So this past weekend I had the opportunity to go to Scott's dad's ranch. As you read in Bean's blog, Scott is our lifegroup leader. Anyway.......
We headed to the ranch friday night which is about thirty miles south and east of San Antonio. It was very exciting as I haven't shot a gun except for an M16 in the past six years. And I only shot the M16 once for qualifying, so it's not like I got to go out and mess around with it. So Carl brought his 12 gauge and two handguns, one baby desert eagle .45 and a stubby glock .40. Scott had his hand guns down there as well. He had a Colt .45 1911, and a Taurus .40 and tons of rifles and shotguns. With all the fire power how could it not be fun. Long story short the shooting was great. Oh, and to go along with the shooting, the ranch is also chockablock with feeders, so the deer are plentiful and fairly large. There were also hogs, havalinas, turkey, rabbits, and many other birds and wildlife. To get to the point I shot a five pointer. He should have been a six, but somehow one of his center points were broken off. The best part of this whole deal is that there is a full time ranch hand named Tito, so after shoot the buck all we had to do is hang it up, and Tito did the gutting and whatnot.
We didn't really do much playing as Scott forgot his guitar. What a surprise. So everyone intermittently played mine, but that's about it.
Alright, so there you go. It wasn't Disneyland or anything, but I still had a good time.
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Did you get to take the meat home? Deer meat is good if you cook it right. Maybe you should give us a few steaks.
I coulda brought my daddy forest bluebird .30!! You know, baby desert eagle, daddy forest bluebird...... I know, I know, I'm just hilarious. :) Glad you had a fun time, but I think deer meat sounds gross. Mostly because if I actually have to hear the story about something from the time it's alive to the time it's in eating condition, it just really grosses me out!
That's pretty stinkin' awesome! I haven't been shooting in over two years and I've only been hunting once and that was over four years ago. I say that we go shooting out here. There are rabbits... snakes... a couple of bugs and a whole bunch of cactus.
I have never shot a deer, although I did watch Neil shoot one once! I wouldn't mind going shooting again some time! Can't wait till you guys move back!
I'll be honest, I mostly just glazed over this post after you started going into firearm technicalities and what not, but, then tuned in again when you started talking about playing the guitar. Glad you had fun.
I know exactly what you mean when you say it wasn't Disneyland. I took my "Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle" to Disneyland and hardly hit anything at all. Some of those characters can move. Chip and Dale won't be happy to see me in March, that's for sure.
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