The Official Happiness Thread

noscottno · Post by **noscottno** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:01 pm

My homecoming is tonight.

CptnNsan0 · Post by **CptnNsan0** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:39 pm

mine too. After-party FTW!!

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:15 pm

They're usually pretty lame, but that's because I don't like dances.

Anyway, today I realised that people don't joke around when they say a shotgun can blast things apart. I was like 30 ft away from this grouse and when I fired I thought I was a good distance away, but in reality I blasted the entire lower section of the grouse apart. Half the meat was blasted, or rendered useless. Probably would have been a good distance away to use the sawed-off shotgun we had, or my pellet gun.

Though me and my dad did get 3 others that were pretty intact.

A good day.

Leiukemia · Post by **Leiukemia** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:32 pm

Kirk wrote:They're usually pretty lame, but that's because I don't like dances.

Anyway, today I realised that people don't joke around when they say a shotgun can blast things apart. I was like 30 ft away from this grouse and when I fired I thought I was a good distance away, but in reality I blasted the entire lower section of the grouse apart. Half the meat was blasted, or rendered useless. Probably would have been a good distance away to use the sawed-off shotgun we had, or my pellet gun.

Though me and my dad did get 3 others that were pretty intact.

A good day.

lol if you're looking to get meat why wouldn't you hunt with a rifle instead?

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:34 pm

Kirk. You're awesome.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:22 pm

i like longer ranged weapons personally although I have only shot a pellet gun with a freaking awesome scope. hopefully i can go hunting with my gramps soon, never gone hunting.

-DeToX- · Post by **-DeToX-** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:43 pm

Leiukemia wrote:
Kirk wrote:They're usually pretty lame, but that's because I don't like dances.

Anyway, today I realised that people don't joke around when they say a shotgun can blast things apart. I was like 30 ft away from this grouse and when I fired I thought I was a good distance away, but in reality I blasted the entire lower section of the grouse apart. Half the meat was blasted, or rendered useless. Probably would have been a good distance away to use the sawed-off shotgun we had, or my pellet gun.

Though me and my dad did get 3 others that were pretty intact.

A good day.
lol if you're looking to get meat why wouldn't you hunt with a rifle instead?

mb cause shotguns are kick ass? ;p

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:22 pm

Actually I prefer rifles over shotguns by a longshot, but answer this:

Who, who isn't some fictional character, can shoot a bird out of the sky with a rifle?

It's next to impossible.

That's why you use a shotgun. Some hunters when they go in groups have one man with a .22 rifle and one man with a shotgun. I don't have a .22 (yet) but I plan on getting one soon, with a scope.

And in reality, if you're shooting from the right distance for your gun, the meat really isn't going to be damaged too bad. There will be a couple hits on the meat, but usually the pellets go right on through, if not, no worries you can usually find them when you clean the meat. That was the first time I used that gun for hunting and I wasn't completely sure on the spread at the time. Previously I used a sawed-off shotgun which is great for the close range shooting, so I sort of forgot..

Leiukemia · Post by **Leiukemia** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:26 pm

Kirk wrote:Actually I prefer rifles over shotguns by a longshot, but answer this:

Who, who isn't some fictional character, can shoot a bird out of the sky with a rifle?

It's next to impossible.

That's why you use a shotgun. Some hunters when they go in groups have one man with a .22 rifle and one man with a shotgun. I don't have a .22 (yet) but I plan on getting one soon, with a scope.

That's what makes it a challenge! I've shot birds with a .17 pellet gun, there's no reason it wouldn't be fun to shoot some grouse with a real gun, lol. Shotguns for birds is lazy hunting imo. Maybe for something like a deer where it's such a big target that it really doesn't matter. I dunno.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:00 pm

Uh, people don't hunt deer with a shotgun, man.

And in reality, for stationary targets, you don't just shoot them normally with the shotgun. Real hunters flush them out and make them get into flight before actually shooting them (pros use dogs that run around and can actually smell the birds, and run at them and get them to fly up into the air, then retrieve them when you shoot them)

Only reason I didn't was because I haven't actually gone grouse hunting before.

Leiukemia · Post by **Leiukemia** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:06 pm

Kirk wrote:Uh, people don't hunt deer with a shotgun, man.

And in reality, for stationary targets, you don't just shoot them normally with the shotgun. Real hunters flush them out and make them get into flight before actually shooting them (pros use dogs that run around and can actually smell the birds, and run at them and get them to fly up into the air, then retrieve them when you shoot them)

Only reason I didn't was because I haven't actually gone grouse hunting before.

Well, yeah, I understand what you're saying. I guess I'm coming more from my own opinion, I think it would just be more fun personally to use a rifle.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:44 pm

Sure, if you can hit tiny birds in the air with a rifle, all the power to you. I'm just saying that 95% of the time you aren't going to be able to hit it with a rifle, and the fun factor degrades exponentially.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:51 pm

Not to mention ammo costs a lot... Depending on the gun you're using anyway..
But generally, you'd have to buy a lot of ammunition for that kind of hunting, if you're going to be missing a lot.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:07 pm

Well really if you're using anything except .22 rounds on a bird like a Grouse, it's going to punch a fair sized hole in it. However, with a rifle you go for precision, not scattering like a shotgun, so your shots can be put in places that are more deadly and don't harm the meat at all (the head). Why you'd use a gun bigger than a .22 is a mystery to me, as it kills it just as well as a m24 sniper rifle.

Not even mentioning that .22 rounds are dirt cheap

(whereas my dads hunting rifle rounds are frickin expensive, like you said)

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:12 pm

Kirk wrote:Well really if you're using anything except .22 rounds on a bird like a Grouse, it's going to punch a fair sized hole in it. However, with a rifle you go for precision, not scattering like a shotgun, so your shots can be put in places that are more deadly and don't harm the meat at all (the head). Why you'd use a gun bigger than a .22 is a mystery to me, as it kills it just as well as a m24 sniper rifle.

Not even mentioning that .22 rounds are dirt cheap (whereas my dads hunting rifle rounds are frickin expensive, like you said)

Oh I know, a huge box of .22 rounds is only like 5 bucks from what I remember.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:39 am

My friend's homecoming was yesterday, so me and a bunch of people went to her school.

Going to your own school for homecoming is lame. >_>

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:02 am

I just applied for 2 new jobs!

One at an Airsofting/Hunting Store. They Also have an Airsoft Field there

I also applied at Hot Topic, I like that place.

Hopefully I'll be getting a call soon.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:07 am

shadowkhas wrote:My friend's homecoming was yesterday, so me and a bunch of people went to her school.

Going to your own school for homecoming is lame. >_>

Especially mine, where they have a stupid drug free rave '-_-

Infern0 · Post by **Infern0** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:09 am

What, you're not telling the community that you need drugs to have fun, right?

gh0570fchurch · Post by **gh0570fchurch** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:56 pm

Homecoming at my school isn't until Friday, but my girlfriend's was last night. The line was bullshit, but once we got in, it was pretty fun. DJ sucked, though. ;_;