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Posted by booger (Member # 3602) on July 25, 2014, 06:50 AM:
Got to check one thing off my bucket list this week.
I have always had an affinity for Weatherby over/unders since I was a kid. About every other Friday night we went out to eat in Russell, Kansas. After supper, I would beg and cajole my dad into visiting the local sporting goods store to look at guns.
The guys who owned the store were friends of my dad’s, and they would shoot the shit while I ogled all of the guns on the rack. They had all of the ‘special’ guns away from the regular rack…mostly high grade Brownings, and all of the Weatherby rifles and shotguns in a special area behind the counter. The owners didn’t have any problem letting a snot-nosed 12 year old behind the counter and get up close to all of those beauties.
For some reason, I really honed in on Weatherby Regency O/U and later the Olympian. I made sure I always got a Weatherby catalog to keep it front and center in my mind. I told myself someday I would own one.
Fast forward about 41 years…I made a friendly visit this week to our local gun/pawn shop and while I was chatting with the owner, something caught my eye…more specifically, the huge white diamond on the pistol grip of an over and under shotgun sitting in his rack.
Much to my surprise, I was soon holding a 1977 model Weatherby Olympian with the prettiest wood I have seen in a while, and for a brief moment, I felt 12 years old again!
After some heavy negotiation, I traded a safe queen .17 HMR and some cash and the Weatherby now sits in my gun safe. I probably paid about $75 too much, but I wasn’t going to let it stand in the way of that gun.
The action is really tight, and I can’t think it has had more than a box of shells through it. The stock has a few dings, but it looks like it has sat in a gun rack for most of its life.
It is a 28”, 12 gauge, choked Improved/Modified. I made the decision earlier this year to start hunting pheasants and quail again this fall, and I can’t think of a better gun to spend time with in the field!
[ July 25, 2014, 07:32 AM: Message edited by: booger ]
Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on July 25, 2014, 07:00 AM:
$75 is pretty cheap to feel 12 years old again...
We all have our dream gun, mine was a Kimber 22 magnum.
Forgot to say I hope you kill a truck load of birds with it.
[ July 25, 2014, 07:01 AM: Message edited by: TOM64 ]
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on July 25, 2014, 07:21 AM:
Dang, that might be a topic. Predator hunter's bucket list.
Anybody?
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on July 25, 2014, 08:00 AM:
Catherine Zeta Jones in a room full of balloons. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by Prune Picker (Member # 4107) on July 25, 2014, 08:37 AM:
Catherine Zeta Jones BEFORE she started spitting out kids & was commanding 20 mil per movie.
Posted by KaBloomR (Member # 4252) on July 25, 2014, 08:50 AM:
I don't need to parachute off the top of the Empire State Building, but one of the things I would really like to do is get together around a campfire with all of you old warhorses and talk coyote hunting - past, present, and future.....
Posted by KaBloomR (Member # 4252) on July 25, 2014, 08:54 AM:
And I have always been infatuated with a Marlin "Super Goose" bolt action 10 gauge. Hopefully I'll acquire one someday.....
Posted by booger (Member # 3602) on July 25, 2014, 10:14 AM:
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And I have always been infatuated with a Marlin "Super Goose" bolt action 10 gauge. Hopefully I'll acquire one someday.....
One of my buddies had the 12 ga. model in high school...if I remember right the barrel was 36"?
It seemed like if you missed them with the shot, you could swat them out of the air!
[ July 25, 2014, 12:03 PM: Message edited by: booger ]
Posted by Greenside (Member # 10) on July 25, 2014, 10:48 AM:
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Marlin 5510 Super Goose with barrel cut down to 26" and a Colonial Arms extra full choke installed. A real "Butt Kicker"
[ July 25, 2014, 11:16 AM: Message edited by: Greenside ]
Posted by trapper2 (Member # 3651) on July 25, 2014, 11:24 AM:
dad always dove hunted with a browning feather weight 20 ga., I on the other hand had a single shot 20 bolt, I always wanted that browning, well last winter while I was out there working he gave it to me and I couldn't make myself take it home, but he has been after me all yr so next time I'm there I plan to get it to dove hunt with
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on July 25, 2014, 12:32 PM:
PruneDude;
In my mind and on my list, she will always be the woman from `The Mask of Zorro`
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on July 25, 2014, 12:59 PM:
Yeah, but. They say she not only has a huge case of bipolar disorder, but her vagina gave her husband throat cancer. True story. Why take a chance?
Yeah, I suppose acquiring certain coveted firearms would qualify for inclusion on a bucket list, but I was thinking (you know?) skydiving/base jumping, three weeks in Bali, a train trip to the Copper Canyon, any one of Dave's Excellent Hikes, or, for that matter, any of Dave's Excellent rifles, Megan Kelly on speed dial for a quickie, a cup of Vic's civet coffee, a Black Card, entering The World Series Of Poker, another six coyote stand, a twelve inch dick, etc.
Come on, use your imagination!
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Prune Picker (Member # 4107) on July 25, 2014, 07:43 PM:
Tim, I would trade every whitetail deer in okla for the quail to come back around here. I hope you enjoy your new shotgun and fill lots of daily limits.
Posted by 3 Toes (Member # 1327) on July 25, 2014, 07:45 PM:
I have a list....
It rhymes with bucket....
Posted by 3 Toes (Member # 1327) on July 25, 2014, 07:46 PM:
It's all the things I've decided I'm NOT going to do!
Posted by Prune Picker (Member # 4107) on July 25, 2014, 08:09 PM:
Cal, is that like dropping the B off Bucket List & substituting an F ? If so my list includes Marg Helgenburger, along with a young Zeta Jones because I eat biscuits & gravy.
Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on July 25, 2014, 10:32 PM:
I would like to kill a good elk, mule deer and antelope. Go on another good bird hunt and watch good dogs work again.
But right now I'm working on running a half marathon with my daughter, that's on the agenda for fall, maybe spring since both of us are overcoming injuries.
I'd also like to have another good hunt with my dad, need to work on that before it's too late.
Oh and get a 1911 to run 100%
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on July 26, 2014, 01:52 AM:
Sounds like a good buy, Tim. Enjoy it. I've purposely chosen to stay away from bucket lists. Trying to focus on what I do have rather than what I don't. I honestly look around me and cannot think of a single tangible I would like more than just to see the people I am closest to have the opportunity to live a normal, productive, happy life. Just can't bring myself to waste even a minute's time thinking about what I want, when that time is better spent focused on what they need.
Posted by Fur_n_Dirt (Member # 4467) on July 26, 2014, 08:28 AM:
You guys got me thinking of my bucket list, but I try not to think too hard about it since I can't do most things on it.. Damn marriage.. :-)
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on July 28, 2014, 03:35 AM:
Ok..............as long as we're dreaming out loud;
(1) I would like to; take a bowfishing trip on the Trinity River for one of those huge Alligator Gar.
(2) Call in a world record Mountain Lion and take it with my bow.
(3) Read the book on predator calling that Leonard still won't write.
(4) Call in a Jaguar and not piss all over myself.
(5) Find a really good place to flyfish for bluegils on the spawning beds.
(6) Learn the Japanese Kyudo style of archery.
Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on July 28, 2014, 05:51 AM:
Bucket list is basically chasing some western critters. In no particular order:
1. DIY hunt, bull elk with a bow. Maybe this September is a charm?
2. DIY hunt, spot & stalk a high country muley buck (po' mans sheep hunt)
3. Do a fun, DIY goat/coyote combo hunt with a couple buddies
4. !!!KILL A WOLF!!!
5. Attend a HM Campout
6. Kill a mature buck in the Adirondacks. Hunting deer in 'cow country' is easy-schmeasy, especially with a decent shooting rifle. Would love to do a backpack hunt in the snow for a wary ol' mountain buck. Pack in, spike camp, endure the elements for a couple days, etc. Kinda like a back-country western hunt, but back East in the heart of the 'Dacks...
Posted by Kelly Jackson (Member # 977) on July 28, 2014, 07:19 AM:
I want to go to africa and shoot a blue balled monkey.
Next week it might be something else, but this has been on my mind lately...
Posted by KaBloomR (Member # 4252) on July 28, 2014, 01:19 PM:
^ This ^
Is this species the one with the ass that looks like a rainbow colored catcher's mitt? Would make for a really cool tobacco pouch.....
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on July 28, 2014, 02:49 PM:
You know, I spent a good bit of my scheduled pursuits tracking baboons. For those in the know, that is one of the hardest animals to hunt, in Africa. They are constant on the move and it seemed that we never got closer than (?) maybe 600 yards, and you have 50-75 sets of very sharp eyes always on the lookout. Otherwise, it's just a target of opportunity and blind luck. They travel like gypsies, word of mouth might put them 20 miles to the east one day and twenty miles back where you started the next. But, I wanted one, baboon and caracal were my two biggest disappointments. <sob>
Good hunting. El Bee
might be talking "mandril" or is it mandrel?
[ July 28, 2014, 02:50 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on July 29, 2014, 09:53 AM:
Couple years back, David Tubb did a video on baboon sniping...
Youtube linky to video trailer
[ July 29, 2014, 09:54 AM: Message edited by: knockemdown ]
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on July 29, 2014, 11:49 AM:
Thanks, Fred. I found that interesting. Especially since I was there in 2001 and apparently, my observations coincide with Tubb. That 600 yard distance was more challenge than I was willing to take on, with the gear I had with me. Yes, baboon may be the ultimate varmint, at least in Africa.
I had to laugh at Lochi's description of baboons when they just must get into crops and orchards protected by hi voltage wire. He says they "psych" themselves up, get all excited with anticipation and run at the fence screaming, fully aware they are going to get the shit shocked out of them, but it's worth it, once they are on the other side, to gorge themselves on tasty delectables. And, it induces the rest of the troop to get up the courage. His account was a lot more entertaining than mine.
Good hunting. El Bee
edit: oh, and these are smart critters. They will throw fruit over the fence to youngsters and those too shy to risk the shocks.
[ July 29, 2014, 11:52 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on July 29, 2014, 01:10 PM:
Great clip that looked like a ton of fun!
Posted by trapper2 (Member # 3651) on July 31, 2014, 02:38 AM:
Kelly everyone else is talking about some wild time with women and your bucket list has blue balls on it, only you my friend, only you.
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on July 31, 2014, 07:54 AM:
Hey...........Just WHERE IS Kelly pouring that Aunt Jemima anyway ???? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Posted by Fur_n_Dirt (Member # 4467) on July 31, 2014, 09:54 AM:
I want to know where I can buy the shirt!
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