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Post by chiefkillumdeer on Jan 11, 2016 12:16:09 GMT -5
Tired of wimpy muzzle loaders that can barely make a hole in a deer. Lost some good ones in the thorns due to no blood trail. Just bought a new 700 Haskins, hopefully will get it this week. gonna do some Hankins head shots. lol
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Post by schunter on Jan 11, 2016 12:50:57 GMT -5
Welcome to Hanks! Post some pics of your gun when you get it...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 13:14:47 GMT -5
Welcome to the board
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Post by itneverends22 on Jan 11, 2016 13:25:48 GMT -5
hello, welcome..
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Post by rojo23 on Jan 11, 2016 18:15:31 GMT -5
Welcome, you are going to love the bang flops with the new loader, and the 1 hole groups
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Post by tnhunter54 on Jan 11, 2016 18:23:04 GMT -5
Welcome home.
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Post by Hank on Jan 11, 2016 20:12:41 GMT -5
Welcome to the board.. I will try to get your ml shipped this week.
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Post by hillbill on Jan 11, 2016 20:53:49 GMT -5
Have fun with your new land cannon!
welcome sir..
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Post by YankeeReb on Jan 12, 2016 14:39:46 GMT -5
Welcome theyah fellow Maineah.  |
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Post by buckstuds on Jan 12, 2016 19:03:32 GMT -5
Welcome, you want to see holes in deer. Load that hankins up with a 275BE. You can reach in and gut a deer with no knife.
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Post by chiefkillumdeer on Jan 13, 2016 8:07:04 GMT -5
Thats what I want.......I shot nine deer with a muzzle loader or a 45/70 last year and one left a little blood trail the others were tough to find.
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Post by Yankee Bill on Jan 14, 2016 19:30:13 GMT -5
Welcome aboard!
YB
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Post by linebaugh on Jan 14, 2016 20:10:36 GMT -5
No need to worry about head shots. Pretty hard to run far with a 3-10" hole on the backside of a ribcage. You may be able to follow an organ trail vs a blood trail.
Welcome, enjoy and wish you the best.
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Post by Richard on Jan 22, 2016 16:19:21 GMT -5
Welcome chiefkillumdeer! What pat of Mane ya from? I have hunted a couple of years up by Baxter State Forrest on the Penobscot, over in the Ellsworth area and in Rangely. Also built a couple of MLERS for some guys over by the NB border.......maybe Calais area?
Have a two fellow officers I worked with in NJ now living in Milo.
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Post by chiefkillumdeer on Jan 25, 2016 18:51:06 GMT -5
I live in Presque Isle, which is about 2 1/2 hrs north of Calais. Top of Maine in Aroostook County.
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Post by Richard on Jan 29, 2016 17:15:48 GMT -5
Actually, I have been to Presque Isle when I was a young teenager. My brother-in-law was in the Air Force up there. My sister and him had an apartment in Presque Isle. My parents and I went up there several time to visit. Lots of potatoes! You on the PD up there or a State Trooper? I retired from a 100 man department in NJ with 28 years.
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Post by chiefkillumdeer on Jan 29, 2016 22:00:28 GMT -5
I'm the Chief of a small town ten miles away called Washburn. Amazing how small the world really is. Nice to join you guys.
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Post by Yankee Bill on Jan 30, 2016 20:52:09 GMT -5
Hey Chief,
Another former LEO (Sheriff's Deputy) here. I hunted out of The Driftwood Lodge just south of you in Patten, ME. back in the early '80's. A fella named Harold Schmidt used to own it and run the Guide service back then. He always Advertised the camp in the back of hunting & fishing magazines, Field And Stream, Sports Afield, Outdoor Life etc.. At the time, he was reportedly the only modern day man in Maine (may have even been the U.S. IIRC) to have ever killed a Bear with a Spear. He was quite a character.
Sadly, seems I read something of his passing some years back.
YB
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