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BrentD, since you are such an expert on most everything, do you still think that golden retrievers are more dangerous than coyotes?
Second, many hunters have a rather ignorant idea of what a coyote represents. They see them only as threats and competition which then justifiy their being targets of opportunity. Both of these justifications are pretty weak. Golden retrievers are more dangerous than that coyote and yet, had that coyote been a golden instead, I doubt anyone would have shot. anyone that finds coyotes a threat to raising puppies or chickens or children probably should have none of the above if they can't figure out how to avoid that problem. So the threat issue does not wash.
Brent  Pets, children, or chickens must never be permitted to be outside in your yard... according to BrentD, well known expert on most everything. My my..
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The first gun I ever shot in my life was a Win model 1885 low wall made in 1887. It was chambered for longs though my understanding is it was mostly used with shorts. My Grandad bought it for his youngest son, my uncle, during the depression for "Less than a Dollar" my dad said. It has now been handed down to my Grandson, though it bypassed me, my Dad & my Son. I never had the privilege of hunting with it. Don't recall barrel length now but suspect 28" & was a full octagon.
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How fitting, "decline of the side by side" not only in shooting but also in topic! Okay ......... I deleted mine. SRH
Last edited by Stan; 01/27/19 02:43 PM.
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How fitting, "decline of the side by side" not only in shooting but also in topic!
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Sadly there appears to be a lot of declining going on cheer...
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Yes, Ted- I started with a Stevens Walnut Hill .22lr-- but as our area had public dumps, and they closed at noon on Saturdays- rat shooting with our .22 rifles became a real big deal. I had saved my lawn mowing $, and bought a Rem 550, also with a Weaver scope 4X-- tube magazine, the whole package-- I always shot .22LR Hollow-Point Kleanbore ammo. I have an ad for that period (1954-1955) and it shows the 550 at $48.75, the sleek 552 at $54.95
We had rats galore, you'd pop one, and a few minutes later the "pall-bearers" showed up. We also shot them on farms, but only on dirt floored buildings, not holding livestock. Too risky of a ricochet on a cement floored "pole barn" bldg.
I gave that Remington to my oldest grandson recently- he's mainly a target shooter, but his Dad and I love summer evening wood-chucking- He has a .22-250, I have an older Sako 759 BA in .243Win- both rifles wear Leupold VP scopes- we also get fox, and coyotes and feral cats on occasion.
Some reader of F&S magazine asked Dave Petzal- Gun Edito: What past hunting/shooting experience would you like to relive again today- And his answer was: "Rat shootin' with scoped .22's at the local dump- 1950's era".. Me too--
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I got all you wanna bees beat
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Killed more chit than Audubon.
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Right on Canvasback and I'm sure you know the best place to hunt the King of Waterfowl up north is a big brackish (cloudy water)lake filled with sago pondweed with hardstem bulrush growing at the edge of the open water. Push the boat in with a duckbill pole as the oars used to get there won't work. I never stand up in my Duckers except to kill cripples and am always in chest waders. I often use the duckbill pole to push through the pipe in the Ducker to stabilize and make it easier for the dog to come back aboard. But alas water levels are so high in my area now that my favorite sago lakes are full of slimy fish and the sago beds are gone.
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Right on Canvasback and I'm sure you know the best place to hunt the King of Waterfowl up north is a big brackish (cloudy water)lake filled with sago pondweed with hardstem bulrush growing at the edge of the open water. Push the boat in with a duckbill pole as the oars used to get there won't work. I never stand up in my Duckers except to kill cripples and am always in chest waders. I often use the duckbill pole to push through the pipe in the Ducker to stabilize and make it easier for the dog to come back aboard. But alas water levels are so high in my area now that my favorite sago lakes are full of slimy fish and the sago beds are gone. Halk, my hunting property is at Delta Marsh, home of Delta Waterfowl. And the marsh was ruined over the decades by invasive carp moving back and forth between Lake Manitoba and the marsh. Eating every bit of sago and a bunch of other stuff as well. A significant joint venture to control the carp by stopping access to the entire marsh through the use of weirs, completed about 4 years ago, is starting to show benefit. We use locally built flat bottomed duck boats, push 'em into the reeds and bend the reeds over the boat for concealment. I'm just in the final stages of having a nice, thick barreled Remington 1894 BE restocked and am looking forward to using it as a waterfowl SxS. 30" barrels and 7 1/2 pounds. Minimum barrel wall thickness is over .040 and with new wood, so should be good to go.
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I think Ted is a 550 or 552 admirer, too. I got my 552 as a going-away gift from the newsroom and, with the weather warming up to -8C yesterday, popped off two porcupines and a pair of rabbits for a pie. Those Remingtons are peerless.
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