jamesinalaska
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I just love tramping about in the woods with my sidearm. It is my favorite thing to do. I love to hear or read about an old mining camp and then setting off for a Saturday tramp to see if I can find it and hopefully bring back an old whiskey bottle as souvenir. I used to tramp with my neighbor quite a bit and we had some great hikes together, but he's got a new girlfriend now and she's keeping him on a leash and won't let him have any fun.
Depending on the area I usually scare up a number of hares on my Saturday tramps and if I am quick enough with my pistol I can bag two or maybe three to take home that evening. Snowshoe hares will run further than a cottontail rabbit, but they do not run as fast as cottontails nor will they run for holes like cottontails, so in that regard they can be easier to hunt, but they are still quite a challenge to bag with a Glock pistol, especially when they start moving.
Yes, I could hunt these hares with a shotgun, but hunting isn't usually the purpose of the tramps we make, finding the old mining camp or new fishing hole -or whatever- is, so rousting up the hares is just a bonus. Another bonus my neighbor friend and I have noticed since we've been taking these hares, is how much easier we handle our sidearms. Turns out this type of pistol hunting is great practice.
It is unfortunate that my friend let himself be captured by the dog pound like he has, but I'm sure he'll figure his way out of it. In the meanwhile, my oldest son has grown big enough to go with me on these hikes without it being to strenuous for him. I don't think he is yet capable enough to carry a .22 (rifle) but that isn't far off.
The photo was taken last fall.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=218993&stc=1&d=1456624196
Depending on the area I usually scare up a number of hares on my Saturday tramps and if I am quick enough with my pistol I can bag two or maybe three to take home that evening. Snowshoe hares will run further than a cottontail rabbit, but they do not run as fast as cottontails nor will they run for holes like cottontails, so in that regard they can be easier to hunt, but they are still quite a challenge to bag with a Glock pistol, especially when they start moving.
Yes, I could hunt these hares with a shotgun, but hunting isn't usually the purpose of the tramps we make, finding the old mining camp or new fishing hole -or whatever- is, so rousting up the hares is just a bonus. Another bonus my neighbor friend and I have noticed since we've been taking these hares, is how much easier we handle our sidearms. Turns out this type of pistol hunting is great practice.
It is unfortunate that my friend let himself be captured by the dog pound like he has, but I'm sure he'll figure his way out of it. In the meanwhile, my oldest son has grown big enough to go with me on these hikes without it being to strenuous for him. I don't think he is yet capable enough to carry a .22 (rifle) but that isn't far off.
The photo was taken last fall.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=218993&stc=1&d=1456624196
