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Posted: 2/8/2006 10:32:35 PM EDT
[#1]
 Is it that time of year again? |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 11:23:07 PM EDT
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I would also be interested in joining any kind of shooting party! I could bring the pizza!
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Posted: 2/9/2006 12:45:05 AM EDT
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I'm waiting on my American 180 paperwork to pass thru those little bureaucrat fingers and when that happens bunnies beware....
 I've stockpiled 15K of .22 for some 1,500 rounds a minute fun... 
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Posted: 2/9/2006 6:16:05 AM EDT
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You bastard!!!! Those are great guns!!! I know another member here is waiting on a Norrel 10/22 to clear as well. Fun times!!! |
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Posted: 2/9/2006 6:49:48 AM EDT
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I'm thinking we need to put a trip togethor in a few months, let the snow melt some, things dry out, but before the slithery rattle bobs crawl out of the rocks.
Anybody got any objections to April? |
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Posted: 2/9/2006 8:01:32 AM EDT
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No Bunnies out yet. Still have 12" snow on the ground. We are still getting down to single digits at night. Winter is still the rule out here in harney county. |
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Posted: 2/9/2006 10:56:01 AM EDT
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I haven't seen many rabbits in my neck of the woods. I'll be heading out to Boyce Correl in a few weeks and can scout.
April sounds good. I wouldn't shoot a rabbit with an AR though. I have a .22 Long Arm attachment that's pretty fun. Spend a lot of time loading mags though. |
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Posted: 2/9/2006 4:18:20 PM EDT
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My guns funner than your gun.... nah nah nah nah....
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Posted: 2/9/2006 5:51:11 PM EDT
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Mid to late April seems to be the perfect time for sage rats.
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Posted: 2/25/2006 3:03:54 PM EDT
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I'm hoping to get a group hunt for the little bastard sage rats/yotes. Looking at a calendar I'm seeing April 14th-16th or 21st-23rd. I'm hearing that's a good time to see them in Harney county.
Curious how many people could commit to such an idea. I can vouch for myself and 2 others interested. Let me know if you're up for it. |
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Posted: 2/25/2006 3:37:11 PM EDT
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I have a 17HMR Marlin with a 20x Weaver scope that I've been dying to try on some live prey! |
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Posted: 2/25/2006 3:38:25 PM EDT
[#12]
I'll be there! Let me know and I'll request the vacation time off! :) |
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Posted: 2/25/2006 3:47:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/25/2006 10:07:26 PM EDT
[#14]
I'll be over in Warner Valley this upcoming weekend, if anyone wants to meet up for a day just IM me.
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Posted: 2/26/2006 9:33:01 AM EDT
[#15]
Same weekend as speed steel 
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Posted: 2/26/2006 10:43:25 AM EDT
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oops
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Posted: 2/26/2006 10:44:05 AM EDT
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I planned on skinning and eating my first rabbit...(taken via AR15) The torso ripped in half as the rabbit flew ~10 ft spiraling through the air  I thought it would go clean thru and leave a .223 sized hole....  and that was with wolf 62 gr HP if I remember correctly 
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Posted: 2/27/2006 8:05:09 AM EDT
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First off, the rabbits I shoot over east are not fit to eat, leave one lay for a few hours and you'll see what I mean  Large 3" worm that lives up a certain cavity crawls out looking for another warm home As for going clean thru and leaving a .223 sized hole, yeah right  If it is within the fragmentation range of the 5.56 or 223 it usually ends up making a temporary wound cavity that is larger than the rabbit, hence the torso ripped in half comment. To top it off, the HP adds to that whole equation.Just remember, the worms,coyotes and hawks all need to eat too 
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Posted: 2/27/2006 8:17:40 AM EDT
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Coworkers just returned from bunny killin!
They were thick!!!!!! Got bored shooting them and started sticking them with the recurve! That tells me they are out!!! |
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Posted: 2/27/2006 10:26:37 AM EDT
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Man sounds like a lot of fun, I'll have to try making it over something this year.
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Posted: 2/27/2006 12:08:25 PM EDT
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Yup, one year when they were thick my hunting partner & I went on a rabbit hunt and got to Cottonwood Cr. in the "late evening." We decided to shoot a couple on the way in for supper. Got to where we camped and lit the lantern to skin them out -- end of rabbit idea for supper with all the ticks/sores on them. Also back in the early 70s two people from the valley (Lebanon and Albany) got bubonic plague from handling them. The man from Lebanon died since it took the Dr. too long to correctly diagnose what he had. After that they published warnings about handling eastern OR rabbits for a few years but I haven't seen one of those warnings for years now. NMSight |
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Posted: 3/6/2006 12:19:51 PM EDT
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I'm gonna bump this back up. If anyone is even considering going over there don't hesitate. I've never seen so many rabbits in my short life. 1 1/2 days of shooting and I shot well over 1200rds of 223, no plinking involved. They are thick, it's a target rich enviroment
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Posted: 3/6/2006 4:25:59 PM EDT
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Wow, I hope the weather and population holds for another 3 weeks till class is out. Then I'm there.
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Posted: 3/7/2006 12:43:37 PM EDT
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well If I want to take my ar out onto BLM land for rabbit shooting, should I use my 4moa red dot(clonepoint) or my bushnell 3-9x scope? Changing them in the field isnt very practical because loss of zero,etc.
ETA: what are some specific areas? I can lodge myself at a friends dad's place around powell butte, is the BLM around there swarming with rabbits? |
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Posted: 3/7/2006 1:00:38 PM EDT
[#25]
Not sure bout the powell butte area, I was down in the warner valley close to plush. As for your scope, I'd go for the clonepoint, be carefull with the cold weather and your batteries, make sure you have a buis if possible. The cold will kill the batteries right away. Most of the shooting I did was between 2' and 100 yards. Yes 2'....damn kamikazze bunnies 
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Posted: 3/7/2006 1:26:38 PM EDT
[#26]
Let me know when you want to go, I'm in that area(don't know it very well though). |
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Posted: 3/7/2006 1:40:12 PM EDT
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shit I'd go right now If could, but Im stuck on swing shift so I have no idea how Im ever going to arrange a trip without begging to be put on days :\
no BUIS, I'm assuming I should just carry a bunch of spare batteries and hope for the best huh? |
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Posted: 3/7/2006 1:53:05 PM EDT
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In a pocket with a hand warmer maybe! Heck, even my eotech batteries went dead after 30 mins with the wind blowing, took my spares out of the VFG and put them in to find the same thing. Also ended up getting a new crack and 2 new bubbles in my ACOG too
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Posted: 3/7/2006 7:58:18 PM EDT
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What size batteries do your scopes run? Lithium's are the way to go if available for cold/freezing weather.
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Posted: 3/7/2006 8:09:59 PM EDT
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One guy had a clonepoint, both sets dead, no use. One guy had an older Aimpoint comp XD and both sets went dead. I was running regular energizer N's in my Eotech and they died for a bit as well. Kinda hard to shoot when your reticle is blinking at ya!
But hey, at 15-20deg with 20mph winds, I didn't figure they would hold up
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Posted: 3/8/2006 1:32:25 AM EDT
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wow! I didn't know batteries were so sensitive to that much cold, well hopefully by the time I can actually get out there it will be much much warmer
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