Easiest way I have found is to stand on the wings as close to the bird as possble and slowly pull on the legs. When the bird comes apart use shears to cut through the backbone and cut the wings off. Done deal!

I agree that it depends on maturity. I started going when I was 6 and carrying a gun when I was 9. When I start taking my son I have to expect that he still has a lot to learn about hunting and that my screw up my chances of getting anything....but having him with me and teaching him will be well worth it when he grows up a little.

I wouldnt suggest using gasoline....maybe diesel fuel. It would be safer to carry something dry like dryer lint....use it with some dry wood shavings and you will have a fire in no time.

Add to the above mentioned items a well stocked medical kit. All that other stuff doesnt really matter if your bleeding out.

Anything that you can get 90 grain or less bullets for will work. Hell, if your a reloader you can make 90gr. rounds for a .270 that will scream. Find something that you are comfortable with and happy hunting.

Im sure if I was lost I would take more information from Stroud to Survive. Bear runs around like a chicken with his head cut off most of the time. Yeah, he does show you some cool stuff but Stroud actually does the real thing. Stroud hands down.

Jon boat hands down. Not that a canoe doesnt have its advantages, but a jon boat allows you to mount a small motor if you need to travel across a large amount of water. Based on the question...your going to need a motor.

I used a .243 my first year and moved on to a 30-30 from there. Either of those would be a great biginner gun.

I would say Texas or Oklahoma. It helps the population when hunters dont chase a covey down until every last bird is dead.

Those are great guns!!! One of my good friends owns one. He used this web site to get replacement parts and had good luck with them. www.e-gunparts.com

The first thing I ask someone when I get in one of those conversations is if they have ever hunted and what type of experience they had if they have hunted. If it was a bad experience I try and explain that there isnt any bad hunting trips...just bad hunting buddies. Like you said, typically the "anti-gunner" has never hunted. Then I usually bring up some sort of ,intruder in your house, scenario and ask them if they trust in their local law inforcement enought to get there before said intruder kills you? I have actually converted a non gun owner into a gun owner doing this. Just have to break it down into its simplest form because the "anti's" are dumb.

Mini mags are awesome if you want something that is cheap, reliable, and you wont feel like kicking yourself if you loose it. I got a Sure Fire while I was in Iraq and it took a severe beating and still works great....but very pricey for a flashlight.

Nacho cheese!!! Use them with Cottage Cheese as dip. Yep sounds disgusting but it is some good stuff. Thanks for the completely random question!!!

That is a great quote! I agree with all the guys above about the meaning.

Kansas

Herbie hit it on the head. You could also have them put a variable choke on. My grandad had one on his 870 for as long as I can remember and he loved it.

Go to a bow local bow shop and ask if you can shoot a few different bows. If the bow doesnt feel good in your hands you wont ever be able to shoot it your best. I would definatly go with carbon arrows....pricy but will fly true and are really quiet. As for broadheads, there is a lot to take into account when picking one. Talk to the bow shop and they will hook you up.

Parachute cord aka 550 cord. This is the first year I forgot mine and I regretted it. 50 feet takes up almost no room in a pocket and you can build a heck of a harness for yourself and the deer. Not that dragging a big buck is easy but it beats trying to hold on with your hands.

My dad shot one in 1999. It was quartering away and had a white tail so he shot it. It was definatly a mix with those big ears and dark patch on the chest though.

Shut the borders up tighter than a nuns skirt I say. Then build a few gigantic factories on the border and put up housing and schools. They can come in as long as they work in the factory for 2 years for 8 hours a day and go to school for 4 hours a day. All classes will be taught in English. All profit from the factory will go toward paying for the housing and the school. Anyone trying to cross the border in another manor will be shot on sight...no questions asked.

Springfield XD .40.

I would do it myself. I think that time is coming up within the year for the ol Gordon Setter. Sure it will be hard but I cant paying someone else to do it and she would want to go out in the wild...not some vets office.

I would go for a Benchmade. Very expensive for a knife but the quality of the products are worth it.

I have had a lot of luck with live bluegill and something stinky with lines on the Neosho. Alternate hooks with the two baits and you should catch something.

You guys crack me up. Listen, we are all here for one reason. We enjoy the outdoors and all that mother nature has to offer us. I believe in one god but that doesnt mean that people dont have the right to believe whatever they want also. I sure as hell would hunt with almost any person on this website and wouldnt really give a damn if they had to sacrafice a goat before we could go. It seems funny to me that people are so eager to bash on what others think, do, and believe but hate it when others do that to them. I always think of PETA, Hippies, Activists as the types to critisize how others do things. Interesting topic none the less.

Sounds like the mother should have been paying more attention to where her 13 year old child was. I know if I was a cop I would have unloaded on his punk ass too. She should get a job for money instead of expecting the government or a law suit to get it for her.

Without a doubt it will. Like the other guys said you can kill them with a Red Ryder if you are close enough. After my dad and I planted 300 trees on our property we had a problem with rabbits munching on them. The ol' Daisy pellet gun became a rabbit herd thinner and worked great.

I saw a friend of mine drop 7 doves with one shot. All I could do was sit there and laugh my ass off.

Check out this website. Lots of good recipes. I usually fry fish but taking little bits and trying different things on the grill is always fun. http://www.skeeterbytes.com/cookbook/recipes/fish/panfish2.htm

Well, I have always seen it as if they can keep their mouths shut then I will keep mine shut. That doesnt always happen....Then they become vegan-activists. Thats when it gets really annoying.

Here in Kansas there really isnt any clear water. The clearest water I have ever seen in a pond or lake had about 5 feet of visibility. Fish the same spots as you would in a clear body of water. Good Luck!!!

I will agree with you all that the magazine would be much better without the ads in the back....However, without those ads F&S most likely wouldnt be able to pay its staff or possibly even be published. I think they are pretty much stuck where they are at.

I like them because you can vary the angles you shoot at them and it is more real world.

The chicken came first....I thought everyone knew that.

Amen brother. This is one of the best posts I have seen in a while.

They dont seem to like me all that much but my dad is a different story. He takes a eyedropper full of liquid vitamin B-12 every day during the summer and he doesnt have any problems with ticks, mosquitos, and chiggers.

Get yourself a cheapo .22 revolver. Its easier to carry than a rifle and the ammo is cheap.

Brad, By god this is one of the most selfless things I have seen anyone on this site do. God bless you and good luck to all of those young hunters!

I hope he brings his A game if he wants to leave alive.

I had a small Gerber multi-tool and broke the pliers the very first time I used them. I also have multiple Leatherman tools and I have never had one problem with em.

Oh sweet jesus that was funny! Clay, is there any way we can all get together and drink some beer? I bet that would be an entertaining night!

The XD .40 and the 870.

Get a CD that has turkeys on it and when you are driving practice with the call. I used this method in high school when I started using a diaphram call.

I was thinking it looked like a bald and bloated sheep based on the potruding skull.

I found a Buck knife that was in perfect condition while deer hunting. Guess what happened the next year...thats right, I donated it back to the woods. Still cant figure that one out. My dad found a really nice leather sling 2 years ago.

I saw that in an email and wondered if it was legit. It should be interesting to see how how the Obama herd tries to handle this one. Way to fight Montana!!

I could be slightly biased having been shot at by said Taliban but I believe that we should use any means possible to get info out of the bad guys. If that means keeping them on the brink of insanity just for a few crucial words.....then by god lets do it. Washington crazies dont give a rats ass that maybe...just maybe....some of the intelligence that was gathered from those interrogations saved Americans. If it saved just one, it was well worth it.

I carry so I dont have to ever beg for my life while some jackass is running around killing people. That would be a good sticker for my truck.

When we left Kuwait on a C-130 headed for Iraq I figured it would be a pretty calm flight, and it was until the desent started. The AF had started this thing that when they desend they do it withing a very small amount of space. This amounts to the longest roller coaster drop in the history of mankind. Anyhow, I was onboard with 20 or so Marines and one of them, as it was explained to me, gets car sick on a regular basis. His SGT informed him that if he got any amount of puke on him he would kick his ass. Well during this desent the poor guy looses his supper and I think every bit of it ended up on his SGT. Needless to say, my first 2 min on ground in Iraq was spent watching 2 puke covered Marines beat the crap out of each other. Kinda made me forget about where I was for a bit.

I agree with the first two gentlemen on the Ruger Mark .22's. Find a good pawn shop in your area that sells pistols and barter with them. Yeah, its used but that is where you will save your money. Also, if you do go that route....take the gun apart right there in the store and inspect it. If your a serious buyer, they shouldnt mind at all.

My grandad and I were walking around the point of a draw deer hunting. He stopped and shot a real nice 10 point. As soon as it hit the ground it stood back up so he shot it again. When we walked down to where the buck was we found 2 almost identical deer. It was interesting explaining that to the game warden but he got us another tag and let us keep them both!

I think leasing is killing hunting for a lot of people. Where I hunt guys with really deep pockets have been buying up all the land to lease it out. What really pisses me off is that you can call a land owner in KS and the asshole lives in New York. They are just out for a profit and the guys who cant afford to lease the land from them are going to quit hunting or figure out some other way to go.

I buy Purina. The reasoning......It doesnt give my Lab gas. Let me tell you....she can clear a room real quick when she eats anything besides that.

Check out Morels.com They have comments from guys and gals from all the states you can find them in. Might be some help.

I fell off the front side of a river dam when I was 9 or so. Sure gave me the shock of a lifetime!!

I am a big fan of Walkers. They seem to have a switch that flips when you know they are trained and will have coons on their mind 24/7

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I think I would go with you Del. Neither of us would have a very far drive to meet up!

I have an XD in .40 and it shoots like a dream. Im sure the extra punch of the .45 would make that pistol a hell of a lot harder to shoot. Have you ever tried a Kimber 1911? Really pricey but man you can put up some impressive groups with them.

My dad had his Rem. 1100 stolen the opening day of pheasant season a coupla years ago. I think the bastards were doing some christmas shopping.

Its all about setting the drag and using your thumb to create the right amount of pressure on the spool. Good luck, it took me a whole summer to get it right!

Del, Great Turkey!! I went out last night looking for morels and didnt see a single one. I live here in NE KS. I think the soil is still a little too cool for them to start popping up. The largest bunch of morels I have ever seen was in a ladies yard I was doing some work for. She had no clue what they were and had been mowing over them! Good advice above though.

Common sense and the politicians of the Democratic party havnt ever really went hand in hand. I agree with the posts above....

I think a lot of it has to do with the amount of adrenaline, or whatever animals have that compares, that gets dumped into their system when they are shot. The bigger the game, the less of an impact it has on the body so the system doesnt go into survival mode. Just my opinion. Great question.

I love em. It is one of the smoothest operating lever actions I have ever had the pleasure to shoot.

I would think any high strength glue would work. I would go with super glue.

03 F150 SuperCrew. I love this truck and hopefully it will last me a lot of years.

Definatly fried or grilled. Crawfish are darn good boiled with seasoning though.

I set trot lines every year. For me it is just about as exciting as any other method of fishing....especially when you have a 55lb flathead on one of your hooks.

My dad takes an eye dropper full of vitamin B-12 every day during the warmer months. He has had really good luck with not getting eaten alive by chiggers, and it keeps the mosquitos and ticks away too.

Check out this link. Great web site for ordering replacement parts. http://e-gunparts.com/productschem.asp?chrMasterModel=2310zAUTOMAG%20V

I had a great uncle that created his own special piece of tackle just for the guys on jet skis. I would guess it had over a hundred treble hooks attached to it and had a dedicated pole. When they started getting too close to his fishing boat he would do his best to snag one.

Paper towels if I remember to bring them...if not the pants or shirt work pretty well.

I found 3 sacks full of golfballs at my grandparents when I was 14 or so. Instead of just hitting them out in the pasture we used shotguns to make it interesting. Have your buddy hit the golfball with a sand wedge and shoot away.

If you really have the "itch" for a new rifle I would go with a .270. I just bought one this year and I am extremely pleased.

I would ask "Why do politicians feel that their own personal feelings and views need to be pressed on the people? I thought this country was a democracy, where everyone gets a voice? When will the government work FOR THE PEOPLE, like it says in the Constitution?

For stank I use Shad sides that have been covered in salt. When I run lines I use live bluegill and have always had good luck.

All of the game wardens I know would much rather you tell the truth than lie to them. You might still get a warning or even a ticket but usually they will let you keep the game. An honest mistake is still honest until you throw some BS in there.

George Strait is my all time favorite.

I would have covered it. Things like that always make me stop and think "What in the hell was this guy thinking!?!?". The least he could have done was get off the trail 10 feet or so.

A majority of the readers fit the demographic for sex ads perfectly. It all boils down to sex sells, F&S needs money to keep printing...so they do what they have to. I would let my kid look at the magazine with no worries and he is only 5. If he asked what the pictures or whatever were in the back I would tell him he doesnt need to worry about that stuff yet.

I found that chunking them up and soaking the bits in salt and other random ingredients make great catfish bait. If you dont keep em throw them back. I agree that they are trash fish but I have seen a few people get tickets for throwing them on the bank and leaving them.