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Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-09-2004, 10:32 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 7,162
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Velocity verses Energy. (the debate)

ORIGINAL: Twong-on


Never depend on ANY bullet to be stable traveling through brush. It's a crap shoot at best that will eventually end poorly in some regard.

A bullet and broadhead...
Forum: Reloading
12-08-2004, 11:05 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 557
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: 308 reloaded ball. tip....

I'm not sure about the 168gr comment... Nosler BT's come in 150 and 165gr versions if memory serves. Most 30 cal 168's are match grade HP's.

I wouldn't personally shoot someone else's handloads...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-08-2004, 10:48 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 11,371
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Mossberg, Winchester, Remington? Best Deer Shotgun?

I love my Remington 870 with rifled barrel and iron sights. I have shot out to 100 yards at the range and can hit a paper plate with it consistently at that distance but my longest shot in the woods...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-03-2004, 01:49 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,488
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Tree Stand stolen - owner prints article !!!!

I left a pair of boots in my ground blind a couple years ago when I went in to eat lunch with my brothers. I concealed the boots behind a log and covered them with grass. I went back out after...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-03-2004, 01:33 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 16,500
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Anyone ever have to bring a deer home with out a truck?

Driving home from my opening day trip this year, I saw a guy with a newer Camaro (white) with a spike tied to the spoiler with what looked like twine :D.

I'd recommend against tying one to the...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-01-2004, 10:28 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 689
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: New Use For A Old Christmas Tree

Don't the shiny ornaments, tinsel and flashing lights scare the deer away? ;)

Popcorn on a string could also be considered baiting... so read your regs. :D
Forum: Guns
11-19-2004, 11:21 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 6,246
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: remington ammo = junk

With the comment "The primer on the cartridge was setting way to far in. The primer was just barely struck by the firing pin.", I would guess it is a defective primer that is missing the anvil, the...
Forum: Guns
11-12-2004, 06:51 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,107
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: 223 for deer and hogs....

Most bullets for 223's - at least factory loads - are varmit and target loads. If you handload, you could work up some loads with Barnes bullets. I would try to stay on the heavier end for bullet...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
11-12-2004, 05:41 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,907
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Oopses and don'ts of deer hunting

This isn't an "oops" or a "don't" but several years ago, my brother and I were out bowhunting on a large track of state land. Neither of us saw any deer from our stands. We walked back to the truck...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
11-10-2004, 08:28 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,907
Posted By Quack Addict

Oopses and don'ts of deer hunting

I was reading another post about packing for deer camp and it brought back some memories of years past. Please share your most memorable "oopses and don'ts" so the rest of us don't make them (and...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
04-12-2004, 02:23 PM
Replies: 89
Views: 5,146
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: what caliber do you use

Remington 12ga 870 with rifled barrel and Winchester Supreme 1oz sabots out to ~75 yards (open sights).

30-06 for anything else. I don't use the `06 much though.
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
03-03-2004, 08:19 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 965
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: What memories live longer..the "Good" ones or the "Bad" ones?

I grew up hunting with my brothers and my dad, but mostly with my dad. I am the youngest of 3 boys in the family and my brothers are 8 and 11 years older than me. When I first started hunting, my...
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
02-27-2004, 11:22 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 483
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: NEWBIE!!! GOT SOME QUESTIONS

It's hard to beat an 870 Express Magnum. I shoot a 28" barrel with modified choke using 3" #3 Nitrosteel loads in 1-1/4oz. My maximum shots are typically around 40 yards when hunting open water but...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
02-25-2004, 02:29 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 901
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: so you found a new rifle now what?

That's an easy one... just buy the gun you want and give it to her as a present. Having no use for it, she's almost guaranteed to re-gift it to you. ;)

The down side to this philosophy is what...
Forum: Reloading
02-25-2004, 09:25 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,399
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: what's your biggest booboo.....be honest?

I was loading for my 40S&W last year with my RCBS RockChucker using the priming feature add-on. Before I learned to check the primer to make sure it is right-side-up after coming out of the tube, I...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
02-25-2004, 08:56 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 4,686
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Talk about long-range shooting...read this

Lasers my friend, lasers. That takes all the guess work out of it.

What a bunch of idiots. If it wouldn't be misconstrued as harassment, I'd be tempted to put out a decoy...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
02-10-2004, 09:01 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,407
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: 3 1/2 inch mag slugs

I have some 3.5" slugs for my 10ga. Federal makes them and if memory serves the lead weighs in at 1.75 oz. In all honesty, my comparatively light 870 with rifled pipe kicks A LOT more than my 11 lb...
Forum: Reloading
01-30-2004, 01:55 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,596
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: How high ?

I get 32,653m in height. Funny how much air resistance takes out of it, isn't it.

Using V=Vo + a*t
t = 81.63s

Using Y=Yo + Vo*t - (1/2)*g*t^2
Y = 32,653m
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
01-30-2004, 01:25 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,583
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Mitch Rampola of Michigan buck ?

Are we so limited now that we can't express our opinions without having to worry about being dragged in to court? I guess it all boils down to strategic word selection... This (hunting in general...
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
01-29-2004, 02:21 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 680
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: 12 ga. 3.5 -vs- 10 ga.?

I have both a 12ga Remington 870 Express Magnum (3" chamber) and a 10ga Browning BPS (3.5" of course). I hunt ducks, geese, deer, turkey, small game and upland game with the 870 and it has never...
Forum: Hunting Gear Discussion
01-27-2004, 02:40 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,486
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Safes - Attach them to something?

As I recall, mine weighs over 800 lbs empty (and I think that is with the 250 lb door removed). Two big guys, myself and another medium size guy couldn't get it into my basement with an industrial...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
01-27-2004, 12:16 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,583
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Mitch Rampola of Michigan buck ?

He went through the trouble to get one of his deer into the Michigan book, why not one that's bigger?

This is just another one of those things along the lines of Roswell, JFK's assassination,...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
01-16-2004, 02:51 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,813
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: explodeing bullets

If memory serves, I heard of a jacketed bullet one time that was mercury filled but I have no clue as to whether such a thing actually existed. This was supposed to have an "explosive" effect, but...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
01-16-2004, 02:31 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,148
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Unbelievable animal experiences to unexplainable spooky stuff

A post hijacked by it's own author... sheesh.
Forum: Bowhunting
12-30-2003, 08:19 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 7,513
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: would you cut a deers throat?

Never with a bow, but two instances of having to finish the job with alternate means gun hunting back when I was younger. Once I shot a small buck on a deer drive. He was running at about 40 yard,...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-30-2003, 07:07 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,872
Posted By Quack Addict

Deer camp pranks

My brothers and I always pull a couple pranks on each other every season. Just curious what you guys & gals do to lighten the mood. Here's some of our oldies but goodies..

Sandwich condiments...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-30-2003, 06:39 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,115
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: do you eat the heart??

I cut out all the fat and fiber, cube it into 3/8 - 1/2" chunks and make chili with it. There's absolutely nothing wrong with eating the heart - tastes the same any other cut to me but the texture...
Forum: Guns
12-29-2003, 02:54 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 651
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: 870 rifled barrel or not...?

First of all, I've been using my 870 with rifled barrel / rifled sights for about 5 years with good success on deer. I'm 4/4 with it.

For accuracy, at the 100 yard range, I can hit a 9" paper...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-29-2003, 02:04 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,407
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Your funniest hunting story?

My father was in the Army back in the late 50's and was quite the rifleman back in the day (he had marksmanship trophies, etc to show off his achievements). He started hunting in the early 80's...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-29-2003, 12:56 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,411
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: What rifle will cover ALL my needs???

Anything the 308 will do, the 30-06 can do better. As for the WSM's (all things being equal), the faster you push any bullet out of the muzzle the more felt recoil you will have to contend with. ...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
11-19-2003, 10:00 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,266
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Ethics

Saturday morning (opening day of firearm season in Michigan), I arrived at my stand at approximately 6:00am - still quite dark at that time. I heard someone rattle off 5 shots, in pretty rapid...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-13-2003, 10:37 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,876
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Last time you missed????

I did see the big bruiser I missed for a third time yesterday afternoon, so maybe I still have the chance to redeem myself before Saturday' s firearm opener. He was 50 yards out this time and...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-12-2003, 01:56 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,876
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Last time you missed????

Last Wednesday...

He is a 10 or a 12 point, large body deer (I try not to count points until after the shot). The shot was only 12 yards [:' (]. The arrow dinged the infamous unseen branch and...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-06-2003, 10:51 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,787
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Heart or lungs?

As I mentioned previously, I do try for a double lung shot when presented. Broadside shot or quartering away there' s no doubt that is where I would put my pin.

However, I feel that a neck...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-05-2003, 01:22 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,787
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Heart or lungs?

What about a neck shot? I got my 6 a couple weeks ago in the mid-neck and he didn' t make it 5 yards after the hit. I have made neck shots with my bow in the past with very good results and have...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-05-2003, 10:57 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 481
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: michigan,anti hunters trying to ban dove hunting in state.

I think the reason it has to go the legal route is because doves are listed somewhere as " songbirds" . In order to open a season on them, they have to be relisted in said text as " gamebirds" .
...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-04-2003, 02:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 862
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: how come?

Because. :D
Forum: Reloading
11-04-2003, 02:41 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 748
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: 3006 brass

I think LC brass has crimped-in primers. You will need to remove the crimp with a special tool prior to repriming.

I have never reloaded LC brass myself but some people I know that reload swear...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-04-2003, 02:35 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 894
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Flying squirrels and heart attacks

Yeah, they could show that video on the next " When Animals Attack" right after the one of that guy who doused himself with doe-in-heat urine and met up with the whitetail buck... LOL ;)
Forum: Bowhunting
11-04-2003, 02:30 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 2,614
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Yo man, don' t be " dissin' " my bow!!

Let' s see... the Native Americans used a carved down sprag of hickory or whatever kind of wood with a piece of cat gut strung between the ends. Cedar shafts, fletched with turkey feathers and...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-04-2003, 11:59 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,485
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Bizarre things in the woods.....?

About 10 years ago, I got to my stand a good half hour or so before light. Right about dawn, I heard tinkling on the leaves beneath me. I looked over and not 2 feet off to my side was a constant...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-03-2003, 12:23 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 775
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Woohoo, I kilt a cariboooo.

You kilt him? What.... did you pull up your man skirt and show him some leg or something :D

Sorry, I couldn' t resist. Congrats on the bou!
Forum: Bowhunting
10-31-2003, 02:39 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 528
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Tainted meat?

Most mechanical heads have at least a little exposed blade to fascilitate opening upon impact - to further clarify that statement, the majority of those have a minimum of 1" exposed blade in flight....
Forum: Bowhunting
10-31-2003, 10:01 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 528
Posted By Quack Addict

Tainted meat? Part 2...

I skinned the deer last night. Everything that I have seen to this point indicates that the deer was, in fact, previously shot with a FIELD TIP, not a broadhead. There is only a small, maybe...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-30-2003, 11:47 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,387
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: DEER STAND THEFT PREVENTION

I' ve seen some guys use a hatchet on trees [>:] [:o] [>:]

I have also seen trail tape on every other tree along a path in to stands.

Toilet paper works well for marking a trail until you...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-30-2003, 10:49 AM
Replies: 221
Views: 10,714
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: i read an article,average deer hunter age is 42 and the future looks bleek, lets do our own pool!

I' m 27.

Shooting ~ 22 years
Bowhunting ~ 15 years
Firearm ~ 15 years
Small game ~ 14 years
Duck / goose ~ 10 years
Reloading ~ 2 years
Forum: Bowhunting
10-30-2003, 10:08 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 528
Posted By Quack Addict

Tainted meat?

The other morning I took a nice 6 point. To my amazement, when I recovered the deer, it had another set of holes in it!

The deer had been shot previously just forward of the shoulder blade,...
Forum: Reloading
10-24-2003, 06:29 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,668
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Reduced load for 30-06

I' m not against going to a lighter bullet, however the 165' s have historically been the most accurate in the rifle.

The reason muzzle blast comes into play is due to the design of our local...
Forum: Reloading
10-23-2003, 01:10 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,668
Posted By Quack Addict

RE: Reduced load for 30-06

The Hodgdon data specs loads for light bullets pushed at relatively standard velocities.

http://www.hodgdon.com/data/youth/30-06_y.php

I am looking to experiment with a heavier bullet...
Forum: Reloading
10-23-2003, 09:31 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,668
Posted By Quack Addict

Reduced load for 30-06

I' m looking for a reduced load for my 30-06. My Speer loading manual lists for a 165gr bullet (this is going from memory)

20.1gr IMR SR4759 = ~1600 fps

Anyone ever try something like...
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