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  1. K

    Stalking or still hunting

    I like knowing the land. It gives that little edge on where the game may travel or bed. But I like hunting new land too. I'm planning on leaving next week for a 3 or 5 day hunting/camping trip. I know the roads in the area but not the land. Each year I take a boy that's now 16. His dad died when...
  2. K

    Stalking or still hunting

    This thread went from the discussion of stalking, and the different types of hunting methods, and why we do or don't hunt those different ways, to some really strange stuff. I've mentioned why I don't stalk much. Hard ground allot of the time, very little snow. Also why I don't like stands...
  3. K

    Stalking or still hunting

    ABSOLUTELY!!!! That's one of the biggest reasons I like to still hunt. When I get cold I get up and move. I've set in a tree stand and literally shook from cold and asked myself over and over what am I doing here, thinking I'm not even having fun. And I can't move because I might scare a deer so...
  4. K

    .32 Cal Green Mountain Replacement Barrel for my T/C Hawken

    Scott if you can locate a 32cal get it. It may be the heaviest 32 you can own but you'll love it anyway. 32's and 36's are fun!!!! Consider the 40cal. A great size for a variety of game. Small enough to pop squirrels with when loading a light powder charge and big enough to be a really good...
  5. K

    Stalking or still hunting

    No I don't think the old time hunters did much tree cimbing either unless there was a mad bear involved. They probably hunted very close to the same style I described in my last post. When there was snow or wet ground and fresh tracks they probably stalked. No frills hunting. They likely moved...
  6. K

    Stalking or still hunting

    Very little snow in Texas. Sometimes very little rain. Our ground is like concrete much of the time. It's kind of hard to stalk in some conditions. I've set up ladder stands, popup blinds, time feeders, all the modern stuff. But I'm about done with all that. I don't enjoy it. I've killed more...
  7. K

    Lyman Great Plains percussion

    Yep I'm well aware that "point" or "heal" goes in the arm pit. Everyone's body is different and the Mowry didn't fit mine. I shot the GPR yesterday. At 50 yds it was about 2" low and center with 80gr P-FFF Hogdon, and patch and ball. I added 10gr up to 90 and then did a couple vertical rear...
  8. K

    Lyman Great Plains percussion

    Yeah I did. I thought it was the gun weight. Didn't think about shipping weight. The 54cal Mowery was a beautiful gun but it hurt. I never could get it fit right to my body no matter where I put the buttplate. I had a black bruise about 3" in diameter on my shoulder. That takes the fun out of...
  9. K

    Lyman Great Plains percussion

    I stopped at a pawn shop today and bought a 50cal percussion Lyman Great Plains Rifle. My first Great Plains. I've owned Lyman Hawkins and my latest the Deerstalker. This GP is in 95% condition. I'd call it 100% but the ramrod is dirty. Heavy rifle at 11.6 pounds. I like the style but I'm not...
  10. K

    Lion season

    Beautiful. Thank you. K45
  11. K

    Flintlock and Coyotes

    buck I hope you kill em all. I've shot coyotes while deer hunting knowing it would ruin my deer hunt, and I'll do it again. I can't pass one up. Coyote calling is my passion year round. The closer I call them in the better. I use different guns according to the area and weather but when possible...
  12. K

    Texas' 4 day doe season.

    I love the Hill Country. I hunt the special four day doe season in Hunt, Wood, and Van Zandt counties. I was hunting in Wood County when I saw these does. I'll get another chance at does during the special muzzle loader season in January in Houston and Trinity Counties. I have no problem taking...
  13. K

    Texas' 4 day doe season.

    We just ended our Texas doe season which ran four days Nov. 25th thru the 28th. I could have killed two does but didn't. Thanksgiving morning a 3/4 grown doe came out of the brush 60 yards away. An easy shot with my 50cal. Lyman. I watched her for a while then poured a cup of coffee. She needs...
  14. K

    Lyman Deerstalker

    I finally shot the Deerstalker. I began with 100gr p-fffg Hogdon Pyrodex, and Walmart blue ticking greased with Bore Butter. I'm not sure what thickness the ticking is. My group wasn't consistant at all, thowing the balls 4 inches every direction from center at 50 yards. I changed to a thinner...
  15. K

    Lyman Deerstalker

    Pete the rubber kick pad on this gun isn't hard. It can easily be pressed in with the finger. It's what I'd consider one of the softer factory recoil pads on the market. It does have a cheek piece that's very comfortable. I won't shoot the gun until the middle of the day because it's deer season...
  16. K

    Lyman Deerstalker

    I traded for a Lyman Deerstalker 50cal. perc. rifle in 100% like new condition. This rifle has white adjustable sights, a soft rubber kickpad and a cheekpiece. Not as traditional as I would like, but in all fairness, it's not an inline, it has no scope, and it feels good and looks like a pretty...
  17. K

    New .62cal Virginia Meets & Greets 10 Pointer

    :) Way to go roundball. That makes it worth getting up and out on those tired sleepy dark mornings. Thanks for the pics. K45
  18. K

    Wild Boar scents and calls?

    If you're calling varmints in an area infested with pigs there's a big possibility pigs will come in and fast. I make my calls out of rubber bands and the wooden tongue depressors like doctors use to check your throat. Good raspy sound. For scent cut up the kidney and save some urine when you...
  19. K

    C&B revolver hunting?

    That's funny. But the truth is we've all heard something in the dark that we weren't sure about. Especially when hunting low to the ground. I walked into some pretty heavy stuff and sat down against a tree on a good deer trail about 5:00am one morning. Something close began moving around about...
  20. K

    .32 cal. rifle accuracy

    I shoot a CVA .32cal Squirrel rifle. At 25 yards off the bench I shoot consistent ragged 3 hole groups. But I haven't found many benches to shoot off of in the woods. Off the elbow on the front of my pickup I usually shoot around 1" groups at 25 yds. You can always find a limb or tree to brace...
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