Not sure where to post this....probably in hunting, but this touches several issues so thought I would share it. Perhaps we need a new category called "Believe It or Not". I just returned from shooting prairie dogs at my friends ranch and he told me the following story: Some guys approached him about shooting prairie dogs, having been referred by the friend of a friend of another friend. Being the nice guy that he is he escorted them to the field where they were to hunt, pointing out the cattle that also occupied the pasture. They assured him that they often hunted around cattle and would be extra careful. There were 4 of these "hunters". As they prepared to take to the field, each one of them had a rifle slung over each shoulder, plus ammo vests laden with ammo and two pistols strapped on for good measure. Yep, that's right, each shooter carried 4 guns and presumably ammo for each. Thus armed they fanned out and commenced walking abreast across the pasture. The cattle scattered and the prairie dogs disappeared. They looked like they were headed for a battle field. My friend later went to check on things. The gunslingers were gone and the cattle were nervous, but otherwise OK. My friend doubted that they killed any prairie dogs, but gave him a good story to tell. My friend is soft-spoken and kind and said "I sure hope they don't come back."........believe it or not. By the way, I killed 87 dogs over a day and a half of shooting.
Gun Slingers??
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CapnMac
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Perhaps they were expecting retilian bipeds between 2 and 3 meters tall . . .
Rather than crafty rodens about 25-30 cm long with an annoying habit of only offering a 4-5 x 4-5cm target for an instant.
I've taken two rifles to a picket pin shoot--but, that's because you might need a loaner. I've brought a pistol a time or two, as this is Texas and javelina and pigs can be a problem much closer than the pins are.
Rather than crafty rodens about 25-30 cm long with an annoying habit of only offering a 4-5 x 4-5cm target for an instant.
I've taken two rifles to a picket pin shoot--but, that's because you might need a loaner. I've brought a pistol a time or two, as this is Texas and javelina and pigs can be a problem much closer than the pins are.
armoredman
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Zombie prairie dogs?
Several years ago I listed my "occupation" as 'gun slinger' in that little box on the Fed. tax form. I was working for a big-box sporting goods company and every night we had to put 300-400 handguns on a flimsy four-wheeled cart and push them into the back of the store so they could be locked up. Having less than 15 minutes to move these handguns resulted in a lot of "slinging" of guns so we just started calling ourselves the "gun slingers." The store got really quiet the first time one of the folks at the cash register called over the PA system for a "gun slinger to the registers." After than management asked us not to use that term in public. It made them as nervous as your friend's cows.
Hardtarget
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I'll take the high road in my thinking. Maybe these guys NEVER get out...at all....so they brought every gun they have because the guns NEEDED a field trip!
Mark
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That's okay, nobody looks at that line anyway unless you get audited. Then, the Tax Examiner may ask you to explain what a "gunslinger" does. I'm sure the image of you and a couple of buddies throwing thousands of dollars worth of guns on a flimsy cart probably would have given someone a good story for the lunchroom.
Crawdad1
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I would be worried about my cattle after seeing these guys.
"Are you guys sure you know what you're doing?"
"Are you guys sure you know what you're doing?"
I know guys that go every year. They each take a minimum of 3 rifles and sometimes 5. And about 10k-20k rounds of ammunition. They shoot till the barrels get hot, then set the guns aside and open the chamber. They then grab a different gun so they can keep shooting. I can see the rifle part. But unless your Bob Munden, I don't get the pistols.
375supermag
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Hi...
Back in the good old days when I had access to several large farms to hunt groundhogs, I often carried two rifles and a handgun when I was hunting groundhogs.
I used a Sako L579 .243 out to about 100-150 yds and a custom Remington M700 .30/06 for longer shots.
The revolver was for the occasional snake or feral dog that would cross my path. Feral dogs were a serious problem...it wasn't unusual to have to kill two or three a year as they would kill the sheep that one of the farmers raised.
Back in the good old days when I had access to several large farms to hunt groundhogs, I often carried two rifles and a handgun when I was hunting groundhogs.
I used a Sako L579 .243 out to about 100-150 yds and a custom Remington M700 .30/06 for longer shots.
The revolver was for the occasional snake or feral dog that would cross my path. Feral dogs were a serious problem...it wasn't unusual to have to kill two or three a year as they would kill the sheep that one of the farmers raised.
FL-NC
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Some people's kids.
I take 4 or 5 rifles and plenty of ammo (I've actually run out) and a couple of pistols just for plinking. I actually have killed one p-dog with a pistol. My brother and I were sitting in the truck eating a sandwich and a dog came up next to the front tire. I stuck my brother's S&W Target 22 out the window and nailed him........distance, 4 ft.
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So, a number of years ago when I was still a street cop I belonged to a private range about 45 minutes from my house. My old car partner and I were both into long range shooting, and spent a lot of mid-week days out at this range when no one else was around (if a LE schedule has ever been good for something, it's good for going to ranges when nobody else has the day off). Anyway, we were shooting on the range one summer afternoon and had the entire property to ourselves. About midway through the day a pickup truck quickly pulled up at the parking area next to the firing line, and these two idiots rolled out of the truck as if they were taking fire in an ambush.
Both of these clowns were dressed in their finest tacticool mall ninja warrior garb. I'm talking about head-to-toe Multicam, plate carriers filled with spare magazines, ballistic helmets with ear pro and radio communications, leg drop holsters... the works. As the guys exited their vehicles they both grabbed rucks that looked like they had been packed for a 3-day hump through the mountains in winter, and they ran up to the firing line next to us, one at a time, yelling verbal commands to each other as if they were in a war: "Cover me", "gotcha", "moving", "move". These guys didn't say a word to us as they quickly plopped down next to us with their rifles, and started shooting downrange at some kind of simulated bad guy they were imagining at the empty 100 yard berm.
My buddy and I just sat their shaking our heads, trying to figure out where these two morons came from. It was almost as if we had landed in the middle of the Call of Duty video game. About five minutes after arriving these guys realized that they left their ammo bag at home (apparently they didn't have enough on their tac vests?). They looked at us and told us to have a good day, then left the range looking sad.
Both of these clowns were dressed in their finest tacticool mall ninja warrior garb. I'm talking about head-to-toe Multicam, plate carriers filled with spare magazines, ballistic helmets with ear pro and radio communications, leg drop holsters... the works. As the guys exited their vehicles they both grabbed rucks that looked like they had been packed for a 3-day hump through the mountains in winter, and they ran up to the firing line next to us, one at a time, yelling verbal commands to each other as if they were in a war: "Cover me", "gotcha", "moving", "move". These guys didn't say a word to us as they quickly plopped down next to us with their rifles, and started shooting downrange at some kind of simulated bad guy they were imagining at the empty 100 yard berm.
My buddy and I just sat their shaking our heads, trying to figure out where these two morons came from. It was almost as if we had landed in the middle of the Call of Duty video game. About five minutes after arriving these guys realized that they left their ammo bag at home (apparently they didn't have enough on their tac vests?). They looked at us and told us to have a good day, then left the range looking sad.
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