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Offline catdaddy

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« on: April 30, 2006, 06:33:51 AM »
hellow, i think ive been shooting animals wrong, ive been shooting in the chest, someone said that if i draw an imaginary line from the left ear to the right eye and theand the right ear to the lef eye that if i shoot in the middle of the x than it will drop any animal, even opposums, is this true

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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2006, 01:04:18 PM »
I shoot very few animals,coon I shoot--I use what has been suggested to you.I do have a beaver once in a while that I shoot, again I shoot them in the head.
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« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2006, 05:37:20 PM »
youre talkin bout the x thing, will it really work on opposums

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« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2006, 05:44:49 PM »
Not many possum in my trapping areas.None in northern mn.Though I did catch 4 in mink sets this year, but they dont need a bullet when at the bottom of a slider in 3 feet of water.
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« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2006, 12:13:18 PM »
what about a hatchet, will a blow from that do fine