tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6430442105818076335..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Good news, everybody!Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22374947172204590972011-02-19T01:09:51.272-05:002011-02-19T01:09:51.272-05:00Wow. No actual rifle calibers allowed in Maizeland...Wow. No actual rifle calibers allowed in Maizeland? Makes me appreciate Tenn., where I can go hoofed-rat hunting with anything from Grandpappy's 4"-barreled .32-20 M&P to a Barrett .50. One guy I knew shot deer with an M14 (no, not M1A). Choice is a good thing. Just sayin'.Beaumontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22980127887817746382011-02-17T22:34:53.192-05:002011-02-17T22:34:53.192-05:00It doesn't cost me a cent to take a rat or any...It doesn't cost me a cent to take a rat or any other critter, since I bought a lifetime license before the state realized, "Hey, we're not making money on this lifetime stuff!" The only cost involved is powder-charged lead projectiles, replacing arrows that get bit and pulled out to speed up the exsanguination, or paying for processing when I won't do it myself.<br /><br />Rats in your backyard? No problem. Stick the buggers with oversized needles. Many of Indiana's counties have urban deer zones, where the DNR expects us to be protectors of automobiles. The biggest restriction is no firearms. (Sorry, Tam)<br /><br />I hit my first live deer last week. (I jumped/grazed a dead buck in a dip in the road when I was but a pup in my 67 Mustang. -Good thing I was speeding or he would have ripped a hole in the bottom of my fuel tank, like the other two poor bastards on the side of the road.) Amazing that it took 26+ years of driving for it to happen. I'm thinking the severe lack of proper rest affected my peripheral vision and reflexes. I can say that the 3/16" plate offroad bumper on the front of my Jeep spared me from anything but a slight "whuzzat?" There was a bit of damage to the bumper, however: The tuft of hair wedged in the shackle mount severely affected the pristine appearance of black on black on black. I removed the white and tan keratin to restore and all was good as new.<br /><br />P.S. Let me know if you have some land in central/northwest-central Indiana that needs its rats exterminated. Plenty of rat pluggers in my family and good hunting ground is getting harder to find.Buzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19270460192633286432011-02-17T09:07:24.544-05:002011-02-17T09:07:24.544-05:00I managed to bag Bambi's mom with a Subaru in ...I managed to bag Bambi's mom with a Subaru in far western Kansas one night. The deputy said they carry tags in the fall so if you want it, you can fill out the papers right there and take it home. Alas, it was midnight and 80 degrees, and I didn't have the right gear or clothes with me to be cleaning and packing the meat. After the body shop finished, I wished I'd at least skinned the blasted beast and gotten some gloves or a vest out of my $$$$. Rabbits with antlers, that what the beggars are!<br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31180140078337958682011-02-17T07:50:54.259-05:002011-02-17T07:50:54.259-05:00How many Indianans did the deer get?How many Indianans did the deer get?staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38984192434918246822011-02-17T06:44:17.352-05:002011-02-17T06:44:17.352-05:00John B: Giggity.John B: Giggity.ViolentIndifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074840251055457615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73947807335645356242011-02-17T05:04:47.478-05:002011-02-17T05:04:47.478-05:00I shot my first deer with a '67 pontiac. I ha...I shot my first deer with a '67 pontiac. I had my tag in the glovebox. Nowadays, I just come home with a dozen roses for my fiance, and a 10 pointer comes up and eats them. In all fairness, Bambi appreciates flowers more than Elizabeth.<br /><br />But people would talk about me if I started having it off with deer, and eating girlfriends.<br /><br />More than they already do!<br /><br />WV:ridica Vin Diesel's character, or my banter one :)John Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875185117306503147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89635185441007813842011-02-16T20:44:16.829-05:002011-02-16T20:44:16.829-05:00Unfortunately, deer don't annoy canadian geese...Unfortunately, deer don't annoy canadian geese nearly enoughIan Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51878672339175667502011-02-16T19:55:21.477-05:002011-02-16T19:55:21.477-05:00When you said "hoofed rat" I thought you...When you said "hoofed rat" I thought you meant the rodent kind...ya know, long tail, scuttles along at the base of walls, always looking for cheese and wary of cats...those rats. <br /><br />Okay, color me gullible.<br /><br />*SIGH* <br /><br />cap'n chumbucketAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18774420179106843912011-02-16T19:50:49.259-05:002011-02-16T19:50:49.259-05:00I quit deer hunting back when I moved out of the p...I quit deer hunting back when I moved out of the parents' house. The fish/game services and local laws have made it so cumbersome and expensive that it's actually cheaper for me to just go buy a half beef from my local butcher. Plus, when I pay for the beef I'm guaranteed to get the beef. When I pay for licensing, ammo, stand(s), plus my time skulking about trying to find non-public land to hunt on, it becomes incredibly expensive for a deer I might not even bag. I'd rather spend the money and time on buying and testing pistol ammo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46757935965113196432011-02-16T16:48:16.324-05:002011-02-16T16:48:16.324-05:00Hoofed rats are delicious. You should have been h...Hoofed rats are delicious. You should have been here for the BBQd steak we had Sunday. Oh, Em, Gee.<br /><br />Get thee out and harvest one at the nearest opportunity. Take a few walks and discover their traveling patterns. Then snipe one using whatever favorite boomstick is legal, preferably in a season that's less popular. That's why I use a frontstuffer. -- LyleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74009986363987001212011-02-16T16:44:16.316-05:002011-02-16T16:44:16.316-05:00BTW here in MO we bagged 260,000 or therabouts.BTW here in MO we bagged 260,000 or therabouts.DanHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34307936845843598752011-02-16T16:39:25.536-05:002011-02-16T16:39:25.536-05:00Heh you are a slacker. But them I am mostly a slac...Heh you are a slacker. But them I am mostly a slacker as well. I got my only deer 7 years ago with a Jeep Grand Cherokee. At least I think I did. It got up and ran off. My Jeep went 100 yards and died. A big deer at 60mph is hell on the radiator.<br /><br />wv Hydristl - what you do when the revenuers come around.DanHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41735069298136518972011-02-16T15:34:13.866-05:002011-02-16T15:34:13.866-05:00You can shoot a .30-'06 at a squirrel up in a ...<i>You can shoot a .30-'06 at a squirrel up in a tree but a .270 launch down from a deerstand will destroy women, children and <b>minorities</b>.</i><br /><br /><br />Didn't know them ole time hoosiers were so progressive.GuardDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622236339096746029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51437495914207832902011-02-16T14:17:41.572-05:002011-02-16T14:17:41.572-05:00Uncle Jim bagged 3 deer with his Honda. And the Ac...Uncle Jim bagged 3 deer with his Honda. And the Accord still racked up 300K+ miles.<br />The body shop that repaired his car had stencils of deer (heads, full body) if you wanted to keep score.<br />In SW Virginia deer were the second leading cause of accidents. Alcohol was, of course, first.Stretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90498295701382813222011-02-16T14:06:37.759-05:002011-02-16T14:06:37.759-05:00"What's the reason for shotgun and pistol..."What's the reason for shotgun and pistol calibers only?"<br /><br />Originally it was handicapping, to give the deer a sporting chance. It just sort of stuck despite the stupidity of the rule.<br /><br />Pistol caliber carbines are a recent allowance.<br /><br />"12-gauge slug wasn't going to carry over into the next county like a .30-06 round"<br /><br />You can shoot a .30-'06 at a squirrel up in a tree but a .270 launch down from a deerstand will destroy women, children and minorities.<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31843042102065931872011-02-16T13:43:57.562-05:002011-02-16T13:43:57.562-05:00Texas has so many whitetails they ought to be de-l...Texas has so many whitetails they ought to be de-listed as a game animal and hunted year-round. <br /><br /> Texas is also more FORESTED than anytime before settlement by human beings, but that didn't stop my city from having a initiative to plant 5000 trees this last weekend. Heck, just quit mowing for a year. You'll get 5000 trees per acre.<br /> But that's life. And government.Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45056911094124938922011-02-16T13:34:46.935-05:002011-02-16T13:34:46.935-05:00Typical Minnesnowta deer conversation:
"What...Typical Minnesnowta deer conversation:<br /><br />"What'd ya get yer deer wit'?"<br /><br />"Hit 'er wit a tree-fitty small-block."Blackwing1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23028653388020326542011-02-16T13:32:38.680-05:002011-02-16T13:32:38.680-05:00Minnesnowta is pretty much overrun with the critte...Minnesnowta is pretty much overrun with the critters. The insurance companies have done a lot of lobbying for extended seasons and higher bag limits in some areas.<br /><br />That said, we still have the dumb "centerfire rifles allowed north of this arbitrary line, but shotguns only south of it" rules.<br /><br />It's my understanding that those rules originated with the old-fashioned Foster-type shotgun slugs that had the ballistic coefficient of a brick, and they felt (Note: "felt", not "knew") that a 12-gauge slug wasn't going to carry over into the next county like a .30-06 round.<br /><br />Now that most people are shotgun hunting with rifled barrels and discarding-sabot-type slugs, the distinction is (slightly more) moot than it was before.Blackwing1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23564414650563167962011-02-16T12:53:49.245-05:002011-02-16T12:53:49.245-05:00What's the reason for shotgun and pistol calib...What's the reason for shotgun and pistol calibers only? <br /><br />I think that's a gap in my knowledge- Missouri lets you use most anything centerfire, so I'm not up on the reasoning.The Raving Prophethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08830254881182697135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59057572938507899742011-02-16T12:42:52.418-05:002011-02-16T12:42:52.418-05:00Flatlander-type law of paranoia about boollets tra...Flatlander-type law of paranoia about boollets traveling aaaaalllll the way across the entire state, killing the innocent.<br /><br />Hamstrung indeed.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23161418108233523872011-02-16T12:23:01.381-05:002011-02-16T12:23:01.381-05:00venison tenderlions on the grill....ummm.... going...venison tenderlions on the grill....ummm.... going to my happy place.<br /><br />GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70157111299239311812011-02-16T11:24:28.472-05:002011-02-16T11:24:28.472-05:00With such an overwhelming number in existence and ...With such an overwhelming number in existence and not being on any endangered list, who cares if they get poached? Wookie-up!NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34340323618143954772011-02-16T11:03:33.972-05:002011-02-16T11:03:33.972-05:00"Indiana hunters bagged over 86,000 hoofed ra...<em>"Indiana hunters bagged over 86,000 hoofed rats this season."</em><br /><br />But not the two that have been hanging out in the woodlot behind my house, unfortunately.Old Grouchhttp://oldgrouch.mee.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87824252936254559362011-02-16T10:56:17.990-05:002011-02-16T10:56:17.990-05:00Bambi, and bambi's mom, are the yummiest thing...Bambi, and bambi's mom, are the yummiest things on earth, preferable to any beef but wagyu, to my palate. Preparation, of course, is everything. Or, well, the lack therof.<br /><br />One of the good things about the resurgence of bambi is that is has also brought back things like cougars and increased the coyote population, which also helps keep down the yappy housepet population around here. Win-win, for me.oghttp://wwwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42296206324953213762011-02-16T10:53:19.797-05:002011-02-16T10:53:19.797-05:00Unfortunately, some of the hoofed rats seem to hav...Unfortunately, some of the hoofed rats seem to have taken refuge in Congress...Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057058763094040058noreply@blogger.com