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Originally Posted by charlie cleveland
ps ive been waiting for that fellow who trys to run me off my qwn land.... charlie
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It's a sad fact of life today, but a true one- we are in the minority, those of us who love the land, guns, dogs, hunting and grew up with friendly rural neighbors that never posted or closed their lands to other neighbors or friends. I was shooting woodchucks about 5-6 years ago- May- on a family farm where I've been not just an invited guest to shoot, but to share meals, coffee, process deer- etc. Some 'hired hand" with a God complex drove up to my parked Jeep and tried to tell me a fairy tale that only he now had permission to hunt. A short 'come to Jesus meeting" with the farmer set that load of crap straight. Here's what concerned to me however.
I do have a CCW and sometimes carry, but never when I have a rifle or shotgun and am out afield. I was standing there on land I had written and documented permission upon which to hunt whenever I chose to (within the legal seasons of course) and this idiot comes out unarmed and full of &*^^ and vinegar. I was holding my Dad's old M70 SG in .220 Swift, not my first choice for a CQC weapon, but this idiot was obviously on drugs (he later lost his job) and must have gotten out of the bed on the wrong side that morning. End of story- But--he had some heavy tools in the back of the JD gator- if he had picked up an axe and come at me with it, I am not sure what I might have done, in self-defense. Laws and courts and juries are hard to predict too- so, be careful.
I have some 12 empties for you- also a 12 BA turkey gun which I will cover in a PM to you- stay well, and keep muzzles on those Walkers- not as much fun however as a "Full cry" pursuit--
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