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<blockquote data-quote="epags" data-source="post: 2889493" data-attributes="member: 105138"><p>All you professional hunters, please don't p.... on me about this incident....you must have been young and <s>stupid</s> clueless once. I was a city boy who enlisted in the USAF and got married at the same time...I said clueless. My new father-in-law gave me his Remington 30-06 and one friend gave me some of his handloads. As I said, city boy, no experience with a firearm and 'of course' a handload must be OK.</p><p>Long story short(er). I am in Alaska @ Elmendorf AFB and my civilian supervisor takes me on a fly-in hunt for a moose (my first to use the rifle and hunt, yes I had taken the AK hunters course in order to get a license),</p><p>In those days you could fly in and hunt the same day...not now though. We fly over a small lake and see a nice bull moose. We land and stalk the moose. I shoot the moose with the three handloads I had been given. It goes down. We walk up to it and it stands up. We are 5 feet from a pi...d off moose. I am out of ammo (who needs more than three rounds he asked?)</p><p>Luckily my boss has a 44mag revolver and proceeds to dispatch the moose. Opps, it is getting dark and he has to fly back to civilization but I can stay in a nearby abandoned cabin. Since I have no more ammo for my rifle (who needs more than three rounds on a hunting trip? LOL), he gives me his revolver and some ammo. There is a possible danger of a bear smelling the dead moose.</p><p>I am alone, its dark, I have to go outside to pee. I strap on the 44 mag revolver and do so. Come back in and try to sleep. Next morning I am out starting to skin the moose. My boss flys in and says he spotted a bear about a mile away. </p><p>I give him back his revolver. He checks it and asks why I hadn't reloaded it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="epags, post: 2889493, member: 105138"] All you professional hunters, please don't p.... on me about this incident....you must have been young and [S]stupid[/S] clueless once. I was a city boy who enlisted in the USAF and got married at the same time...I said clueless. My new father-in-law gave me his Remington 30-06 and one friend gave me some of his handloads. As I said, city boy, no experience with a firearm and 'of course' a handload must be OK. Long story short(er). I am in Alaska @ Elmendorf AFB and my civilian supervisor takes me on a fly-in hunt for a moose (my first to use the rifle and hunt, yes I had taken the AK hunters course in order to get a license), In those days you could fly in and hunt the same day...not now though. We fly over a small lake and see a nice bull moose. We land and stalk the moose. I shoot the moose with the three handloads I had been given. It goes down. We walk up to it and it stands up. We are 5 feet from a pi...d off moose. I am out of ammo (who needs more than three rounds he asked?) Luckily my boss has a 44mag revolver and proceeds to dispatch the moose. Opps, it is getting dark and he has to fly back to civilization but I can stay in a nearby abandoned cabin. Since I have no more ammo for my rifle (who needs more than three rounds on a hunting trip? LOL), he gives me his revolver and some ammo. There is a possible danger of a bear smelling the dead moose. I am alone, its dark, I have to go outside to pee. I strap on the 44 mag revolver and do so. Come back in and try to sleep. Next morning I am out starting to skin the moose. My boss flys in and says he spotted a bear about a mile away. I give him back his revolver. He checks it and asks why I hadn't reloaded it. :eek::eek::eek::eek: [/QUOTE]
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