BRIGHT NIGHTS

I've been getting up a little before daylight every morning (almost) and watching for the local coyotes.  One thing I've noticed the last few mornings, the moon has been full to about 3/4 this morning and I haven't seen any coyotes after a light night.  No rabbits either, there are usually a lot of rabbits out on the golf course early in the morning.  Not the last few.  I've always had better luck hunting early on dark nights, but never had a chance to study it.  Think I'll start a journal and see what I can learn from it.

Swamprat

Went out to where we say the bobcat yesterday morning to see if I could call him in . The area was full of deer hunters. A Pruis was parked where I was going to hunt. That's embarrassing. I never got out of my truck, for 2 reasons. One I didn't want to get out there and ruin some ones deer hunt (it's called hunter ethics, not many in California recognize or practice it) and two, I didn't want to get shot. I rode around on the backroads some and saw 11 deer, somebody should have had some luck. These were the only ones I could get a picture of. I saw one young buck that wouldn't have been legal in CA. Oh well I got to unlimber the Bronco and get out for a drive.

Swamprat

I read a good article the other day about the "Battle of the Pumps."
Mossberg 500 vrs. the Remington 870.

Personally, I like the location of the safety and action release on the
Mossburg over the 870. but I can't gripe about the service of my 870.  I am still hunting with my brothers Remington Wing Master
870 that was bought in 1955. I'ts still a work horse.
Here is the link to the article.  Hope it works.
Doug

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SIMPLE THANGS

SIMPLE THANGS

By Swamprat

Sometimes I get so caught up in the rat race.  Always trying to get something or the other done or on the go all the time.  I forget how much fun the simple things in life can be.  That includes shooting.  The other day I got out the little Ruger 10-22 I bought and did all the modifications on a while back and took it and my 17 HMR to the range. I'm usually doing some kind of load development or sighting in a big game rifle and had forgotten how much fun a 22 can be. 

I  bought an older 10/22 on Gunbroker a couple of years ago, I forget I think it was made in the 60's, before the plastic trigger groups and all the useless "safety" additions the lawyers made them add to them.  Then I bought a pdf book by Roger Seher, at roger@dominateyourmarket.com called Performance Enhancements of the Ruger 10/22.  Man that is a good resource if you want to make one shoot.  I think I did everything he suggested in that book, it took quite some time to get it all done.  Then I bought a Green Mountain barrel for it and mounted a Bushnell Banner 3-12 scope on it.  I expect the new barrel and trigger work had more to do with the accuracy of that little rifle than anything else, but that little gun will shoot.  I can shoot the 1" center of a target all day long at 50 yards.  I've never seen the beat of it.  I usually take it with me when I go to the range.  I really enjoy it when a kid or woman is trying to learn to shoot and is having trouble with their groups.  I take it out, load it up and let them shoot it.  It's a real confidence booster when they can actually hit what they shoot at.

Anyway I took it to the range and was shooting it and a guy walked up and asked how I got that kind of accuracy out of it.  He bought one for his grandson and was really disappointed in it.  I told him what all I did (that I could remember) and he said he didn't want to do that much work on one.  I understand that but you don't get something for nothing.  I hear it all the time.  They want accuracy and dependability but they want it without any effort on their part.  It's too much trouble to reload and do all that load development, it shoots ok without it.  I understand that but then they ooh and ahh over my groups and wish they could do as well.  Kinda like the work force these days.  Somewhere along the way Americans have forgotten that it actually FEELS GOOD to accomplish something with their own hands.  I guess I'm crazy but that's what I enjoy most about shooting and hunting.

I wish 22 ammo wasn't so scarce because I really had a good time with it.  It's about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on.

God Bless,

Swamprat

Foxpro Large Bag for Callers.

I broke down and bought a new bag to keep and protect my Foxpro. I had an old FX5 and bought the bag that Foxpro sold for it and it worked great. But after I bought the Fury II and the FoxJack decoy the only way I could keep them in the bag was to remove the decoy everytime. That was a pain and there still wasn't really room for them. I found the new large bag from Foxpro and decided at first it was too expensive. Sue told me as much as the Foxpro cost I should do it anyway. I found one for about $40 on ebay, it was new so I bit the bullet and bought it. It may be a little bigger than it has to be but man does it have room and more pockets than a pair of carpenter overalls.. I put the caller with the decoy, the long strap I made for it out of braided paracord, my braided paracord lanyard with calls in the main compartment. It has a zippered pocket for the remote, and plenty of pockets for the charger, computer cable and the battery compartment door that you remove for the decoy (so I won't lose it.) There is a pocket with loops for shot shells and rifle cartridges. gps pocket and a lot more that I don't know what I'll put in them. It's made to carry across your shoulders and neck and has plenty of room for about anything you would need to carry to a stand. It might get pretty heavy. I am pretty happy with it. Hey Bill, I have a bag for you for your Foxpro.

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