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04-20-2008 | 11:29 AM

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Well, ya gotta hunt something...

It seems like huntin’ season is years from starting up again so I get really bored. Sat morning I look out the back window and see a groundhog peaking out of his hole. I said “Something to shoot!!” So I pulled out the Hawken, run both sides of a dry patch down the barrel, poured 20grains of 777 2F down the barrel and sat a patched round ball on top of it. Now I do 99% of my huntin’ from a stand so I’m not well practiced in the art of stalking. However, I am going to Colorado in Sept for an elk hunt (assuming I get drawn) so I figured now’s the perfect time to practice. I got to the tree line and crawled about 75 yards until I finally found an opening. It was about 30yards at this point. Took a rest off a sapling, laid the front sight on his head and touched it off. There he lay. I hit him just under the ear and he never moved a muscle.

It’s funny how putting a ML in the hands of a grown man can turn him into a kid instantly. I’ve killed hundreds of deer and turkey in my life but that stupid groundhog actually got my heart pumpin’. I guess that’s why we all enjoy shooting these stinkin’ things so much. Anyways, it’s slow on here this time of year so I thought I’d share.

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