Question about hot 38 loads using pure lead.

I have been thinking about casting either Ideal 358250 or RCBS 38-162-swc in pure lead for use as a SD rounds for the house. I was wondering if anybody has tried to use pure in a hot 38/357 load gas checked or not. I like the idea of a heavy soft boolit to expand.

I find 50/50, WW/pure, expands well at 38 Spc. velocities. I want enough penetration to go through heavy clothing.

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diff. kind of BLASTER question

don't know if this is the right place to post this question but here goes. I wanna make jerky out of my venison on hand and what I will shoot this year. after research the consensus is that its better to grind the meat up first then push it thru a "squirter/blaster" outfit opposed to cutting thin strips before making it into jerky. however, after more research I see that the squirter sold by cabellas has tons of negative comments from actual buyers and users. anyone know of a better one thats affordable? thanks

Boolit Man Join DateDec 2011LocationWestern Pa.Posts88

The squirter/blaster I have is made by LEM Products. I've used it about 3 times and works pretty well. They're a lot less labor intensive than cutting the meat into strips, IMO. I squirt the meat right onto the dehydrator grills and plug it in. I also think I get more consistant sized strips using the squirter.

IMO you don't enjoy the flavor in ground as well as you do in strips, but that is determined if you have enough teeth or not.

My wife bought me a dehydrator for Christmas, and it came with a "Jerky Shooter." Its a whole nother thing from the store bought "chopped and formed" jerky. So far I've eaten a deer and a half just in jerky.

I do like the whole sliced jerky, particularly if the slices are with the grain. It takes longer to eat that way, and I have very good teeth! The trouble is it takes so long to slice properly. I think you'll enjoy the jerky gun.

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the ground jerky guns do quite well.
they are just a modified caulk gun.
the ones that come all apart for cleaning or to change tips for making sausage are good.
making the jerky is super easy you just mix the package into the ground meat [I like to boost the flavors] put it into the gun and squirt t onto cookie sheets then dry it in the oven for a couple of hours.
I generally have my deer ground with beef fat so it has a mild flavor.

it's all an educated guess,,,, till the trigger is pulled.

the more i find out about shootin boolits, the more it contradicts everything i ever learned about shooting jaxketed.

thanks guys. ordered the grinder and a shooter from LEM tonight. just add it to the list of everything else I buy I can't afford. i'm 6'1" weigh 214 and the dr. said he wants me under 200 in the next 4 months and venison is lean protein so see how nicely that all worked out? I have tons of oak and even more mesquite in my back yard and an old b b que pit w/a smoker that I will be using. hope this is as easy as everyone claims it is. I love peppered beef jerky but it costs more than a gallon of diesel for a small bag.

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IMO you don't enjoy the flavor in ground as well as you do in strips, but that is determined if you have enough teeth or not.Boy am I smelling what your stepping in. I only have one back tooth that meshes with another and making a meal of jerky can be a job in itself.
I just use ground meat and lay it between two sheets of wax paper and roll it out with a rolling pin.

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Do whatcha want, but it if you cut it ACROSS the grain into 1/4" steaks it works great. How do you cut it like that?? Cut it when it's about half froze so it holds itself together. Don't let any of your friends sample any and you will have almost enough for yourself. JW

Do whatcha want, but it if you cut it ACROSS the grain into 1/4" steaks it works great. How do you cut it like that?? Cut it when it's about half froze so it holds itself together. Don't let any of your friends sample any and you will have almost enough for yourself. JWThat is the whole trick to making and eating your own jerky.

Myself, I really prefer the natural meat over hamburger jerky, but that could be because of the marinade I made versus the commercial spice pack my friends use.

I also prefer to dry my own jerky in a gas oven with the door cracked open. I bought a dehydrater last summer and have been learning not to go to sleep while drying meat....

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How small can we go? (Sizing question)

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So this may be a pretty basic question, but I'm a total rookie at this and seek the expertise of the group.

How small can one size a boolit without ruining it?
-0.002 to -0.003? More?
I assume that products of a .358 mould can be sized down to .356, since I saw people say that they did that, but how far is too far?

Explanation of question:
I am the owner of (as soon as I pick it up) a 7.35mm Carcano rifle, with a bore diameter of .299 or .300 (I forget exactly, since it has been *years* since we slugged it!), that my uncle can no longer keep. He was never able to really shoot it, since he could never find the proper ammunition (one of my best memories was giving him a couple of boxes of 7.35mm Italian-surplus military ball for Christmas one year). I plan on using the rifle, and that means I'll probably be casting boolits for it.

I can easily find .309-caliber moulds, but cannot seem to find .300- or .301-cal. Should I be able to size these down that much, or do I need to look into a custom mould? (Follow up question: anyone know of sizing setups that will do .300 or .301?)

If not, I'll have to purchase "J-word" projectiles to load the cartridges.

Thank you in advance for your responses - and for helping prevent me from only ever being able to shoot "those other things" out of the rifle!

'Sifrid

I have sized .325 down to .314.

Buckshot makes nice sizers. I have a couple of his push throughs they are beautiful pieces and are dead on for the sizing I requested. 1 is in fact 301 that I size cores for paper patch for.

I've read here many times that you can size a long ways down if the lube grooves are filled,it keeps them open. I have not tried to size more than .002-3 for a naked boolit myself.

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I've sized a bunch of .459's down to .454 for 45 colt loads. No problems, although as stated, lube is paramount.

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For what it is worth, I tried sizing some .317-318 boolits down to .311 and it nearly broke my reloading bench. And the lube grooves disappeared on half the boolit

And my attempt ended with one stuck so bad I had to drill it out. A softer alloy may have helped. I know they were plenty lubed.

I removed the beagling from my mold, the boolits went back to 312-313 and sizing worked great

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So it sounds like, if I lubed first (and it sounds like I may need to use something other than liquid Alox to do that - and isn't lubing going to be a whole kettle of new fish), I *should* be okay taking a nominally .309-caliber boolit down to .300-ish?

I'll have to look into Buckshot sizers - as soon as I get that rifle in my safe, anyway.

Thank you for your responses.

'Sifrid

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Buckshot is a member here just pm him he will get back w/a couple of paragraphs that amounts he won't make any standard production sizes and he prefers to work from actual bbl slugs it allows better accuracy for his part.

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I have sized Jacketed from .311 to .308 with no issues, actually came out extremely accurate.
Also have sized from .359 to .356 with no issues using WDWW that tested at 19BHN. Have even sized out of round 50bmg API rounds.
I always used the Lee push thru with no issues, plus they are cheap (comparatively)

I have taken 358-429 boolits down to .351 to use as plinkers in my Winchester 71. That's about .3595 as cast down to .351. Choose a design with deep grease grooves and lube with a conventional, as opposed to liquid, lube. You can pan lube if you like, rather than buy a lubrisizer, because you will want to use a Lee-type push through sizer die. It puts too much strain on the Lubrisizer to try it that way. I lube mine in a .357 die in a conventional sizer, then tumble lube, then push-size down to .351. I made my own Lee .351 sizer die by ordering a .338 sizer die and a 9mm push rod, then polishing out the die and sanding down the push rod until I got what I wanted. I think you could do the same with a 7mm die and a 30 cal push rod.

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noob question - sprue plates

Boolit Bub Join DateApr 2013LocationMontanaPosts34

My old lyman 2 cav .357 and .457 molds are real easy to cut the sprue - a decent whack with a mallet is all it takes.

The 4 cavity molds - on a lyman 452460 and the NOE 4 cavity 135 gr 9mm mold seem to take a much harder whack - and usually more than one.

Is it ok/not ok/other to rest the mold handle just above the bolt to support the mold handles when whacking the plate? With the mold handles supported it easier to get a good solid hit and seems to take a lot less force than free handing the mold/handles. Wondering if this is the path to destroying a set of mold handles.

I'm using an old wooden headed mallet, must have about a 3" diameter barrel shaped head on it. The mallet face plates are an inset hard red rubber/plastic that is due to be replaced if I can find a suitable face material.

Of course a 4 sprue cut is going to take more force than a 2 sprue cut however there may be some things to look at, particularly time before cutting and sprue plate screw tension.
I cound one thousand, two thousand etc to six then cut with my Lee aluminium.
My lovely new brass CBE mold gets ten thousand then cut.

Sprue plates need to be quite loose, swinging free under their own weight when hot. Starting out I thought i couldn't get that sprue plate tight enough. HOwever if the sprue plate screw is two tight it will skew the plate and I was getting fins around the base of my boolits. A read here and a loosen and lubrication (two stroke oil) to sprue screw and things are much easier.

Never used a mallet on mine, always opened them by hand.

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Never used a mallet on mine, always opened them by hand.I learn something new here every day.

What you have been doing seems fine to me. For the Lyman 4 cavity, I usually lay the mold on its side on a small block of wood and wack the sprue plate. Been doing that for about 50 years and still have the moulds and handles.

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open them sooner.
I push my 4 cav's open with my thumb.

it's all an educated guess,,,, till the trigger is pulled.

the more i find out about shootin boolits, the more it contradicts everything i ever learned about shooting jaxketed.

Oh yeah, well I can open my 6 cavity with my little finger....

I use my thumb to open mine, all 5 cavity aluminum.

Doc

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I discovered that if I have to use a mallet to cut the sprue then I've let it cool too much and I'm running too cold. I can cut any of mine with my thumb and the six bangers just slip open.

It's not the destination, it's the journey.

A little Sprue Plate Lube from Bullshop doesn't hurt. I'm a big fan of the product. When I DO use a mallet it's a hammer handle sans hammer head. +1 for opening by gloved hand.

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Linotype 9 mm speed question

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Have 30 year old Linotype.124 grain I am reloading with 4.5 grs of red dot and they are 925 fps 10 ft from muzzle...I use to shoot 31191 's at 1400 fps with no gas check..... with no leading.....Used tamarac lube........I am using Lee alox 2 coats...no gas check....IDEAS ON LEADING PLEASE......Using Brown HP....Charlie

What diameter are you sizing to? Of if you are using Alox are you shooting as cast? What diameter are they dropping from your mold?

Mine are sized at .358
No leading at 1200 with 50/50 range scrap/WHeel Weights. Considerably softer tha what you are shooting.

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Not sure if the alox will stand up to higher velocity. I know NRA 50-50 (your old lube) will run
WAY past that vel. Hardness has relatively little to do with this. Fit, lube quantity and
lube quality are what will help or hurt. Use .357 or .358 diam for 9mm in most guns.
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Sized .355...I have no idea of out of mold size as I haven't cast in years.....

For most 9mms .355 is an invitation to sideways boolits, leading and inaccuracy.

Bill

If it was easy, anybody could do it.

it's be a guarantee in any of my 9m's at any velocity.

it's all an educated guess,,,, till the trigger is pulled.

the more i find out about shootin boolits, the more it contradicts everything i ever learned about shooting jaxketed.

Sized .355...I have no idea of out of mold size as I haven't cast in years.....Chuck them and recast them.

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For most 9mms .355 is an invitation to sideways boolits, leading and inaccuracy.

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Ask me how I know. Mining lead out of the bore, and have my pistol pattern at 50'. Sometimes even missing the target completely.

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Mold Dimension Question

Too many variables: Machining tolerances, the alloy the manufacturers use as a base reference versus your casting alloy, melt temperature, different throat and groove dimensions, etc. . .

I've yet to have a boolit that drops at the manufacturer's nominal weight, while boolit size's have varied by as much a .002" under nominal to .003" over.

Boolit casting is not as easy as we may like it to be, thus we learn to adapt and improvise.

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358 bullet sizing question

Boolit Mold Join DateMar 2013Posts2

Can a .358 bullet be sized down to a .356 bullet. Do you have to use multiple sizing lube dies to
progress downward from .358 to .356????

Yes. .O02" is not a problem unless the alloy is extremely hard.

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if this is about making 9mm bullets from 357 bullets the size down may not be necessary.
many 9m barrels are already at 357-8 diameter.

it's all an educated guess,,,, till the trigger is pulled.

the more i find out about shootin boolits, the more it contradicts everything i ever learned about shooting jaxketed.

Not productive to resize an OVER WEIGHT bullet for a 9mm.

Try to stay 147 grains or below for 9mm.

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Cast Lead - Elmer Keith Style - 140 Gr. Boolets Question

Boolit Mold Join DateJan 2013Posts3

I've been looking all around this site for some info. on Herco powder data for use with Elmer Keith style .38 Special and .357 magnum cast lead boolets - approx. 140 Gr. - but can't find it. Maybe some of you old-timers will take pity on me and point me in the right direction. I purchased some surplus .38 brass and discovered that the neck diameter of all of the Remington-Peters brass (after resizing) was a little loose when I attempted to insert a copper clad projectile. So, I decided that they probably held a lead projectile originally. I could work with it by giving the case another full sizing and the copper boolet a full crimp; but, I decided instead to load lead in the R-P brass. Got about 100 140 Gr. cast, sized and lubed lead projectiles, from a friend (they measure about 0.359" average diameter) so I plan to load them in the R-P's and also some .357 magnum brass. But, I can't find any good load data for Herco powder and cast lead projectiles for .38 Special or Win 231 for the .357 magnum with a lead load. I don't want it too hot and maybe leave some lead behind in the barrel of my son's Ruger GP-100. I'm stuck! Can anybody help me? Thanks a lot!!!

6-8 grs of the herco in the 357.
7 is getting there, I use 7.5 in my leverguns and revolvers it does well.

I use 4 grs of 231 in my 38 special for a nice light target load.
you can go down about 1/2 gr and up 1 for more or less.
4 grs is about 750 fps and is pleasant to shoot with 125-160 gr boolits.

it's all an educated guess,,,, till the trigger is pulled.

the more i find out about shootin boolits, the more it contradicts everything i ever learned about shooting jaxketed.

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Sprue plate question

Boolit Mold Join DateMar 2013LocationColoradoPosts15

How tight is too tight for the spruce plate? I was casting today with a NOE mold and had to tighten the spruce plate every few casts. Is this normal or should I crank down on the thing to begin with? I don't want to gal the top of the mold, but it doesn't seem quite right to have to tighten so often.

It does not need to be tight.
It should swing easily with little or no resistance.

Make sure you lube it with bullplate or ATF when it is warm and wipe off excess.

Tom

Boolit Mold Join DateMar 2013LocationColoradoPosts15

When you lube the plate do you lube just the pivot or the whole surface.

NOE uses a set-screw snugged up against the pivot screw to keep it from backing out.

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Boolit Mold Join DateMar 2013LocationColoradoPosts15

I missed that. What a great idea. I will tighten that before the next casting session.

When you lube the plate do you lube just the pivot or the whole surface.Lube the whole plate, except the area that rests over the cavity when the sprue plate is closed. Lube the top of the mold blocks, staying 1/8" or so away from the edges of the cavities.

Use very little lube. Then wipe things dry. You just want a microscopic film left behind. If there is enough that is looks "wet", then the lube will migrate to the cavities and make wrinkled boolits.

Boolit Mold Join DateMar 2013LocationColoradoPosts15

Thank you Jeff that makes perfect sense.

I have a lot of trouble with the plate screw unscrewing too. It is funny that it loosens but never turns the other direction.
I use a setscrew with a hunk of copper wire to go against the plate screw but heat loosens it so I need to keep an Allen wrench handy.
I don't like the setscrew to ruin threads and a good way is to file a flat on the sprue screw but it is a pain to get it in the right spot.

The advise I've read around here that the sprue plate should be loose enough to swing open by it's self was right on.

you know you have it too tight or too loose when it affects the bases of the boolits.
too tight will lift the plate away from the ones furthest from screw.
too loose will lift it away from the ones nearest the screw.

it's all an educated guess,,,, till the trigger is pulled.

the more i find out about shootin boolits, the more it contradicts everything i ever learned about shooting jaxketed.

I use a soft piece of old shop towel, not to fluffy, it's about 4" square folded in half.
I wet it with just a little bit of bull plate two years ago and it still works fine to lube the sprue plate. A quick wipe and then I wipe it with a dry towel.
The lube bottle never spills and you never use to much.

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Mold shape question for a XD .45

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Hi, I`m relatively new to reloading and just starting out in casting. I`ve been doing a lot of reading in different books and on here. I am getting set up to cast .45acp for an XD. I think I want to start out tumble lubing. It sounds like the Xd`s don`t like the swc shape, as they wont feed right. I`ve been having trouble getting my hands on a 6 cavity TL-452-230=2R lee mold. So my question is this...Will boolits from a TL-452-230-TC feed in an Xd ? or are they too similar to the swc ? Thank you in advance and thank you for this site and its wealth of knowledge !

I can not answer your question.
About tumble lube in a XD.
But I do know that a RCBS 230gr. rn.
boolit works great in them.

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Only early model XD45s won't EXTRACT (not feed) with a SWC in the top
position in the mag. Old guns drag the rim of the extracted case over the
boolit - hard. New XDs have a bump under the slide that depresses the
top round on the rearward stroke to eliminate this problem.

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If it was easy, anybody could do it.

Can't speak specifically to your XD, but my 1911, Glock 30, and two KP90s love Lee's 230 grain TL TC.

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Take the slide off the frame and look for a hump on the center strip on the underside of it, just behind the breechface. If it has one you are good to go with swc's and I highly recommend them. Mine really, really likes them, especially my new 150gr(actually more like 165gr) swc from NOE. It also shoots the 200grswc great as well. I haven't really shot much else as far as cast goes other than a 230gr hp that it shot better than any other gun I tried them in, but they never did shoot great. I think it's more a boolit problem than the gun since no other gun shot them well either.

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The Lee TL-452-230-TC feed just fine in my XD-45. And my 1911.

My Tactical XD has had no issues with the TL 230 TC or the regular lube grove 230 TC designs. It also shot the Lee 200 RF just fine.

My XDm 5.25 45 ACP loves the Lee 452-230TC (conventional lube grove) and works fine with the Lee 452-200 SWC

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200gr RNFP feeds fine. The SWC also seem to work. I don't know about the older models but this one is less than a year old and has not issues with feeding any style.

That is the bullet I use for my XD and all my 45's and they love it. I did load some cast SWC bullets that a buddy gave me a while back and they worked fine in my XD, but that's my pistol. I tumble lube all my cast bullets and haven't had any problems. Just my 2 cents worth.

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question about raccoons

Boolit Master Join DateDec 2009LocationQuilcene, WashingtonPosts918

A lady up the hill asked me to take down a troublesome treed raccoon. Of course, I will with a 32-20 and a cast boolit but my question is - are raccoons edible? I have no interest but she might ask.

Some people think so but that is only opinion. When someone would stop and ask if jack rabbits were any good to eat my friend would say that durring the depression they thought they were pretty good. Point of view I guess. Some folks eat possum but does that make them good?

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If a raccoon out and about during daylight hours, I would be cautious about rabies.

I haven't had the chance at a healthy one yet, but will try it when I stumble across one. I would also be worried about any coon out during the day. from my little experience they sleep all day even if they get themselves caught in a trap they still sleep during the day.

One of the later episodes of No Reservations shows Anthony Bourdain eating one in Tenn. or somewhere like that and he says its great. He's traveled around the globe too many times to count and knows what he's talking about. Although he was being treated to dinner by a group of guys who have been cooking coon for DECADES, so that leads me to think its all about how you cook it. Like headchesse or chitlins.

I've been huntin' and eatin' 'coons for many years. However, as was mentioned, I'd not take any chances with a 'coon that doesn't seem to mind being seen in broad daylight. If you do get a shot at him, make sure you kill him outright. And don't handle the carcass without disposable gloves.

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The shot was a quick and humane head shot. The raccoon was small and looked healthy. The lady said she treed it with a stick early this morning near her chicken coop. I did tell her to use plastic gloves to bury it and get rid of the gloves just in case. Summer before last was much more interesting when she called for help.. She had me trap a bear in her backyard when she said the bear kept beating the trap the wildlife agent was using. The agent left the trap for me so I used different bait and reset the trip wires. Had it in 12 hours. I told the state agent that the bear was smarter than the average Democrat so It took a conservative to catch. Strangely, he didn't laugh.

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Should have trapped it, if you could. Parboiled in crab boil, then baked with sweet potatoes and dirty rice...Southern Louisiana flavor.

My father-in-law makes it whenever they catch one at the high school nearby.

Really, good eats!

Just like lots of edible critters there is a small bean like gland in each hind quarter you'll want to remove. Also the stringy fatty looking stuff under each "arm pit" are glands and you'll want to remove that also. Trims as much fat as possible, chill the carcass and peel off more fat. Parboil and skim the remaining fat, then either roast it or make barbecoon.

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When I was young my father and a friend of his hunted coons at night with dogs. Sometimes I got to go along on weekends. (Great memories)...
My dad's friend would often cook a coon and invite our family for a meal. I remember eating it, but cannot tell you what it tastes like. Since a coon is a relative to the bear, it may be similar in taste.

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I think they are a distant relative of bears and there is nothing finer than a bear roast (spiced with fennel seeds) from a bear that has been feasting all summer on berries.

Boolit Master Join DateSep 2010LocationBainbridge GAPosts163

Raccoons carry a number if diseases. A really bad roundworm is one of them. You can get it from feces too. So be careful and make sure the meat is well cooked.

I've never hunted them myself, but a good friend of mine (deceased now) was an avid coon hunter. He even raised dogs for that purpose. As I recall, I think he told me that there were some rules about only using 22's or shotguns. I never looked it up in the Vt game laws, but mostly you can use any caliber on anything here. He used a 22 Ruger semi auto.

Boolit Buddy Join DateMar 2012Locationidaho falls idahoPosts63

The eggs from the round worm float in the air and can be inhaled when they hatch they travel to the brain at that point your in trouble.So if cleaning up a **** pile wear a respirator. Not much worry in the field.Most of this stuff gets all blown out of shape Hell id worry more about catching something from your dog,cat or neighbor.

They taste like Turkey dark meat to me.

Especialy good in a stew much like a beef stew.

Paul G.
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