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Post by bcgunworks on Aug 18, 2014 14:22:09 GMT -2
It's right around the corner! Are you ready!
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Post by jmozingo on Aug 26, 2014 23:23:22 GMT -2
I got the new Apex sighted in today - dead on at 200 yards with the .243 - should be perfect for Bangs. Next is going to be the Stevens. I shot her a couple times this evening and she seemed to like the 168gr A Max but I just have to adjust my elevation and I think I will zero this one at 150 yards. With the factory barrel I don't think I want to hunt over 250 yards with it. I think in the spring we may have to upgrade the barrel and go to the Rifle Basix trigger. That trigger really made the Apex deadly. I lost the light before I could get dialed in on the Stevens .308 but I think she's going to do well. I really like the feel of the 870 with the cerakote - the Coyote Tan may have to get some pig blood on it when I go to South Carolina - the bad thing is it looks so pretty now I wouldn't want to put a notch on it anywhere!
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Post by mk19 on Aug 27, 2014 2:30:17 GMT -2
I'm hoping to get some hunting done this year, being disabled really sucks when it comes to wanting to hunt, the last 2 years I have taken more animals with my Chevy and Hyundai then I have with any Savage, T/C, Ruger or Remington. There is a local ranch that has free range wild boar on over 1000 acres. The good news is that they will help disabled guys like me not only locate the game but also carry it out and even clean and quarter it for me. I know what your thinking, it sounds like a canned hunt, I guess it is, but in my condition I'll take anything I can get.
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Post by jmozingo on Aug 27, 2014 22:44:09 GMT -2
Hey man in your situation it is what it is. Doesn't mean you shouldn't do it just because its better odds for you. It may not be everyones cup of tea but Im sure if you were more mobile you as well would rather do it the "Barta Way". With my back issues I to am limited although not to the extent that you unfortunately are. If they don't like it then the heck with them.
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Post by mk19 on Aug 28, 2014 3:24:36 GMT -2
Thanks for your kind words, it is difficult for me as I was one of the guys who would put down canned hunts, but over the last 2.5 years since I was forced to retire I have had to reconsider many of my old ideas to fit my new life.
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Post by jmozingo on Aug 28, 2014 23:01:28 GMT -2
A lot of places now are doing more to facilitate disabled hunters. I have a friend that does a lot with the Avian X guys and he also helps with the Wheeln' Sportsmen events - turkey and deer hunts for disabled. Its a good thing to do.
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Post by mk19 on Aug 29, 2014 5:03:32 GMT -2
The wheels program is really awesome, they use special fat tired wheel chairs pushed by local high school football players to get the hunters back into position, a friend of mine is the local NWTF chapter president and he wanted to get me out on a hunt about 4 years ago but at the time money was so tight that I couldn't afford a license let alone the money for gas to get into a decent area to hunt, truthfully I totally forgot about them till you mentioned it, I'm going to have to find his number and see if I could try for a Muley this year and maybe a Tom come April. (www.wheelinsportsmen.org/wheelin/?SUBSITE=wheelin).
Actually I just sent NWTF a E-Mail to see if they have anything happening in SoCal in the near future, thank you for reminding me. Sometimes I need a swift kick in the rear end to get my brain to remember things.
One of the great things about the wheels program is that they remove the largest obstacle to the disabled hunter, that is simply having the ability to get into the bush. A standard wheelchair is useless in dirt and down right dangerous on anything more demanding. There have been great advancements in new styles of chairs to allow independent excursions such as the Tank Chair (www.tankchair.com/) and the Renegade (www.renegadewheelchairs.com/index.php), both are wonderful but not to many disabled vets like me have the $20,000 for a Tank Chair. I am currently working with the VA to see if they will help pay for a Renegade, but with the way they do things I'm not holding my breath, it took them 20 years of constant fighting after a medical discharge to give me a decent rating, so to get them to help with a decent chair might just take another 20 years.
Oh, my apologies to Chris for hijacking his thread, this was supposed to be about hunting but I turned it into a discussion on disability.
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Post by bcgunworks on Aug 29, 2014 15:26:41 GMT -2
I am also a disabled combat vet. My biggest issue is lungs. Rest is wear and rough use
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Post by mk19 on Aug 29, 2014 20:19:21 GMT -2
I am also a disabled combat vet. My biggest issue is lungs. Rest is wear and rough use I didn't know you were a Vet Chris, when did you serve? |
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Post by bcgunworks on Aug 29, 2014 21:17:15 GMT -2
2000-2004 Iraq 2003 USMC Grunt
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Post by mk19 on Aug 29, 2014 22:53:23 GMT -2
Thank you for your service Chris, as a gulf war vet I have the greatest respect for you guys who went back to finish the job we were not allowed to do
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Post by ammohouse on Aug 30, 2014 1:12:42 GMT -2
Unfortunately I didn't get drawn for a Antelope or deer tag this year...looks like Mountain Lion is the only thing I'm after, not counting yotes.
As a disabled vet also those cold mornings really make the bones ache.
Oh well, I'm still gonna get out in the hills and get after it!
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