Hi
After being brain washed for many decades that bambi is so nice and good looking and how an ugly hunter can kill a such lovely animal,finally I have ended to find another kind of game (the vegaterian Game) like shooting down the coconuts .If you know a vegetarian game in your country please tel me about it. TIA.
Danny

I just completed a successful tomato stalk. These are the free ranging better boys and a couple of the fierce beefstakes-and you better be prepared. I have two catch labs to assist me in my stalk-things have gotten ugly , but so far there have been no major injuries. I've planed my first squash hunt this weekend, and I do need other members advice on what to arm myself with. The squash hunt is a canned hunt-but don't flame me on it, since I don't have proper scouting time to insure success.

Gregbullet,

Is the 270 Win. a big enough cartridge to hunt squash? What do you think would be the all-around vegetable rifle?

The choice of caliber depends on if you want to eat your kill and how hungry you are.
Larger calibers will dictate that you will be on a diet.
Perhaps a samuri sword would be better. One quick swing and it's Peel and Eat, but don't forget the leg guards and steel boots.

I hunt sa-squash with my 1961 vintage "Vegga-Matic" in stainless with synthetic crank handle. It comes standard with 16 cutting disks to cover all possible hunting situations,including nocturnal celery stalking.

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My favorite weapon for vegatarian hunting is a 3" stainless steel Salad Shooter!
Ralph

Nothing like a good old fashioned potato peeler. It's operation resembles skinning protien based life forms with a hunting knife.

The nice thing about the peeler is it isn't species specific, you can use it on fruit and vegetables.

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~Ann

Every day spent outdoors is the best day of my life.

Hi Danny
I'm not a strict vegitarian but I eat more vegies than meat and my meat is usually fish or chicken with red meat only occasionally.

I have an organic vegie patch and have trouble with Bower Birds eating my fruit and vegies.

They are protected so I can't shoot them directly. So I place tin cans around around the place and in the trees and then shoot(Diana model 52 .177 iron sights) the can closest to the offending species and try to scare the crap out of them.

Thats my vegetarian shooting game.

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Wasn't there a movie titled "The Revenge Of The Killing Tomatoes?"

Lets keep that in mind, for safety sakes! Would hunting tofu-turkey be safer than hunting tomatoes?

Don't knock vegatarian hunting lest you've tried watermelons.

Set up your stand, a la prairie dog hunting, at the edge of a field of overripe late season watermelons. Sniping at these latent vegi-monsters with your favorite caliber results in an extremely gratifying explosion of red gore. Contests for maximum vertical and horizontal displacement of major fractions of the target with your fellow hunters can result in lively competition, spirited arguments, and, ultimately, the exchange of cash (or the equivalent in liquid refreshment) upon settlement of wagers.

Of course if watermelons are not available, cantalopes make for an entertaining challenge, but thier yellow interiors hardly provide the participant with the visual satisfaction of their larger cousins.

Pumpkins are an interesting variation on watermelon whacking, especially in locales where they're commonly grown. Wonderful for big bore handguns at medium range and hard to beat at longer ranges with centerfire rifle cartridges. Very satisfying shooting and a good way to practice shooting off-hand at something that reacts to a hit.

The price is right if you wait 'til after Halloween.

I've never encountered any "punkins rights" protesters either! -WSJ

Oh darn you Stonecreek! You stole my thunder! Or should I say melons?

Lest we all forget, there are also potato cannons. Although I've never owned one of these "spudniks" the sound like they would be a lot of fun. Rumor has it that Idaho spuds were more accurate that the Klamath Falls variety. Also, they produced less bore fouling allowing the common "Joy" brand of dish soap to be the recommended bore cleaner. Until more research is done we'll have to assume that the color of the "tators" seems not to be a factor in accruacy. Higher penetration however, is achieved best with fresh green potatoes according to the American Potato Institute of Technology or APIT for short.

Don't forget firing into a vat of boiling oil. Voila! You'll have instant potato chips or deep fried mashed potatoes depending on angle of incidence.

Legend has it that all this originated during WW II with the Germans' use of the "potato masher" hand-grenade.

Herb

P.S. Anyone tried a pea-shooter lately? What about the age old game of "pop the cherry"?

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Your local produce man is a good sorce of vegie verman for the bullet. I like to set catilopes and watermellons on fence posts and spray them all over the place. Hard boiled eggs with easter color taped to string hanging in trees can also give hours of shooting bliss. That is how we spend the Easter day after noone around here.
X-Ring

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