I'm thinking that it's time out time for me.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by JCricket

I feel I am centered(because I know what I think is right) and that those right wing folks are way out there.

They got me on this stuff called nuvigil. It is essentially a speed to fight fatigue. And man-o-man-o-man-o-man-o-man-o-man-o-man-o-man does it work.
Good morning everyone
MArk

I've taken Provigil a few times. Generally take a half when I go on vacation, and a half when I drive back.

And every now and then, when I'm faced with a pile of paperwork and can't get my mind right, I'll take another half.

Back in my early twenties, I got strung out on both speed and Valium, although not at the same time. I'm pretty cautious about taking anything anymore. Like they say, what goes up comes back down.

Chas

[Charles]

Originally Posted by HatchetJack

I don't know anything about speed, coffee still does the trick for me.
I have hunted and fished for about 40 something years so I know a little about
that as it applies to the southeast. Fast flat shooting rifles have their place
in the world but down here a slower moving 30 caliber seems to down more
deer than the others. If a deer is hit anywhere near the front with a 30/30
it's down. I have seen deer hit with 260's, 270's 7mm's and the like at close
range that were never recovered. I think the speed coupled with possible
brush/ angles and the bullet just richochets and zips the hair off.
I'm pushing 48 and can't run them down and stick them with a knife or
spear anymore so if it's all the same I would prefer to just shoot one when
I get hungry.
If I could only pick one caliber for medium/ large game in north america
I would go with a .308 but most any caliber well placed will take a deer
or other large game animals.

I was thinking about a 7-08 for my wife, but we don't much hunt anymore. Besides, since I'm the combination guide, gun bearer, and beater, she can use my .25-06. I carry a GP-100 in my pocket.

Around 15 years ago she shot a deer on opening day with her .243, at least a 200 yd shot. She said she knocked it flat on it's ass, but she forgot to reload and keep it in her scope, per instructions of the Indian guide, and after a couple of minutes the damn thing got back on it's feet and walked off.

That's the only deer I've ever lost. I'll bet I tracked that thing for over a mile before the blood trail ran out. I imagine it was close, but back in that brush a deer can be ten yards away and you'll never see it if it's lying down and not moving.

Then I would up lugging not only my .25, but her .243, a varmint gun to boot, all of the way back to the truck. And we were in some pretty rough territory.

Guess I'm lucky I never found that deer, or I would have wound up dragging that sumbitch as well.

I'm not too hep on a .243 for deer. The .25 has always dropped them in their tracks, unless they were running to start with.

But since I became an old fat guy, I like fishing better. No stomping through the woods lugging ordinance and game, you just kick back, pop a top, and let the boat do the work.

I love putting back to the dock at 5 MPH around 11 at night, with a cold frosty in my paw. The only boat on the lake. And if the windshield fogs up, or it's so dark that you can't see your hand in front of your face, it's no big deal with GPS. Just keep your marker in the middle of the lake and relax. And it's damn slick if the fog sets in.

Chas

[JCricket]

Originally Posted by Charles

But since I became an old fat guy, I like fishing better. No stomping through the woods lugging ordinance and game, you just kick back, pop a top, and let the boat do the work.

Chas

A man who has his priorities straight!

That hunting stuff is just too damm much work. I really enjoy shooting clays though.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Charles

But since I became an old fat guy, I like fishing better. No stomping through the woods lugging ordinance and game, you just kick back, pop a top, and let the boat do the work.

I hear ya, Chas. At one time, my wife was nearly a deer hunting widow. I was in the woods most days between mid-September and the end of January (mostly with a bow or a muzzleloader). A nasty bout with Lyme Disease and the PITA of dragging dead deer out of the woods and butchering them took the wind out of my sails.

I still bowhunt, but pretty much only during the rut (first 2 weeks of November) and only right behind the house. I shoot 1-2 per year and hang up the bow until the following year.

[BlueStreak]

I hunt regularly.

Camoflaged as a typical t-shirt wearing workin' class slob, I can be found stalking fresh fruit and vegetables and the occasional lump of animal flesh at Food Lion at least twice a week. If I feel really manly and want to go after the big game---Harris Teeter.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I hunt regularly.

Camoflaged as a typical t-shirt wearing workin' class slob, I can be found stalking fresh fruit and vegetables and the occasional lump of animal flesh at Food Lion at least twice a week. If I feel really manly and want to go after the big game---Harris Teeter.

Yeah, riiight. We know you're hunting that two legged variety at the Food Lion. Best huntin' grounds if I remember correctly but then I'm pleading the fifth, my better half probably has installed a keylogger on my machine.

[Oerets]

Nice to see your back!



Barney

[BlueStreak]

Glad to be seen.

Or were you talking to Bob, who excused himself without ever leaving?

[Charles]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Glad to be seen.

Or were you talking to Bob, who excused himself without ever leaving?

Bob works construction, and the whole point of construction is to work yourself out of a job.

He simply accomplished his hiatus in record time.

Chas

[merrylander]

The only thing I do during deer season is fence in all our new Norway Spruce so the white tailed lawn rats can't detroy them. A whole bush full of shrobbery but they insist on using my trees.