Any hunters, shooters, or trappers here? [Archive]

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 2:52 AM

Just wondering if theres any hunters, shooters, or trappers here. I've been hunting since I was around 10 or 12. I shoot trap and have won twice at the Iowa State Trapshoot, I also shoot NRA Highpower and reload my own ammo. Trapped for a couple years in high school but don't have the time anymore. Any body else?

beabroca

03-17-2009, 3:06 AM

i wanted to trap, but the huge place that was near me went out of business....since that went the town it was in went to...that place brought in millions a year! really dont know of anywhere else i could go to do it!

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 3:23 AM

I went to a river and our farm to trap coons mostly.

beabroca

03-17-2009, 3:30 AM

theres only one place around here with land for that...and no ones allowed there anymore..

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 3:48 AM

Yea I could pretty much hunt or trap anywhere I wanted to in IA around our area. Can't wait to move back later this week. I'll be back on the farm away from all the city folk.

beabroca

03-17-2009, 3:50 AM

what town? i have family up there

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 3:56 AM

I'm moving back to Corwith, IA out on the farm, it's a town of about 300-350 in north central IA. It's about 45 miles west Mason City, and about 25 miles south east of Algona.

beabroca

03-17-2009, 3:58 AM

i dont know how far that is from the fam...they are in prairie city and des Moinse

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 4:00 AM

They would be about 2-2.5 hours south then. I'm gonna be about 45 minutes from the Minn. border.

beabroca

03-17-2009, 4:01 AM

well thats cool....i dont dislike iowa but everytime i go out there. its farming farming farming farming farming..did i say it enough? um no farming farming farming farming...and more farming...i just get so bored not knowing what to do...i live in the middle of a city! so its a big change to go out there for a month!

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 4:11 AM

Yea I moved out here to Thornton, CO it's northeast of Denver, to look for law enforcement jobs but haven't had any luck. I'm tired of the city life, but I like goin to the mountains whenever I want, and I miss the farm life so I'm moving back to the farm.

beabroca

03-17-2009, 4:18 AM

i used to live in the small town...1 store/gas station town 2 stop sign no stop light town. but i wanted action...well i got it....i moved into a apartment...where people got beat up outside....now i live in upper part of town...taxes are much higher and camaras everywhere...but more peaceful and better for the kids....the only thing i miss is the stray animals...i liked to feed them and sit quietly on the back porch and watch the raccoons and opossums come on the back porch and eat the leftovers we left out for the cats....ahhhhh the young life...now im lucky if i see a stray ant...

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 4:23 AM

We got our own herd of farm cats goin lol, hardly ever see a mouse on the farm though. I even miss the smell of cattle and milking them lol.

beabroca

03-17-2009, 4:27 AM

i bet, things like that can really take ya back right? we used to have about 125336587952145635 cats running around....every size and color...and when you thought there were enough...one got pregnant or two more three at once...then there were 20 more!

we are really thinking about getting a kitten...since i talk about them all the time...you never seen someone love the strays so much....

i like the city though....but im not sure it will last long...been here a couple years now and the hustle is getting old....i mean there are no stop signs....everything is lights....and i ALWAYS get red lights...takes 20 minutes to go 3 blocks! miss being able to get to another town to shop in 5...im a speeder on those back roads....oops should i of said that...? :) hope u dot get a job in my town!

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 4:34 AM

No worries, I speed all the time.

beabroca

03-17-2009, 4:38 AM

lol...its alright..ive only been caught twice and got off..twice! i never speed with my kids in the car and always have a good reason...i guess....if there is a good reason for speeding...the 1st time i got caught...i was driving my self to the birthing center...in labor like a dumb *** and she only let me go becuase i was right in front of the drive to go in! ...she might of not let me finish my drive if i were any farther...ure not suppost to drive 30 miles in labor i guess....who knew!

Vicious_Fish

03-17-2009, 8:54 AM

I hunt a little but haven't had time to go out in the last 2 years. But I do a LOT of target shooting at the range.

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 10:39 AM

We got our own range at the farm, we can even go out to 600 yards or more.

Vicious_Fish

03-17-2009, 11:00 AM

Well before my parents sold their farm a few months ago I had a private range. Now I have to use the one at the State Game Lands and it only goes to 100 yards. :(

GuZZiZZiT

03-17-2009, 11:02 AM

I shoot pistols extensively. I reload my on pistol ammo and i dabble in shotgun sports like trap and sporting clays.

Vicious_Fish

03-17-2009, 11:06 AM

I shoot pistols extensively. I reload my on pistol ammo and i dabble in shotgun sports like trap and sporting clays.

I save all my good brass. I use to shoot sporting clays all the time to the point where I was reloading over a 1,000 shells a year.

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 12:10 PM

I save and reload about 4-5 handgun calibers, rifle we reload about 4-5 calibers. Back when I was shooting alot of trap I would go through atleast 2-3 thousand a year all reloads.

GuZZiZZiT

03-17-2009, 12:39 PM

In Pistol calibers reload .40 s&w, 9mm, .38 spl, .45 acp, .45 colt and 10mm. only rifle calibers i lo are .223, 7X.30 waters and 6.5X284

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 12:55 PM

Reloads for handguns we got .45ACP, 40SW, 38Special, 41Mag, 44Mag. Rifles we reload are .223, 30-06, 30-30, 45-70, .243. Shotguns we can do 12 or 20 gauge.

Vicious_Fish

03-17-2009, 12:56 PM

The only brass I've been saving are 9mm, .44 mag, .357 mag, .223, 7.62x54R, 30.06 and .300 Win Mag. Unfortunately almost all my 7.62x39 ammo is steel cased.

FISHSHROD

03-17-2009, 7:11 PM

I used to hunt and shoot alot when I was KID , I'm going on 54 now and never get to do the fun things anymore. We used to hunt dove here where I live now within a few miles. That was back in the 60's , you can forget about that now HA :)
We also had a 500 acre cattle ranch in the middle of NOWHERE Florida back when I was 18-21 . I wanted the city back then and now I want the country :(
Loved duck hunting in the Glades but dove was my favorite.
Someone broke into my old apt and stole my 22 rifle and 30.06. All I have now is a hand me down Police special 22 wrf pistol and a 20 ga pump shotgun.
I 've done a little clay bird shooting , that's fun !!!!!!!!

I need to get out and fire off a few rounds somewhere :)

rocker92

03-17-2009, 7:22 PM

is it me or are there quite a few people that shoot AR15's???

my dad has atleast 6

FISHSHROD

03-17-2009, 7:36 PM

My big guns :evil_lol: The 22 was my Grandfathers and the 20 gauge I got when I was 12.

Damodred

03-17-2009, 7:45 PM

My dad's side of the family is full of hunters and fishers. Dad used to trap quite a bit, but he doesn't do much with it anymore. He used to own a bait shop with his brother in Waterloo, IA. These days, he's an ice fishing NUT. My parents used to raise Walker coonhounds. I did a lot of fishing and quite a bit of hunting when I was a little younger, but it never really interested me. I do have a really pretty Ruger .22 though. :) I'm from Lime Springs, IA... About 5 miles from the MN border. I go to school at Luther College in Decorah, IA right now but am transferring to UNI in Cedar Falls in the fall. Don't know if you know any of those places, but possibly!

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 8:04 PM

I know those places my aunt went to college at Luther and we wnet fly fishing there quite a bit.

is it me or are there quite a few people that shoot AR15's???

my dad has atleast 6
I have a Rock River Arms AR-15 National Match and my dad has a Bushmaster AR-15. I think alot of people are getting them now cuz of our new President Osama and they are afraid he'll ban them along with high-cap magazines and such. AR-15's, M14s and any other semi-auto rifle has gone up in price alot this year alone cuz of him. He's says there assualt rifles but they aren't in order for it to be an assualt rifle it has to fire full auto which the don't.

jb-ny

03-17-2009, 8:08 PM

The whole reason why I got back into fish keeping is because it is to expensive to shoot (almost) Sadly my AR is an expensive paper weight. My Mossy and HI-P carbine are less expensive paper weights.

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 8:25 PM

Yea it is expensive my AR cost me $950 it was suppose to be $1200 but I was a junior shooter at the time I bought it so I got a discount. My trap gun which is a Browning Ultra Sporter suppose to be a sporting clays gun but I like it for trap cost me $1300.

PuppyFluffer

03-17-2009, 10:42 PM

I don't hunt but would love to have someone thin the deer herd in my back yard. I'm unfortunately too close to houses to have rifle hunting here. We did have a friend take out 4 deer with a bow this season. Venison is yummy!

My husband has lots of guns but he doesn't have any time to shoot them these days.

rocker92

03-17-2009, 10:48 PM

i agree. my dad said that DPMS (big AR15 producer) has a waiting list and it is something like 10,000 names long!!!!! (im just going on the low side of what i think it is. it could be more like 20,000)

Vicious_Fish

03-17-2009, 11:25 PM

is it me or are there quite a few people that shoot AR15's???

I love shooting my AR's and I have two of them: Bushmaster XM15 20" A2 and a Bushmaster 16" M4 Carbine.

A2
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/The_Interloper/Bushmaster-XM-15_2.gif

M4
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/The_Interloper/M4-1.jpg

fordsrule_68

03-17-2009, 11:47 PM

Awesome AR's. I can't do nothing like that to mine cuz mines strictly for long range shooting, but I did just buy a Streamlight TLR-1 for my Springfield XD45 Tactical.

Vicious_Fish

03-17-2009, 11:56 PM

^ I'm saving up for a 24" Heavy Barrel Flat Top Upper for long range shooting. I do shoot that A2 at 300 yards and it's very accurate.

fordsrule_68

03-18-2009, 12:00 AM

I shoot mine at 200 to 600 yards with iron sights. And 200 yards you have to stand. My AR just hangs there like a rock I added weight to it so it weighs atleast 10lbs. lol

jpappy789

03-18-2009, 12:29 AM

Vicious_Fish

03-18-2009, 11:29 AM

I wanna learn how to bow hunt. I'm too wimpy for guns. :D

I want to buy a crossbow just for the heck of it.

jpappy789

03-18-2009, 5:18 PM

I want to buy a crossbow just for the heck of it.
LOL...medieval style! :evil_lol:

Star_Rider

03-18-2009, 5:22 PM

Vicious_Fish

03-18-2009, 5:39 PM

I hunt and fish
I use a 30-30 model 94 in the heavy brush (44 mag as a side arm legal in wash for deer)and a Ruger #1 HB cutomized in 300 winmag for the east side(of the state) special handloads for this one.

Nice. I also have a Ruger #1 Heavy Barrel .300 WinMag with a Redfield 4-12x scope on it. It's fun to shoot and has quite a good kick to it.

Star_Rider

03-18-2009, 5:42 PM

Nice. I also have a Ruger #1 Heavy Barrel .300 WinMag with a Redfield 4-12x scope on it. It's fun to shoot and has quite a good kick to it.
lol one reason I had mine customized.

same scope on mine but I had recoil comps installed with a special recoil pad..

hand loads for this baby

Vicious_Fish

03-18-2009, 5:47 PM

Wow, small world! My pops gave me this rifle last year. It has a custom wooden stock on it that he made 30+ years ago. And all I've shot out of it so far are custom loades he made. :D

fordsrule_68

03-18-2009, 11:49 PM

I Made my own muzzle loader kinda. When I was like 15 my dad bought me a Thompson Center Hawken Kit in .50 Cal. I had to heat the barrel and brown it and sand the wood and finish it and put everything together. Pretty need experience doin that. We also have a Winchester model 94 in 30-30.