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AR on Christmas Morning?
25 December 2013, 18:02
BiebsAR on Christmas Morning?
To all my fellow social misfits who are checking AR even though it's Christmas morning, have a merry!
25 December 2013, 18:10
dogcatBack to you Biebs...
I am debating the merits of a .264 WM vs. my trusty .300 WM as I type.
However, I spent time at the stable thanking the Lord for coming - Immanuel, God with us!
Worshiping the Living God is so much better than knowing that He went through this life as we do...
25 December 2013, 18:11
CrazyhorseconsultingMerry Christmas to you and yours Sir. Thought about going out and setting in a stand this morning but decided against it. Got to go check on the Buffalo herd here in a little while so may drag along the shotgun and pot shoot a few ducks.
Wish you and yours a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.
Even the rocks don't last forever.
25 December 2013, 18:13
bwanamrmMisfits? Pegged me there brother! And a Very Merry Christmas back at ya!
On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling
Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.
25 December 2013, 18:40
BEGNODitto AR friends.
BTW, 264WM are fun to hunt with.
BUTCH
C'est Tout Bon
(It is all good)
25 December 2013, 18:46
505EDWatching the little ones unwrap and cruzing AR...does it get any better...
Ed
DRSS Member
25 December 2013, 18:49
Beretta682EI am opening up my boxes of federal 300 grain swift a-frames that Cabelas sent after 4 months and carefully counting 120 rounds over and over again for Burkina in 6 weeks.
Santa forgot the barnes tsx - maybe a late present.
But I am glad for the swift a-frames.
Merry Xmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to All
Mike
25 December 2013, 18:58
ledvm
Merry Christmas!
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J. Lane Easter, DVM
A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House
No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991.
25 December 2013, 19:21
mikoMerry Christmas to all AR members!
Wishing everyone the best in the New Year.
Miko
25 December 2013, 19:30
FjoldThanks Biebs,
I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas morning also!
I had to get up early to get the turkey in the oven in time for a noon meal. The kids (except the LEO daughter who has to work) and grandkids will be here about 9 AM to spend the morning and eat before going to the various in-laws for afternoon Christmas celebrations.
My youngest daughter is giving her Mother-in-law a Christmas ornament engraved with "Grandparent's First Christmas Ornament" as a way of telling her that she's pregnant with their first grandchild.
Anyway, go enjoy the holiday with your families and friends.
Frank
"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953
NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite
25 December 2013, 19:33
ddrhookI fit that description.. Merry Christmas everyone
25 December 2013, 19:51
MartyMisfits? Nah. Well, OK. Merry Christmas, friends, and kill a big one next year.
25 December 2013, 19:54
PSmithMerry Christmas to all!
Paul Smith
SCI Life Member
NRA Life Member
DSC Member
Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club
DRSS
I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery
I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas"
"A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck
25 December 2013, 19:57
Joe-SMerry Christmas to all,it,s -30 and I,m so glad we don,t live in igloos anymore
Joe
25 December 2013, 19:58
jimatcatThanks, Beibs..... Merry Christmas to you and yours, too....
go big or go home ........
DSC-- Life Member
NRA--Life member
DRSS--9.3x74 r Chapuis
25 December 2013, 20:08
JTEXWell at least we misfits have a place to gather!!!
Merry Christmas to all you fellas! The world would be a less interesting place without ya'.
Jim
25 December 2013, 20:33
mdstewartThanks Biebs, and Happy Christmas to everyone as well. Hunted again this morning with the new Bradshaw double. Deer not moving. Haven't bloodied it yet. I may have to shoot a possum to finally get to bloodie the damn thing.
JP Sauer Drilling 12x12x9.3x72
David Murray Scottish Hammer 12 Bore
Alex Henry 500/450 Double Rifle
Steyr Classic Mannlicher Fullstock 6.5x55
Steyr Classic Mannlicher Fullstock .30-06
Walther PPQ H2 9mm
Walther PPS M2
Cogswell & Harrison Hammer 12 Bore Damascus
And Too Many More
25 December 2013, 20:34
BiebsI had 23 Deer in the back yard last night when I got home. A special Christmas tease, I guess :-)
25 December 2013, 20:35
SkylineIt's -30 outside, the livestock have been fed, traps checked and I am letting the wife sleep in. No family for hundreds of miles. No visitors slated. What the hell else ya gonna do?
Have a good one!
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The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who are bereft of that gift.
25 December 2013, 20:39
SBTHo,Ho,Ho! Merry Christmas my AR friends!
"There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark
25 December 2013, 20:40
ZephyrMerry Christmas from Vermont +1*f every just walked out the door..... quiet is nice
enjoy
25 December 2013, 20:42
JudgeGI wasn't going to check on AR but I decided to tell everyone that Sandy had under the tree for me a brand-spanking-new H&H Royal double in .303 British with a deer engraved on one sidelock and a wild boar on the other. It has claw mounts with a Zeiss 1-4x scope, 26" barrels and a fine splinter forend. It only weighs 7.9#'s with the scope on and is supposed to be regulated optics on or off. Oh, yeah, it has a set of 28 gauge barrels, too. They are 28" (to make it balance according to Paul, who came down on Sandy's Gulfstream to bring it). They're marked modified and full.
I went out to the five position course Sandy built me for my birthday (on the 15,000 acre estate I got for our anniversary) and hit 19 out of 25 birds. I didn't shoot the rifle but twice, but hit a 5" gong with both barrels at 200 yards, so it shoots okay, too.
Oh, btw, did I tell you that I got some Black Jack and homemade eggnog and started drinking it in front of the fireplace about 9:00 this morning.
Y'all have a happy and blessed Christmas. Kidding aside, I actually got some TaylorMade irons and a lots of other good stuff. God is good to me on his birthday and I hope the same for all of you!!!!!
JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous.
25 December 2013, 20:50
Gale JohnsonMerry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours. I got a trigger stix for Christmas so i am taking that as a go ahead and get something booked for 2014 from my wife. Thats why I'm here!
25 December 2013, 21:17
BiebsGale, welcome aboard AR, and Merry Christmas!
25 December 2013, 21:50
Badger MattMerry Christmas all!!!
Found a whole bunch of bullet casting supplies underneath the tree so I can start yet another hobby. Trying to be an adult and read the instructions first...
25 December 2013, 22:18
pagosawingnutMerry Christmas back at ya Jon, as well as everyone else.
So, life is good. I've now moved up in life as I am now a "misfit"
25 December 2013, 22:45
ftg767Merry Christmas to all!
JudgeG: could I come visit your small estate sometime? if you have room of course....and if you like, I could fly the Gulfstream for you...anywhere at all!
25 December 2013, 23:56
Frank BellerI'm 66 years old, & this may have been one of my best ever Christmas's. Not for what I got, but seeing how excited my grandson was. He got everything he wanted, & then after he thought he'd opened all his gifts, my son gave him two tickets for them to go see the Steelers play Cleveland this Sunday. This kid loves football, so he was so excited all he could do was just up & down. In all my life I've never seen a kid so happy. That's what it's all about.
Merry Christmas to all my friends here, & I hope to see lots of you in Dallas.
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.470 & 9.3X74R Chapuis'
Tikka O/U 9.3X74R
Searcy Classics 450/.400 3" & .577
C&H .375 2 1/2"
Krieghoff .500 NE
Member Dallas Safari Club
26 December 2013, 00:01
DLSMerry Christmas to all! I wish everyone (even Naki) a healthy, happy and prosperous 2014.
26 December 2013, 00:11
retreeverJon, took me till 3:10pm to come on line and check it out.
Merry Christmas to all. Mike
Michael Podwika... DRSS bigbores and hunting
www.pvt.co.za " MAKE THE SHOT " 450#2 Famars
26 December 2013, 00:13
Antlersquote:
Originally posted by JudgeG:
I wasn't going to check on AR but I decided to tell everyone that Sandy had under the tree for me a brand-spanking-new H&H Royal double in .303 British with a deer engraved on one sidelock and a wild boar on the other. It has claw mounts with a Zeiss 1-4x scope, 26" barrels and a fine splinter forend. It only weighs 7.9#'s with the scope on and is supposed to be regulated optics on or off. Oh, yeah, it has a set of 28 gauge barrels, too. They are 28" (to make it balance according to Paul, who came down on Sandy's Gulfstream to bring it). They're marked modified and full.
I went out to the five position course Sandy built me for my birthday (on the 15,000 acre estate I got for our anniversary) and hit 19 out of 25 birds. I didn't shoot the rifle but twice, but hit a 5" gong with both barrels at 200 yards, so it shoots okay, too.
Oh, btw, did I tell you that I got some Black Jack and homemade eggnog and started drinking it in front of the fireplace about 9:00 this morning.
Y'all have a happy and blessed Christmas. Kidding aside, I actually got some TaylorMade irons and a lots of other good stuff. God is good to me on his birthday and I hope the same for all of you!!!!!
Dude! That's enuf eggnog! You had me with the Holland & Holland...
Merry Christmas to all!
Antlers
Double Rifle Shooters Society
Heym 450/400 3"
26 December 2013, 01:10
TexKDYes. Merry Christmas . We got to rest between all of this eating .
Every where you go, or when they come over to your house, your friends want to feed you and give you cookies. I am giving away cookies as fast as I can.
26 December 2013, 01:53
samirMerry Christmas AR
DRSS
Searcy 470 NE
26 December 2013, 02:59
dogcatquote:
Originally posted by JudgeG:
I wasn't going to check on AR but I decided to tell everyone that Sandy had under the tree for me a brand-spanking-new H&H Royal double in .303 British with a deer engraved on one sidelock and a wild boar on the other. It has claw mounts with a Zeiss 1-4x scope, 26" barrels and a fine splinter forend. It only weighs 7.9#'s with the scope on and is supposed to be regulated optics on or off. Oh, yeah, it has a set of 28 gauge barrels, too. They are 28" (to make it balance according to Paul, who came down on Sandy's Gulfstream to bring it). They're marked modified and full.
I went out to the five position course Sandy built me for my birthday (on the 15,000 acre estate I got for our anniversary) and hit 19 out of 25 birds. I didn't shoot the rifle but twice, but hit a 5" gong with both barrels at 200 yards, so it shoots okay, too.
Oh, btw, did I tell you that I got some Black Jack and homemade eggnog and started drinking it in front of the fireplace about 9:00 this morning.
Y'all have a happy and blessed Christmas. Kidding aside, I actually got some TaylorMade irons and a lots of other good stuff. God is good to me on his birthday and I hope the same for all of you!!!!!
JudgeG,
Great job, you took in some serious swag for Christmas, then you torch my dreams...
I should have known when I read .303 British knowing your affinity for the flanged .375...
Merry Christmas!
