus on the standard open rear sight. For years I used a PRB with 90 grains of loose FF blackpowder or Pyrodex. For the last ten years I have used a 460 grain NoExcuses conical with 80 grains of loose FFF Triple 7. From the bench I can keep my shots on a Skoal can at 100 yards. It shoots quite flat to 100 yards and then starts dropping fast, but that's no problem because the longest shot I have ever taken with it was around 75-80 yards.

I was out squirrel hunting and heard several volleys that must have been goose hunters...

rjw..Got 3 tails in the freeze for you this morning..One black and two greys.. Good luck with the bruins..

Geeze....Can't a fellow get ANY privacy ?

No problem Doc...I consider sarcasm a valid form of lingual communication... Actually, I regard it as somewhat of an ART FORM, and sometimes I use it myself.. Like when I talk to Growie...

You nailed it, Doc... I rose to the bait...Of course I'm old, senile and easy...<grin> We need guys/girls like Early on the forum..Keeps us from being BORED...

Geeze, Early...I was just beginning to think you might have half a brain until you posted this... BTW...I have NO religious affiliation, but I think that your introducing this thread is either just plain imflammatory, or just plain STUPID...

Back when we could use lead for ducks and geese, I was never impressed with HV loads...Heavy SHOT loads made the difference, even if the MV was a couple hundred FPS lower than the fast loads. Medium to low velocity loads also tended to produce better patterns with lead shot then the HV loads... I killed LOTS of ducks with a handload of 1 1/4 oz. of lead shot shot at a MV of aound 1200 FPS.. Then steel shot became mandatory..The early steel loads were pathetic. You would bust a duck and he would either lose feathers and keep flying, or he would hit the water swimming and you were lucky to recover him. I tried the HV steel shot about ten or twelve years ago...With steel, unlike lead, the higher velocity REALLY makes a difference. HV steel loads, like the Kent Fasteel ( and others) really does kill waterfowl at reasonable ranges, say up to 40 yards or so.. Perhaps a little farther if you are holding your mouth right.. If you want to spend several bucks per round, you can get non toxic shot that performs as well as lead, but for a reasonable price it is hard to beat high velocity steel such as Kent Fasteel.

Buckwild... I have no personal experience with the Trijicon scopes, but some friends have used them and all of the reports I have heard is that they are a quality item. Sounds like they would well with your AR type setup.. Good luck..

For what application is this scope. ?? Hunting deer in the woods ? Hunting open food plots where long shots are common ? Shooting varmints such as coyotes at night ?

Whacker... Since you have never shot them, I'll give you a suggestion for goose loads.. Kent Faststeel BB...In my 3" 12 gauge 11-87 and Citori, they kill geese nearly as well as the lead loads I used to use.. I can't say that about other steel loads I have used. I use an IC choke in my 11-87 and IC/Mod in the OU.. I have NOT had good results with tight chokes and steel shot..

Good deal for someone looking for a gun dog...The important thing is that both parents hunt hard.. I truly wish I could have a beagle, but living right in town and being away several times a year, a dog just doesn't work for me.. I am lucky to have a couple of hunting buddies with good hounds, so I get to hunt with them often.. You won't have any problem selling your pups at that price..

I love the THUMP of a honker hitting the ground after you fold him about 30 yards up..!!... As Lawdwaz says, it takes some homework to set up a hunt, but it's great lying in a diversion ditch while about 50 big fat honking geese have their wings set trying to land on your face... Every hunter should experience that a time or two or three...

Geeze, Growie...It must be be tough staggering around the boundaries of your 70 some acres with that huge chip on your shoulder.

I think porkies are pretty much total vegetarians. They eat a lot of tree bark , twigs and other browse.. They do like corn, though.. In my coon hunting days we had quite a few hound/porkie encounters in cornfields.

I hadn't thought of a coon, Growie, but since they are closly related to black bears, that would make them a prime candidate... Aardvarks, badgers and armored dildoes would also be prime candidates, if they only existed in NY... But who KNOWS..??.. Perhaps the DEC has subversivly stocked THEM along with the coyotes, pumacougars, and wolves...

I got an 8X and an 8Y.. I have a friend who is going to sign me over an 8T, so I'm pretty well covered here in southeastern Steuben County. I also applied for two antlerless permits in PA 3A and haven't recieved denials yet, so I expect I'll have permits enough to kill all the dolly deers I need, which is about 2..

For my taste, you need to add some pork to keep your sausage moist.. I use pork shoulder ( pork butt) in about a 3/1 venison/pork ratio. Some commercial blends I have tried have been quite good, but I really prefer a very simple venison/pork/sage/salt/black pepper blend for a breakfast sausage...Just go easy on the salt and the sage..

Good friends...Good times... Hot DAMN...!!... Are we havin' FUN now ..??... I just get a little DIZZY afterwards.... I think it's time for my nap...

Digging up a hornet nest..?? Either bear or skunk...Can't think of any other critter that would do that..

As you can all see, I am INTO leather... That is probably why the women can't resist me ( especially Growie)... It's either THAT or my rugged good looks and wholesome and sincere demeanor...

I'm not sure if using the same AOL as the pointed bullet for a round nose is a good idea. The ogive of the round nose may be forward of the ogive of of the flex tip. If you load the RN too far out, you could jam it into the rifling and create a pressure spike. I would either use the AOL of another similar 200 grain round nose( like a factory load) or smoke a bullet and chamber it in an empty case to determine max seating depth. Several reloading manuals will tell you how to do this or you can find it online. If you really want to match the accuracy of the Leverevolution loads, your best bet would be to "bite the bullet" and spend the $$ for the Leverevolution bullets. Eliminate as many variables as you can.