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Mostly bc of time. But also it's really not that fun lol. Why shoot targets when I can be fishing in the summer! Glad you enjoy it, sounds like you're pretty good.

Congratulations!

I personally have no issues going back to forced sterilization. Yeah I know, I go against my support of the Bill of rights lol. Some folks are clearly to stupid to be allowed to reproduce though lol.

I'm in east central MS and seeing above average spotted fawns right now I'd say in the stand and on cam. I'm not shooting a doe with a fawn, not that I don't think it will survive, but because I've got all season to take does with a bow, no need for making a fawn's life harder than it already is.

I'd go with the 7mm 08. Great round, can't get morepopular than the 30 Cal for reloading I would imagine (though I don't reload). Nice ballistic coefficient compared to the 243 I think it's more bang for the buck. I have a 243 though and it's a proven killer as well. Just a matter of preference I suppose.

Good comments, it is an eye opener reading about how far some kids have gone to make others feel like crap. I guess I'm with you Cody, I just don't see that going on around here, but no doubt it does I'm sure. My girls are 14 and they are still not allowed on fb, and I don't think I want them there any time soon lol. Just my limited experience which is solely watching news reporting over the last few years it always is reported the same, one party bullies another online, the bullied commits suicide, the posters ate held liable for the death. The behavior is despicable to say the least, people that post such things deserve a foot up you know where, but it always seemed from my perspective the bullied had the opportunity to just not log in to read the comments. But I suppose in this age with fb, twitter, and God knows what else there's no way to ignore what every kid passing you in the hallway is reading and snickering about. Gives me a better perspective.

I might as well add to the post count.

Man I was thinking the exact same thing and was going to come back and add that. That is no doubt assault and is terrible, but not the behavior I had in mind when I started the thread. I have no idea what the girls in the latest case have "allegedly" done, but my original thoughts were that we are going to far if we are in fact jailing folks (immature kids) for posting mean things on FB. I guess that was really my original point. Physical abuse and humiliation are a different matter. Just seems like kids are pushing each other to a breaking point these days bc they are allowing themselves to be done that way. I don't do FB so I suppose I'm ignorant as to how people are caught up in their cyber image. Take four guys and bully one kid until he breaks, he comes back with a gun to school and kills them, we call him the agressor and the four the victims. Let him jump off a bridge instead and he is now the victim and we want to hang the other four. Any way you slice it it's very sad. Just my thoughts for the day, shallow as they may be.

Yeah, good point Joe. I suppose maybe I'm out of touch with today's "bullying". And fwiw the OP wasn't to make light of bullying or suicide, I know better than most what suicide does to a family. Just starting some conversation. I see where a 12 year old girl is arrested and facing jail time for being stupid and saying mean things and I suppose I dont get it.

No I'm not naive to say that I would not have a different opinion if my daughter's had bullying problems, far from it. We are all shaped by our life experiences. It's just that this seems to be such a major theme in our life these days. The fact is young immature kids can be and have always been mean. The difference is that these days parents let their kids live their lives through social media. Used to someone could be called a "dork" and it was no big deal, though I never did, I would have more likely been called a dork lol. But these days they're called something bad on FB and it quickly becomes public to the entire school and plays out in a magnified way that will kill a kid's reputation. We should be teaching our kids to deal with these things appropriately and letting criticism roll off their backs, rather than blaming others.

Joe I started playing with one called paint.net the other day for editing images. Free and powerful and fairly easy to learn. Just a thought if you get too frustrated.

Personally I'm sick and tired of hearing about it, and fed up with folks being charged with crimes and facing jail time for doing it. I mean now I see that the parents of one of the girls charged in that bullying case that's going around the media circuit maybe be charged for allowing the kid to post a bullying comment on FB! What the crap happened to free speech? Even if it is in poor taste I feel the right to be distasteful should be protected. I'll probably be bashed for this post, lol but the forums can use the occasional long argument thread these days :saber: I don't feel that a kid that makes a comment that is cruel to another person that is perhaps already suffering from depression should be held responsible for that person's suicide. Now what say you? :boo:

Will do Cody, hope he's up and about very soon.

Yeah they do that sometimes. Great way to advertise, I mean do you realize how much web traffic goes through our blogs? :clown:

Nice width on the last one Ruth! Good luck!

I love squirrel hunting esp with the kids, I just hate squirrel cleaning

That's great bug, wish your family the best!

That's great! Also with reduced loads you can lessen the recoil even more if you need to in the future. Welcome to the forums!

Just go more primitive Dan. Get a spear, or make a bow, you're an engineer right? Don't let little things like that stop you. :clown:

Easiest is on a forum of course, esp your state forums where you can just drive and meet someone and get cash. See what your local shop will offer on trade, lots of pro shops do that. I have also sold a bow on ebay, no biggie, and I got more for that old high country than I ever thought I would.

Man that looks great, never had moose, I bet it's fine!

Too much trouble to clean up!

That's great Pat! I wish your family nothing but the best!

Thank you all. I hadn't really thought of a mini stroke Steve, that actually sounds better than the other possibilities lol. I did have a long talk with my mother today and yes she was shocked by the trailer backing episode but said it was the first time she had noticed a cognitive problem like that. She's going to be watching him closely. I know you've all heard it before, but yes I'll say it again, go out with your Dad (and mom) while you can, life is short, and I'm fortunate both my parents are still living but you realize too soon they can't keep going like they used too, just like last year when I wanted to take pop to the forum elk hunt and he told me he couldn't physically do it. Life is short, live it while you can.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, it means a lot to me I promise. Maybe it will come about very slowly, it's just that today things were very very very awkward, maybe it's something temporary, but it sure scares the **** out of me. Thank you all for the kind words