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nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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I like the ad at the bottom of the article. Apparently hunting is shooting gophers from the front porch. ;)
We do the same thing in Oregon on the high desert. Distances to target (>350yds), small target size and wind corrections (light bullet low wind, heavy bullet high wind) make it difficult. I have hand-loaded .308 ammunition (>3,100fps with ultra light bullets) for prairie dog hunts using my BLR.
https://www.browning.com/products/firearms/rifles/blr.html
 
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SamR

Joined Mar 19, 2019
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Years ago in J'ville there was a rash of thefts of aluminum light poles along the interstate. They figured out if you hit them with a reinforced front bumper on your truck the breakaway bolts would snap easily and all they then had to do was load it up and take off for the scrap yard and sell them.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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Years ago in J'ville there was a rash of thefts of aluminum light poles along the interstate. They figured out if you hit them with a reinforced front bumper on your truck the breakaway bolts would snap easily and all they then had to do was load it up and take off for the scrap yard and sell them.
Neat trick but a little hard on the truck undercarriage.:D
 

SamR

Joined Mar 19, 2019
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God only knows how many species there are of Pufferfish but they are NOT rare in Florida or Georgia from my own personal experience with them. As kids we caught them in the Indian River around Melbourne FL often and offshore here in GA. Being kids we would tickle their belly to make em puff up then drop em on the dock and stomp on em like a blown-up paper bag to make em go BOOM! Those and Lionfish are both around and nothing to mess with as any fisherman should know. Why on earth anyone would try to eat one much less it's liver is beyond the pale...
 

spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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God only knows how many species there are of Pufferfish but they are NOT rare in Florida or Georgia from my own personal experience with them. As kids we caught them in the Indian River around Melbourne FL often and offshore here in GA. Being kids we would tickle their belly to make em puff up then drop em on the dock and stomp on em like a blown-up paper bag to make em go BOOM! Those and Lionfish are both around and nothing to mess with as any fisherman should know. Why on earth anyone would try to eat one much less it's liver is beyond the pale...
Used to see them a lot in Florida and Cozumel diving.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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