I WANT IT!

[This_Idiot]

That'll be handy if you discover any armoured deer Doc. Has anyone thought of using nylon shot yet ?

Lead shot was banned for fishing purposes over here in the UK 10 years ago. Apparently because it was poisoning swans.

[DrMordrid]

We WISH someone would poison swans. The trumpeter swans here are taking over native habitats for ducks and other waterfowl. Just two emptied a wetland neare here of ducks, geese and other birds.

As for the deer: if I want to "make their day" I take out the .50 Hawken black powder plains rifle. It' shoots a 410 grain antimony hardened .50 cal bullet at 2700+ feet/sec. That's no estimate, it's by chronograph. It also kicks like a Missouri jackass.

The last deer I shot with the Hawken did a 180 and was thrown 6 feet sideways. It can also shoot through trees up to 8" thick and still do a one shot kill on whatever's on the other side.

We Michigan woodland hunters feel about our rifles like we feel about our trucks: the badder the better ;-))

Dr. Mordrid

[This_Idiot]

Do you need a special license for shooting trees, or is this part of the general hunting license ?

I'd also like to know if there is an open season on Maples ?

And for th record, I haven't fired my Weiruch HK77 for over 6 years because I live in a built-up area. Although it is a legal airweapon, the ability to fire over to public roads means that I can't use the damned thing. I don't think that I even finished firing the gun in !

[DrMordrid]

Nawww...the Sportsmens license covers all non-humanoid lifeforms but migratory birds. The Feds get to sell the tag for them.

Maples we don't shoot, we tap 'em for syrup (G).

I have an air weapon too: a .22 pump rifle I use to teach the kids & wife how to shoot. It's also good for vermin if you use steel darts.

After the air gun I move 'em up to the .30-06 Remington pump rifle, the Winchester bolt 300 Magnum and .44 magnum semi-auto Ruger carbine.

Then I teach them the pistols: Ruger Blackhawk .44 mag revolver and Beretta 9mm auto. There are pistol big game hunting seasons too you see....

The shotguns and black powder weapons are all mine ;-)

Dr. Mordrid