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Well, this is probably not going to read like a glamourous Safari ala Ruark. In fact I know it won't, but I will do my best. So my Brother in law is setting up a workbench in an unused corner of my shop....don't you love stories that start with "So my Brother in law"....anyway, he is putting up a small wall. I have one of those concrete nail drivers that use .22 blanks. So I am looking through my drawers for the driver, you know, the quick open/glance/close routine...when I realize I just saw a freakin rat in one of them. I didn't see the whole rat, just it's tail end. I call my BIL over to see, and I open the drawer....yup, still there, built a nest and doesn't want to leave. The damn thing turns to see who is "disturbing the peace" as it were. I'm wordering if I am still quick enough to just grab it's tail and spike it on the ground when Buck ( my BIL's nickname...I don't know how he got it)suggests I shoot it with my prototype. I wasn't keen on sending a round into my workbench, but even less on having a rat raise it's brood in my domain of financial aquisition. Calmly I close the drawer and leave it for about an hour to settle in. Come back, with the rifle loaded and at the ready, slide the drawer open....this is intense tracking....there she sits... Slowly turning towards me she gives me the "you owe me money" look. I don't take kindly to such harrasment. Sensing a possible charge, I shoulder the rifle and let the right barrel go. Clean pass through and the bullet lodges in the bottom of the rubber drawer liner. Range was 1yd ( remarkable accuracy at this range)It was over as quickly as it began. Well that's it. The first kill for my double rifle. Just nice to know if I needed that second shot..... Bailey Bradshaw www.bradshawgunandrifle.com I'm in the gun buildin bidness, and cousin....bidness is a boomin | ||
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Very funny....pity it was not charging you...that would have been perfect. "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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The classiest dead rat in the world !!! LOL | |||
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Rats... what a story! Bailey, are you left handed, or why a right before a left? I would strongly urge you to keep some .22 LR shotshells close by. That would lead to the Bat has to go story, and how the pine board walls soak up lead. Well done. Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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Are you gonna get a rug mount made? My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost. | |||
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So was the nail driver in the drawer? Sorry... had to ask. | |||
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Well, not bad, but it would have been cooler if you had clipped his head off with one of your swords...... xxxxxxxxxx When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere. NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR. I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process. | |||
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Can you imagine going into that drawer with a bolt gun?!? | |||
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Who was it that said, "Once you've been among them there is no such thing as too much gun!" Nicely done Bailey. Nicely told as well! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Bailey, are you going to have a full body , or a shoulder mount? ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith | |||
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Funny you mentioned that. I traind in Kenjutsu ( Japanese swordsmanship) for a few years. That's why I got into making Japanese style swords in the first place. I am always battling dirt dobbers and wasps in my shop. The dirt dobbers like to zoom in close to see what you are, and frankly, it freaks me out a little when my focus is on my work. I had one harrasing me in the grinding room while I was pre-polishing a wakizashi (22" blade). The Japanese style blades are sharpened as you polish, and this one was pretty keen at this stage. The dobber lines up for a straffing run and I timed him perfectly. This is a no-shitter....I cut his eyes and antenae off. That's it, just his eyes and antenae.... damn thing went nuts flying into everything. Didn't kill him, just lost his gyro and added a turbo because I had one hell of a time finishing him off. Can you tell I spend a lot of time alone..... Bailey Bradshaw www.bradshawgunandrifle.com I'm in the gun buildin bidness, and cousin....bidness is a boomin | |||
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But did you give her the opportunity to decide how she was going to die? Maybe you should have wounded her first to provoke a charge! One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know. - Groucho Marx | |||
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After that, I bet you needed to change your drawers. Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | |||
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phc couldn't have told it better | |||
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Nice story but where are the pictures? Bryan | |||
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Mods -please move this to the Hunting Reports.. Bailey - what a thriller! Had me on th edge of my seat. I could almost smell it! Death in the Long Bench.. If you do guided hunts, let me know! In this economy, that's probably in my price range. SCI Life Member DSC Life Member | |||
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Great story. The price of knowledge is great but the price of ignorance is even greater. | |||
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L-n-B You beat me to it! Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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Where's the obligatory trophy photo with the hunter and firearm behind the animal? "Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult." | |||
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YOU TOOK YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS!!!!! That close quarters shot called for a 600 NE or 4 Bore!!!!! Jack OH GOD! {Seriously, we need the help.} | |||
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