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in reply to: IS EVERYONE READY FOR TURKEY HUNTING? #41199

Where the wing joins the body, in the head or in the butt. Take this advice from someone who has hit em both everywhere you should and shouldn’t. Hip shots are iffy and I don’t think you can hit one to high as long as you hit bird and not feathers. Head shots are the very best. Stay away from breast shots unless he’s facing you. These birds leave very little blood and can hide under a toadstool. I found one by seeing the very tips of it’s tail feathers sticking out from under a brush pile no bigger than a bushel basket that I had walked by three times before. I use a Benelli now because I’m just not confident enough in my shot placement.

Turkeys are the greatest and I am absolutely worthless when the season is in. Just ask my wife, closest I ever came to divorce was over turkey huntin’, but that’s a story for another time…

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in reply to: Keepin' It Trad… #57504

since there’s no ‘My Apologies’ page anymore- to have been a player in the demise of the forum but unfortunately, like most human endeavors, corruption sets in, either slowly, or in this case, increasingly rapidly and we end up in a ‘High Noon’ situation(without Grace Kelly) with drawn bows at fifty yards, curses on our lips at our unworthy opponents who are just too stupid to agree with me or you.

You know, my Momma used to say if you can’t say somethin’ nice don’t say nothin’ at all. And now that is the rule on this website.

If you’re gonna handcuff me then I don’t think this should be allowed.

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in reply to: Keepin' It Trad… #54513

I say if you didn’t like what was on there, well, don’t read it. But, it’s not my website.

I guess vanilla is alright too.:D

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in reply to: My Apologies! #51286

How many cups of coffee have you had today??

Sorry Steve, didn’t mean to hijack your post.

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #51272

Dude, you are trying to tell me and everybody else that you can read folks minds or that you have unprecedented understanding of the human mind.

I am basing my thoughts on NRA literature.
In other words, your’s is presumption, mine is in black and white. I can prove it.

Apples and oranges.

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in reply to: My Apologies! #51102

Bert, I may be going way out on a limb here, but are you just a wee bit eccentric?:D

What I really mean is that i wish you would tell us how you REALLY feel about things. It can’t be good to bottle it up.

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #50139

Huh, that’s funny. Hugging trees IS one of my criteria!

Maybe Patrick’s in my head!:D

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #50067

How do you know I do the same thing? Are you super intuitive? Do you have ESP? Do you truly think you’ve gotten in my head with these few posts on this forum?

Don’t, I repeat, don’t be so arrogant as to think you know me and my thought process as well as your own. This little forum right here in front of you should nip that idea in the bud. We both hunt and own guns and can’t even agree on the NRA.

Please….

What you’ve got here is the NRA in a Don Quixote situation. Fightin’ a windmill calling it a dragon. Ain’t that how that story goes?

Thanks for giving me the option of NOT joining, I won’t.

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #50002

You are putting words in my mouth, I NEVER said they were to single minded on gun rights. I said they only support republican candidates, I disagree with alot of things repubs stand for and won’t base my vote on party affiliation. Be careful, don’t twist my words.

So where are the opposing arguments?

1. Stick to gun issues not hunting seasons
2. Don’t demonize a candidate, simply state who you back.
3. Get rid of Ted Nugent.
4. Get rid of the “us vs. them” mentality.
5. Stop the propaganda, tell the truth.(I don’t think anyone in Washington can do that).
6. Be real(in reference to fully automatic weapons). Don’t forget that we are all part of a society, you can’t get everything you want all the time.

I’ll have more later.

Remember the post I put up about the second hand smoke:
“A few years back smoking in a public building was banned in my state, the same arguement that we were losing rights was the rallying cry of the smoking crowd. The fact that my children and myself inhaled their poison and that my clothes reeked after leaving a smoke filled convenience store didn’t concern them at all. We all have to consider the thoughts and feelings of our fellow citizens. That is how a society works.”

That is how we all come across to folks that don’t hunt or own guns. Does anyone care about that? Does anyone even give a rip about what your neighbor thinks?

I think it was Bert who made light of the second hand smoke thing, if I’m wrong I apologize, but the blatant disregard for anyone else’s thoughts and feelings because “WAH WAH I want it MY way or we’ll fight about” drives me crazy.

Face it guys the NRA’s only purpose nowadays is to raise money. You support the NRA, you support all republican ideas.

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #49957

I know Patrick’s tactics are to paint me in a corner by compiling said list which would accomplish nothing other than provide more things to pick apart and look at through a microscope. And to be frank,(which I’m not, I’m still Johnny:D) I never claimed to have all the answers, far be it from me to be so arrogant as to believe I do. That goes for all of us. My purpose is to point out the goals we need to work towards.

To say we are at an impasse would be an understatement.

I will stand by my beliefs that gun ownership is in no danger and that other things weigh more heavily in my decisions even if they were.

I will continue searching for a better way, as I hope you will.

Wasn’t there post in here somewhere about ya’lls boy Nugent? One of the faces of the NRA.
Nuff said!

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #49919

Operative phrase being that we know of.

Still compiling list, this dang job sure gets in the way of it!

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #49899

http://www.seattlepi.com/opinion/337908_nra04.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/14/AR2007121401328.html

My bad, he only makes $950,000, that we know of.

You still want a list?:twisted:

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #49847

Bert wrote: [quote=johnny2]Sorry dude, read a little closer, the operative word is fear. I don’t believe any good thing can happen when you are motivated by fear.

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Oh, by the way, the other book of wisdom that one should have close at hand, is of course, the Bible- let’s see ‘fear’- Proverb 1:7 states “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

Your using this fear thing waaaay out of context, fear in this context means respect and honor. I’d be careful doing that.

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #49829

Hawg, you really gonna say your right to own a gun is the number one issue you vote on?? Really??😯

You really believe that is the most important issue we face? Are you really going to let everything go to hell in a handbasket as long as you get a gun??
This thought process is exactly the thing I’m talking about! Fueled by the NRA, and why shouldn’t they fuel it. How else is Wayne LaPierre gonna bankroll his 2 or 3 million(probably undershot)salary plus perks?
I’m not tossing rights away, you guys can’t even separate the NRA from your 2nd amendment. You think anyone opposing the NRA is anti-gun. I’m not typing it again, so read my post on up the page about how I feel on the subject of gun ownership

If you do feel this way Hawg, man, I can’t debate you anymore. I don’t have a response for illogical thinking.

I’m still getting my thoughts together for Patrick. I had a minor family problem I had to deal with last night so give me some time.

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #49123

Oversimplification Patrick, The NRA should focus on gun rights, not getting a republican candidate into office.

More later, I promise, more pressing personal matters at hand for me right now.

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