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General Categories => Kids and Guns => Topic started by: NE Bull on January 12, 2014, 04:58:06 PM
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Doing what they were meant to- Hunt Wabbits.
I was uber proud of his shot. I kicked up a cottontail which ran past me, the boy squeeled something, spun around, flicked the safety on his Marlin 80 and when that rabbit paused for a split second in the cedar tree; Crack! dead wabbit # 1 . 8)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/loveroffords2/0112141400a_zps202d5e75.jpg) (http://s773.photobucket.com/user/loveroffords2/media/0112141400a_zps202d5e75.jpg.html)
Marlins are also great for another thing- Father/Son Bonding- Spent Saturday at the range sighting in and getting a feel for our old Marlins and today on a friend's acreage eradicating rodents. ;)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/loveroffords2/0112141411_zpsd303960f.jpg) (http://s773.photobucket.com/user/loveroffords2/media/0112141411_zpsd303960f.jpg.html)
Dad's- Marlin 81DL (left) Son's - Marlin 80 (Rigth) Both loaded with CCI Segmenting Ammo.
(Note the rabbit on the left is facing away from the camera- the segmenting bullets make head shots VERY - um- damaging- but as on the right- body shots are one hole in and energy dumped inside.)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/loveroffords2/0112141412_zps462ee216.jpg) (http://s773.photobucket.com/user/loveroffords2/media/0112141412_zps462ee216.jpg.html)
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That's great. I can't wait till me son gets a couple years older. I have a 10/22 waiting for him in the safe!
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Way to go!
(Brings back some good memories of hunting with my dad.)
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Your son will always remember that day Bull. That's what it's all about. ;D
Ghost
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I wish there were more places to rabbit hunt.
2 rivers is pretty much rabbitless right now......
however there was lots of 'yote droppings and fat hawks in the trees
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Looks like fun. I'm jealous. I haven't gone out rabbit hunting since I was a kid.
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Haven't hunted the wascally wabbits since I was a kid either. Gave my 81 to oldest son, who had a hankering for it.