MYGAWDS 2017

Thanks for the advance notice.

Count me in.

Just have to decide between loyal Blonde or 452FS.

Hey guys,

I'm looking at my work commitments for that week, and see I am on tap for that week. Will try to find someone to swap with me. Sooo, how many rounds are considered sufficient for a decent hunt?

I hear that. Darn little thing just makes you want to shoot whole bunches.

Sorry you will not be able to make it IBD, but that
convention is just fantastic.

Edited by BEAR

90-160 yards is the sweet spot.

You can initially walk into a throng of them danger close < 1 yard but
they won't stay around long once the firing commences.

At 90+ the noise doesn't seem to bother them as much. While shots
can and will be taken over 160 the odds go down pretty quick. It's nice
when the soil is dry. You get a little puff of dust to use to adjust your
windage and elevation. Much more difficult if you don't have that
feedback.

DD

Edited by deaddog

Goatlocker;

I've literally looked down between my feet, just after
taking a shot, & seen a gopher head in the hole I was
straddling. The "yardage" may have been as high as one
foot, maybe less! OTOH, anything out to a range you have
the ammo to try for. In my mind, past 200 yards you're
into artillery area suppression, but there have been
successes out there. Those guys always seem to
disremember the number of shots it took to get the hit
though.

I'll say prepare for 50 to 150 yards.

Also prepare for any kind of weather, I'm not kidding.
It can go from a blinding snowstorm to 80 degrees f over
the weekend.

900F

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BEAR wrote: Sorry you will not be able to make it IBD, but that convention is just fantastic.

Been to a couple of them past years....met some neat gun folks at them too.
Like Jimmy Clark, the Louisiana gunsmith (father-in-law to Jerry Miculik)
Bill Jordan the border patrol guy, the "Gunny",
H. Joquin Jackson, Texas Ranger & NRA board member,
Ted Nugent, NRA board member & had him sign his book,
the publisher of "Soldier of "Fortune' magazine & he autographed a copy of his mag that has my sons picture in it,
Craig Boddington,
Had Gen Tommy Franks autograph his book to my son who served under his command in Iraq. The Gen was main speaker in 2006 convention in Milwaukee, WI.
Wayne LaPerrie, NRA guy, autographed his book for me
many more gun notables but names escape me now, like the South Dakota Gov, MOH Marine flyer WWII, NRA guy etc., he autographed my book of his too back in 1993.
The NRA convention is a neat deal for sure.

joe foss, American sportsman show. Carrier based I
assume he was flying a F4F or F4U. With 6 - 50 cals, no
tripod needed.

cool did he ever meet Foss? I know your dad wasn't a Mt
guy then.

Fella's;

He didn't meet Joe Foss on Guadalcanal, but did meet him
later in life. In the 50's Joe was governor of South
Dakota, or as it's sometimes referred to - SoDakia. (And
then there's NoDakia, but we won't ruin this thread by
talking about "them"!) We lived in Aberdeen S. Dakota &
I know my dad met him then.

Just as a side note, in that same time frame, I know I
flew as a passenger on a C-47/DC-3, twice. Once on the
C-47 & once on a DC-3. Anybody else ever been on one?

900F



Edited by CB900F