Re: Well HELL Guys.

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On 9/19/2022 11:44 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
> So are these the silent death throes of ASA?
> NO ONE (?) has anything to talk about?
> For the first time in YEars business has slowed down for me.
> On one hand, I'm afraid I'm going to get used to the slower pace and then get soft and not want to get up off my ass when it gets busy again. but on the other hand, I'm kinda enjoying the time to do some of the things that I always say I'm going to get around to - - - - and never do.
> I ordered in some parts for my old Crossman air guns and trying to get them working again. I've got someones damn pigeons shitting on my roof all summer that I'm determined to get rid of in spite of my wife. problem is,  I figure the damn things are going to roll down off the roof where they're roosting and I'm going to have to get up on the damn ladder to dig them out of the gutter.
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> Don't know if I mentioned it here or not but last year, before deer season the guys I go deer hunting with found some remains of a couple of fawns that were taken down by Coyotes. So someone went out and bought a "caller" and one night we went out and sat in the dark for a few hours freezing our cajone's off with this machine screeching eerie squeals.
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> Anyway, since then, after reading up and watching YouTube videos, we've got a better idea this year on how to set up a watch and use the machine. but the hilarious thing is, while I was sitting in the dark last year, it dawned on me what a freaking idiot I was. Not only wasn't I going to see anything in the dark, even if I did, I wouldn't have been able to get a shot at anything anyway. I use open sights. I've always hunted in the brush and been that good a shot that I never needed a scope. I never gave it a thought that you can't use open sights at night. I was the only one without a scope but nobody else in the group gave it any thought either. (stupid, stupid, stupid)
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> Jeeeze! What an idiot! So this summer I had a 50mm light gathering scope mounted on my Remington 30.06, after all these years and, If I can fit it in the budget, I'll be ordering a Thermal Imaging Monocular before the season starts. The cheapest ones that I see that  can can pick up an image at 100 yards start at about $600.00. and you know I'm not going to get that one. So, so far that's $800.00 for the scope and probably another 8 for the viewer, just so I can sit in the dark and freeze my ass off. Oh well, what the hell am I working for if I never spend it on the things I want.
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> Another thing I didn't think about is the type of ammo I (we all ) were using. If any of us did get a shot at a Coyote, there probably wouldn't have been anything but a head and a tail left. We were all loaded with 160 grain. So I was able to locate some 128 grain 30.06 varmint ammo. Not easy to find.
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> Anyway, hope this post helps strike up a little activity here.



been trying to get a post to work all morning...

(( giganews  is going south pretty fast these days......))
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