jdmidwest

The person filling out the form 4473 has to answer the first question, Are you purchasing the gun for yourself? That is all the seller really has to be concerned about. The seller should not prevent anyone from helping make a choice on a gun, not the sellers job. If the seller has some reason of doubt that the purchaser is buying for another person, it is the seller's right to decline the sale. I have done that in the past, I turned away a husband and wife team. The husband had tried to purchase the day prior and when the background check declined him, he bluntly stated "Must be that exparte order against me". When he returned with his wife later and attempted to buy again, both were asked to leave. I have only purchased one firearm at a big box store, and it was a nightmare of a transaction. It was at Cabela's and it was a rifle on sale. At any other gunshop, it would have been a 10 minute transaction with a quick check. Cabelas has some kind of goofy database they check first before they let you start the yellow form on an I Pad. Some chick with a name nothing like mine who lived in a different state with an address that matched my 3 digit street address but not the street name caused me to get flagged. After 20 minutes and a couple of managers involved to get over that, I filled out the yellow form 4473 on the Ipad and then went thru the standard NICS check. Then I waited in line to pay for it. Then I waited 10 minutes for the walk out. Over an hour to purchase a rifle and I was one of 2 customers at the gun counter. Never, ever, whatsoever, will I even think about buying a gun at any big box store unless they are selling it for a buck.

Never ran across that problem. But the ATF is about to be disbanded and the FBI will take over their duties.

Plastic, rubber, and steel must taste better than those little sardines. I was able to fish the fall shad balls this year on Pickwick. Bass were hammering them from underneath like schools of sharks fattening up for the winter. And, if we tossed the right thing, we could catch a bass. Funny thing was, tossing something that did not mimic the shad drew the fish in.

I guess there is going to be a season on blue birds in the future. The other 3 are all game animals....

Gander Mountain had the best deal I found last spring. Interstate Batteries and no core charge or return core. I picked up a size 24 cranking marine for $89 out the door.

Ahh poop. Should help the brown trouts.

I use Orvis waders for both hunting and fishing. They have been the most reliable breathables I have owned. My original pair of mid grade waders is still waterproof after 16 years of use. I have a pair of bootfoots for water fowl that have been thru 5 seasons now. I have Drake neoprenes for extreme cold. My Drake and Hodgeman breathables failed after a few seasons of ducks. Long ago, I had good luck with Cabela neoprenes, but only use Goretex now for fishing. Boots, another story. Most boots only last a few seasons no matter who makes them.

Both have not posted for a long time.

Wow. If you need lessons on how to navigate the forums, I have been teaching others to use computers since 1986. Way before the net and Al Gore. The network back then was a phone handset in a cradle.

Maybe I misunderstand the sport of gigging, I thought it was always done for food. Do people gig fish just for the sport? The giggers i have met eat what they gig, usually suckers.

And it depends on what you want the electronics to do. Chirp, side scan, interface to a trolling motor, mapping. Raymarine has some simple units that interface wirelessly to a phone that perform well also.

The quote was not edited to cast a dark shadow, it was as posted on the MDC Website. The phrase states, they did not know what they had. The following line states, at the time they got it into the boat, they thought it was some kind of shad, but still not certain. I am making a guess, at the time of impact of the gig on the fish, they did not know what they were gigging based on their reaction and the fact that most do not gig shad for food. But I am just making a wild guess. Once again, know what you are aiming at. In this situation it is all glory, they get their names in the record books.

Made a new strawberry bed today from new plants made last fall. Plants in cells of concrete blocks made runners into raised bed. I dug them out for new bed. Alaska snow peas are up.

I am guessing they may not know what it was at the time of the gig hitting the fish. Not too many gig shad for food or pleasure, but just guessing. I am not a gigger, nor do I condemn them and the sport. My point was knowing the target before you shoot, gig, spear, or otherwise kill something.

Note the phrase " “My dad and I didn’t really know what type of fish we had in the boat until we got back to the boat ramp,” said Nolan. Always know your target. https://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/fenton-angler-gigs-state-record-gizzard-shad

I work for 2 brothers, that show is nothing. But it is more sad to see. Its like they compete to come up with the dumbest idea first.

Learning to shoot with the off hand is a tough one. When Doc attacked my right arm with a surgical procedure, I did not have a choice. I was left with weak left hand and not another. I soon found out Smith and Wesson had prepared the pistol for me, the safety on the 6906 is on both sides. Reloads are tough one handed. Same issue with a revolver, they can be shot easily with either hand, but designed to reload with a right hand. And it opened up both my eyes to shooting instead of the old one eye sight picture. I was not as accurate, but defensively functional.

Those could have been trained and licensed. AD's can be lowered by using guns with better safeties. I have never been a fan of safe action triggers, they can snag on something and go off.

2 months into Constitutional Carry, no major gun battles in the streets. I have not seen a story involving a concealed carry problem. Looks like it is going to work as planned. Responsible people acting responsible.

We will see a frost, maybe. But not a hard freeze. Did not make it above 65 here in SEMO today. Winds were changing around dark and clouding up. I always thought nature cycled due to amounts of daylight. But it seems that temps seem to come into play also.

Just saying, temps are avg in the 50's now and its only Feb a good 2 months early from peak. Its looking like it may be a goofy season. Its been way too dry this winter. Grass is already greening up here. Easter Flowers are blooming as well as those pink Magnolia trees. Buds on my Bradford Pears are big as my little finger. Looking out across the bottoms today and small shrubbery is greening up.

I had to pic Bass Boat up at Doniphan Sat. and really wanted to fish the 11PT. Tried to talk fishing buddy into pulling Jet Boat over for the day. We ended up at Spring River instead and waded from Bayou up past the big falls. I ended up with 12 small trout, nothing impressive, but fun. Looks like we made the wrong turn. We did manage a short hike that morning at the Narrows, he had never been into the springs from the hillside access. 30 years of fishing that river together and we still manage to see something new in the area most every trip.

They beech about them too.

He never said anything about eating them, just gigging them. Catch and Release?

Maybe its polluted with political runoff. Needs to be cleansed of the toxic waste so citizens don't carry it out on their shoes.