fatnhappy
10-14-2014, 08:49 PM
1st deer ever actually. The majority of Western NY and the Southern tier, formerly shotgun only, now permit rifles. This is the first year Livingston County has allowed rifles as a legal implement. The young men pictured are my son's friends, their father being my son's scoutmaster. Last weekend was a youth gun opener and I learned that Ben's father didn't own a rifle. Being as I have a couple, being as Ben has rifle shooting merit badge, being as Ben has completed hunter safety and being as I trust the man with my own kid, I had no compunction whatsoever lending Ben my tang safety 7-08.
It's my go to youth rifle: it's a fairly tame cartridge in a decently hefty and accurate rifle. Ben and his father were walking in to their blind and spotted this guy about 100 yards away. He went into a hedgerow while they set up. The next time he showed himself Ben commenced to hostilities. The only shot fired landed right in the boiler room, instantly pole axing him.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/IMG_7908_zps4a79d0cf.jpeg (http://s63.photobucket.com/user/lhsjfk3t/media/IMG_7908_zps4a79d0cf.jpeg.html)
It's my go to youth rifle: it's a fairly tame cartridge in a decently hefty and accurate rifle. Ben and his father were walking in to their blind and spotted this guy about 100 yards away. He went into a hedgerow while they set up. The next time he showed himself Ben commenced to hostilities. The only shot fired landed right in the boiler room, instantly pole axing him.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/IMG_7908_zps4a79d0cf.jpeg (http://s63.photobucket.com/user/lhsjfk3t/media/IMG_7908_zps4a79d0cf.jpeg.html)