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I did my share of hunting over the years to put food on the table some and to just have extra freezer meat and save on pocket book. Then one day back in 1990 I was deer hunting with youngest son on his place and he put me up in a great ladder stand all painted camo and really comfortable and it was his favorite stand and he had been seeing a14 point buck chasing does on his place and had been trying to bag hi since Bow season and it was now gun season. I'm setting in the stand with my model 94 Winchester and I see this huge buck moving through a thicket coming in my direction. My son is also watching the deer about 350 yards away through binoculars. he just knows it is his buck and he said dang daddy's gonna bag my big buck. There was about 4 Persimmon trees about 10 yards out from the stand and about 10 minutes passed and I was 10 yards away from a   buck with a great rack and thick neck and about 225 on the hoof eating persimmons and I sat there and watch this magnificent majestic creature eating persimmons and several times he looked right up at me and he knew I was not going to shoot him. He ate for about 15 minutes before moving back into the thicket. My son showed up about 20 minutes later and we began the walk back to his house and he said "ya know dad, it might be time for you to quit hunting till you get some new glasses cause you can't see to good with those, and I laughed and said " Are you talking about the 14 that was standing in front of me eating persimmons"? he said "Yep". I just looked at him and said "Son, It's only me now at the house, my freezer is full from folks bringing me deer meat and fish and you have known all your life I am not a trophy hunter and me and that old deer made a deal, He looked up and me and winked and I winked back and I think he knew I would not shoot him." I told my son that day I will never drop a hammer on another wild critter for food unless I am starving and have no other options. Right now I have deer meat and fish in my freezers and have not Crappie fish in years and have not deer hunted since that day. I don't judge other folks if they hunt because that has been a way of life since the beginning of time and fishing the same way. I love to bass fish but I catch and release. I don't keep them. I am a fishing sportsman and don't fish for grease.............jmho

Not the greatest picture but this is Momma robin gathering meal worms and second picture is her on nest feeding them. Now please notice the nest location. Believe it or not as she was building it I would go out and remove it and did that for 3 days and she was determined to build it there so I quite trying to discourage her. [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Misc/Robins001_zps649ff948.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Misc/Robins002_zps88078372.jpg.html][/URL]

Oh a shot from that would hurt bad.............and it will hurt even more the next morning............. :rofl:

Also a lot of what the officer did verses what actions may be taken against him might depend on his past record while being an LOE.  That officer that strangled that young man a few weeks ago was 22 year veteran and he was out of a job almost over night.....Like a few have said, depends on if there is more to the case than is being told.

I see you live in Kingston Springs. I lived down there about 10 years and my son still lives in Craggie Hope and you liable to see anything down in that area so I would not doubt it being a road runner and rep, we got armadillo's in west Tennessee and I wonder still how they swam across the Old Mississippi River to get here...... :stunned:

I am glad to see so many folks that like nature.I also live in town but does not seem like it. I am 3minutes from Kroger and 5 minutes from Walmart and about 10 minutes from down town Gallatin but I have plenty of wild life. When I moved into this little cottage 15 well just turned 16 years ago there were not many critters around. I did have this one really small old grey squirrel that was so old his face was white and he would ho around the back yard tugging and pulling on things on te ground and once he got it lose he would chew on it. One day I was up at tractor supply and saw this squirrel feeder you put a cob of corn on and nail it to a tree. I did and all I got was two blue jays that picked it clean. That was fine and glad to see them but really wanted it for that little squirrel. I found a squirrel feeder that the squirrel had to life the lid on to get at the food. I thought the little critter would never figure out how that worked.....WRONG...........lol.  I bougth some squirrel mix that hand all kinds of goodies in it and I put the feeder down low on the tree and filed it about 1/2 full. Next morning when I got up and went to the kitchen for coffee and opened the blinds I about spit coffee everywhere. The little critter had not only figured out how to open it but climbed in it and was eating like crazy. I fed him all that Fall and winter and he came every day.  I noticed that Spring I had two Hummingbird eating on some horned flowers in the back fence row so went to TSC and bought two hummingbird feeder because the lady there said that two birds would fight over 1 feeder. I hung them up with nectar in one and Sugar water in the other. The still fought over the Sugar water and would not feed on the nectar. That night I went out and emptied out the nectar and put sugar water in both and fighting ended until a few more birds showed up and it began again. Before that Summer was over I had 10 feeders up and about 50 + birds feeding on them and every year it is the same way. I will go through about 12 to 15 pounds of sugar a season when they are here. I also started out with two tube bird feeders of the seed eaters and now I am up to 8 of those and I also put  seed food on the ground for the ground feeders like Doves and Cardinals and all birds that can't sit on the small feeder perches. Oh yea, I am also up to 5 Flip top Squirrel feeders, 50 lbs of shelled corn mixed with 20 lbs of squirrel mix and 25 to 30 pounds of natural acorns I gather every Fall with my shop vac. I have a buddy that has a huge oak tree in his back yard and it is loaded with acorns every year. He calls me when there are a lot of them on his patio, driveway and pool cover which is like a big acorn trap and I go out with my shop vac and fill it up and he helps me lift it into my Jeep. I mix all of that together and I feed now about 15 to 20 squirrels. I think the little one must have finally past on cause I saw it about 3 more years and it quit coming. i see a Silver Fox ever so often but not to often like it's just passing through. Got lots of rabbits so planted food plots in back of yard near fence row where they live and they have green food all winter. They love wild turnip green tops. Guess that is about all I can say about my critters except they are good company and fun to watch. As for my baby robins, They are getting big and I have been feeding them live meal worms and Crickets. I was really surprised when I bought the first supply of food I bought red worms. meal worms and crickets. The adults ate the crickets which is fine because that may not be good for babies. Next I put out some red worms on the ground. I have no clue why but they would not eat them or take them up to the nest. Tried them till they were gone and they never ate one. Now meal worms, wow!! different story, the momma and daddy would gather them all up and beat them on the ground till they were ready for the babies and then both will fly up on the nest and feed them.

Well the officer is without a doubt in the wrong and will probably be told that by the judge in the case. I'm sure his chief will also make it clear to him that he was wrong and in violation of your friends Constitutional Rights in accordance to the reciprocity law with Georgia. I would have also requested a supervisor be brought to the scene of the speeding violation but at that point since the officer was already in the wrong he may have taken your friends request as hostile. I would wait till my day in court. Due to the officers ignorance of the gun laws the judge may throw out the speeding ticket also.  Hope everything works out for your friend.

I read that entire thing in Yahoo news a couple days ago. Very interesting and true but before it is over it is going to turn into a racial issue so I didn't post it here.................jmho

If gasoline keeps going up at the rate it is that impact on Tennessee economy including Dollywood will go bellie up..........jmho

:panic: :panic: Gosh gotta make a post to see where I am and see if I have the right town listed................ :rock: Yep, good to go....... :doh:

Don't know if it was the first but Sam up at Ashbrauners Pawn shop and range has a gun smith named Sam. He was working on a Jennings and took it down to their range to test fire it. As he walked through the range door he pulled the slide back and released it to begin the test fire and the gun began shooting and emptied the magazine and he got shot through his hand in the process. I don't think Sam has worked on another Jennings/Jimenez product since.

I don't know how many nature lovers we have here  but I really enjoy the birds. All kinds. I have had a pair of robins that have nested on my house for two years now. Last year they raise 3 babies , with my help of course. I know how hard they struggle to find enough food for them and the babies so i kind help out a little. Last year it cost me about 20.00 in buying crickets and meal worms to raise the tree. This year they have a new nest and have three babies again and I ahve made two trips to the bait shop to help in the feeding. It has gotten funny as they have developed a trust with me and I walk out in the drive way now and put out baby food and both adults are right at my feet getting the food. They pick it up and beat it against the ground till it is dead and soft and then fly up on the nest and you can see those mouths open up and they begin poking the food in. It is really enjoyable watching them. I have taken down my seed feeders and hung 3 Humming bird feeders. I know it's a little early for them but want to make sure any early travelers have a resting point here and they can feed u before continuing on their journey east. When they arrive here or the summer I will have 7 feeders out and normally I will have 25 or more birds remain here all summer. Love watching them fuss and feud over the feeders. Oh well, just wanted to see how many folks here enjoy the birds........ :up:  :up: 

i have been with my agent at State Farm for about 5 years now and I have my Jeep, Skeeter Bass Boat and my renters insurance all with her and my Jeep rates and boat rates have both come down two years in a tow. My jeep came down $17.00 and Boat came down $31.00 and renters Insurance remained the same as last year. I will be sticking with them unless they try what FB is trying to do to you. Then I will also be shopping......... :up:

Good quality Bait Caster / Level Wind reels today are some of the finest reels that have ever been made.  They can be adjusted to be a finesse angler and use them were most anglers will use a spinning reel / rod combination. I fish soft plastics about 85/90% of the time and use 12lb and 14 lb test quality lines and can cast my T-rig baits on 3/16th ounce tungsten weight and make as long a cast as any spinning rods around with out bird nesting. Now I am saying this because up until 2 years ago I was on the water 5 / 6 days a week practicing for up coming tournaments all across the southeast USA.  My rods are all custom built by professional rod builders and I used Shimmano Calais or Shimmano Chronarch Reels and one out fit cost about $500.00 bucks. I  quit fishing 3 years ago in  tournaments and last year my Skeeter Bass boat got water under it's bow 3 times. Yep, I literally burned myself out and now All I want to do is night fish on Percy Priest lake for big Smallmouth Bass because they are a challenge to get to bite and a really big one is a challenge to get in the boat.  I would go more often if I could find someone that wanted to go along because I don't like night fishing alone at night any more. oh yea, I make all my own soft plastic baits I fish with too....... :up: I was into fishing like most folks here are into guns. The Skeeter Boat slogan is EAT SLEEP FISH SKEETER and I did that for about 30 years................. :rofl:  :rofl:  

Well I don't expect to own any Cobra's either. Had one once and it did function quite well and fired every time I squeezed the trigger. Never jammed and actually went through 2 boxes of 32 rounds trouble free so gave it to my grand son for his wife because it was Pink with white grips and he was getting ready to ship out and wanted something for his new bride to have while he was gone. He bought 2 boxes of ammo and took her to the range and he was impressed as at 5 yards she put first magazine load center mass. Shot the first box with no issues and took second box home for her to have while he was gone. 

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Oh, no, I don't plan on shooting it. I plan on finding a person I don't have much use for that knows nothing about guns and selling it to them. I would like to get at least part of my buddies money back for him. I have no plans to shoot it at all. I will post a few pictures of it and ya'll are not going to believe this but just had one of my bait customers stop by and he saw the gun laying on my table and said, " I have a 380 just like that and I like it. I have put probably 200 + rounds through it and once in a while it will jam but I like it." I was nice and didn't say anything bad about his gun since he liked it an all. I did have another guy stop in today and said he would actually give $125.00 for it if he could shoot it and it worked ok. The guy is a friend but don't know about selling it to a friend. He said he would like to have it as a night stand gun. Oh well I wish my buddy had not brought me the damn thing but I will try and do something with it. Just not sure what?????? Wish they would have a Buy Back Program around here close. This is the only gun I would really like to see destroyed and get something for it in return. I will post a few pictures of it since someone ask to see some.

What a piece of art this thing is.......A diamond in the rough it ain't. For a collector of junk firearms it may be a diamond. I got 18 32 Remington bullets with it. My buddy brought it by and just dropped it off and told me to do what I can with it and I told him I could dig a hole out in back yard and hold funeral services for it and he just laughed. The only thing that might get anyone excited is it seems to have a low serial number. it's in the mid hundreds and I guess that would be a low number......... :shrug: :shrug: 

To me that was a clear cut case of premeditation and he should have been found guilty of all charges. He could have and should have dialed 911 when he heard them attempting to enter his home and if the police did not arrive in time than he would have had right to defend himself if he was threaten with fear of his life. I don't condone what the two teenagers were doing and it was only a matter of time before they would be caught or killed but that was a planned execution and not a self defense situation.........jmho

Nothing amazes me anymore. Been in the ld world long enough that I don't doubt anything anymore.......... :whistle: :whistle:

Very true O S  considering the rifles he was using. He only really have one that would have been effectively accurate and the other two would most likely have been considered a lucky hit...The Remington 700 with the scope would have been the only real gun for that long of the shots he was making. The Remington Pump Rifle they said was a 35 caliber didn't have a scope and the other rifle was a 30 caliber Carbine would have really been a reach from the tower. Taking all of that into consideration and the fact that he shot 215 out of possible 300 in the marine corps doesn't make him exactly a top shot candidate so I would say his shots after the first few were mostly luck more than skill...........jmho

I have no clue about Tennessee except everyday I drove to school I had a shotgun and a rifle hung in gun rack in back window of pick up truck so I could go hunting after school. What made me think about that article as I read it back years ago and then OS made the post that if that shooting at Fedex today might be the first mass shoot in a non gun free zone and I remembeed reading that story from 1966.

I have been wondering that same thing as I was reading these posts?................ :rock:

Gosh I thought sure OS or nicky would get this.  I guess I will point it out.     Because such tactical teams did not exist at the time of Whitman’s crime, many students had risked their own lives to fire back at the unseen sniper, or to help wounded strangers to safety.        Students were shooting back which would indicate that UT was not a Gun Free Zone at the time of the Mass Shooting!!!!!!!

If and when I go to a walmart store for anything I never bother to walk back to sporting goods even if I only 1 or 2 isles away. Never saw a sense in wasting my time with that in last 3 years...........jmho