Just got back from deer hunting (warning - dead deer pics)

[gunner]

Hi Jon,

that is a dream from me. But at the moment there is no chance for me. But it will be sometime and then i will be happy if i can go hunting with such nice guys like you or Harlan.

All the best

Gunner

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[jon_norstog]

Gunner,

once you get here, buy a car. You can live in national forests - you got to change your camp site every two weeks is all. When I was younger I would hitchhike around the US every summer and I met lots of travelers from Europe who had bought cars here and were seeing the US very cheaply. Now, with the dollar so low, it is even easier.

Hunting in the US is all state-regulated, so you have to pick a state, then buy the licenses and tags. I live in Idaho, so that's where I hunt, but I like Montana, the way they have their seasons set up and all.

You might look at Canada too. I'm not certain about the scene there, I know rich Americans go up there to hunt.

Maybe I'll move to Montana. I kinda got myself talked into it.

jn

[Harlan (Deceased)]

You might look at Canada too. I'm not certain about the scene there, I know rich Americans go up there to hunt.

Yes, rich Texans go to Canada to hunt and rich Canadians go to Texas to hunt!
(It's all good!)

Maybe I'll move to Montana. I kinda got myself talked into it.

Ahhhh, 'Montana'.
- Jon, If I had the means, it wouldn't be a very long conversation with myself to talk me into it!

[gunner]

Hi Jon,

thank you for the advices, but at the moment the business keeps me staying here. But one day i will make a trip to the States and then i hope i`ll find you and we can go hunting and have some fun.

All the best!

Gunner

Harlan,

i am not rich and i am not a Canadian, but i hope a bit of a normal German guy can go hunting at Texas too !

Best Regards

Gunner

BTW. we have problems with poachers here. We found the restovers of 5 deers and one complete with a few holes in it. The police said the bullets are from a AK 47!!! Hope to see those idiots in my scope.

[jmoore]

Our poachers aren't the problem they used to be, it seems. Still get a few tresspassers, but the locals have more or less gotten the message, what with a policeman as one of our members and another who likes to do mag dumps w/ his registered full auto toys (generally not during the hunting season...!)

[gunner]

jmoore,

we have this problems since we have some thousands of russian emigrants over here.The most of them are good guys but some are not that kind of men that you want to have as a neighbor. This few guys do anything that you can normally see in bad movies like drug dealing, stealing and kill each other. Couple of years ago they caught such an guy wich was hunting with an crossbow and sold the deer to restaurants. Now they reached a new dimension to hunt with full autos. Some of our hunters are now afraid to go at their forest in the dark time of the year( winter). Lets see what happens!

Regards

Gunner

[dastier]

Congrats Claven2! That's a beautiful buck and I really like that you used a milsurp to get it. My go to gun for hunting is a Savage 99F in .243Win with Nosler Partitions but next year I hope to use a scoped Mosin for at least some of the hunt. (I always get two tags).

And Gunner you're welcome to come here to hunt (Manitoba, Canada). Years ago we had lots of German soldiers training at CFB Shilo. They left their BMWs behind in Germany but brought their Leopards and Marders. Our deer are plentiful and big!

dastier(fugawi on CGN)

[Claven2]

Well, actually, the only thing milsurp was the cartridge casing which was a 1941 casing for a Swedish M1919 Browning.

The rifle is a commercial Husqvarna M98 with no thumb-cut, chambered in 8x63 Swedish.

Here's a great website about the caliber and the guns that shoot it:

http://www.8x63swedish.pridham.ca/

[jmoore]

Just to fit in w/ the milsurps theme, the upper on my rifle is early M16, just changed the handguards and added an early Colt (USA) post reticle scope. The lower is just a utility mule. Military brass, also.

[gunner]

dastier,

thank you for your friendly offer. I think it will not last long till i pack my kodiak and row to your side of the pond ! :-)

Regards

Gunner