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But honey, now I need a black powder rifle!

GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
edited April 2002 in General Discussion
Just got out of a meeting and found out I'm on pager support through most of the Thanksgiving week! That just blows, because it's the only holiday I give a rats *ss about so I can go deer hunting. And nobody wants to switch with me. Guess I'll just have to tell the future-misses that I have no choice but to buy a new rifle so I can hunt during the black powder season to make up for missing the main one.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh that rifle,I've had that for a long time in the back of my closet.
    It's just that I haven't used it for years because I usually take my '06 for deer hunting over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    GreenLantern, it looks to me like you have no choice. I am available to consult on the selction if you need some help, looks like I won't be getting a new one myself this year.
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  • Shootist3006Shootist3006 Member Posts: 4,171
    edited November -1
    Sounds like a plan to me. (BTW, can't you take the pager hunting? Just set it on vibrate so it won't scare Bambi.)

    Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
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  • GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks HeDog! I'll probably take you up on the consulting offer later this summer. Still trying to get all the accessories on my list for the couple of guns I bought this last year.



    BTW, I probably could take the pager with , but home is about 2hrs away from work so it'd probably be a little tough to hop in the car and head in if I can't handle it over the phone.

    Edited by - GreenLantern on 04/25/2002 13:25:56
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Greenlantern you MUST buy that smoke pole. If'n ya don't ya won't be able ta sleep right. Take it from a guy who knows.

    PC=BS
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  • gskyhawkgskyhawk Member Posts: 4,773
    edited November -1
    GreenLantern: where about in Wi do you hunt? If you are serious about getting a black powder rifle maybe I can help as I'm thinking about parting with one or two of mine so I can but something else
    T/C Hawkens 45cal NIB, T/C White Mountain Carbine 50 cal New no box
    gskyhawk2002@yahoo.com



    Edited by - gskyhawk on 04/25/2002 20:01:52
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    greenlantern

    I am extremely sorry to hear that you are to be forced into buying a Muzzleloader. It will certainly be a traumatic experience.

    Promise one thing, if you blackpowder hunt keep it traditional and don't "weenie" out and use one of the new fangled bolt or in-line guns, otherwise whats the point in smokepoling???

    Lt

    "We become what we habitually do. If we act rightly, we become upright men. If we habitually act wrongly, or weakly, we become weak and corrupt" - *ARISTOTLE*

    **Like Grandad used to say--"It'll feel better when it quits hurtin"
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  • GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    gskyhawk ~ I hunt around the Chetek (pronounced 'Shettek') area. It's about 40/45 min north of Eau Claire. I recently purchased the future misses her ring and we're also shopping for a house so my gun-buying is on hold till sometime later this summer at the earliest. What little play money I have left will be going for a new scope or AR upper. I'm going to print out this post though for when I do start shopping so that I can drop you a line.
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  • gskyhawkgskyhawk Member Posts: 4,773
    edited November -1
    GreenLantern: Hey I'm not that far from you, just down 27 till you get to Sparta , only a few miles NE of town , I've got a friend of mine that has a cabin up in that area, I will have to find out where his cabin is and see if you know the area , well have to go for now, see if I can round up one of them damn turkeys, they're giving me a hard time this year!!!
    ps and congratulation on the misses, it was 17 years for me and mine last saturday



    Edited by - gskyhawk on 04/26/2002 11:55:18
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  • GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    gskyhawk ~ First of all, congrats on the 17 years!! I hope to make it there some day myself, and I got a good feeling about this one . Yeah, I know where Sparta is. Haven't had the opportunity to ever get there though. If you happen to venture up this way to your friends cabin anytime I'll tell you a good place to stop in and check out. Not a real big gunshop but sometimes you can find a nice deal. Run by the resident gunsmith so I always know what I've bought from him has gotten at least the once over and in good condition. I hate throwing the name of the place out here on the board! Don't want too many other people stopping in and stealing my deals.
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  • gskyhawkgskyhawk Member Posts: 4,773
    edited November -1
    GreenLantern: Hey thanks for the info if I get up your way I'll give you a shout forsure.
    the best piece of advice I can give you for making it 17 years is having good communication with your other half, it always amazes me how easy it is to misunderstand what the other person is trying to say, so take the time to become a good listener, it pays off in the long run
    see ya
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