Got all the tags I ordered ...

Managed to get all the licenses I'll need* this year, despite the reduction in numbers statewide ... two Whitetail tags (one Gratis, which is the only buck tag I've got), and two Muley doe tags for huntin' with MB(RH?) and Langley plus the doe tag for the rancher who likes to have 'em thinned out a bit to protect his hay yard from depredation ... the Gratis tag and two doe tags are usable in ANY season, so I'll have a chance to use the MZLoader if I want to, or the handgun ...

*Unless, of course, I finally get my turds in a herd and put the new sight on my bow and a new string, and find the time to sight it in, and practice more than once ... then I'll need a bow tag, tho I can use any of those above and fill 'em with the bow ... we'll see how the next eight weeks go as far as spare time to take care of necessary chores in that line of thot ...

All of life is six-to-five against, just enough to keep you interested. (Damon Runyan)

Gravity makes all the important decisions ... (John R. Powers)

NRA, REMF, PF, NAHC-L, NAFC-L, KC, NPPA

Sounds like you have a chore in front of you "O" filling those tags.  LOL Such problems you have............................

Gary Scheel
NAHC LM,RMEF LM,NRA Member, Lonestar Bowhunter, TexasHogHunter Pro Staff Member

Yep. It's a rough job, but sumbuddy hasta do it ... 

Schedulin' the entire scenario isn't gonna be easy tho ...

Grandsons #1 & 2 both have "regular" Youth tags which are good for any deer, almost anywhere in the state, while Granddaughter #2 (she's 13) has a "special" one, good only for Whitetail doe anywhere, and ONLY for the Youth season, which is about 9 1/2 days in mid-September ... the boys can also hunt in the regular gun season if they don't fill in the Youth season ... 

Situations: MB(RH?), Langley and I all have tags in the SW corner of the state (about a 2.5-hour drive, really NBD ... I've done it before sunrise several times), and my "help a rancher thin the deer herd" tag is south of there ... BUT ... my Gratis tag and regular Any Doe (which means Whitetail up there) is in the NC/NE part of the state, about a four-hour drive frum where we live @ the present time ... 

The boys' mom has a buck tag, and they live up there ... Son #1 and Daughter #3 also have buck tags, but they both live in West Fargo (about four hours frum the unit) ... good roads to all these places, but the drivin' time makes for sum nites of not-much-sleep ... 

My main "problem" is tryin' to juggle all the different places and schedules of g-kids with football, drama, dance team, and other teenage stuff, while I try to help the grandkids along with learnin' how to hunt better, safely, and have sum success in taggin' a deer ...

I'll be OK with it all, but I haven't been to the range AT ALL this summer, and I've gotta try to coach G-d #1 on Sunday, while Son #1 will hafta coach G-d #2 later, becuz she's goin' with her mom back up to home country this weekend ... she's the only one with actual time/pressure on her, becuz she's only got one season to try ... 

FORTUNATELY, I've got a great reason/rationale/excuse to be up @ the farm in mid-September ... I've gotta do one more round of weed sprayin' on the CRP ... so that trip will be deductible ... really!

HOWever, still gotta juggle the time devoted to gainful employment as well ... kinda lucky there too, becuz we're still on 4x10s and I can leave after werk (to go either direction) on Thursday, which gives a bit more leeway ...

I shoulda been in Vaudeville, with all the juggling I've learnt how to do ...

All of life is six-to-five against, just enough to keep you interested. (Damon Runyan)

Gravity makes all the important decisions ... (John R. Powers)

NRA, REMF, PF, NAHC-L, NAFC-L, KC, NPPA

Good luck O. hope you all have a safe and fun season. You gonna be one busy feller.

Wow, it's gonna be a major feat to make all those hunts happen. At least you within 4 hours of them, that is far better than 8 or 12 hours. Hope you all have good luck and fill your tags. Sounds like all the kids drew well too. Those are the important ones, gotta get them hooked in order to perpetuate the sport.
Good Luck,
Steve Albers

  Decisions, decisions, "O"!!!  Looks like a good season for ya'll...

Jeff

OK ... firstly ... this is NOT an example of Langley's shooting skills ... wish it wuz, tho ... (and also apologize for poor image quality ... fone foto, wanted to capture it prior to losin' the chance, so took whut I could manage @ the moment ... )

Got to messin' around with checkin' the zero whilst she wuz on a break for lunch back @ the house (BIL is huntin' deer in the Badlands, so only SIL @ home ... nice visit, free lunch, and a good day for shootin' ... except for the mosquitoes!)

So ... first shot wuz a bit right, went 12 clicks left, second shot more than I wanted to go left, so six clicks back, and fire for effect ... threw one flyer I gnu I jerked, so put a fourth one onto the paper for a three-shot group ... not exactly cheatin' and good enuf for me, so this is whut I got ... 

Sub-0.75"-MOA ... (I later moved it two more clicks right to put it over the bullseye ... )

Now, the important part of this exercise (to Moi Ownself, @ least) is the following fact:

For years (40 @ least), I've sorta bought into the idea expressed LONG ago by sumbuddy writin' for sum shooting magazine or sum such place, that this particular make/model of rifle wuz "not as good, in general, overall, dependable accuracy capabilities" as "better" rifles on the market ... (my "quote" marks, NOT a direct reiteration, merely a summary of how I remember the concept as presented by the writer/reviewer ... ) 

Today wuz the FIRST TIME EVER that I've taken a bit more time to check it out ... better rest, more patience, yaddayaddayadda ... 

THEREFORE, I must respectfully disagree with that long-ago condemnation of this make/model of specific item of ordnance ... this rifle will shoot better than most of us are capable of doing, in any given hunting situation ... 

Eh?

OH ... BTW ...

Savage, 340C, .222 Remington, factory loads, 110 yards ...

All of life is six-to-five against, just enough to keep you interested. (Damon Runyan)

Gravity makes all the important decisions ... (John R. Powers)

NRA, REMF, PF, NAHC-L, NAFC-L, KC, NPPA

Oops!

Fergot to mention ... this is the rifle Langley will be usin' for her deer huntin' ... 

She also did well enuf, considerin' that we should shorten the stock about an inch or so, and she has fired p'haps 20 rounds of center-fire in her life ... she put four into a five-inch circle @ that same 110 yards ... if she takes her time, she should be able to get the job done ... she's got a Muley doe tag, all we gotta do is get her to the right place ...

Also, adequate 'scope, but nuthin' special ... Weaver 2.5-7x & a plain crosshair reticle ... an OLD one, I've had this glass for more than 40 years, and it got moved to several different rifles before it ended up on the triple-deuce ...

All of life is six-to-five against, just enough to keep you interested. (Damon Runyan)

Gravity makes all the important decisions ... (John R. Powers)

NRA, REMF, PF, NAHC-L, NAFC-L, KC, NPPA