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Old 11-19-2003, 04:34 AM   #1
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Cool going hunting part 2

well outdoorsmen and women, it's that time of year for our annual deer hunt in wisconsin!

i'll be using the airstream for base camp again. it worked out well last year, dry camped four days. unfortunately no deer!

just wondering if anyone else uses an airstream for this purpose?

davidz71 and jabba ya listening?

photo's and updates to follow.....

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I use my 34' for lodging at my hunting camp. I have full hookups and a porch with a tin roof on it that I pull up to.

I pulled it about 100 miles to the camp last Sunday. Works out really nice, except for muddy boots dirtying up the interior.

This trailer is nice enough for my wife and 1.5 year old to spend the weekend in if she wants to. My previous 1963 Overlander was kind of cramped.

Go to my picture site and see all of my trailers, some at my hunting camp after tornadic winds came through.
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That Target Measures M.O.W.

That's Minute of Whitetail! That should do the trick! Or is the trick just seeing the whitetail?

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Hunting time

We use our '71 Safari every year during deer season. Our rifle season starts Saturday and I will be there ready to hunt. Sure beats sleeping on the ground in a lean-to.
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Re: going hunting part 2

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well outdoorsmen and women, it's that time of year for our annual deer hunt in wisconsin!

i'll be using the airstream for base camp again. it worked out well last year, dry camped four days. unfortunately no deer!

just wondering if anyone else uses an airstream for this purpose?

davidz71 and jabba ya listening?

photo's and updates to follow.....

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I'm a little disappointed, John... unless you were shooting at a thousand yards, those four little holes should have been spread one in each quadrant of the bullseye... you're getting pretty sloppy there!

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off hand rapid fire, 1966 browning BAR. .30-06

when i sand bag it, they touch!

just goofing around

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not goofing around!

rog,

same rifle and ammo, bench rest.

arrow indicates last 3 after sight adjustment.

better?

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It makes me nervous to see "Miller High Life" endorsing a shooting target! Typically, beer ads are coupled with activities that go along well with a brew -- hopefully that is not the case here!
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Re: not goofing around!

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rog,

same rifle and ammo, bench rest.

arrow indicates last 3 after sight adjustment.

better?

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It makes me nervous to see "Miller High Life" endorsing a shooting target! Typically, beer ads are coupled with activities that go along well with a brew -- hopefully that is not the case here!
yukionna,

not to worry, the firearms get put away well before the adult beverages come out.

however, things are a little different here in the middlewest. this is a pic of one of my favorite small town taverns, one can have a beer and shop at the same time!

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Hey John,
Just got back from deer camp myself. Was there last night and both of the past 2 weekends.
Deer camp is the AS, an outhouse, a couple of semi trailers full of junk and a couple of old tractors.
Been out 6 days now and haven't gotten mine. This weekend we'll go back up for the final weekend. So if it's brown it's down!
Saw five in a group last weekend but they busted me before I could pull the trigger.
My buddy got one last Sunday so we'll not go hungry.
Be nice to have a couple more though. We can each take 2 this year.
This is the first year in the Overlander.
Like hunting in luxury!
Good luck with your hunt!!!
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I'm pleased to see Miller endorse something besides the usual football, baseball, basketball etc. Maybe I'll buy a 12 pack of High Life this weekend instead of the usual Linenkugels.
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Good shooting with a 1966 BAR, doubt a new one is capable of that accurracy, like A/S older is sometimes better....jem
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I know where the deer are

They are in my yard! Four of them regularly come around together and graze in our woods and a large buck (not of the four) leaped across our driveway when my wife walked up to get the newspaper Monday morning.
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Old 11-20-2003, 01:18 PM   #14
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Back to John's original question.......

I haven't taken the trailer away on a hunt. My wife's family has a large farm in south Georgia teeming with deer, which is where I do my hunting. I've been spending a lot of time in the woods during the rut. I was told if I spent any more time away, I might be consigned to the Airstream as punishment. I can think of a lot worse things to have happen.
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nothing yet...

had a good weekend, although it rained saturday and sunday.

saw one doe and fawn. nice to be back out in the woods!

left the trailer in the pole barn due to the forecast for snow. wanted to avoid salt on the roads. still used it anyway, nice and warm to say the least!

here is a pic of a nubbin buck i saw near the trailer!

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Deer hunting in Tennessee

Looks like we will be eating venison for a while. Spent the weekend camping in our '71 Safari. All systems worked well. Hunting was good also. Nothing much moved Saturday morning. However, the afternoon was better. A nice buck fell to my 7mm-08 Mauser that I had built. Sunday morning I added a couple of doe to the locker. We can shoot four doe each day for the fifteen day season. I will wait now for a really big buck.
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good for you!

i've got a whole fistfull of doe permits, just not for the area i was this last weekend. some years have been like you described, once, i was finished ten min. after the season started with a nice big buck.

good luck on the rest of your season!

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nothing yet.....

well, the second weekend was very enjoyable but no deer in the freezer!

fortunately with the extended season we have in wisconsin, deer hunting continues until the beginning of january.

the trailer was very comfortable and the temps ranged from the 40's to mid teens at night. sure is a nice place to crash after tromping around the woods all day.

my hunt continues locally, the airstream will remain unused until new years eve!

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i use the silver weenie for hunting in giles county tennessee. so far three does during muzzel loader season. havent been yet for regular season. plan to use the 300 mag for some 250 yd shots. does permitted but im looking for nice bucks only dont need any more meat. my wife doesnt eat deer . i do so ive got a years supply. my luck no nice bucks.
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