Do you need a magnum rifle?

[tombogan03884]

I live in the center of town and some of the best hunting around here is with in walking distance. If I carried a long gun to work I could have bagged moose, deer, bear, and turkey, gees and ducks are so plentiful I could get them with a well thrown rock. Then of course the "Varmints" Fox, woodchuck, and more squirrels than I could carry ammo for.
All within a mile and a half. No one up here uses any of that stuff Bill mentioned, (except the butcher ) Mostly they just throw the 30/30 in the vehicle and keep their eyes open on the way to and from work.

Oh, for you unfortunates, the Magnum condoms are LONGER than regular ones.

[Timothy]

I'm all in favor of good hunts (not the canned crap Timothy was talking about ), but fair chase for wild game. Most hunters do stay in a motel if not a hotel or in a campground (unless you are lucky enough to live within a short srive of a good hunting area).
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I have access to private land of 50 acres here in CT, about 1000 in upper Michigan and another 300 in central Missouri.  Sure, I'd drive for a day or more but the out of state fees aren't too bad for either and I'm pretty much assured of at least a few pigs in my sights.  Both MI and MO have shoot on sight laws for hogs.

My Missouri buddy has been bugging me to come out for a few years now and my oldest (54 years, this June), bestest friend from Michigan is one of the few people I'd trust with my life.  I'll get there, just need the time.  Hell, I could even go goose hunting in MN with my sister if'n I felt like it.

[tombogan03884]

I have access to private land of 50 acres here in CT, about 1000 in upper Michigan and another 300 in central Missouri.  Sure, I'd drive for a day or more but the out of state fees aren't too bad for either and I'm pretty much assured of at least a few pigs in my sights.  Both MI and MO have shoot on sight laws for hogs.

My Missouri buddy has been bugging me to come out for a few years now and my oldest (54 years, this June), bestest friend from Michigan is one of the few people I'd trust with my life.  I'll get there, just need the time. Hell, I could even go goose hunting in MN with my sister if'n I felt like it.

If that's the "crazy Liberal" I'd think twice about that one.     

[Timothy]

If that's the "crazy Liberal" I'd think twice about that one.     

No, she's just crazy like me!  Hell, she even voted for "The Body!"...can't stand Senator "Smalley"...Al Frankensense and Mur!

[Timothy]

Back to the question!

Does anyone other than me find it ironic that the guy that asked if we need magnum rifles was......




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Does anyone other than me find it ironic that the guy that asked if we need magnum rifles was......




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Well you have me there, Timothy!! I am guilty as charged.....ROFLMAO.....   

Holy Toledo! I never thought this thread would generate this much comment. I certainly learned a bunch from the discussion and I think I need to clarify a few things....

Quaker,
I wasn't asking about tactical applications, just hunting. But your comments about tactical apps was kind of what I was thinking too.

In the podcast, Gresham mentions he owns several magnum rifles; I don't think he was judging anyone for owning one. I think he posted this because he may have been getting questions about buying a magnum rifle from neophytes like me; just my guess....But the point he raised about being able to shoot one well seemed to resonate with me. There's a podcast out there from ProArms (http://proarmspodcast.com/) about a LEO from Indiana that carries 629 for his duty gun -  He claims anyone can get used to one if they practice long enough; I guess the same applies to a magnum rifle too.

As far as the magnum condoms go, does anyone know what the numbers mean on the condoms. If you don't know it's because you haven't needed to "fully deploy" your prophylactic..... 

[billt]

Yeah, I was 20 once. We drove out to Colorado from Illinois. I bounced all the way there in the back of a old Mustang that had the leg room of a dog crate built for a poodle. We "ate" at places like Stuckey's and Waffle House. When we got there we slept in a cheap $hit Coleman sleeping bag and froze our asses off. "Breakfast" was a cold potato left on a rock the night before next to the campfire. The next mornings slime on your teeth was washed away by a can of pop in a cooler that didn't need any ice.

Now I'm 58. My back and knees hurt. If there is a hotel within 50 miles, I'll be in it! I want a nice hot breakfast brought to me by a bleached blonde waitress in a short skirt with too much eye makeup, young enough to be my daughter, or grand daughter. I want some guy who's lived there for his whole life with 5 teeth in his entire mouth to show me where the game is. I don't give a rat's ass what he charges me to find it. After I shoot it, I want to pay someone else to haul it out, butcher it, and mount it, and send it to me in a nice, well packed box.

After I get older I will pay for someone to push my old fat ass out in a wheelchair, let the "game" out of the pen, and I'll blast it with my $8,000.00 Super Magnum. Then do the other things. You may call that "spoiled". In reality it is just getting old and having more money than ability. Trust me, we'll all be there some day.   Bill T.

[Timothy]

Bill....your four years older than me.  I have a artificial hip, broken back, metal face, more scars than a scarecrow, limp like crazy, hurt like hell and I've got plenty of money!  I just don't know where my wife put it!

 

We just have a different perspective of the sport.  I'm a no frills kind of guy regardless of what I'm doing.  I'm content to do more with less.  I'd actually get more enjoyment using a bow because it ain't about how far away you can hit something, it's about how CLOSE you can get before your detected.

[billt]

It's about how CLOSE you can get before your detected.

For me it's not close enough!  Bill T.

[kmitch200]

'Nuther consideration about magnumitis...you gotta have ammo.

Wife called from work about a month ago asking if I knew where one of her coworkers could get 300 Ultramag ammo in Flagstaff.
He hadn't planned very well and had 3 rounds to hunt elk with....the next day. (dumb!) Theoretically, that should be plenty, but he wanted a box to be sure he had enough.

Just about everyplace that sells ammo will have 30-30, 308 and '06. They may not have the means though to stock every new round that hits the marketplace.