Posted on 07/28/2004 9:21:35 AM PDT by kattracks
Doh! A deer!
Apparently hoping to outdo Hillary Clinton's improbable attempt to reinvent herself as a duck hunter, John Kerry has tried to avoid alienating supporters of gun rights by depicting himself as a deer hunter. Mark Steyn will have none of it.Steyn wrote in the London Telegraph yesterday:
"He was in Wisconsin the other day, pretending to be a regular guy, and was asked what kind of hunting he preferred. 'I'd have to say deer,' said the senator. 'I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel, crawl around on my stomach ... That's hunting.'
"This caused huge hilarity among my New Hampshire neighbours. None of us has ever heard of anybody deer hunting by crawling around on his stomach, even in Massachusetts. The trick is to blend in with the woods and, given that John Kerry already looks like a forlorn tree in late fall, it's hard to see why he'd give up his natural advantage in order to hunt horizontally.
Oh, Pooh
"Possibly his weird Vietnam nostalgia is getting out of control. Still, if I come across a guy in the woods in deer season inching through the undergrowth with a mouthful of bear scat, at least I'll know who it is," Steyn noted.
Considering that these days Kerry looks more like a bunny wabbit than Elmer Fudd, perhaps he could use a refresher course from Gun Owners of America, which, by the way, he still hasn't met with, despite his phony claim that he'd meet with any critical group.
Wrong. Connectthedots for one state, you can't hunt deer with a rifle unless you get a special permit, usually for crop damage by deer. I hunted for years there, along with thousands of others, with a shotgun, mine being a 20ga Browning semi-auto with slugs as ammo.
FMCDH(BITS)
"Not in Iowa, shotgun only, no rifles. At least when the DNR boys are around."
Is this for real? What's the logic behind this assinine rule? Shotgun for deer? What is the alleged downside of a rifle?
That said, I have never heard of anyone using deer slugs in a double barrel shotgun...or crawling on the ground (you would scare the deer)
a 12 guage is a standard in this part of Michigan.
C'mon, I need some reassurance.
This guy can't possibly become our next President.
Unthinkable. Really.
I've got a rifled barrel for my Mossie, but I've never heard of a rifled double-barrel shotgun. Does such a thing exist?
What is this, the Sergeant Carlos Hathcock school of deer hunting? Is he infiltrating deep into enemy white-tail territory?
In Indiana if you hunt deer with a gun, you must use a shotgun...less range than a rifle...
The Capt.
The only possible reason for hunting dear from that position would be to sneak up on the holding pen at a petting zoo.
LOL
My stomach hunts for deer
Isn't his hunting experience limited to beating the brush for rich widows?
Will wonders never cease?
Just what in the world kind of hunting requires one to crawl around on the ground with a double barreled shotgun?
Oh yeah, this is going to solidify those NRA votes!
Carolyn
Definitely bogus. I'm not a hunter, but using a shotgun doesn't make good sense, nor does crawling around on your belly.
It's for real. A 30.06 has a long flight path, and there isn't much in Iowa to slow them down. Shotgun slugs don't travel near as far.
Don't judge hunting laws across the country by you state.
My Remington 1100 is a 12 gauge slug gun for hunting deer.
FYI.
In some states you cannot use a rifle such as a 30-30 (my choice); and can only use a shotgun chambered with slugs (not shot for, obvious reasons).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.