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Old 04-09-2013, 10:53 AM
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jermelott
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Originally Posted by Topgun 3006
Hmmmm, is right! The "primitive weapons season only" opened on 1/18 in Mississippi and he originally stated that the deer was shot on 1/19 (a Saturday). Now the story is that the buck was shot with a 45/70 that isn't the gun in the picture because it's the gun the daughter was using, but it's definitely also the rifle that was in the picture with the doe taken on 12/24/12. Doesn't the fact that earlier he said it was killed on 1/19 and now he says it was killed with a 45/70 mean that he violated the primitive weapons only season law? Am I missing something here with this whole story? It's really funny he was so interested in winning this contest, but after questions were asked about the gun he never answered them and was off the website from 3/25 (I checked his profile yesterday and that was the last date he accessed the site) until today. It seems more than a little odd that no matter what the situation that he didn't have even one minute to access the site since then to see if his team had won the contest. IMHO this whole explanation doesn't make any sense and even if the gun in the buck picture was not used to kill the buck he says today that it was killed with a 45/70 that is certainly a centerfire rifle that is not legal anywhere I know of in a ML only season when he says the deer was shot. I rest my case Your Honor! PS: The way I read the contest rules is that the gun used to take the animal is to be in the picture with the person. Does that not also disqualify the animal from the contest and move the second place team into first, as well as being a game law violation on his part? I also noticed the picture of the buck wasn't even posted until 10:24AM on 1/28/13, ten days after the supposed day he said it was killed. Why the time lapse for a contest like that where everyone, including him, was so interested in who was leading? I haven't looked up the closing date for the ML season, but I now really wonder when this buck was actually killed.
I am not even believing this! this is crazy. Yall can read into it and try to find something wrong if it makes you happy. Delete my buck from the free contest, thats fine too. Im not trying to lie about anything, the 45/70 is not the gun in the picture (im aware of that). A 45/70 is a legal gun used during the primitive weapon season in Mississippi. Its not a muzzle loader only season. Im not trying to build a case about this buck. I dont care, count it or not. I killed this buck with a 45/70, recovered the buck while hunting with my daughter (with a 308). (Which is also legal) My buddy is a Mississippi game warden and I called him before I brought her just to make sure. Youth can use whatever weapon to harvest a deer during primitive weapon season. I also never said I killed this buck on 1-19. I did however shoot at a nice buck on 1-19, that I didnt find.
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