....Pritzker's at it again! Tom Grieve provides a good update.
It's like we are living in a script by Mel Brooks.
Groundhogs are legal game until the end of March, when a two month pause happens while they raise their young. I have been watching. Today was sunny and relatively calm, and I spotted one at the north barn. It's a 110 yard shot from the dog yard, and the .308 bullet took the first one from the back of the right ribcage and out the opposite shoulder. I went up to retrieve it and checked inside the barn. Another groundhog was sitting just outside its hole, but my eyes were still dazzled. The groundhog went down its hole before I could line up with my .44 Vaquero. I stood behind a post and waited. It popped back up, but just showed the silhouette of the front of its face beyond a straw bale. Well, bullets go through straw pretty well, and at 20 feet the iron sights worked just fine. Two groundhogs in one day!
This video is a new upload, but I recognize the content, so YouTube must have taken down the original and Tim had to delete something. Oh Well. I have had very good luck with Ruger products, and others at the rifle club have had several problems with Browning Buckmarks. I have added after market internals to some of our Ruger Mks, and our latest seems to be settling in at a 4 pound trigger, so I will be getting some Volquartsen parts to improve that.
We had nasty cold and wind, and I have not been out to shoot lately. It's going up to 60 today, so Spring is on the way.
We all were very fortunate. The weather was perfect for this event, and the next day a nasty squall line blew through, bringing dangerous winds and cold temps.
Merle is sending all of us to Hungary today to enjoy a pretty little engine and railroad. It looks to be about a two foot gauge, so I bet there is some oscillation in the cars. Don't try to read while you ride! Thanks, Merle!
Pretty Neat, Merle! Thank You!
The Spring show is coming up in May, and the Summer show in mid-August. Rough and Tumble Website
