# Hunters: who's going out for opening day? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 20, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362 "2009-11-20T08:27:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ieatpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ieatpaint/32/7311_2.png) [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/21 "2009-11-20T15:58:52Z")
> [@Eazy716"](#): > > Who else is going out for opening day tomorrow? Where are you going? > > I’ll be heading out to Angelica, NY around 4am-ish. I’m getting pumped already :carnut. Heading out to get my license in about an hour. Angelica?!?! lol, I’ll be just north, in Birdsall. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/22 "2009-11-20T17:10:46Z")
I’d be right by both of you in Belmont with my dad et al, but as stated I’m too lazy to wake up early ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/23 "2009-11-20T18:56:38Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > I’d be right by both of you in Belmont with my dad et al, but as stated I’m too lazy to wake up early Yeah I hear ya there man. I gotta be up at 4:30ish. its gonna be rough lol. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/24 "2009-11-21T01:32:06Z")
do not want. if anything ill hunt the sunset shift. jesus youre already awake and i havent even gone to bed yet :suckoff: ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/25 "2009-11-21T09:04:46Z")
I was going to go out with a bunch of friends this morning, but way too fucking early and we were at the bar until 1 last night in Almond lol. ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/26 "2009-11-21T09:27:00Z")
> [@JEG](#): > > I have been hunting deer since I was 16. I’ve never gotten one though. Most hunters (besides the “rednecks who blast 8000 rounds at anything that moves”, will only take a killing shot. Not a wounding shot. There are ethics when hunting. and this is the exact reason why i feel most people shouldn’t be able to own guns. I’ve also been hunting a few times and never took a shot. 1) the deer was too small, 2) I know my father was walking around and I couldn’t see clearly behind the deer, 3) a group passed in front of me but I felt we already filled the tag, my father took some shots before. > [@JEG](#): > > 1. a gut shot can make the deer meat poison due to the bacteria in the intestines. Its also a fucking mess. > [@JEG](#): > > 1. I am not going to shoot an animal and make it suffer while it runs off and dies somewhere and I probably won’t find it. and 4) they are fucking heavy to drag a half mile out of the woods, the farther they run, the farther you have to drag them back. Always go for a shoulder/lung/heart shot. it will be dead in under 10 seconds. A well placed shoulder shot will kill it before it hits the ground, as it breaks the spine and severs the artery. lol when my father was younger he use to go a few miles back in the woods cause he felt he wanted to be away from every other hunter… and holy shit… he’s had some horror stories of the drag back. lol ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/27 "2009-11-22T12:28:50Z")
I got a nice size doe yesterday, seen some Bucks but no good shots on them. Next week hopefully I can snag a good sized buck. ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/28 "2009-11-22T21:02:31Z")
> [@JDMSIR](#): > > I got a nice size doe yesterday, **_seen_** some Bucks but no good shots on them. Next week hopefully I can snag a good sized buck. ugh Saw a .308mag, single shot bolt action w/ iron sights for sale recently. THAT’S the manliest way to hunt. One shot, no scope, manly sized round, awesome accuracy. btw you hunters sure have some cute accessories. about two dozen aisles of cute little tools or things to give you an advantage over the deer. how adorable. ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/29 "2009-11-22T21:52:39Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > ugh > > Saw a .308mag, single shot bolt action w/ iron sights for sale recently. THAT’S the manliest way to hunt. One shot, no scope, manly sized round, awesome accuracy. > > btw you hunters sure have some cute accessories. about two dozen aisles of cute little tools or things to give you an advantage over the deer. how adorable. Yeah there is a thread about it ass, learn how to capitalize before you say anything if you really want to nit pick. :deadhorse: ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/30 "2009-11-22T22:44:51Z")
i would be a bow and arrow guy if given the chance never been given the chance… big frank and i like wrenching on import cars instead 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/31 "2009-11-22T23:00:12Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > Saw a .308mag, single shot bolt action w/ iron sights for sale recently. THAT’S the manliest way to hunt. One shot, no scope, manly sized round, awesome accuracy. yup i use either my German WWII Mauser 98k or my WWI US 1903 springfield :headbang: ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/32 "2009-11-23T00:58:24Z")
> [@jt76](#): > > yup i use either my German WWII Mauser 98k or my WWI US 1903 springfield :headbang: Shit yeah! The Mauser is sick! My dad has one but he doesn’t have hardly any ammo for it so I’ve only ever fired it once. ☹ I’ve always wanted to get my hands on an Enfield and take that hunting/target shooting. Where’d you get the springfield? That’s awesome if you take it hunting! > [@JDMSIR](#): > > Yeah there is a thread about it ass, learn how to capitalize before you say anything if you really want to nit pick. :deadhorse: making fun of grammar on a forum is totally 2002. ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/33 "2009-11-23T01:07:09Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > Shit yeah! The Mauser is sick! My dad has one but he doesn’t have hardly any ammo for it so I’ve only ever fired it once. ☹ I’ve always wanted to get my hands on an Enfield and take that hunting/target shooting. Where’d you get the springfield? That’s awesome if you take it hunting! > > . LOL after cars, old military and sporting guns are my big money pit … I have another springfield, a m1 garand and a German Luger I would really like to get my hands on a mkIII british enfield made prior to 1916 (my great grandfather on my mom’s mom’s side was in the british army and got shot up pretty bad on the first day of the Somme in july 1916, so something “he could have used”) the mauser my grandfather picked up in Austria at the end of the war… all numbers matching mfg in 1940. Its the gun that i shot my first deer with, a 6 pointer back in 2005 the 1903 Springfield has been in the family for many years, i also have the bayonet for it… My grandfather said that his dad smuggled it back from WWI with him, but i doubt that, he prob got it through the NRA back in the 1920’s. This year i am going to take out my Model 1896 Krag (the US service rifle before the '03) and try to get something with that. My great grandfather bought this as surplus in 1915 for something like $20, still have the documentation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eazy716](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eazy716/32/7443_2.png) [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/34 "2009-11-23T06:50:06Z")
anyone else get anything? 2 guys we were with each got one. I had a chance at one, but it was a bit far and I couldn’t tell if it was a doe or a buck. Wish I would have gone out today too. Oh well, heading out next weekend. ---
**Author:** ![FourEyed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/foureyed/32/7216_2.png) [@FourEyed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FourEyed)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/35 "2009-11-23T09:01:35Z")
I was in the same spot for all of archery. It is my company’s job site. Opening day some D-bag goes right down the path I made, and goes in a tree 30’ from mine, which clearly I have been in because I left all my sent bombs in the tree branches, and left my climber base there. People have no common sense. ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/36 "2009-11-23T09:50:00Z")
I was out yesterday evening and heard a bunch of shots about 400 yards to my left, so I got all excited thinking that it would scare any deer in the area toward me…and I was right :D. Unfortunately, the 2 deer I saw were behind a thicket and I could not get a clear shot :(. At least I know they are still in there though. ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/37 "2009-11-23T10:02:40Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > ugh > > Saw a .308mag, single shot bolt action w/ iron sights for sale recently. THAT’S the manliest way to hunt. One shot, no scope, manly sized round, awesome accuracy. > > btw you hunters sure have some cute accessories. about two dozen aisles of cute little tools or things to give you an advantage over the deer. how adorable. I take it you’re one of those uneducated people that believes hunting is barbaric? ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/38 "2009-11-23T11:00:14Z")
↑ Word, these people wont be saying that when their car is all smashed to shit because of overpopulated deer. ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/39 "2009-11-23T11:35:15Z")
> [@JEG](#): > > I take it you’re one of those uneducated people that believes hunting is barbaric? i think he is referring to people who take it too far with the high tech shit… hunting is supposed to be “primitive” My cousin is a good example of this… he goes maybe 1/4 mile from our cabin , but has enough electronic shit to find his way through the Alaskan wilderness and prob live there for a month, has his semi auto rifle (which is made out of composite and stainless steel, i hate modern guns, out of the 17 that i own, only one is newer than 1955) with a scope that looks like he is sniping stuff 2 miles away. not my thing at least ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362/40 "2009-11-23T14:28:18Z")
> [@jt76](#): > > LOL after cars, old military and sporting guns are my big money pit … I have another springfield, a m1 garand and a German Luger > > I would really like to get my hands on a mkIII british enfield made prior to 1916 (my great grandfather on my mom’s mom’s side was in the british army and got shot up pretty bad on the first day of the Somme in july 1916, so something “he could have used”) > > the mauser my grandfather picked up in Austria at the end of the war… all numbers matching mfg in 1940. Its the gun that i shot my first deer with, a 6 pointer back in 2005 > > the 1903 Springfield has been in the family for many years, i also have the bayonet for it… My grandfather said that his dad smuggled it back from WWI with him, but i doubt that, he prob got it through the NRA back in the 1920’s. > > This year i am going to take out my Model 1896 Krag (the US service rifle before the '03) and try to get something with that. My great grandfather bought this as surplus in 1915 for something like $20, still have the documentation. 🙂 That’s amazing! Good to see they’re in the hands of someone who knows how to take care of them, but more importantly uses them! Hate to see things like that collecting dust when they can outshoot half the guns other people use. I’ve got a spectacular Arisaka type 99 Paratrooper-spec rifle, it’s brilliant. Most of the japanese guns from that era were garbage, but this thing is exceptionally true. Has the long-range paratrooper sights and extended barrel. This is the pic from wiki but they’re identical sights: ![http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/ArisakaSightsOpen.jpg/800px-ArisakaSightsOpen.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/6/0/60e2ca0020ed6a83c7fc7d4b313730e28246a666.jpeg) > [@JEG](#): > > I take it you’re one of those uneducated people that believes hunting is barbaric? lol jeg. > [@jt76](#): > > i think he is referring to people who take it too far with the high tech shit… hunting is supposed to be “primitive” > > My cousin is a good example of this… he goes maybe 1/4 mile from our cabin , but has enough electronic shit to find his way through the Alaskan wilderness and prob live there for a month, has his semi auto rifle (which is made out of composite and stainless steel, i hate modern guns, out of the 17 that i own, only one is newer than 1955) with a scope that looks like he is sniping stuff 2 miles away. > > not my thing at least Yeah no joke, if you have $10k in hunting equipment you should maybe quit while you’re ahead. Something warm, maybe invest in some underarmor, and the reg. orange, and a nice simple tree stand. The odor masking spray is pretty useful but beyond that, man there’s way too many “toys” and accessories they try to sell to hunters. IMO a scope is acceptable if you’re looking to hunt mostly to eat on the cheap. If you’re hunting primarily for sport and secondary to eat, go iron sights or go home. Just how I feel, I’m sure a ton of people will disagree with me. At least jt’s got my back. 😉 [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunters-whos-going-out-for-opening-day/76362.md?page=3)