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[url=http://s612.photobucket.com/user/gregintenn/media/IMG_2385_zpsddff940f.jpg.html][/URL] It was COLD this morning, but the deer were moving. This is the first time I've carried this old 303 Savage, and though it's old, it still works. A doe and a small 6 point buck. [url=http://s612.photobucket.com/user/gregintenn/media/99%20savage/IMG_2287_zps34d8ed1c.jpg.html][/URL] No scope! :D Good luck to everyone, and have a great Thanksgiving! Gregintenn butcher shop will be in operation tomorrow. These will be sausage and jerky.

I am both!  You will be happy to know that in my experience this year, the evening hunts have produced more deer down than the morning hunts.  I love evening hunts mainly because I am not in a rush to arrive before the sun comes up and I usually have a lot more energy.  But I prefer morning hunts because nothing beats watching the woods wake up!  

I want to wish everyone here on TGO a very Happy Thanksgiving and hope that your able to get together with family and friends and have a great gathering and a wonderful dinner.......................... :wave: :wave:

 This morning my father made a post on Thanksgiving about what Thanksgiving used to be like for our family. As My grandfather, his brothers and the rest of their generation started getting old enough that the cold was keeping them at camp rather than in the woods the deer became less of a priority to them. They were the ones of retirement age that had time to secure leases, plant food plots, clean trails and put up stands and when they decided they couldn't do it any more that was the end of camp. I have many great memories of our camp in Georgia partially because of the hunting but largely due to the time spent with my father, grandfather and great uncles (3 of them). My grandfather and 1 of his brothers passed away 2 days apart and another a couple years later so there's only one of that generation left. I'm thankful for hunting we did but even more thankful for the time spent with family.    Anyways here is what my Dad posted this morning,   Growing up, the extended Edwards family celebrated Thanksgiving Day at the hunting camp. It wasn't unusual for there to be 40 or more of us there. The men/boy folk would get up early, load the dogs and head to the hunting woods. The women/girl folk would be at home finishing up the tremendous amount of absolutely delicious Southern style dishes. My favorite was the dressing full of boiled eggs and onions covered in giblet gravey. Uncle Carl's was the pecan pie (for which he would pay later that night). Coming in from the woods and finding everyone there with a table outside (it was in Florida after all) full of enough food to feed a small village was always a delight. We would all remove our hats and Uncle Jack would ask God's blessings on the food. Then the eating would commence. We were all pretty good at it. The family would all visit, kid around, play a prank or two and some would lay on the hoods of their trucks in the sunshine and take a nap (did I mention we were rednecks?). Sometimes we would head back into the woods to get in a couple of hours more of hunting. The womenfolk always complained about that. We didn't kill many deer, we burned up a lot of gas and spent more time hunting dogs than the deer we claimed to be hunting. But hunting was just an excuse for our family to spend time together. Hunting was kind of like white rice, it was what went along with it that actually provided the flavor. So to Uncle Johnny (the only member of that generation left) and to my brothers, cousins and other extended family, I leave you with Uncle Carl's famous words. "I may not live to hunt again next year, so I may just shoot a doe today."   I wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving!

Wife just informed me that she snagged some pictures of me and the boy when we got back to the cabin. (yeah yeah, the wife went along, shaddup..lol). Anyway, if anyone is squeamish or letting someone that is look over your shoulder, be warned. Figured I would post that I'm doing my part passing along tradition. He got really tested today when we butchered them here on the carport when we couldn't hold the knifes anymore. Freaking cold!

I know a guy that wears one of these on his belt. At first people usually think he's LE until he shows them the "carry permit" badge. Then they all just think he's an idiot.

To me there is no better time to hunt that any time you have available. I've taken deer in the morning as well as the evening. There are pros and cons to each that we can come up with. But to me, I'll sit at noon if that's the only time I have available! I enjoy the peacefulness of the woods as well as the thrill of the hunt. My son is 3, but when he is old enough I want him to adopt a lot of the things that were instilled in me. One thing I was taught was to take advantage of every opportunity given, and even if mid day to get out there and sit in nature and soak it in.

As CA and NY go so does the rest of the country. IF we dont get out the vote STRONG!!!

Somebody forgot the first rule of carrying in a non permissive environment. Concealed means concealed. Without evidence to the contrary, I am going to assume the student was just carrying for self defense without any other ill intent. One gun and two spare mags is less than my daily load out of 2 guns and three spare mags (2 for the primary, 1 for the secondary). If he had a bag full of 10 or 20 mags, that might be a little suspicious but not 2.

The recent behavior of some local gun stores has dampened my enthusiasm for supporting local gun stores.

The truck said 14 degrees when I pulled into the lease this morning...I made it till 9 somehow. Shot a coyote at 40 yards at 7:15 and watched a tiny racked 4 pt about 20 min later. He sniffed the coyote and then walked right over it.

After reading the article, all I can say is there are a few more that need to be shot. :)

Much to be thankfull here and I am reminded of this every day. I'd like to share a story with you all that involved me this afternoon. I work in east Nashville. Not the "cool part" of town with all the hipsters either. Today one of our local homeless came into my shop. Sort of. He made it to the door and could go no further. Seeing him in our doorway, hunched over and clutching himself, I knew something was wrong. As I approached, asking repeatedly if he was ok or if he needed help, he said "I think I'm having a heart attack!" Now I'd like mention I know this man. He's a local homeless who I have removed repeatedly from our store. Honestly he is an aggressive pan handler and kind of an all around ass. Had he said about anything else, its likely I would have told him to tell his story walking. My father has lived and suffered with numerous cardial issues for over a decade. There were a few times over the past years when I was living in CA that I wondered if I would ever see him again. As I got closer to the homeless man, he collapsed quite literally in my arms. Guiding him gently to the floor, I instructed one of my employees to call 911. After making sure he was breathing I also dialed our local low cost/no cost clinic as they are across the street. One of their doctors and two nurses were at my door giving care before we were even through to a 911 operator. The nurse was familiar with the man and started talking to him by name as the doctor did whatever it is doctor do, and the man responded by answering all questions the same way "I want to die, god let me die". The nurse told him that he wasn't going to die today, god had other plans for him. Upon hearing that I piped in "that's right, if god wanted you dead today he would have left you out in the fucking alley, but he brought you here to me instead". I'd like to point out that I am not a very religious or spiritual man, I would say that I'm a non-believer except I accept my own ignorance to the matter and choose instead to just wait and see. I don't know why I said what I said, I couldn't help it, it just came out. The ambulance arrived and got him loaded up. Before they left they asked me if I could throw away the empty bottle of Popov, or whatever cheap vodka it was. Oddly enough it was a mirror twin to the empty bottle I found in the parking lot this morning. I've spent the rest of the day wondering if he really did have a heart attack, or just drunk and cold. I'm guessing the former, this guy has ZERO problem getting arrested to get fed and warm. I am thankfull this year. For far too many things to even think about listing. I would like to thank though the Red Cross tonight. My first aid training completely "took over" once I heard the words "heart attack" and saw him start to go down. I did not have to administer first aid, however I wonder if I would have handled things as well without walking through the pre and post care steps in class. Thank you Red Cross. Everyone stay safe tonight. Hug your family's a little tighter, and to quote my favorite Tesla tune "Thank you lord for thinking about me, I'm alive and doing fine"

I took my new Marlin 444 out for a little stroll today. It got its first blood. This little doe crossed the field at 133 yards, and I introduced her to the hot rod 444.

ok... so I'm a little behind the current movie releases.   :)   - a lot of unrealistic junk, but still...   ...when the stars and stripes popped out in that last scene I almost balled like a baby.  - it caught me off guard.   The turkey must've made me emotional.

We do have some serious issues.

Dunno the nuances of GA deadly force laws, but that could likely be a life changing "oops" for the shooter.   Guy wasn't inside the abode, unarmed, and old. Even without the Alzheimer's, initially sounds like situation involving a person not presenting any threat that simply going back in the home and calling the cops would have remedied.   - OS

  I have to disagree, I've heard that a long time ago, long before HCP laws and castle doctrins were passed. Many states have become more gun friendly in the last 20 years. They would have to pass laws like that on a federal level, then they will really learn the definition of non-compliance. They can do that in places like NY because they have pretty much had a gun registry for a long time and private sales are illegal, they know who has a gun and what gun they have, at least the law abiding citizens who followed their authoritarian laws. In states like Tennessee, they have no clue who has what. They may have an idea who may own a gun by HCP records, but they could never know what and how many they own. But I agree with getting out to vote, I do it every election.

Hoping for a peaceful and successful day for you both tomorrow!   Do you all need anything?  I'm available if you do.

^^^^ this. 24 hr turnaround for a dear friend (in his upper 70's ) a few weeks back. Amazing stuff. Prayers for y'all. Bert

I hope that this will fix her problem. Seems these are pretty commonplace these days so I expect  to hear a great report on how she is doing afterwards. I had a friend in OK have one put in a couple of weeks ago and his went very well. I will certainly keep you both in my prayers!

Prayers and best wishes for you. 

Wow.  Glad they finally figured out the problem.  Prayers said that the surgery tomorrow goes well.  I'm sure after a year you're both ready for her to feel better.  Keep us posted.

Truck said 14 degrees for us this morning too. Went with my FIL and a friend out to the farm, I saw 4 deer and put two of them on the ground (does). Had a group of three walk up behind me at 7:00 and dropped one, was waiting and fixing to climb out of my stand to gut her when another doe came up in front of my at 7:50. Broadside shot at 60 yards, I couldn't pass on it. My FIL put a doe on the ground too so we had three to take care of today. It was a cold day but the deer were moving!

I've heard WW has gone down hill the past several months.

He was a good kid. Besides he was just trying to do it right since he was on bond for screwing up his first armed robbery attempt.

Tonight is the first night of Chanukkah, the celebration of the Hebrew Maccabees victory over the greeks and the return of the jews to the temple in jerusalem. This is also the only time that chanukkah will coincide with Thanksgiving for another 750000 years!! Both holidays about freedom of religion - how wonderful to see them happen at the same time!

  Last year my wife was breast diagnosed with cancer and it really didn't seem very fair to me.  Here she is early forties, eats well, exercises all the time and is a very devote Christian woman.  I hosted a pity party for myself almost every day.  On the other hand my wife is a very positive uplifting spirit but I was having trouble getting my spirits up.  Then on the very first day of Chemo I quickly realized, we don't have it so bad. Our chemo treatments were 6 hours and we watched people suffer through really bad bad chemo treatments.  That was when I knew, "It really could be worse".  I've always hated when someone says, It could be worse be cause that totally lacks any empathy.  My wife went through 3 surgeries, 6 chemo treatments and 33 radiation treatments and never complained once.   I am very thankful for my wife, the strength the Lord gave us both, for all people in my life and last but not least to see my beautiful wife get better and better every day.    Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here!

Congrats Norma

And NEXT month, we'll stick a tree up an angel's butt ...

I wonder if I could get CMT to build a complete upper with my TGO upper receiver and BCG. :unsure:   That would be cool!

Why decide? Get both!  :)

Another doe down tonight!  Fairly interesting story too.  I saw 2 spikes that I passed on and only had about 15 minutes of legal light left.  Then this doe caught my eye leaping through the beans at about 250yards.  Its too far for my comfort level especially with the quickly fading light so I wasn't going to shoot unless she got closer.  Well she stopped for a bit and started chewing up some soybeans and with about 10 minutes of shooting light left, I decided I need to try and get her to come in closer.  So I grabbed my grunt call that will do fawn bleets and started bleeting at her.  She quickly snapped her head around and looked my direction, then started walking to me!!  I will be honest, that is the first time I have ever used a call and seen it work.  So that was a great learning experience.  Anyways, she got within 150-175 yards of my stand and facing straight on at me and with literally 3 minutes of legal shooting light left, it was now or never.     So I zoomed in on the Leupold scope and decided I was going to go for a neck shot because it was really my only option.   If I shoot left or shoot right, its a clean miss and she wont be wounded.  No harm no foul.  If I hit low, the bullet would exit the back of her neck and enter back into her through the backstrap and into the guts.  So I didnt want to shoot low.  If I shoot high, it will go over her head and miss her rear end and go safely into the ground.      I aimed right beneath her chin and sllloowwlllyyyy squeezed the trigger.  BOOM!! All I see is my muzzle flash for a second.  Then when my eyes adjust back...no deer running.  So I'm thinking, well I either missed her and she ran off and I just didnt see her, or I dropped her in her tracks.   I went to go find her and there she lay.  Apparently, I shot just SLIGHTLY higher than where I was aiming and the bullet went into her nose, through her brain and exited below the base of her skull/upper neck area.  It was not gory, just a simple entry and exit wound and it did the trick.  That was literally the most humane shot I have ever made on a deer!  She was a big momma too which is good.  Going to keep the backstrap and tenderloins whole and get the rest in jerky, spicy breakfast sausage and grind.  So far we have taken a total of 9 doe off our property. 

IIRC, they also have the TGO Logo on them.

They have no say in the matter but remember the old saying about opinions. I think a more normal reaction as a parent would be to hide from the media due to being ashamed and embarrassed by the actions of their child. Just my 2 cents.   Out on bail from the previous robbery and is already out robbing again, does not surprise me.

The robber should have been killed to save the tax payers money. The good Samaritan should be given a metal for his bravery and for being a hero. We need more people like him. For the robbers family, screw them.

Can someone please explain why the family of this trash even has a say in the matter?

That is what is SO wrong with this country, do bad and get a reward, do good and get punished!

Screw him and his family. If he wasn't a useless pile of ghetto ćrap, he wouldn't have got shot. If the family would have raised him to be something better than a steaming pile of ghetto ćrap, he wouldn't have got shot. "Ohh he was a good kid!" ....waawaawaa, piss on him and good enough for him.

Wish I had someone close who was sick of their Shield.  The only one I shot impressed me.  After Sandy Hook I unloaded all my excess firearm freight at pre Sandy Hook prices just because.  I kept 3 Glock 9mms, all 3rd Gen: 26, 19, 17, also kept my venerable Keltec 32.  The Sigs, revolvers, long slide Glocks, 1911s all gone, squeezing the practical essence out of my little accumulation.  As a S&W M&P Armorer I would love to see a troublesome Shield just to fiddle with it.  If you are in the Clarksville area and you have had trouble with your Shield contact me via pm. I would like to examine your pistol for the fun of it. As a note: If you are having trouble with a 3d Gen Glock you probably should forego handguns and get a human body guard who carries a Glock.

Took my youngest Sat/Sun and we went with the express purpose of stocking the freezer first this year rather than wait till December to hope to see a doe. Worked out okay. We each got a doe within 2 minutes. Does are stupid. The second one came to see what just happened after I dropped the first and my son got that one. Butchered today minus one backstrap that we ate Saturday evening. Back out Friday morning.

I agree, borrow someone's crossbow...shhhhhh! Quiet!

M44's do this, 91/30's do not! :)

(((((((JCOOP)))))) Thankies and I saw it, too, lol.... :cool: and loved what they said about me on page 26 :up:!!!   OMG!!!     Mr. Rickey, thankies (**,)       HOGNUT made that possible :clap:.... HUGE thankies mr. Fabulous, YOU ARE AWESOME  :rock:!!!

  Because they wanted the bullet to go really fast.

There's some good news in all of this. You can't beat a G19, even if it is a little bigger.

get the glass on ebay and do it yourself.. I did my grandsons a year or so ago, not a big deal. Lots of videos on youtube to help you too!

Led for the head this morning.   http://youtu.be/PD-MdiUm1_Y

Those people amaze me. "If the shtf I'm bugging out to the mountains"... Oh yeah? Newsflash. There are already people living in those mountains. The family land I grew up on and that my parents and sisters still live on has been in the family since the civil war. And if they think those rough as a cob hillbillies like myself and others won't use force to keep you off our land and away from our resources, then they are sadly mistaken. This isn't directed at anyone in particular, but please, if you plan to bug out, make sure you have an exact location in mind, preferably that you own and mantain, but at least have the owners permission and visit it often, or you might be better of bugging in. I'm hunkering down on the land here, and hope to travel to my folks place from time to time after it calms down. But even if your in a suburb, hunkering down under a roof in a neighborhood you know kay be much better than sleeping in a state park or on someone elses land you dont know with the 1k's of others who bugged out, wondering if you might get shot by a land owner or feelow survivor. Tapatalk ate my spelling.

If you want the biggest selection of Liberty safes drive over to The Safe House in Nashville, we will make the trip worth while.  We carry 8 different brands and have over 300 safes in stock.  If you have $2000 to spend I will assure you that we have a safe to fit you needs , probably for less money.   MB The Safe House