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by pgmrdan
Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:37 pm
Forum: Just Talkin' Dawgs
Topic: Anyone Dove hunting this labor day
Replies: 15
Views: 1032

Re: Anyone Dove hunting this labor day

Not me. Unfortunately dove hunting isn't allowed in Iowa where so much corn exists. If anyone knows why not please let me know because it's a mystery to me. Thanks, Dan You mean to tell me you guys are NOT allowed to dove hunt in Iowa????????????? That should be one of the most productive dove plac...
by pgmrdan
Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:58 pm
Forum: Just Talkin' Dawgs
Topic: Anyone Dove hunting this labor day
Replies: 15
Views: 1032

Re: Anyone Dove hunting this labor day

Not me. Unfortunately dove hunting isn't allowed in Iowa where so much corn exists. If anyone knows why not please let me know because it's a mystery to me.

Thanks,
Dan
by pgmrdan
Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:31 am
Forum: Just Talkin' Dawgs
Topic: What is the AVG. cost a year to own beagles?
Replies: 5
Views: 809

Re: What is the AVG. cost a year to own beagles?

I got torqued off at my vet's office help a few weeks ago. I knew what kind of worm my dog had and I wanted the medicine to treat it. They wouldn't sell me the medicine without having me bring in a stool sample first so they could verify what I was saying was true and so they could CHARGE ME 18 BUCK...
by pgmrdan
Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:28 am
Forum: Just Talkin' Dawgs
Topic: anybody doin any squirrel huntin
Replies: 19
Views: 1400

Re: anybody doin any squirrel huntin

Are some of you guys really talking about ticks or chiggers? It sounds more like chiggers to me. Big difference. In May I almost lost my mother to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. You need to be aware of ticks. On the other hand, I've come in from my hay fields and gotten 15 or more ticks crawling arou...
by pgmrdan
Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:23 pm
Forum: Just Talkin' Dawgs
Topic: anybody doin any squirrel huntin
Replies: 19
Views: 1400

Re: anybody doin any squirrel huntin

Here the season begins on 8/30. I haven't been squirrel hunting since we moved in '06. I have access to about 300 acres and can't wait to get the lay of the land figured out. I have a gun on its way that should get here next week so I can get used to using it just in time for squirrel and rabbit sea...
by pgmrdan
Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:19 am
Forum: Just Talkin' Dawgs
Topic: Got surrounded by coyote's (I think)
Replies: 17
Views: 1286

Re: Got surrounded by coyote's (I think)

We were sitting on the back porch Friday night with the dogs. We began hearing yipping and howling from a pack of coyotes. It sounded like 5 or more. A neighbor to the South has sheep and straight across the road in front of the house to the North the neighbor has cattle. It sounded like the coyotes...
by pgmrdan
Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:07 am
Forum: Just Talkin' Dawgs
Topic: QUESTION ABOUT CATCHING WILD RABBITS?
Replies: 12
Views: 1718

Re: QUESTION ABOUT CATCHING WILD RABBITS?

I use a commercially made wire mesh type box traps. I got some for less money than the wood would cost to make them. Google for rabbit traps and you'll see some sets of plans to make your own box traps out of boards. My dad and brother used to make box traps and catch rabbits. Now and then I've been...
by pgmrdan
Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:50 am
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: Combination guns - am I nuts?
Replies: 18
Views: 3954

Re: Combination guns - am I nuts?

Last night I bought a Savage 24S-E combination gun in .22LR/20ga. It's from the 1970's and looks pretty nice from the pictures on gunbroker.com and the description in the emails. I should get it in a week or so. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=107265260 That will be my squirrel gu...
by pgmrdan
Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:37 pm
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: What's your opinion of .22lr vs .22wmr?
Replies: 7
Views: 2154

Re: What's your opinion of .22lr vs .22wmr?

I'm not sure what would happen but I'm guessing bad things. I could get the same gun chambered for .223 Remington so I could reach out and touch a coyote now and then. I read where you can get 2 adapters so you can shoot .22 LR and .22 WMR in a .223 Remington gun. Not sure how well they work but sin...
by pgmrdan
Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:55 am
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: What's your opinion of .22lr vs .22wmr?
Replies: 7
Views: 2154

Re: What's your opinion of .22lr vs .22wmr?

Good! I've never owned a gun for that cartridge so I thought I would ask. My idea of the .22 wmr goes along with what you guys are saying. I found a really nice used gun but it's chambered for the .22 wmr instead of the .22 lr. I'd like to have it but I have no use for it. I'll have to pass on this ...
by pgmrdan
Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:19 am
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: What's your opinion of .22lr vs .22wmr?
Replies: 7
Views: 2154

What's your opinion of .22lr vs .22wmr?

For squirrels and rabbits what's your opinion of .22lr vs .22wmr?

I have a half-baked opinion on the subject but since I have no experience with the .22wmr I want to see what others say.

Thanks,
Dan
by pgmrdan
Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:06 am
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: Would a Stevens 94C in 16 gauge make a good rabbit gun?
Replies: 14
Views: 2761

Re: Would a Stevens 94C in 16 gauge make a good rabbit gun?

I'm finding plenty of 16 ga shells (and new 16 ga guns) nearby. Wal-Mart is about 2 blocks from work and Scheels is about 6 blocks from work. I found slugs too but I don't want to put slugs through this gun. I suspect it's either a full or modified choke and I'm leaning towards thinking it's full. O...
by pgmrdan
Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:07 pm
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: Would a Stevens 94C in 16 gauge make a good rabbit gun?
Replies: 14
Views: 2761

Re: Would a Stevens 94C in 16 gauge make a good rabbit gun?

Used. I think they began making them around the '50's or '60's and quit in the '80's. ???

They had a 94 model before that.
by pgmrdan
Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:23 pm
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: Combination guns - am I nuts?
Replies: 18
Views: 3954

Re: Combination guns - am I nuts?

I hope you're right Denny. I bought a box of shells today and plan on testing it out tonight. If all goes well I'm buying some more shells tomorrow. The gun is tight. It's not been used much at all. It's not a 'new in box' type of gun but it's got character without showing any signs of abuse. It has...
by pgmrdan
Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:01 pm
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: Combination guns - am I nuts?
Replies: 18
Views: 3954

Re: Combination guns - am I nuts?

I passed on getting a nice double barrel shotgun and got a very nice ~50 year old Stevens 94C 16 gauge break-open single shot with 28" barrel. Call me a cheapskate. I just couldn't see spending all that money on a beautiful double gun that I'll scratch up the first day out in the field. The Stevens ...