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by FredC
Sat Oct 21, 2023 2:56 am
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Thoughts for the day
Replies: 16
Views: 8881

Re: Thoughts for the day

Cannot tip a deer, they sleep lying down. Not sure about the horse in the background, the only time I have seen them lying down is when they are rolling in the dust or sick. My guess is horses sleep standing up.


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by FredC
Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:03 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Strange Stuff
Replies: 2
Views: 921

Re: Strange Stuff

My secretary's daughter did not like horses because they think they are smarter than you. I had an occasion to let the neighbor's horse out of the pens the other day. I asked "are you smarter than people just think you are smarter than people?" Neither replied so I learned nothing from tha...
by FredC
Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:02 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Thoughts for the day
Replies: 16
Views: 8881

Re: Thoughts for the day

I checked with the ranch manager next door (He bought most of my place and the cattle) and some cows do sleep standing up. He saw cow tipping as a difficult, as they do seem pretty aware even when most are sleeping. He did not comment on possible broken ribs and death of the cow if a person successf...
by FredC
Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Thoughts for the day
Replies: 16
Views: 8881

Re: Thoughts for the day

Pretty funny Br. Does anyone know if cow tipping is a real thing? Seems I have seen them lying down sleeping many times. A few in the herd will be standing, never asked them if they were asleep though. Even walking up on them at night they seem pretty aware of their surroundings and many will get up...
by FredC
Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:33 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: .22 cal target Krag
Replies: 23
Views: 13699

Re: .22 cal target Krag

T You can crash the population of any mammal spieces by killing off the breeding age females. Look what happened in reverse with deer in the 1970s and 80s. In Ohio for years there were buck only seasons. Then the herds exploded.. i remember seeing herds of ten to twenty deer. Then came the one buck...
by FredC
Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:29 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: It is already too late! Maybe not.
Replies: 28
Views: 7000

Re: It is already too late! Maybe not.

#1 eclipse is in the books. A friend and I planned to take cameras to the west side of Jourdanton to catch some photo time. An hour before it was very cloudy to the west in the direction we had planned. So we headed east towards my place. Borrowed the neighbor's' Gator to get a high point in an open...
by FredC
Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:06 pm
Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
Topic: 1898 Krag sights
Replies: 15
Views: 17110

Re: 1898 Krag sights

Backwards to improve sight picture?
by FredC
Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:04 pm
Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
Topic: 1898 Krag sights
Replies: 15
Views: 17110

Re: 1898 Krag sights

Sure would be a coincidence if that is the 98 carbine sight that Br has been looking for.

Even if it is not, photos would help the wise persons here identify what you got.
by FredC
Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:48 pm
Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
Topic: Krag sporter estamate
Replies: 16
Views: 20322

Re: Krag sporter estamate

Seems like a simple solution to the brother in law situation would be a trade plus cash. Everybody wins then. The B/L gets a Krag that shoots right off the bat, the widow gets close to $500.00 cash, and a member here gets a valuable 96 carbine sight. A receiver sight or original Krag barrel sight wo...
by FredC
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:04 pm
Forum: Sporterized and unofficial modified Krags
Topic: Sporter just sold at auction
Replies: 4
Views: 10885

Re: Sporter just sold at auction

I think I see an extra hole in the barrel, so scope mounts seem likely.