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Rookie Hunter. HELP!
Last Post 01 Jan 2013 10:35 PM by dgiampietro. 28 Replies.
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24 Dec 2012 10:32 PM
Posted By bigrig on 24 Dec 2012 05:41 PM
It took me awhile to live this one down.  I was the supply ssection driver for awhile.  When we went to the field.  I hauled the mess section around.  I was firing up the imersion heaters, and let a little too much gas drip into the heater before I lit it.  I saw it coming when the fire was swirling around the bottom of the heater.  I didn't move fast enough when thee thing went woooof.  The whole firing battery heard it.  Luckily,  all it did was burn my eye brows and lashes off.  I had my helmet liner on.  For the newer troops.  Our helmets were two piece.  A fiberglass liner with the steel pot. I was still aournd when we were issued the kevlar helmets. We once put an opposum in the back of a 2 1/2 ton with a new troop who was a mechanic.  We woke him when the -possum was nose to nose with him.  He screamed like a little girl and being unable to get his bag open. Ripped it to shreds getting out of it.  Well,  I guess you can figure out who ended up buying him a new bag. The mess section and me.

 WE DID SOME OF THE SAME STUFF TO THE NEW TROOPS THAT CAME IN TO THE UNIT.. BUT THE FUNNY THING WAS , I WAS THE HIGHEST RANKING OFFICER THER SO IT WAS MY DEAL TO SCREW WITH THEM BUT SOME TIME'S , I LET THE OTHERS DO THE DEAL BUT TOLD THEM WHAT TO DO AND NOTHING ELSE.. SO THAT WAY THE NEW GUY'S COULDN'T GO TO THE MAJOR OR COL...   
 I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHAT YOU DID TO THE MACHANIC WAS REAL FUNNY BUT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN IN ALOT MORE TROUBLE THEN JUST BUYING HIM A NEW BAG.. HELL , I WOULD HAVE DONE IT BUT ALL WE HAD WAS SNAKES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.. AND NO NONE OF GTHE SNAKES WERE DEADLY ALL WERE JUST WATER OR GREEN SNAKES.. BUT THEY WORKED ..
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24 Dec 2012 10:36 PM
Posted By mowgle on 24 Dec 2012 07:37 AM
Reminds me when I was on KP in the army. Sarge sent me out with a big pot to get 20 gals of steam. I came back 12 hrs later and told him I filled it many times but it all escaped. But being drunk I don't think he believed me. KP for a week but no more steam runs.


I GAVE OUT A LOT OF KP JOB'S TO NUM-NUT'S THAT JUST WANTED TO GET DRUNK ON THE WEEKEND AND COME BACK AND START STUFF WITH THE NEW GUY'S .. BUT WHEN THE NEW GUY'S THOUGHT THEY COULD GET BACK AT MY GUY'S , I FIX THEM UP WITH MANY DAY'S OF KP AND CLEANING OF THE JON'S.. SO IT ALL WORK OUT OK FOR ALL OF MY UNIT..
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26 Dec 2012 08:11 PM
Like Steve said, tell us a bit about yourself so we can help more. Obviously a 12 year old won't be able to start hunting the same thhings as a 22 year old person. The type of game and your location are closely matched too. Don't want you to go hunting elk in a place that does not have elk. Help us help you and fill in a few more blanks.
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29 Dec 2012 05:14 AM
I'm 20 years old, and I'm from Northern Illinois, so there is no Rifle Season for deer. So I'm assuming to go with a 12 gauge, with a rifled barrel. I also plan on hunting some Duck and Geese with some buddies back home. So would I want a different set up for that? Or just a different barrel? Or will the original set up work?
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29 Dec 2012 05:31 AM
That helps a lot. Yes, a 12 gauge. As I said before. I have a Mossberg 12 ga combination. Combination, meaning it's got a cantilevered rifled barrel that's or slugs an another barrel with 3 different choke tube. It'll take 2 3/4" or 3" shells. Remington sells a similar setup and not sure but I think Weatherby may. I'm very pleased with my setup. Have a 2x7 Leupold sitting on top.
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29 Dec 2012 07:45 AM
As Steve said. A rifled barrel would improve accuracy for shooting slugs. The different choke tubes affects the pattern of shot from a wide pattern for in close hunting as for quail and smaller pattern for duck or geese.

If you get addicted to deer hunting as I have you might want to consider getting into archery. Our rifle season for deer is only 10 days, but with a bow or crossbow I can hunt deer from end of Sept. through Dec. Then we have an anterless left over season for 10 days in Jan. where I can use either rifle or bow.
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29 Dec 2012 07:50 AM
Plus a lot of places have separate muzzleloader seasons. Now this makes zero sense to me, but even places that are shotgun only allow muzzleloaders...

And shotgun only makes no sense to me either. My 12 ga with the rifled barrel and the right slugs could fairly easily reach out to 200 yards. Took me some time to shoot quite a few different brands of slugs until I found the one that my gun liked, but now it's freekin' right on.
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01 Jan 2013 03:55 PM

I have to agree. A good 12 gauge with interchangable chokes as a minimum. The remington 870 is a great gun. Some will refer to it as an "Entry level" shot gun but I'm here to tell you that after over 25 years, mine still kills them just as dead. I hunted up that way oin Indiana this last fall and used a Muzzle Loader but would have no ills aboutusing my 870 with a rifled choke. If you have a bit extra to spend, you can opt for a slug barrel to go on it for around $150 or less usually if you shop around. The interchgangable chokes will let you hunt anything from squirrels and rabbits to deer and ducks with no trouble. Just match the choke and shot shell to your game.

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01 Jan 2013 10:35 PM
Yongju gol 79-80; Camp Garry Owens!

Things are happening fast here "stateside"

 http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...anning-Law

I would tell a returning vet to consider the entire continental US their literal hunting-grounds. That means not to limit yourself
to one state; plan to go where ever you want to find your challenge, some states have late seasons for deer and geese. A lot of states offer upland game shooting on private lands well after the seasons close on public lands.

Duck season (on private land) extends well into March here in Oregon; same goes for spring goose shooting in the prairie pothole regions.

There are some big corn-fed bucks in Illinois but that isn't the only place to hunt them by any stretch of the imagination. If you
have your next assignment, hunting on that post will offer you the most access to the most acres of land. FT Benning was my favorite place to hunt, all we had to do was call in with our phones to move from one hunt-unit to another. Frikn whitetail deer all over the place; especially in the old pecan groves on the Alabama side. The limit back in the late 90s was a deer a day.

The regulations are a more difficult to decipher than ever! Going online and getting the information is easier than ever!

Don't hesitate to come up on the net and ask to borrow equipment before you shell-out a lot of money for something that will
sit in your closet for decades between uses.

X2 on the hunter safety course, a lot of states allow a hunter to take a major portion on-line and finish the course in one afternoon.  

Lastly, coming home and getting acquainted with your particular state while you plan and scout for your 2013 hunt is probably the
best course of action; almost every state have reciprocity agreements, meaning if you forget to report a harvest in Oregon, North Carolina Fish and Game will know about it. New ATV and OHV laws are springing up all over the country.

Stop in the Romance-Club (down the road from Snapper Bridge) and drink an OB beer for me and hurry home GI.
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"
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