D.B. Cooper
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If it gets into WW III, we may see more ammo on the shelves.
Yeah, but it will glow in the dark.
If it gets into WW III, we may see more ammo on the shelves.
I think we likely saw the end of cheap rusky 7.62x39 ammo.
I just hope we don't all end up subsistence hunters out of necessity.
We can't. It won't work. We would far out pace the carrying capacity of the land. If you look just at my local Alaska history, before the arrival of Europeans (the Russians in 1741), there were less than 100k aboriginal people in AK, and they lived in small communities (a village of 300 would have been a metropolis) that were spread very far apart to avoid competition for game and other natural resources and still hunger and starvation were not unheard of. There are 700k people in AK today. If we threw out the hunting regs and everyone went hunting, the resource would be wiped out in a month. I imagine it would be ever more severe in the lower 48.
At least in my neighborhood, we'd be going hungry after the first day or two.
Can your pond even produce that much fish?IAW the KS F&W guys I'm supposed to take about 400-450 lbs of fish out of my pond a year to keep the population healthy.
Watch the movie Forrest Gump. His Army buddy, Bubba, tells all the ways there is to make shrimp. Just apply that to fish.That's a over a pound of fish per day! I just hope I can trade some for beef with my neighbor with all the cows, cause I can only think of a couple ways to cook fish.
I wasn't concerned so much as Ukraine as a trade partner but rather what the impact from the war and, really, the sanctions will do to the global marketplace. Oil is shipped and sold globally. Any reduction in the supply anywhere in the world will result in higher prices everywhere in the world. The same is true for fertilizer. Russia is a significant player in the global oil and fertilizer markets.
Connect the dots. Price of fuel goes up. Fuel is an input cost for farmers and ranchers. As is fertilizer. (Grain has to be grown to feed livestock that is slaughtered and shipped to your grocery store.) Fuel is an input cost for shippers. Those two inputs alone have been and will continue to drive up food costs.
This is why I'm changing my hunting plans.
I missed that conversation.We already had that conversation, ad the mods shut it down. Which is too bad as it was a good discussion, but I digress. In any event, I don't think anyone was hunting with cheap Soviet steel cased ammo. At least not legally.
Hogs are considered a pest and can be hunted 24/7, x 365, with anything you are legally allowed to possess. About the only restriction is no hunting from an aircraft. Statewide deer limit is 5 deer, of which only 2 can be does. Archery season (in my zone) starts late Oct, general gun mid Dec., ending in Feb. The downside is Fl isn't known for large "trophy" deer, the rut map/dates are all over the place, and the weather isn't ideal in that there are frequent showers or high afternoon temps (think, 70 degrees at sunset sometimes), which makes patterning deer in daylight difficult. Fl is the most difficult state I have ever deer hunted in.I'm pretty much right there with you. Except I envy your 30 mile hunting commute. I drive about 8-9 hrs one way, then I still go about 30 miles from the road. I've hog hunted in FL over corn. Those guys have it down to a science. In some ways, I think you're ahead of us down there in that there is no limit on hogs, and, as I recall, a pretty large limit on deer.
Can your pond even produce that much fish?
Watch the movie Forrest Gump. His Army buddy, Bubba, tells all the ways there is to make shrimp. Just apply that to fish.
About the only restriction is no hunting from an aircraft.
The downside is Fl isn't known for large "trophy" deer, the rut map/dates are all over the place, and the weather isn't ideal in that there are frequent showers or high afternoon temps (think, 70 degrees at sunset sometimes), which makes patterning deer in daylight difficult. Fl is the most difficult state I have ever deer hunted in.
IAW. It took me a minute. You must be an A&P.IAW the F&W guys..9 acre pond stocked with LM bass, crappie, and blue-gill.
I missed that conversation.
IAW. It took me a minute. You must be an A&P.
We already had that conversation, ad the mods shut it down. Which is too bad as it was a good discussion, but I digress. In any event, I don't think anyone was hunting with cheap Soviet steel cased ammo. At least not legally.
Interesting combinations. I thought the whole point of steel cased ammo was that it was cheap cheap cheap and, accordingly, rather poor quality. I've never owned a combloc gun, so I'm certainly no expert.Not necessarily so. 203 gr. SP 7.62x54R was imported in great quantities back it the early and mid 90's. Kicks like a mule, but it'll kill deer dead. As for x39, not imported (nor cheap, for that matter) but Hornady makes (or made) steel cased SP ammo.
I had an sks....actually two....but I quickly learned to despise it.....I eventually sold both of them and bought a ruger American Ranch in 7.62x39 to shoot up the cheap surplus ammo that stocked up on . I found them to be a pretty accurate, low recoiling thumper.Interesting combinations. I thought the whole point of steel cased ammo was that it was cheap cheap cheap and, accordingly, rather poor quality. I've never owned a combloc gun, so I'm certainly no expert.
I am going hunting tomorrow. I just topped up my tank in prep for that. 17 gallons cost me 61 bucks. I would say that is an impact. I won't be hunting much. That being said, I am not going to totally blame the war. The Biden administration bears the brunt of my ire because they shut down domestic oil.
I wasn't concerned so much as Ukraine as a trade partner but rather what the impact from the war and, really, the sanctions will do to the global marketplace. Oil is shipped and sold globally. Any reduction in the supply anywhere in the world will result in higher prices everywhere in the world.
… I believe we can do things to offset circumstances that are out of out direct control. I see hunting as one (of several) ways to mitigate our circumstances.
Certainly. And I didn't intent or desire to go full political (I've been kind of dancing around it), but the same principle applies. Shut down production of a globally traded production-no matter where, and prices will rise.
$3.58/gal isn't bad. I've been paying that for years.
Have you thought of partnering up with another hunter to share expenses? My hunting spot is several hundred miles away, but when I calculate all of my expenses to figure out a per lb cost of my game meat, I always come out better than the meat market or grocery store.
If things ever got real bad, having your own food source, that you don’t have to go hunt for, will be the most valuable asset to have. A fishing pole would be more valuable than a stuffed 401k to someone that needs to eat to live.
I've shied away from livestock due to the periodic travel required for my current job and between my wife's dog trials and my match schedule it'd be a PITA to find someone to care for them when we're both gone.
Just because you have been paying $3.58 for years doesn't mean it isn't bad. I don't know where you live, but $3.58 actually sucks. Perhaps your state political leaders need a forced retirement.