Bullets raining from the sky (long)

("Newps" wrote)
You can't hunt by air here in Montana either but blasting coyotes is not
hunting, therefore the hunting laws do not apply.


[NEWPS - e-mail me off group please. Thanks]

And now, back to our story...

Pilot gets low and slow and ends up in the trees - broken leg. Nobody knows
he went up to hunt coyote this day. Our hunter fashions a splint out of
aluminum plane pieces (or wood) and attempts to hobble out of the woods (his
rifle was barrel bent in the crash - useless except as a crutch), back down
the valley to the families secluded, high pasture, ranch house.

Problem now, aside from the broken leg, the coming of night and the season's
first snowstorm brewing to the west - he's not alone up on the mountainside.

"Wilderness Prey"
By: Montblack
Forward by: Jack London and Stephen King
Title by: John Sandford
Publisher: Penguin Books


Montblack
at
visi
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com

Grumman-581 wrote:
"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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Brass catcher.


I've seen them advertised, but never used one since I don't reload... Are
they 100% successful?

I would hazard to guess a 12-gauge might be more appropriate when shooting
from a low and slow air vehicle like that though...

Right, nobody uses a rifle to hunt from the air. They all use shotguns.

Newps wrote:
Grumman-581 wrote:
I would hazard to guess a 12-gauge might be more appropriate when
shooting from a low and slow air vehicle like that though...

Right, nobody uses a rifle to hunt from the air. They all use
shotguns.

Wouldn't the shooter need to be within about 150 feet to kill something
like a coyote with a shotgun? I wouldn't think flying low and slow while
trying to shoot a moving[*] target with a shotgun is worth the risk, given
the minimal reward.
[*] Even if the coyote is stationary, the shooter presumably wouldn't be.

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
Wouldn't the shooter need to be within about 150 feet to kill something
like a coyote with a shotgun? I wouldn't think flying low and slow while
trying to shoot a moving[*] target with a shotgun is worth the risk, given
the minimal reward.

[*] Even if the coyote is stationary, the shooter presumably wouldn't be.

Well, at altitude with a rifle, the target is still moving relative to you,
but is relatively smaller, so you have to be more accurate on your shot... I
would think that it would be easier with a shotgun -- perhaps loaded with
buck shot...

"Jim Logajan" wrote

Wouldn't the shooter need to be within about 150 feet to kill something
like a coyote with a shotgun? I wouldn't think flying low and slow while
trying to shoot a moving[*] target with a shotgun is worth the risk, given
the minimal reward.

I would think your favorite assault rifle, with a full auto "modification"
paired up with a real big clip would work the best. It would take some of
the skill out of it, but it would be "a ton o' fun!"
--
Jim in NC

Montblack wrote:
("Newps" wrote)
You can't hunt by air here in Montana either but blasting coyotes is
not hunting, therefore the hunting laws do not apply.


[NEWPS - e-mail me off group please. Thanks]

And now, back to our story...

Pilot gets low and slow and ends up in the trees - broken leg. Nobody
knows he went up to hunt coyote this day. Our hunter fashions a splint
out of aluminum plane pieces (or wood) and attempts to hobble out of the
woods (his rifle was barrel bent in the crash - useless except as a
crutch), back down the valley to the families secluded, high pasture,
ranch house.

Problem now, aside from the broken leg, the coming of night and the
season's first snowstorm brewing to the west - he's not alone up on the
mountainside.

"Wilderness Prey"
By: Montblack
Forward by: Jack London and Stephen King
Title by: John Sandford
Publisher: Penguin Books


Montblack
at
visi
.
com

If he doesn't carry a pistol in at least a .357 calibre on that mission
I can only hope he dies without reproducing.

But that's just my opinion.

And I'm from Texas.

Richard

The BATFE would take a dim view of those modifications.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties.


"Morgans" wrote in message
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|
| "Jim Logajan" wrote
|
| Wouldn't the shooter need to be within about 150 feet to
kill something
| like a coyote with a shotgun? I wouldn't think flying
low and slow while
| trying to shoot a moving[*] target with a shotgun is
worth the risk, given
| the minimal reward.
|
| I would think your favorite assault rifle, with a full
auto "modification"
| paired up with a real big clip would work the best. It
would take some of
| the skill out of it, but it would be "a ton o' fun!"
| --
| Jim in NC
|
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:_nm3g.8069$ZW3.4800@dukeread04...
The BATFE would take a dim view of those modifications.

**** the BATF... What part of SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED do they not understand?

Did not say I agreed with the 1934, 1938 or 1968 laws, as
amended, but those laws are on the books and the BATFE
agents will do nasty things, like kill you.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties.


"Grumman-581" wrote
in message
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:_nm3g.8069$ZW3.4800@dukeread04...
| The BATFE would take a dim view of those modifications.
|
| **** the BATF... What part of SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED do
they not understand?
|
|

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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Brass catcher.

I've seen them advertised, but never used one since I don't reload... Are
they 100% successful?


Here's one that I have used and has probably caught 10,000 rounds of my
brass out of an AR-15 without a problem.

http://www.bushmaster.com/shopping/a.../el-ar-002.asp


The nice thing about this one is it doesn't have a bag to swing around.