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Re: looking for a coon load
« Reply #45 on: December 05, 2014, 04:35:14 PM »
Sweet thanks
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Re: looking for a coon load
« Reply #46 on: January 02, 2015, 12:52:10 PM »
Field trials will commence shortly :tup:
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Re: looking for a coon load
« Reply #47 on: January 02, 2015, 01:44:37 PM »
Why are you shooting coons?  I use a .22  A shotgun will destroy the hide.
I am west of I5, cant use a 22......  Why did the chicken cross the road :chuckle:  I actually am going to make some coon skin caps, have a few in the freezer already and got sick of trying to find buckshot.  Bought the #4 buckshot mold and already reload steel shot shell for duck hunting, so figured why not load some coon loads as well.

Not sure why, say for example a .22 revolver would not be legal to use for this purpose. 

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Re: looking for a coon load
« Reply #48 on: January 02, 2015, 09:47:14 PM »
Why are you shooting coons?  I use a .22  A shotgun will destroy the hide.
I am west of I5, cant use a 22......  Why did the chicken cross the road :chuckle:  I actually am going to make some coon skin caps, have a few in the freezer already and got sick of trying to find buckshot.  Bought the #4 buckshot mold and already reload steel shot shell for duck hunting, so figured why not load some coon loads as well.

Not sure why, say for example a .22 revolver would not be legal to use for this purpose. 
may not be wise to shoot a 22 at raccoons up in a tree, if you miss it, where does the bullet go?
https://www.howlforwildlife.org/take_action  It takes 10 seconds and it’s free. To easy to make an excuse not to make your voice heard!!!!!!

The commission shall attempt to maximize the public recreational game fishing and hunting opportunities of all citizens, including juvenile, disabled, and senior citizens.
https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=77.04.012

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Re: looking for a coon load
« Reply #49 on: January 02, 2015, 11:10:06 PM »
Why are you shooting coons?  I use a .22  A shotgun will destroy the hide.
I am west of I5, cant use a 22......  Why did the chicken cross the road :chuckle:  I actually am going to make some coon skin caps, have a few in the freezer already and got sick of trying to find buckshot.  Bought the #4 buckshot mold and already reload steel shot shell for duck hunting, so figured why not load some coon loads as well.

Not sure why, say for example a .22 revolver would not be legal to use for this purpose. 
may not be wise to shoot a 22 at raccoons up in a tree, if you miss it, where does the bullet go?

It would go the same place as a full load of #4 buckshot- into the air...only a lot more projectiles with similar ballistic forces.

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Re: looking for a coon load
« Reply #50 on: January 02, 2015, 11:37:27 PM »
Why are you shooting coons?  I use a .22  A shotgun will destroy the hide.
I am west of I5, cant use a 22......  Why did the chicken cross the road :chuckle:  I actually am going to make some coon skin caps, have a few in the freezer already and got sick of trying to find buckshot.  Bought the #4 buckshot mold and already reload steel shot shell for duck hunting, so figured why not load some coon loads as well.
This thread is about loads for shotguns.   A 22 will not be used!
Not sure why, say for example a .22 revolver would not be legal to use for this purpose. 
may not be wise to shoot a 22 at raccoons up in a tree, if you miss it, where does the bullet go?

It would go the same place as a full load of #4 buckshot- into the air...only a lot more projectiles with similar ballistic forces.
Rather be dead than cool.
Kurt Cobain

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Re: looking for a coon load
« Reply #51 on: January 19, 2015, 08:15:07 AM »
Field trials with my buckshot recipie complete. 32 yard shot, dropped him like a bad habit.
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Re: looking for a coon load
« Reply #52 on: January 19, 2015, 08:27:59 AM »
:yikes: nice coon
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Re: looking for a coon load
« Reply #53 on: January 19, 2015, 08:44:40 AM »
Nice coon Seth! Glad the load worked for you. I'd love to see a pic of the creations you make out of the hides.
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

 


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