Nice job! What are the fella's sporting in the first photo's with their AR's?
You can't beat those 'grins'. [/QUOTE
The first one is an all rock river 458 socom shooting horniday 325 grain ftx
the second is a slapped together 458 with a rock river upper from my 458 socom stuck on a Wilson lower
that has an adjustable stock (good for youth) hence the goody half camo. It's shooting 300 grain Barnes
ttsx.
Nice job! What are the fella's sporting in the first photo's with their AR's?
You can't beat those 'grins'. [/QUOTE
The first one is an all rock river 458 socom shooting horniday 325 grain ftx
the second is a slapped together 458 with a rock river upper from my 458 socom stuck on a Wilson lower
that has an adjustable stock (good for youth) hence the goody half camo. It's shooting 300 grain Barnes
ttsx.
I've got a RRA .458, but at least for my 70lb 11 year old nephew, it's really a bit heavy to hold up, and a little heavy recoiling. Thus the reason I popped the $200 on the CVA Hunter .44mag. I had built a pretty lightweight 6.8SPC AR for him to hunt with, but then the rules didn't end up getting changed. Such is life. Sucks though, because it's a lightweight, stainless, sub-MOA weapon, that packs a punch and has pretty mild recoil.
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Took my 11 year old nephew youth season hunting on my grandparents' property near Spencer. He got this ~110lb? doe. 44mag CVA Hunter with Prostaff 2-7x BDC shotgun scope and the 225gr LeverEvolution ammo. 40yrds, shoulder/rib/lung/heart/lung/rib/shoulder shot with the bullet stopping just under the skin on the far side (enough to take the hair off right there, but just not quite enough to get through). Neat part is having saved the bullet, I'm going to pour it into a clear resin block for him to keep, with the shell.
I basically showed him how to field dress this first time, with a little bit of help from him. He did help me process about 2/3 of it, but full processing was a little over the attention span and arm strength of an (this) 11 year old, so he just watched and learned on the rear leg steaks and stuff.
It was really funny that the wife and I had him and his mom and my in-laws (his mom and my wife's parents) over for both of the tenderloins and one of the back straps on Sunday. His Mom, per SOP, didn't set a knife at his table spot, and kept trying to cut his steak for him. I politely informed her that I suspected he could cut his own steak, given that he skinned and cut about half of this meat off of the deer with a 4" hunting knife and a 6" fillet knife. She apparently had no idea that her baby was growing up. She just said "Oh... Wow... OK" and handed him the steak knife. Her and my wife don't have any brothers, and his dad is out of the picture (a good thing), so I do what I can. I get a lot of the "welcome to boys. Perfectly normal." calls of "He's going around killing all of the bugs he can find outside" or "He's jumping off of things" etc.
That's a neet idea and he will always remember!! How do you pour resin blocks ??Took my 11 year old nephew youth season hunting on my grandparents' property near Spencer. He got this ~110lb? doe. 44mag CVA Hunter with Prostaff 2-7x BDC shotgun scope and the 225gr LeverEvolution ammo. 40yrds, shoulder/rib/lung/heart/lung/rib/shoulder shot with the bullet stopping just under the skin on the far side (enough to take the hair off right there, but just not quite enough to get through). Neat part is having saved the bullet, I'm going to pour it into a clear resin block for him to keep, with the shell.
I basically showed him how to field dress this first time, with a little bit of help from him. He did help me process about 2/3 of it, but full processing was a little over the attention span and arm strength of an (this) 11 year old, so he just watched and learned on the rear leg steaks and stuff.
It was really funny that the wife and I had him and his mom and my in-laws (his mom and my wife's parents) over for both of the tenderloins and one of the back straps on Sunday. His Mom, per SOP, didn't set a knife at his table spot, and kept trying to cut his steak for him. I politely informed her that I suspected he could cut his own steak, given that he skinned and cut about half of this meat off of the deer with a 4" hunting knife and a 6" fillet knife. She apparently had no idea that her baby was growing up. She just said "Oh... Wow... OK" and handed him the steak knife. Her and my wife don't have any brothers, and his dad is out of the picture (a good thing), so I do what I can. I get a lot of the "welcome to boys. Perfectly normal." calls of "He's going around killing all of the bugs he can find outside" or "He's jumping off of things" etc.
I've got a RRA .458, but at least for my 70lb 11 year old nephew, it's really a bit heavy to hold up, and a little heavy recoiling. Thus the reason I popped the $200 on the CVA Hunter .44mag. I had built a pretty lightweight 6.8SPC AR for him to hunt with, but then the rules didn't end up getting changed. Such is life. Sucks though, because it's a lightweight, stainless, sub-MOA weapon, that packs a punch and has pretty mild recoil.
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Took my 11 year old nephew youth season hunting on my grandparents' property near Spencer. He got this ~110lb? doe. 44mag CVA Hunter with Prostaff 2-7x BDC shotgun scope and the 225gr LeverEvolution ammo. 40yrds, shoulder/rib/lung/heart/lung/rib/shoulder shot with the bullet stopping just under the skin on the far side (enough to take the hair off right there, but just not quite enough to get through). Neat part is having saved the bullet, I'm going to pour it into a clear resin block for him to keep, with the shell.
I basically showed him how to field dress this first time, with a little bit of help from him. He did help me process about 2/3 of it, but full processing was a little over the attention span and arm strength of an (this) 11 year old, so he just watched and learned on the rear leg steaks and stuff.
It was really funny that the wife and I had him and his mom and my in-laws (his mom and my wife's parents) over for both of the tenderloins and one of the back straps on Sunday. His Mom, per SOP, didn't set a knife at his table spot, and kept trying to cut his steak for him. I politely informed her that I suspected he could cut his own steak, given that he skinned and cut about half of this meat off of the deer with a 4" hunting knife and a 6" fillet knife. She apparently had no idea that her baby was growing up. She just said "Oh... Wow... OK" and handed him the steak knife. Her and my wife don't have any brothers, and his dad is out of the picture (a good thing), so I do what I can. I get a lot of the "welcome to boys. Perfectly normal." calls of "He's going around killing all of the bugs he can find outside" or "He's jumping off of things" etc.
Your nephew is fortunate to have a good uncle like you. All my uncles were jackwagons. Also, btw -cool idea on saving the bullet for him. Nice job.