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    Wax slugs (Discussion)

    I have never tried to make these but my father-in-law has told me several times about making and using them. he grew up on a ranch in south Texas and used to use them on any varmit style game he could get close enough to. He said it would split a coyote in half or completely destroy a...
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    Hog Head Shot Review

    I will agree with MC here. My 30-30 seems to like taking down hogs. I use 170 Gn handloads and pop 'em right behind the ear and down some. most will do the dirt dance for 30 seconds or so and then be still. my 30-06 works well to and can cover WAY more distance than the 'ole 30-30. Once...
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    What gun for carrying on ranch/farm?

    My In laws have about 80 acres of mesquite wild land here in central TX and I really love to take a weekend and get out of the big city. I am going to go a bit unconventional but I really like my Taurus Judge out there. I keep it loaded with 230 gr .45c rounds for when (not if) you run into...
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    A Marlin Story

    I traded with a "Good Ol Boy" friend of mine for for his 1970's era 336. His old shoulder didn't need the 30-30 pounding any more, and I didn't have a tractor for all my spare parts any more. Fortunately for me my younger shoulder could use an old rifle and his old tractor could use...
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    Hunting Range of a 7.62x39

    I do a fair amount of hog hunting in the Texas mesquite thickets and am looking at setting up an AR. I was thinking that the 7.62x39 would be a bit better suited than the .556 in the dense brush where shots are regularly less than 100 yards. I like the larger heavier bullets of the x39, but...
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    Most relaxing, enjoyable hunts in North America.

    I hunt hogs mostly and have a great time doing it. I get to my stand in the mesquite and oak between 4 and 5 PM and hunker down. read a few chapters out of a book, thumb through a magazine, or watch the wildlife, its all fun and games until a nice piglet gets shot, cleaned and put in the...
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    People you refuse to take shooting with you.

    Any way I have several that I will not shoot with again. Several friends of mine went camping with me out on some property that i own. We spent the morning shooting into the bank on the far side of the water tank (50 yards or so) everything went great. These are experienced shooters and even...
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    Looking to become a reloader. Don't know where to start.

    Start with The ABC's of Reloading by C. Rodney James, lots of good info. Then pick up a reloading manual or two or ten. :D Then start buying equipment. The RCBS kit would be a great place to start. ID
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    Home defense stories.

    A few years ago I had an indecent, no shots fired but it sure made me glad to have the ol' shotty around. I heard my chain link fence jingle around 2 AM. none of my neighbors have dogs so i thought it was weird. I quietly got up and put on some shorts and got the shotgun out of the safe...
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    Not again.......! Feral Hog Control in East Texas

    find a good old marlin ( I am partial I know) at a pawn shop or local GS and get to shooting. I shoot lots of hogs with my marlin 336. the 30-30 has plenty of "crunch" for the all but the biggest hogs. About a month ago i dropped a big boar in his tracks with the ol' 30-30. I never got...
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    Not again.......! Feral Hog Control in East Texas

    I have never tried the corn/grease mix but it falls in the "Nasty" category so i bet the hogs will love it. I work at a brewery and one of my favorite baits is a bunch of used grain left to sit sealed in a plastic drum for a week. when you open it up, the barrel smells like vinegar...
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    SKS question

    When I cleaned the cosmo off of my SKS. I stripped everything down to parts and put all the wood in my oven set on warm (150ish). That slowly melted the cosmo off (be sure to put a drip pan in the bottom) but when my wife came home she nearly killed me. but the finish looks great and all the...
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    Not again.......! Feral Hog Control in East Texas

    95XL883, I use my marlin 336 for night hog hunting all the time. I really like the 30-30 for hogging. I use a lighted bait site so I don't have any sighting problems. Just stay calm and take good shots and you will be fine. ID
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    Marlin 336RC 30-30 Potential Buy

    What are you buying it for? If you need a great deer/ hog rifle then get it for sure. My 336 has been a great brush gun here in Texas. ID
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    Ethical kills?

    So, if a fast take down defines "ethical", where does that leave the bow hunter? Hunting ethics is in YOUR mind, not necessarily universal. -MCgunner- Right, mother nature is anything but ethical, I have seen what coyotes can do to livestock, and how long they take to do it. on the...
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    Grinding up your own walnut shell media

    Most homebrew beer sites and stores will have mills that would work. You would have to crush the hulls enough to get the pieces small enough to pass through the rollers. You could use a meat tenderizer, with a big square head, and pound the heck out of a bag of hulls then run the bag...
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    Wild Hog's Meat

    I was taught by an old salty dog here in Tx that if you shoot the damn thing when its gonna be cold (40 deg or below) gut it and hang it "till the mornin" then cut it into the coolers or freezer. If you shoot the GD hog when it is gonna be warm (40 deg +) gut it, chop it (quarter), and get it...
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    Fishing For Coyotes

    I have an old timer friend out here that grew up in the south Texas brush, he told me about "hooking" Yotes a while back when I was having problems with them coming to close to the house and the animals. In his defense he was doing this when his family depended on the livestock and any method...
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    And the Purist Scream

    Hopefully I am one of the 100s that loves firearms and not one of the jerks. :) The only Milsurp that I own is a Yugo SKS that appears unissued and I don't think that I would ever mess with it. Aside for the creepy trigger it shoots great and has shot everything that I have fed it. I...
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    And the Purist Scream

    Hopefully I am one of the 100s that loves firearms and not one of the jerks. :) The only Milsurp that I own is a Yugo SKS that appears unissued and I don't think that I would ever mess with it. Aside for the creepy trigger it shoots great and has shot everything that I have fed it. I...
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