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09-25-2013, 11:22 PM
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now staying a year and hunting everday would be a dream come true if i were a little younger i dont think old but the old body wants to be old sometimes...i m gonna carry the johnson and johnson 20 ga this saturday hope i aint messing up..one fella s storey i read a few years ago said you needed the power of the 12 ga to get thru all the leaves and stuff in early season he may be right i hope not...got a 410 winchester pump model 42 i want to try out one day soon gotta get me some shells some way or another i aint got nothing but slugs in the 410..gota put a radiator on my tracker in the morning so im outa here... charlie
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09-26-2013, 01:21 AM
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Charlie,
I know exactly what you mean about thinking young but my body just feels old sometimes. I mostly feel great but occasionally my arthritis reminds me I am not 23 anymore. This year I will be hunting elk at 9000 feet and I know I will be feeling every step I climb. Fortunately I am still able to tell myself I am doing well. Compared to others I am very blessed. Dennis |
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09-26-2013, 01:36 PM
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Roger that on feeling old. Spending half the day at a clinic yesterday getting 2-3 yrs worth of Xray dose looking at my lower back convinced me of that....
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09-27-2013, 11:25 AM
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well tommorrow morning is the day i dont need to forget to set the old alarm clock its the opening of north mississippi s squirl season..would normally be taking the 8 ga parker but will not be taking it mainly because of a rotor cup in my left arm thats giving me fits..yep i m taking them aleves dont seem to help though...gona take the johnson 20 ga in the morning wish i had a box of no 5 lead loaded up but dont so will use them dove loads of low brass federal 7 1/2 s i ve killed a lot of squirls with 7 1/2 s but the bigger shot is better...will hunt in small bottoms andedge of hills in the morning till the squirls stop stirring which is about 9.30 to 10.00 then will go to meet the fellows for the squirl cookout..i will eat a leg or two and think about everybody while i m doing it.ha don t expect to run into no fox squirls scarse around my parts... gotta get every thing laid out for tommorrow even got the radiator put on my geo tracker so im good to go... charlie
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09-27-2013, 11:49 AM
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Charlie, I wish you the very best of luck. Just being there in the woods and shooting a few squirrels sounds pleasurable to me. My brother and I started out hunting when we were 14 hunting squirrels but haven't done it for years. We started with Winchester Model 37 20 gauge guns. They worked great too. I wish I still had that gun but foolishly traded it off for some unknown gun years ago.
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09-27-2013, 04:27 PM
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as far as i know i ve got everything ready for the hunt..gun cleaned and ready shells and gloves in the hunting bag clothes laid out knee boots by the door skeeter dope in sack..drinking water a apple or two in sack..gona be a good day for sure im all fired up and ready for the sun to come up...will give results soon....charlie
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was up at 4.00 am rechecked all my gearwas ready to go only thing was it was 2 hours to daylight.my granddaughter decided she wanted to go so told her to come on by...at 6.10 we stepped into the backyard and eased into the woods set up under a old den tree. was nt long had 3 squirls cutting acorns i tried to shoy katie where the squirls were but she took a while to spot one. she finally shot and missed i then shot and missed too...we eased on into the woods and spotted 2 more cutting beech mass but suddenly they disappeared and we had to move on..this happened several times the leaves were really dry and 2 people make enough noise that the squirls would just run in the timber..finally katie got a good shot but the gun did not fire nope it were nt a parker it was a charles daly automatic 20 ga...them low power shells we were useing just want cycle in that gun... all told we seen 12 squirls and never got to shoot but that one time each and then we missed. we then came back to the house loaded up and went were all the younger fellows had spent the night in a big river bottom...we got the squirls cleaned them other boys had killed fryed them and potatoes chicken poodle sop gravy a big pan of beans and one fellow made a big peach cobbler...i aint even hungary for supper as i ate to much squirl and gravy and of course peach cobbler... i left them boys at about 3.30and come home i then waited till 5.30 and went out and killed 3 squirls one had a wolf in it...all in all a fine day..the little 20 ga parker will kill a squirl away out there even with those 7 1/2 s..i made 2 shots at about 40 yards dead when they hit the ground..and i ll have to say it was a little lighter to tote than the 8 ga... charlie
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09-29-2013, 01:06 AM
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Congratulations, Charlie, on your 3 squirrels. That meal sounds just scrumptious with the gravy and peach cobbler. I must say you guys in the South really do things up right with lots of camaraderie. Very nice indeed. Can you explain what you mean when you said one squirrel had a wolf in it? I have not heard that term before.
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