Biggest game you've ever taken with a .22cal?
02-27-2002, 12:35 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Biggest game you've ever taken with a .22cal?
My dad shot a nice whitetail buck with a .22 lr years ago, and I dropped a decent doe this coon season with the same gun. It was an accident, damn thing jumped out of the creek right on top of me, scared the crap out of me so I reflexively shot, got her right under the chin, shooting from the hip.
02-27-2002, 02:17 PM
#22
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RE: Biggest game you've ever taken with a .22cal?
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340.....I once saw a program on 20/20 as I recall about this guy who just left society and moved to Alaska. He knew nothing about the wild etc...
He only brought with him a .22 rimfire, which as I recall was a .22Win mag....
ANYWAYS... He took a photo of himself carrying away a big piece of meat from a Moose he shot with that gun. Must have been a brain shot from what I figured.
After several months, he died and authorities found his body in an abandoned school bus which had been converted into a little hunter's base camp/cabin. The guy was keeping a diary of how he was basically starving to death and had no strengh getting out of his bed.
They discovered that he was eating some type of root or berry that basically stopped one's digestive process from working correctly, thus resulting in a person taking in food, but can't get any nutrition out of it. He died of starvation/poisoning.
-Just a little trivia.
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This is based on the book "Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauer ("Into Thin Air"
. He's a writer for Outside magazine that did a small article on this kid. He got hooked and ended writing a whole book. It's a great read if your interesed.
340.....I once saw a program on 20/20 as I recall about this guy who just left society and moved to Alaska. He knew nothing about the wild etc...
He only brought with him a .22 rimfire, which as I recall was a .22Win mag....
ANYWAYS... He took a photo of himself carrying away a big piece of meat from a Moose he shot with that gun. Must have been a brain shot from what I figured.
After several months, he died and authorities found his body in an abandoned school bus which had been converted into a little hunter's base camp/cabin. The guy was keeping a diary of how he was basically starving to death and had no strengh getting out of his bed.
They discovered that he was eating some type of root or berry that basically stopped one's digestive process from working correctly, thus resulting in a person taking in food, but can't get any nutrition out of it. He died of starvation/poisoning.
-Just a little trivia.
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This is based on the book "Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauer ("Into Thin Air"
. He's a writer for Outside magazine that did a small article on this kid. He got hooked and ended writing a whole book. It's a great read if your interesed.
02-28-2002, 03:56 AM
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RE: Biggest game you've ever taken with a .22cal?
thanks HK45USP now i feel better that you put the rare 218 bee in and 22 hornet lol <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> hey when are you gana take me hunting, this year im going to try like heck to bag some big game like deer,ive had enuff of upland bird , ok see yas <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
02-28-2002, 07:23 AM
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RE: Biggest game you've ever taken with a .22cal?
fillae,,,,,,,,,,wow, thank you for the info regarding that book. The story on T.V. was very interesting. I'm going to buy that book. I didn't know it existed.
Seahonk.......Hey, let's try to hook up this season for some big game hunting.
Seahonk.......Hey, let's try to hook up this season for some big game hunting.
02-28-2002, 02:20 PM
#27
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Biggest game you've ever taken with a .22cal?
According to Sports Afield, Eskimos used to hunt polar bears with .22 hornet if I remember, I know it was a .22, but I'm not for sure on the hornet part, I thought it was a rimfire case, but I'm not familiar with many .22 cals other than LR and .222
03-01-2002, 03:37 AM
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RE: Biggest game you've ever taken with a .22cal?
sounds like a plan HK45USP maby ill finely bag me a deer this coming season ok untill then sea yas <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> oh and if you like salt water fishing maby some day ill take you out on my boat whent out last week and killed the sand bass and ling cod at hores shoe kelp ok talk to ya later <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
03-01-2002, 08:48 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Biggest game you've ever taken with a .22cal?
This is not a wise thread. In most states it is illegal to shoot deer with a rimfire, and at best it is unwise to shoot deer-sized game with a .22 cal. Let's not give the anti's any more ammo.