Indiana newbie........

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:37 am

Greetings all..... been around shooting for over 50 years, and still enjoy learning about the pastime. I like lever rifles, and have a few. I like rimfires, and have a few. I like centerfires, and have a few of them too.

The only thing I'm an expert in, is knowing when it's time to eat. !!

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:47 am

Aloha Jay, Welcome aboard!

steveb · Post by **steveb** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:47 pm

Always glad to see another Hoosier join the fire. Welcome

nemhed · Post by **nemhed** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:15 pm

Welcome, Fellow Hoosier! Did any of you Indiana boys use a levergun for deer hunting this fall?

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:32 pm

.... deer with a lever rifle ? Certainly ! Since the DNR allowed the use of pistol-caliber rifles, I picked up a Marlin 1894 Cowboy in 44 mag last May. I took a small buck at 60 yards, and my son used it to take a 13 pointer at 158 yards. Both deer were DRT. It's nice not having to go out of state any more to hunt deer with a rifle.

nemhed · Post by **nemhed** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:54 pm

I shot two this fall with my 1894 in .357, a button buck and an 8 pt. It was a big change from years of muzzleloading.

mac45 · Post by **mac45** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:43 pm

Picked up a Puma M-92 when they passed the law, but didn't have any luck.

WinM71 · Post by **WinM71** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:53 pm

Welcome to the fire!

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:18 pm

Welcome Aboard Devil Dog. Grab some coffee and enjoy

jschance · Post by **jschance** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:02 pm

Took a doe with a .357 Rossi on opening day, didn't get another shot all season.

jazman · Post by **jazman** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:10 pm

Welcome! Jim

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:31 pm

Welcome aboard!

Post by **Old Savage** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:29 pm

Ah, the Hawaiian dancing girls to start the new year!

Marlin .35 · Post by **Marlin .35** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:41 pm

Welcome to the forum!!!!! We are glad that you are here!!! Stick around!!! Art

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:43 pm

Welcome. Make yerself at home

Rusty <><

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:55 am

Welcome from the great white north. (I do mean white, we have over 3 feet of snow now and winter is only starting.)

PPpastordon · Post by **PPpastordon** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:58 am

Jay;
Welcome aboard. Always great to hear from another Hoosier. It looks like a "Central Indiana Levergunner Association" is needed.
Grace and Peace - and a Happy New Year.

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:01 am

Jay,

Welcome to the fire. Hope you stay awhile. Thanks too for your service.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:08 am

Thanks for all the kind words folks. I'll do what I can to make the "fit" as comfortable as possible.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:55 pm

Howdy from the Souther Tip of the Northern Lake!

I shot 2 deer in Dunes State Park with my Rossi .357 this season.

Good to have some Meat in the freezer...

SmokeEater2 · Post by **SmokeEater2** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:44 pm

Welcome to the fire Jay! Pull up a chair and sit a spell.

Scott64A · Post by **Scott64A** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:09 pm

Welcome aboard!

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:44 pm

Welcome fellow Hoosier!

We're in mid-southern Indiana and also took advantage of the rifle season:

Me - .44 Mag Levergun & two does.

13 year old Son - .44 Mag Levergun & his first deer - a 10-point buck!

dz86 · Post by **dz86** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:21 pm

Welcome Jay!

We do need to get some sort of Indiana levergun society together....

Dave

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:01 pm

I wouldn't mind having a get-together this spring/summer. There's a new DNR range on the south side of Roush lake near Huntington, that can handle 40 shooters up to 100 yards. Range fees are $4 per day, or $80 per year.

Just a thought........

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:41 pm

I'm all the way up here, so if we could at least find somthing centralish so I don't have to spend 3hrs down & 3hrs back...

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:40 pm

Well, lets try this........

This link is to a map of the Indiana shooting ranges. Anyone interested in getting together, just post the number of the closest range, and the farthest range you'd go to, and we'll see how things shake out.

http://www.communitywalk.com/map/2791

Mokwaw · Post by **Mokwaw** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:56 am

Welcome Jay...one Hoosier to another. I'm just south of Huntington near the Salamonie Reservoir.....................lots good people on here.

maddog · Post by **maddog** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:29 am

Welcome Jay, from a fellow hoosier. I live 30 mi. north of Lafayette. The summer shoot sounds like fun, but I will be in south africa, with my son, on a plains game hunt, the first 2 weeks of July.

Mad Dog

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:24 am

maddog wrote:Welcome Jay, from a fellow hoosier. I live 30 mi. north of Lafayette. The summer shoot sounds like fun, but I will be in south africa, with my son, on a plains game hunt, the first 2 weeks of July.

Mad Dog

Anyone who would miss a day shooting in Indiana just to go on some silly 'plains game hunt' in Africs is just . . .

er . . .

well . . .

GOING TO HAVE A COOL ADVENTURE...! Have fun.

THANKS for the link to the ranges map! As for me, I'm near 14, 15, 16, 33, 42, and 49.

I don't know much about any of the ranges, though, except 49, and I've not been there but heard it is a really nice facility. Used to be in downtown Bloomington (had I think a 300 yard pistol silhouette range though!) but they moved it, & haven't gone since.

My schedule is a 60+ hour work week plus trying to run a small farm and pretend I love four children by raising them, so don't schedule 'South' just on my account.

maddog · Post by **maddog** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:54 am

AJMD429, yeah what's gonna make it real cool is I'm taking my .45-70 guide gun and 300 gr. handloaded nosler part.

Mad Dog