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Offline Rowdy Fulcher

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #440 on: September 18, 2019, 09:09:32 PM »
Howdy Pards
Well Deer season is almost here . I am ready for another season of Hunting . I am Planning on shooting this weekend ,need to blow the dust out of the barrel . Has anyone been shooting lately ?

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #441 on: September 28, 2019, 02:49:03 PM »
Howdy
Got a chance to go shooting . She still shoots like a charm . I enjoy sitting steel targets at different yardages and shooting fast and drilling my targets dead center .

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #442 on: September 28, 2019, 04:39:44 PM »
Glad to see this topic still rolling. I have been shooting a few times but wont get to hunt till probably late November early December.

Yes, I too like shooting a few different loads too but I just am not good enough to get that dead center shot...lol

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #443 on: September 30, 2019, 08:20:31 PM »
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I love shooting my 73 . And I enjoy shooting at Targets at different ranges . And when I hit the center , it makes for a Great day . I haven't shot a cowboy match in several years but I gave it hell for 20 years .

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #444 on: July 08, 2020, 01:26:15 PM »
howdy

well the weather is HOT ,and Deer season is months away . But it will be here before you know it . I need to load up a few rounds and go shooting when it cools down .

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #445 on: August 13, 2020, 07:24:14 PM »
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  who's gonna drag there 73 out Deer hunting . Plan on using my 73 , you can't beat the 44wcf .

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #446 on: August 13, 2020, 07:37:20 PM »
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  who's gonna drag there 73 out Deer hunting . Plan on using my 73 , you can't beat the 44wcf .

I only get to hunt three days a year if I am lucky :-(
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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #447 on: August 13, 2020, 08:40:12 PM »
Might be buying some property with my son soon that has a ton of whitetail sign on it. There’s got to be a big buck on it. The rub is that my daughter in-law is a big animal lover. I also am an animal lover, venison that is. Venison is an animal right? I hope that I can twist her arm and harvest at least one off of it. Ones aplenty. I don’t think that I’d use my ‘73 but maybe my ‘76. We’ll see.
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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #448 on: September 14, 2020, 08:30:55 PM »
BE
Wish you the best of LUCK . Your 76 will do an Excellent job . You can't beat Deer jerky .

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #449 on: September 15, 2020, 07:41:18 AM »
Might be buying some property with my son soon that has a ton of whitetail sign on it. There’s got to be a big buck on it. The rub is that my daughter in-law is a big animal lover. I also am an animal lover, venison that is. Venison is an animal right? I hope that I can twist her arm and harvest at least one off of it. Ones aplenty. I don’t think that I’d use my ‘73 but maybe my ‘76. We’ll see.

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #450 on: September 15, 2020, 09:29:48 AM »
Why not? I would.
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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #451 on: September 16, 2020, 09:32:59 AM »
Thanks for the encouragement but I would have to actually work up real hunting loads as opposed to cas loads, very different things imo. Accurate with power loads as opposed to easy shooting minute of sass marshal at point blank range loads. I was thinking more about using the ‘76 or ‘95 or maybe my Krag for the extra power and range. My last deer rifle was a .25-06 Sendero but after selling it I did harvest a few deer with my M1. Having the much larger acreage to stretch out my rifle range will allow me to do some ammo development this fall. Couldn’t do that on an acre and a half. Used to go to my company’s 100 yd range at their employee center but the new owners have closed the range down.
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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #452 on: September 16, 2020, 09:40:30 AM »
Thanks for the encouragement but I would have to actually work up real hunting loads as opposed to cas loads, very different things imo. Accurate with power loads as opposed to easy shooting minute of sass marshal at point blank range loads. I was thinking more about using the ‘76 or ‘95 or maybe my Krag for the extra power and range. My last deer rifle was a .25-06 Sendero but after selling it I did harvest a few deer with my M1. Having the much larger acreage to stretch out my rifle range will allow me to do some ammo development this fall. Couldn’t do that on an acre and a half. Used to go to my company’s 100 yd range at their employee center but the new owners have closed the range down.

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #453 on: October 25, 2020, 09:35:37 PM »
Howdy
We are weeks away from Deer Gun season . Shot my rifle yesterday still shoots good but the sights are getting harder to see .

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #454 on: October 26, 2020, 04:36:10 AM »
Hey Rowdy,, I also have noticed , the more & longer I store my rifles w/o shoot'n um, the fuzzier the front sights get ,, hmmm,, may be on to something here ???? ::)


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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #455 on: October 26, 2020, 06:40:14 AM »
Getting old ay folks? Is it time to run down Missionary Ridge?
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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #456 on: October 26, 2020, 08:28:20 AM »
Howdy
We are weeks away from Deer Gun season . Shot my rifle yesterday still shoots good but the sights are getting harder to see .
         You aint fooling me Rowdy , I'll bet when you see that Ole buck , you'll squint them eyes and make it count ! Good Luck and I hope you see another big-un !,,,,,DT

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #457 on: October 29, 2020, 05:51:19 PM »
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I have my ammo loaded with olde E 2f . That seems to be really good Powder . Hope things in the lone star state are all good . Hope you find a Monster Buck to put a bullet in . Bryan hope the 3 days you get to hunt are the BEST .

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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #458 on: October 30, 2020, 10:00:53 AM »
We bought the property. Should become a nice homestead if I live long enough. 11 acres field- 23 acres old hard woods- newer pine woods that butts up to something called Flat Swamp. The peanuts are gone now and the farmer is doing winter wheat next, soy beans in the spring I’m guessing. Plenty of room to sight in a rifle or two. Working on cleaning up the overgrown old house sight that’s on it. House is gone just the footers, trash, fireplace, pump house and shallow well left. Exactly one hour away from me. Hoping the strong winds from the leftover hurricane took down two dead trees on the house sight yesterday.
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Re: Vintage Hunting with the 1873
« Reply #459 on: October 30, 2020, 10:16:30 AM »
It looks great! Congrats on such a nice place.
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