Day 2 of deer season. 6 hours yesterday, 6 hours today. Aint seen jack shit. I’ll do it tomorrow too. Why tho? Its so boring. Its so DULL… yet there’s a piece of magic in it.
And I know someone may ask - My rifle is an authentic WWII Japanese Imperial Army 7.7x58mm Arisaka bolt-action rifle. Some of you may know it from basically every WWII video game in existence.
I live completely off-grid BTW. Any deer I may (or may not) harvest from my own land will be 100% used. This ain’t trophy or sport hunting. This is for a very healthy and non commercial/factory source of wild protein.
How’s the Chrysanthemum, cut or uncut?
Who made it? (The mark to the left of the chrysanthemum.)
Just curious!
The Chrysanthemum was filed off before surrender to the US military. The manufacturer marking is Toyo Kogyo. This is a mid-war model. 1942. So, it still has a good build quality before all hell broke loose and they started making these things as fast and as cheap as they could in the mid-40’s.
It still has the flip-up sights but lacks the airplane sights that flip out from that. After all these years, its still so accurate. Granted, it was only fired a few times before I got it. I still have the original bill of sale in my possession.
Ahh too bad about the chrysanthemum but nice stick either way!
I’d be interested in buying an early-war short barrel version with all the artistic flame it had to it one day. Especially, the kind with the milled Chrysanthemum on the back of the bolt safety. That aspect was long gone by the time my rifle was made. For being such an effective instrument of war for their time, they sure made them pretty especially at the beginning.
Looked and I’m surprised at ammo availability. Better make every shot count at that price!
I’d love a Marlin 1895 SBL, but I can’t justify 45-70 Government when I don’t even hunt elephants. :(
Yuuuup. Ive saved all my spent brass so I can reload my own rounds eventually. I haven’t done it yet, but its happening.
I was gonna ask why 7.7? Surely a more modern cartridge would work at least as well for cheaper.
There are rumors swirling around that an 8mm will still fire and unconfirmed testimonials from internet forum randos that that is the case with various degrees of success. However, for me, when it comes to high powered rifles, I’drather stick to the standard the gun is designed to fire. It’s expensive but it has also given me a reason to learn how to reload my own rounds.
Besides, I got lots of other guns I can use for target practice that are way cheaper and readily available at the local gun shop.
I want to use the Arisaka to hunt because of the challenge and novelty. I could run out with a Armalite strapped with all the fancy accessories but that kinda takes the fun out of the chase for me personally.
Today I could have spit on a ten point buck on my bike ride to work. But I thought that would be rude, so I just let him go about his deer life unmolested.
Does your ass get sweaty. I bet sitting on all that fall ground with leaves a person’s ass crack would be sweaty as hell. I mean first of all your ass is compressed against a cold wet surface yeah there’s leaves but that’s probably just making it worse. So your ass can’t naturally dissipate heat, then you’re probably wearing special pants or something. I doubt ass crack ventilation was on the spec sheet. There’s probably water steaming up from the ground too invading from the taintal region. I know nothing of hunting, but if I was a deer I wouldn’t be running around in the wind so it’s probably still air. Bet your ass cheeks are getting sweaty just thinking about how sweaty your ass crack is. Anyways hope you shoot some deer!
Nah, I keep a lengthwise folded picture of your mom between my butt cheeks. Keeps everything nice and cozy. :)
Damn, dude, save some MILFs for the rest of us.
Six hours?
I’d just go at dawn and dusk, but am no professional.
Do you have feeding places for them?
About 3 in the morning and around 3 in the evening. Trying to put in that extra time hoping I could get one quick.
Oh right, makes sense. I thought you were just posting there midday for six hours wondering where deer are, my bad.
I would so want to hunt as well but even if it would be legal for me to dress and skin a deer on my balcony, pretty sure someone here would complain and even when it is legal with proper licence, my weed grows aren’t and I don’t want the police interfering with my apartment.
Oooh it would be so fking good though, and genuinely worth hundreds.
I just buy game and occasionally get some from my arsehole brother who does hunt as he has our old house.
I live in a fully legal state and some of my neighbors grow their own out in fields and the deer around here are known to eat entire crops overnight. I’ve heard stories of people just days away from the time in October when everyone harvests their ganja discover their big beautiful stinky skunk forest has been consumed in a single evening by a herd of deer. Lol.
Oh yeah we had that happen to a few small outside plants we had half a lifetime ago when I lived in the country.
Now it’s just this boring ass borough bullshit and you’re not allowed to do jack shit here without someone calling the fuzz.
I wish we’d just follow Germany already with the laws. Or some even better ones, but Finland tends to follow Germany.
Holding RMB, looks like this. (https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1e7b2e6c-5265-4543-92bd-7ad293a3dcf4.jpeg)
