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And they should have to follow the same laws we do. If I can’t point a loaded gun at a stranger then an officer should not be able to either, without justification. And “I’m scared” isn’t justification unless I can use the same reason.

It isn’t at all about legality and rules of engagement, but rather about civil liability. If the church appoints a security team and then that team screws up and accidentally shoots someone’s five year old, the church could be held responsible. If there just happens to be someone that carries do the same, the church would be held much less liable. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I had a doe come in at first shooting light. Hung out for a couple minutes and eased on out. At 7:00 a decent 7 pointer came in. Never stopped walking so I couldn’t get a real detailed look at his rack so let him pass. Hope he wasn’t bigger than he looked haha. Anyway, doesn’t matter but he’ll live another year if he makes it on neighboring properties. Wife had to work today so had to come out at 9 to watch my daughter. Would have been a great all day sit in this weather.

We had 4 this morning in the front yard, one big doe, one smaller and 2 were yearlings.

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Most people wouldn't notice if you were on fire. Half of those who would notice, wouldn't do anything about it. When I see people printing, or even open carrying, I like to watch the other people around them. It's rare to see anyone react at all, much less negatively. But I'm still kinda anal about being concealed.

No, the rules aren't different from a criminal perspective, but civil cases are a different pile of monkey fling. It can open up a huge liability issue if the church has tacitly (or openly) endorsed someone as "security". As for the armed citizen in TX going after the shooter, no that's not a big no-no in self defense laws. In that instance, the armed citizen would have reasonably thought that the attacker was an imminent threat to the lives of others so the armed citizen was justified in responding with lethal force. Nobody is turning a blind eye to a criminal act on his part because there was no criminal act.

I understand what everybody is saying, but I should be able to lay my firearms on display out on the front porch and nobody bother them. I guess I'm just trying to wrap my head around how I could be responsible because some lowlife thief breaks down my door and steals my guns. For what it's worth, most of my guns are stored securely in the safe, but I don't really like the idea of being held to some "secure firearm" standard.

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Ruger Old Army is a black powder revolver. Not classified as a “firearm”. I doubt anyone would have a record of a serial number for it except Ruger.

Seeing that it is a black powder arm, there probably isn't any record on it. I'd bet the old man decided he didn't like cleaning it and robbed parts from it for a Blackhawk.

Just for piece of mind I'd get it checked. It's probably fine but if it does turn out stolen you can tell the cops it was in a box of donated items and no idea where it came from.

I got a call yesterday that we will not begin work until tomorrow. Just what I wanted to hear. They were really moving this morning. This amorous fella was chasing a doe. I don't know what he weighs, but I about never got him in the truck!

Well my daughter and I bumped a deer walking in and got into the blind a little after 2. It was quiet. There was a large fox squirrel with a white face running around but he was the only thing moving until 4:30. We were sitting side by side but facing opposite directions so we could cover more ground. Right at 4:30 a deer just appears about 35 yards from the blind. I whisper deer. She slowly turns around and gets the scope on the deer. I am using my binoculars and see it is the same little spike I filmed Saturday morning. I tell her not to shoot because he is really young. We are watching him for a minute and she whispers deer and its another buck. This buck had come up from behind us and was about 20 yards out the left window. I tell her not to move, he is going to feed to right in front of you. He was focused on the small spike and paid the blind no attention. This was an older deer with a deformed rack. He had a nub on one side and a fork on the other. I told her she could cull that one if she wanted it. While waiting for a good shot she whispers deer again. She spied a tail about 60 yards away kinda in front of us and off to the left. Well the buck finally gave her a nice broadside shot and she squeezed the trigger. After the smoke cleared I could only see the spike running away. She said the other deer ran off to the right and it looked like it was running funny but disappeared. The last time I took her hunting she missed a big buck and was worried she had missed again. I reloaded and we were waiting a minute and then I see another deer. It was the one she spied earlier. It was doe and was feeding right to us. Then another deer ran up from behind us to right in front of us. it was the small spike that had just off. The doe feeds over and it is really small and we decided to let her grow up some. Well now it is getting dark and we still need to go look for the other deer but the spike and doe do not want to leave. Young deer are really stupid. We start making a little noise and they just look at us. They are only about 20 yards aways. I finally stand up and start zipping the all the windows up. We both get out of the blind and the two deer finally decide to leave. We walk over to where we though the deer was to look for blood. I forgot to bring a flashlight so we were both using our lights on our phones. We can't find anything. We are looking for little drops of blood and I come across a big spray of blood. Caitlin got real excited knowing she did not miss. We follow the trail for about 15 yards and there is a lot of blood being sprayed. I am looking down and Caitlin says there he is. You could just make out the white of his belly and tail We get over to him and he doe not have the one antler. it has broken off. She starts to look for it while I get ready to gut the deer. I then spotted the antler right next to a tree about 5' away. i guess he hit his head as he fell and broke off the antler. I think I will let the deer hang till this weekend before I process him. Then it is venison chili time.

How about we just make it illegal to steal firearms-Oh Wait---

I have carried it EVERYWHERE and have been for quite some time now. I have walked through most stores with it and no one was the wiser. It is part of my EDC, along with a lot of other items, so it is with me every time I leave my house. And anyone here is more than welcome to put some rounds through it.

I used to open carry a 1911 in a leather holster OWB. Generally, I wear a polo shirt tucked into either jeans or cargo shorts and with a bigfoot gun belt I found that the most comfortable way to carry. I still do find this the most comfortable, but after two years of it I got really sick of the attention it draws. For better or worse, it feels like everyone asks about my gun like that. After I had the cops called on me while I was shopping for produce at a local grocery store, I decided to rethink my carry method. Apparently armed robbers like to stock up on strawberries and bananas before they stick up the joint. The cop was amazing about the whole thing, but I just didn't like the attention. So I bought one of those "tuckable" IWB leather and kydex holsters and started either leaving my shirt untucked or wearing a light jacket as weather allowed. At first I was really excited about it. But more and more I found myself not carrying because this was such a pain to take in and out. Frankly, it was just uncomfortable. It dug into my side when I was driving, made me look and feel lumpy and I wasn't confident in my ability to draw from a IWB holster. Plus (and this was probably just a me thing) my gun would slide loose in the holster when I'd use the toilet, and with IBD that's a big concern. I tried an IWB Kydex holster but it had many of the same issues (thought, admittedly, had better retention). So it was time to rethink again. I switched to a smaller gun, a Bersa Thunder 380. Then, I changed up my wardrobe a bit to wear more shirts I could leave untucked to CC the smaller gun. I was honestly surprised how even a token effort to cover it up with a T-shirt and a smaller/less noticeable gun stopped the attention. Especially with a kydex holster. Call me old fashioned, but I'm not a big fan of the way Kydex looks compared to leather. Some of the cool patterns you can get on Kydex now make it a bit better, but it will never replace leather for me aesthetically. But the way a good Kydex holster carries is just amazing to me. It has a lot of the advantages of a IWB or tuckable holster - stays tight against your side, easily concealed under a shirt, light, etc - but is much more comfortable and outside your waistband, so your pants fit better. For a while, this became my carry method. I'd half-a** conceal both the 1911 and the Bersa under a t-shirt or untucked polo everywhere except work. During that time, I only noticed being noticed (read that three times fast) with a good Kydex OWB "concealed" with a t-shirt over it twice and both of those were while sitting in a restaurant where my shirt rode up a bit. But I found myself carrying less and less this way. For one, the Bersa is my wife's gun and she should be carrying it. The 1911 is heavy and even with a good holster and belt it was a pain in the neck strapping the holster for either gun on after work (where I can't carry). So I started pocket carrying the Bersa and I really liked it. This inspired me to buy two small guns that I switch out - a Raven .25 and an LCP. This has been how I've been carrying the past 6 months or so. I am amazed it is so easy to toss one in my pocket and go wherever I am going during the week. Because of that, I tend to pocket CC one of those guns just about everywhere I go. On weekends or when I'm hunting, I'll still half-conceal either the Bersa, the 1911 or the LCP (in pretty much that order of likelihood) OWB in a Kydex or leather holster but during the week I'm far more likely to toss the LCP in a pocket of my cargo pants/shorts and head about my day. It doesn't limit my wardrobe nearly as much, I'm not constantly worried about printing (find one tech-savvy 30-something that DOESN'T have weird lumps in his pocket, and I'll show you a Tech-savvy 30-something that's up to something!) and it is far more comfortable than IWB. So there's your long answer to CC or Open - I CC but only because it's more comfortable and less hassle than dealing with a confused and skittish populous with a gun on your hip.

predator calls (including electronic) are legal for coyote in TN, during daylight hunting hours (same as without call).   Here is the TN reg guide - http://www.tn.gov/twra/pdfs/huntguide.pdf   I will note, that any legal way to take deer is also legal for yote (during deer season). Yote may always be taken by same method as game in season (large or small).   The rules for private land vs public are not the same. Read them carefully.  And yes.  It is confusing.

My suggestions are early morn and evening, but with mating season fast approaching and time of the day is possible. When I first started I tried the sound app on the phone, but quickly realized I was set up to fail (within first 30 min) If possible go buy a distress call. Expect to spend less than $20. Bass pro has a call I really like and have had tons of success with. It's called the Lil SkiYote. It's a small blue open reed that works great. And for making the sounds, simply make it sound like you are murdering a small animal. There are very few ways to hunt at night (legally in Tn that is). Using artificial light is not legal. And in all reality, it would be tough as hell to even see one at night. Daylight is the only way to go for sure. Contrary to popular belief, those little wild dogs are incredibly smart and cunning. So smart in fact that you can educate them rather quickly by blowing the same call, or not changing your calling strategy, pattern, or sound. And like I've offered others, if interested and ever want to give it a shout, I don't mind calling for a person or showing them anything I know.

"I have grenades strapped to me... you would be angry too"

I carry IWB with crossbread holsters exclusively. Took me a lot of attempts to find the right combo. In the beginning, it all feels like this.