I was thinking that if I filled the hollow point with epoxy it would give me more penetration for hog hunting. I have killed plenty of hogs in the past with the bullet the way it is, but I get quite a few "Two for one" shots.
Is this something that is "SAFE" to do?
My gun is a Marlin 1895GBL lever action.
Thanks for your help guys!
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Down here we have two main beers Boags and Cascade. In 1855 Hobart where cascade is brewed was named the capital of Tasmania. This left the citizens of Launceston (where the Boags brewery resides) angry as they expected to be the capital. Enter the Quail line!!! There was a line from one side of TAS to the other called the Quail Line, it streached from Swansea on the east coast to Strahan on the west side. If you are on the north of this line you can hunt quail and are expected to drink Boags and generally take the piss out of the "Southerners". If you're on the south side of the line you can't hunt quail and are expected to drink Cascade and generally take the piss out of the "Northerners".
The argument still rages on after 158 years and the recent abolition of the quail line.
You bloke reckon the Mason-Dixon caused trouble lol!!!
Juddy
So you have to be drunk to eat wallaby? I would have to be.
Cheers from New ZealandJeff.
I love hearing about/from people the world over and their hunting tales.
They can be found in large numbers on some properties, one season me and another bloke shot over 2500 on one farm. Wow!! That many could really tear up a farm. Even a big farm.
Boolit Mold Join DateMar 2008LocationCntrl Fla.Posts12What kinda hounds you using for doggin' 'em? How long's the race (chase/run for you non dog users). The whitetail's I run with my walkers usually are good for around 2 to five miles & sometimes around that in hours.
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We used to use Beagle or BeagleX. But we hunted the smaller Rufus Wallaby. They tend to stay in one area were the Bennetts will cover larger distances. Some Dogs will stick for hours.
Juddy
Boolit Mold Join DateJul 2012Posts3What happend to "fosters, Austrailian for beer"?
Same as what happened to Mick Dundee. It's bigger in the States than downunder.Jeff you should try getting drunk and cooking up a few 'roo. The first time people eat it they can be put off because:
They have eaten a mature male that was meant for the dogs.
The female they ate had been feeding an older Joey; somehow this taints the meat.
The wallaby have been eating native grass/fearns. The meat has a definite odour which hangs in nostrils, usually clears when cooked but can put the mind off.
They are too sober.
Down here on the West coast they roast it in an oven bag with half a pint of cocacola. You can drink your rum neat then and get yourself in the right frame of mind!
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"Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not"
Thomas Jefferson
Yeah, I'm wondering that too. And how big is a wallabee? Nice shot btw.
You have the right to force me to pay for the feeding, housing, clothing, education, and medical treatment of yourself and your children when I have THE RIGHT TO FORCE YOU TO PICK MY COTTON!Section 1 13th Amendment to the Constitution:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Boolit Master Join DateJul 2007LocationTasmania AustraliaPosts270G'Day
They are a small Macropod which is the same family all kangaroo are from. We have the Bennetts Wallaby (pictured) which grow to about 3ft with the odd one larger and then we can also hunt the Rufus wallaby which is smaller but inhabits a lot thicker areas. The head on them is about the size of a tennis ball and I will admit that the 35rem has a scope on it. The 45/70 didn't and that's my excuse for the chest shot lol. We shoot a lot of these under crop protection permits with a spotlight but the ones here were shot in the arvo.
They can be found in large numbers on some properties, one season me and another bloke shot over 2500 on one farm.
Juddy
whoa! that's a LOT of shooting!I'd use cast too for that type of volume!
You could start your own meat processing plant with that many.
Macropod,eh? Bipod= 2 legs, tripod= three legs, and Macropod= big leg? Are they a pest/varmint, or do you have a recipe for wallabee pot pie? What do they taste like?
You have the right to force me to pay for the feeding, housing, clothing, education, and medical treatment of yourself and your children when I have THE RIGHT TO FORCE YOU TO PICK MY COTTON!Section 1 13th Amendment to the Constitution:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
That's the same wallabies we have here (imported from Oz).Personally I think you are under gunned........
Cheers from New ZealandJeff.
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Blammer it was some of the 35 checks I got off you going to good use. We used to have a commercial license so they would go to be processed for pet meat. That year I lost count but on that property they had a log to fill out, prodably shot the same amount on the other places together.
The most we've shot and picked up in a night was 165 but when we've been just culling sometimes it's well over 200.
Also cull Brush Tail Possums in large amounts. We shot 450+ in one paddock, one night.
Juddy
Those poor, defenseless and cute little critters..... by God, ya finished 'em but good!! har har!! Makes we almost wish we had 'em out here, just for the shootin' fun of it all!! Like a big jackrabbit, it seems they were just tailor-made for cast boolit shootin' fun!!
The Government that robs from Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.
I was going to say, Wallaby jerky would probably be real good. G'don ya mite (mate)! I'd love to keep that busy shooting to clean out a farm. We shoot the grey digger ground squirrels in central Oregon and in the Willamette Valley some farmers need help stopping depredation by the nutria.
Dude, that is gnarley. Great shooting.
I came into this world kicking, screaming, and covered in someone elses blood. I plan to go out the same way.
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