Posted on 09/04/2014 8:42:26 AM PDT by marktwain
Very nice. Keep up the good work.
Food always seems to taste better when you’ve provided it for yourself. It gives one a sense of pride in being able to provide for the family too.
Happy hunting guys!
Off topic, but what is your opinion of the poly-choke?
I guess you probably wouldn’t use it if you felt it was totally worthless, but does it really perform as advertised?
I started hunting when I was 12. But I haven’t hunted in years.
While I am pro-2nd, I confess ignorance. What is a poly choke? ... and what is it advertised to do?
It used to be that you could afford to hunt or fish a couple times a year, but now, with all the BS government rules, you have to hunt a LOT or it just is not worth it. I’ve also noticed that the percentage of hunters who are nut jobs has increased. It used to be that the hunters were a cross section of normal land owners and their friends, now they are mostly obsessed weirdos who spend more money on camo outfits than on their trailer park rent. If your camo pants match your camo jacket, you know who you are.
When the system collapses, all these bureaucratic rules won’t stop market hunters from wiping out all large game East of the Mississippi in one week.
It’s an adjustable shotgun choke. Supposed to take the place of multiple chokes depending on the shot pattern you desire.
Nice post. Takes me back 70 years, walking the woods with my Dad.
When the system collapses, all these bureaucratic rules wont stop market hunters from wiping out all large game East of the Mississippi in one week.
Much depends on what sort of “collapse” happens. If most of the power system of the U.S. is rendered useless by a intense solar eruption, such as happened about a 150 years ago, then transportation will be greatly diminished and a lot of people will die of starvation, disease, and conflict.
If it is a simple economic collapse, then most people will live and have access to transport and food.
In the first case, a great deal of the game east of the Mississippi will be harvested, but we never wiped out deer with decades of market hunting in the early 1900’s.
I have always liked them. I have not tested mine extensively, but they seem to work. They have simply gone “out of style” in favor of interchangeable choke tubes. The tubes are easily lost, and take more time to change.
On many classic shotguns, such as the Double-Auto, the 870, the Auto-5, and others, the poly-choke was an aftermarket add on, and guns with them are considered altered and “non-collectable”. Thus guns with poly-chokes are often less expensive than guns without!
I think I paid $200 for the Browning Double-Auto, and $100 for the 870. They are classic hunting guns, both fit me very well. Yes, that is bragging.
They may not be the most pretty, as the 870 has hardly any finish left on it. But they work extremely well.
Thanks for the info.
Well, I suppose with a healthy dose of equivocation, you can say anything you like about my statement.
That is true. If you want more specifics, tell me what you mean when you say “when the system collapses”, and I will comment on it.
People have speculated on many different types of “collapse”.
I am curious as to what you mean when you say it.
I have often said that no one is really starving in America. You can tell by the numbers of pigeons in the cities.
When the SHTF, the human population will diminish more rapidly than the wildlife population. I believe wildlife would flourish.
More than 80% of the population live in urban and suburban areas. The cities will resort to cannibalism before all the pigeons are gone, and long before the inhabitants learn to hunt, snare, fish, or raise their own food.
Currently, Michigan does not allow the hunting of the Mourning dove because the bird is not a game species listed in Public Act 21. In 2006, Act 160 of 2004 allowed mourning doves to be listed as game species, but was rejected in the 2006 election and therefore, Mourning doves are not hunted in Michigan.
There are pheasants here in S.E. Michigan, I've seen them crossing roads in the less populated areas such as Macomb Twp and Lenox but good luck finding the land owners of the fields, let alone getting them to allow you to hunt them.......
The last time I hunted pheasant was maybe 2001 and had to fork up the expenses to travel to N.W. Kansas..........I can't afford that anymore......
I could walk out the door and start hunting. I spent more time in a canoe growing up, than on a bike. Most of the family farm was purchased by the Federal government as a part of the wild river project.
Good luck on finding a place to hunt. If you are interested in deer hunting, I might be able to wrangle a spot at the family hunting shack near Hayward, Wisconsin.
Rather primitive, and out-of-state deer licenses run about $125 , last that I looked. No guarantees..
Thanks for the education!
“When the SHTF, the human population will diminish more rapidly than the wildlife population. I believe wildlife would flourish.”
What sort of scenario do you envision for when the SHTF?
Just curious, there are many possibilities.
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