that you have "enough MS property to shoot and hunt" on. Nothing better. I enjoy visiting my son's-in-law and daughter's 20-acre spread in northern MO....also have hunted there and spent a lot of time shooting my firearms. The freedom you have on your own property is special. 
Welcome to the forum from CT, GunnyGene. Glad you joined the conversation. I look forward to reading about your hunting season.GunnyGene wrote:Morning, y'all. I'm an old Marine (74 this year) that's been shooting for about 60 years, but just bought my first Henry this past Fri. The .41 mag BigBoy Steel Carbine, intending to bag a deer with it this season. Nice gun.
I made one other post ( mostly to make sure I could post images) of the carbine on my weapons display. Looks nice there, so what was in that spot before will probably stay elsewhere. I can only speak for myself. The longest clear shot I can take on my property, which is mostly dense forest, is a little over 100yds. So a pistol round (at least the 357 and up) have the range and terminal ballistics to git 'er done from a rifle, if I do my part. As for mulies vs. whitetail, if you hit the vitals a .357 or better is perfectly capable of taking either one. All we have here are whitetails, usually around 130lbs or so. In MS, there are no caliber restrictions for deer whatsoever, and I know people who have taken deer with a .22lr all the way up to 12gage slugs. Some of my kin and neighbors hunt with more traditional long guns, and sometimes with a revolver. All depends on how much land you have and how good of a shot you are.Redthies wrote:Welcome Gene. I’m new here as well, and it’s a great crowd! I’m looking too add a BBS Carbine in .357 soon.
Those of you that are in states where you HAVE to hunt deer with straight wall pistol cartridges, could you explain what the rationale is for it? I have a few ideas on it, but the govt regulators rarely use common sense in my experience.
I’m in an area where deer get very large, but we can use any centerfire cartridge to hunt them. There are a few spots where only shot is allowed (islands, or tight populated valleys).
Happy to have you join us!GunnyGene wrote:... but just bought my first Henry this past Fri. The .41 mag BigBoy Steel Carbine, ...
Anyway, glad to be here.
My little patch of dirt. The cleared area around the house is a tad over 2 acres.BigAl52 wrote:Glad you joined Gene and thanks for your service. Another 41 mag nut here one of my favorite calibers. Im always glad to see another one with a 41 join and we have had quite a few with 41's come in here lately. Look forward to seeing some pictures or your area. Al
Done. Seems to be a pretty well armed bunch of folks, especially if you add in the avg # of firearms gun owners typically have.Mags wrote:Happy to have you join us!GunnyGene wrote:... but just bought my first Henry this past Fri. The .41 mag BigBoy Steel Carbine, ...
Anyway, glad to be here.
Please take a look at our "How Many?" topic and add your Henry to our community's total.
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... &start=580
Messaged you in your other topic with your firearm display, too.
zombie apocalypse coming. need to be preparedGunnyGene wrote: Seems to be a pretty well armed bunch of folks, especially if you add in the avg # of firearms gun owners typically have.
