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Offline petemi

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Handis and Bunnies
« on: October 26, 2009, 10:13:27 AM »
I just posted to JerryKo's post on his young beagle, and that brought up a thought.  I've hunted snowshoe hare and cottontails with .22s and shotguns, and now mostly do it with my Handis.  With the shotguns, it was no real challenge, so I started carrying my 1858 revolver, and that was fun.  Then I got into Handis, and started with them.  It's a lot more fun shooting the head off a bunny with even a .45-70 than spraying a lot of lead at it with a 10/22......and that's what you tend to do.  Hunting with a centerfire Handi, placing shots not to destroy meat, has made me a better hunter and marksman......and it is a challenge......and a lot of fun.

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Re: Handis and Bunnies
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2009, 01:03:10 PM »
Pete you could probly wingem in the ear and still take the head off with the 45/70 ;D Kurt
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Re: Handis and Bunnies
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2009, 01:20:34 PM »
pete,
take that huntsman next time... :o  whata blast!!!!! ;D
then all ya gotta do is wash it off and throw it at the pot!!!! ;)
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Re: Handis and Bunnies
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2009, 02:55:49 PM »
When I get my 25-35 finished , it is going to be stoked with 86grain cast fp, @ 1100-1200 fprs for a small game load . I do like shooting bunnies ;D     on top of being very good practice  thay eat good. ::)   Doug
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Re: Handis and Bunnies
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2009, 03:05:47 PM »
I CANT AGREE MORE!  Eating bunnies...shooting handis...sharing the stories.  Its all good.  Never thought of a 45-70 for bunnies.  Everything up that way must sure be tough.  I hear ya'll set those bear traps with loaves of cheese for ya church meeses!  LOL
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Re: Handis and Bunnies
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2009, 03:26:17 PM »
Collarbuttons in the 145-150 gr range at about 1200 fps work quite well out of the 45-70 on bunnies. And nutria and foxes.
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Re: Handis and Bunnies
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2009, 08:32:20 AM »
Quote from: PHATINJUN on October 26, 2009, 01:03:10 PM
Pete you could probly wingem in the ear and still take the head off with the 45/70 ;D Kurt

Yeah, a near miss takes their head off ::) ::)
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pete,
take that huntsman next time... :o  whata blast!!!!! ;D
then all ya gotta do is wash it off and throw it at the pot!!!! ;)

Yeah the 470 gr. Maxi Hunter I shoot will gut em, skin em and half cook em ;D

Quote from: JerryKo on October 26, 2009, 03:05:47 PM
I CANT AGREE MORE!  Eating bunnies...shooting handis...sharing the stories.  Its all good.  Never thought of a 45-70 for bunnies.  Everything up that way must sure be tough.  I hear ya'll set those bear traps with loaves of cheese for ya church meeses!  LOL

Yes Jerry, everything up here is tough.......especially the weather and the women.  Luce County, Just north of me, was named after its women. ;)  Up here, on Da U.P., "God, Guts and Guns Keep Us Free.".............and every day, I exercise that freedom.  And, I thank, wholeheartedly our members and lots of other fine people fighting throughout the world to keep it that way.  We all, those serving, and those who have served, made out a check for our lives, payable to the U.S. Government.  Thousands of those checks have been cashed to keep us free.  Never forget to honor them.

I'm sorry; I digress from the thread.  I guess I'd better quit, my eyes are too blurry, remembering the buddies I lost in Nam, to read the monitor.

Pete




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Re: Handis and Bunnies
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2009, 08:48:50 AM »
Amen Pete. There's not a playing of our National Anthem that I dont get a little teary eyed watching them stars and stripes a-waving.  Thanks to all the brave! 
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Re: Handis and Bunnies
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2009, 09:50:08 AM »
Add my Amen, to all that have served.      Doug
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Re: Handis and Bunnies
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2009, 10:31:30 AM »
Amen Pete. My dad is a Vietnam vet (Navy) and lost a friend there himself. I look up to all vets but Vietnam vets hold a special place in my heart.
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