Firearms pike

[BilletHead]

America's Strange History of Rifle Hunting for Pike | MeatEater Conservation (themeateater.com)

 

[jdmidwest]

15 hours ago, BilletHead said:

America's Strange History of Rifle Hunting for Pike | MeatEater Conservation (themeateater.com)

 

Used to be done here all of the time. Gar were fun to waste away time in post college years.

[MOPanfisher]

Well I wasn't gonna be the first that mentioned some misspent time as a younger feller with a .22 at the creek with some "Billy gar" up on the riffles.

[Johnsfolly]

43 minutes ago, MOPanfisher said:

Well I wasn't gonna be the first that mentioned some misspent time as a younger feller with a .22 at the creek with some "Billy gar" up on the riffles.

We didn't have any gar near me as a teen. So I spent time shooting penny rolls to see how many pennies I could fuse together. Another one was to get out records that we didn't want and try to shoot through the hole while it was still in the sleeve. 

[Maverickpro201]

I was not going to mention this, but bullet do and will recache off the water. I know for a fact. Because as a young lad on the farm, some idiot was shooting a 30:06 at gar off a small road bridge 1/3 of a mile from our house and the bullet went thru 3 walls, 2 closets of clothes and then another wall, then stuck in the back of my solid Oak Model Car Cabinet that was anchored to the wall knocking several of my model cars to the floor. My grand dad sure built so nice stuff. The Sheriff did arrest the guy, after my Grand Dad was done with him. We had the bullet for evidence also. And you could see the bridge from our farm house.    

[Dutch]

For me it was carp down at the creek with a British 303.