Bye bye paintball. Heres what I bought with my cash out check!

[Dubstar112]

My TC Encore .270 WSM!

FDA Approved Whitetail deer medicine :)

LMK what you think, pic is crummy, Ill have better pics somtime.

[spazzed]

Not a hunter, but nice rifle either way! :)

[RetroEclipseMan]

that scope looks friggn' huge man. Nice rifel, I miss going hunting.

[FactsOfLife]

Encore's are superb shooters. I have one I use for black powder alongside my Ausitn and Halleck 320.

Both of them are capable of less than 1/2 inch groups.

Enjoy that piece, it's a nice one.

[Remington]

Nice rifle. My favorite rifle is by far the M-21 SWS(Sniper Weapon System), although I don't think it's available to civilians.

[AutoMaggot]

Very nice choice. Thompson makes some wonderful products... especially when it comes to muzzle loaders. :)

[Archangel Damien]

give me a droganov(sp?)

[FrAuStY]

Nice rifle! Shot it yet? You gotta post some pics of its first kill. BTW ship me some venison

"Dragonov" Archangel


Personally, I'd like an Accuracy International AW50 =) (50 cal) MMMMMmmmm

<img src=http://www.accuracyinternational.com/_borders/awm502.jpg>

<img src=http://www.accuracyinternational.com/_borders/AWM50.jpg>

Yeah....thats what I'M talking bout!!

Effective range = 8000ft

[Archangel Damien]

to big to be a sniper to heavy to carry from spot to spot need smaller need lighter

[halB]

your up against one of the dumbest animals out there, deer, and your so incapable of killing them any other way than sitting a football field or two away and blasting the things brains out. heaven forbid you try to actually use your "superior" intellect. i use the term lightly.

[FrAuStY]

Originally posted by Archangel Damien
to big to be a sniper to heavy to carry from spot to spot need smaller need lighter

Did I say as a sniper rifle? Nope...just to shoot targets =)

Originally posted by halB
your up against one of the dumbest animals out there, deer, and your so incapable of killing them any other way than sitting a football field or two away and blasting the things brains out. heaven forbid you try to actually use your "superior" intellect. i use the term lightly.

Same response as above...goes to your "superior" intellect. Also, I never said I needed a 50 cal to kill a deer did I (<-edit added "I")? No... you ASSUMED (we all know what happens when you do that) I NEEDED it...

I said "Personally, I'd like an Accuracy International AW50 =) (50 cal) MMMMMmmmm " because I WANT one...

[-J�ker-]

hal deer can smell like turkeys can see a guy on the outddor cahannel once said " darn these turkeys are hard as heck just imagine if they could smell like deer can" so deer arent all that easy and if you do get close to them they would probaly smell you before you saw them unless you have some really good scent blocker etc

[FactsOfLife]

Originally posted by halB
your up against one of the dumbest animals out there, deer, and your so incapable of killing them any other way than sitting a football field or two away and blasting the things brains out. heaven forbid you try to actually use your "superior" intellect. i use the term lightly.

Your ignorance with this post is amazing.

Deer are among the wariest toughest creatures to hunt with any instrument. Period.

"blasting the things brains out". No one I know makes head shots on deer. It's dangerous as the animal may move at the time of the shot, and may lead to a wounded animal rather than a clean killing shot.

Deer are prey animals. In the US they have virtually No natural predators due to late 19th and early 20th century predator extermination campaigns.

As a result of this, the deer population frequently exceeds the carrying capacity of the land they graze on and die off due to disease brought on by starvation occur.
This has occurred in a major metro area near me in the last 5 years. Police "sharpshooters" were brought in to kill the animals over bait piles in the evenings.

In the end they killed about 300 deer of all ages including some record book bucks.

All of the venison taken was thrown away and not used for eating. Most of the deer shot were on the verge of dying due to extreme starvation. They had been destroying property and eating shrubs in the residential area to survive.

The cost per animal to do this was 1700 dollars a piece.

Now, they have instituted a controlled Bowhunting area there to keep the herd at a level suitable for the amount of browse there.

In order to hunt this, you have to pass a shooting test with your bow, pass a background check, and have taken a deer with a bow prior to the season you're going to hunt there.

The deer I see in that area in the evening all look and act very healthy, are wary of people again and have every sign that it's working.

In two other neighboring areas the deer population is not being controlled and the deer are found dead from starvation quite often.

Of course by your post it looks like this is preferable to having the herd be maintained by legal and ethical hunting methods ensuring the survival of the species.

Do your homework before you spout off about this topic next time halb, you won't look so uninformed.

[HoppysMag]

personal fav.
Dragunova ( SVD )
M40 A1
M21
Barret 82A1? "light fifty"
H&K PSG1
And the Walther WA2000, sweet lookin at least

of course non "Sniper" rifles M1 garand, stock 1903, Mauser Kar 98k, and a bunch others....

[HoppysMag]

i agree deer need to be hunted to reduce population. but i know guys who turn it from a sport to a slaughter... i also know guys that keep it in its sports mans tradition of out smarting the deer, not out shooting it...i mean comon anyone with a high powered rifle and a huge scope and drop a deer with reletive ease from a tree stand at close range... it takes a sportsman to get that same deer with iron sights andnothing else... but its all how you look at it...

and yes you dont shoot at the head, you aim for what would be our arm pit area...

"Dragonov" Archangel

actualy i think its "Dragunova"