Kansas hunter is proof that size does not matter [55 lb 15 year old, 177 pound black bear]

Park Falls Herald ^ | 10-11-05 | KAREN DUMS

[SJackson]

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[Chewbacca]

55-lb, 15-year old girl? What is she, anorexic?

[Chewbacca]

Never mind. I missed the part about them being undersized because of a medical condition.

[MindBender26]

Remind us, Is a .270 a necked down 30-06, or an original design round or what?

[Tax-chick]

People with Cystic Fibrosis have, among other problems, difficulty with digesting and absorbing nutrients from food. Many use gastric feeding tubes to survive, by the time they reach their teens.

I've seen articles about these hunts for sick children in the NRA magazines. What a great experience for the young lady!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I believe that the .270 Win is original. I'm assuming that hers was a .270 Win, there are so many .270 variants these days, it would be hard to say what she was totin'.

[SJackson]

Remind us, Is a .270 a necked down 30-06, or an original design round or what?

Essentially, a failed military round from the mid 1920s I believe, but successful commercially.

[SJackson]

By essentially, I believe the case may have been necked down and shortened, but I'll add the bang list to the thread, someone will know

[sine_nomine]

Cystic Fibrosis. In many of these disorders the body never absorbs food properly. One little girl ate like a pig but never got more than baby-like in size, even at age 6. Many thought she was a baby until she smiled and showed all her teeth.

[MindBender26]

Ok, now I remember. Army wanted to make M-1 in .270, but there was so much '06 in stock, they chambered it for the older round.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Looks to me to be an original, not a by-product.

But, hey, who cares!!

A great story about a great family and their brave kids!!

[WIladyconservative]

Big Hearted Wisconsinite bump.

[SJackson]

Ok, now I remember. Army wanted to make M-1 in .270, but there was so much '06 in stock, they chambered it for the older round.

I'm fairly sure it was originally designed as a military cartridge, but not accepted, but either designed, or commercialized in 1925, well before the M-1. That's not to say '06 inventory, tooling, and standards weren't the deciding issue.

[Don Carlos]

A 55 pound girl + .270 rifle > 155 pound bear.

122 pounds worth of equalizer in every round!

[SJackson]

I've seen articles about these hunts for sick children in the NRA magazines. What a great experience for the young lady!

Yes, what a wonderful program. Unfortunately one opposed by a lot of folk.

[Tax-chick]

Yes, it's not politically correct for a chronically ill girl to want to go hunting. Phooey, I say. We have too many bears; just ask anybody with a suburban house lot in New Jersey!

[JLO]

"Established in 2003, and headquartered in Pittsville, WI, USSA is a nationwide, non-profit Christian organization that coordinates with other organizations worldwide in fulfilling a “dreamwish.” It’s goal is to grant terminally ill and disabled sportsmen and women an outdoors adventure of their dreams. "

What a great idea!

[SJackson]

What a great idea!

It is!

I don't want to get into specific organizations, since the do work around the problem, but I understand several of the best known charities working in this area won't provide a wish related to hunting, or in some cases fishing. But under the radar they "refer" the children to hunting groups who will do the good dead. In these cases, all's well that ends well.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Good for her! I sent this on to a friend of mine who just got a black bear (187 lbs.) up in Winter, WI.