they have been scraping hard the last 2 weeks in SE OK. I found 19 scrapes on Sunday.

I have worked on dozens of .380 wounds ( some lethal, some not) in my profession over the last 21 years. it use to be far more common until the rise of the compact series of CCW guns in 9/40/45. FMJ normally gives close to a shoot thru. I think the Gold Dot or any other quality JHP will probably do ...

I have a .444 model 94 big bore XTR and to be honest it is my favorite woods rifle. I really only shoot the standard remington load and without hesitation can say that the load has done everything I could have possibly imagined. The recoil is remarkably light, even with no pad. my 10 year old shoots...

I am a Hematology Specialist and Blood Banker with extensive history in Snake Bite Trauma. Almost every rattlesnake or copperhead bite I have dealt with has involved a Garden or Flowerbed. LOOK before you step or reach!! I did cut my teeth in venom therapy working in a Trauma Center close to a "...

Gobblerforge wrote:

muddydog wrote:a mount that is perfect, with out the smell.

Where's the fun in that?
Gobbler

I'm working on something right now that has been a on again off again project that in a few weeks I'll post a pic of.

it was nasty.

I've done the beetles.
the smell and upkeep were more than i was willing to deal with.

I do have another set up now to try them again, though.

my advice wout be dont use Pellets. use powder of your choice. we've tried them all and gone back to loose powder. YMMV a .50 will take anything in North America. i have used anything from 240 gr jacketed or JHP bullets with black sabots, to .50 round balls and patches to mega bullets like the 385 g...

there are easier ways. i've been doing quite of bit of this the past few years. 2 methods i use are: trimming the skull meat as much as possible , scrambling the brain tissue with a coat hanger and soaking in 30% H202 ( clairol peroxide from beauty supply) changing out the old stuff a few times a da...

Just outta curiousity I wonder how a .30-30 stacks up power and pentration wise against the front stuffers from the first half of the 19th century. LK I've done some testing, a .50 cal round ball with 90gr of BP zips thru a 125lb (field dressed) whitetail like butter. I have shot them from front ch...

I guess I'm on the lookout for another one, cause he's not getting mine just yet. Find him a nice old (1964 to 1971) Marlin in 444 ! Easier to come by , easier on the wallet and nine times outta ten will shoot a bit better with jacketed or cast . And this is coming from someone that HAS owned about...

I grew up 4 blocks away from the site of the J.J. McAlester Store in North Town. the Tobusky Co Courthouse is located in the park a couple of blocks away at a park named after my family. http://www.blogoklahoma.us/place.asp?id=702 Tobusky is the Choctaw word for coal. after statehood, the county was...

we hunt heavy timber in SE Oklahoma. I've killed deer with probably 25 different calibers and so far, I have not found a cartridge that kills as quick. non CNS shots seem to have the same effects as a CNS shot. Boom! lights out and a stretch out. one thing we have noticed is there is very little mea...

Ahhh Adair County what do you want to know. I am very familiar with it. Stilwell is kind of a quirky place. Visitors are not normally taken a shine too in a long term fashion (meaning don't unpack). like most towns in Eastern Oklahoma, your family reputation makes or breaks you. I have lived there a...

I took my 10 year old boy to the cabin this week. we have a shooting range on sight with targets at 40 and 100 yards. He was getting some range time with a his Varmit Barreled 77/22 and deer rifle, a Howa Youth 7mm-08. While picking up brass, he looked at me and asked if I brought my .444. When I re...

your butt, legs and back will be sore on those trips. I suggest lots of stopping and checking out the locals.

funny you should ask. I bought the wife a 2011 Traverse in December. she loves it for urban driving and for parking in the parking garage at her work. she loves it- thats all that matters. downsides-in my view 1- disturbing lack of getty up n go. you won't be able to smack the filly in the fanny to ...

interesting question. more common that you think. I own a Veterinary Laboratory and just yesterday I visited with one of the administrators of the Kansas State Rabies Laboratory. the KSRL is considered by most to be one of the best Rabies Laboratories in the world. having been involved in many Rabi...

interesting question. more common that you think. I own a Veterinary Laboratory and just yesterday I visited with one of the administrators of the Kansas State Rabies Laboratory. the KSRL is considered by most to be one of the best Rabies Laboratories in the world. having been involved in many Rabie...

as a lifelong Oklahoman, i can attest that what your nephew did was Standard Operating Procedure. the FIRST THING you are taught is that when any reports of erratic or tornadic activity (sirens or no sirens) is to go out side with all your neighbors and look at the sky. small talk will be made with ...

for an American Citizen, there is nothing more legitimate that asking for your Attorney. Nothing more to be said without counsel. It is part of what makes use a free society. that being said. Tulsa PD is purging right now due to federal indictments, i've heard rumblings here and there of dirt on ove...

BP rifles are probably my main hobby. From Side Locks to In-lines I shoot them all year round. I have 8 BP rifles, a Savage is not one of them. I'm sure it is an excellent rifle. no doubt about that. But I do remember quite a few experts, questioning the validity of the powder claims. Personally, I ...

after listening and reading about the plight of Indiana hunters over the years,i have an idea. why don't you just petition to hunt deer like 99% of the rest of the country. all rifle calibers and types available as well as a normal season length. no need for ammunition Nazi's to tell anyone else wha...

what you did there.
I seen it.

he'll make 87 of them.