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Jeff Higgins,
Writing style varies depending; Poly Sci, Engineering Abstract, point paper, white paper or … I have been accused (probably rightfully so) of being good presenting, both oral and written, at Barney the purple dinosaur level and the post grad level but having trouble of staying between these lateral limits.
I have found the kids like the .220AI bark and all. It is the one non-suppressed rifle almost all like to shoot. It equates to practice and confidence. I am just surmising that with double hearing protection on the noise factor isn't as big a factor. The 16” and shorter .223 ARs seem to have more concussive effect than the now 26” Pac-Nor with 80-90% percent more powder.
As for shooting hogs they are considered pests. Shooting over bait follows the crawl-walk-run with the ability to eliminate more of the pests. Rhetorical question is where do you start someone; field craft accuracy/shot placement, handling more powerful firearms? I prefer to initially emphasize the precision shot with initial field craft limited to getting into position and observing animals to know when to shoot. Then start building other skills as time, abilities, and interest progress.
Bait shooting hogs at distance with simultaneous shots from multiple shooters maximizes dead hogs. Ones that look like good eating go to the butcher or a charity while the others are left to bait more hogs or coyotes.
I am most assuredly not a trophy hunter. I have never had anything mounted, though a few were mounted by others. Fill the larder, get rid of pests for the most part. The deer I was shooting around Greeneville NC were taken to a local butcher who produce meat at 40% of body wight for $40.00 as long as kept hides and heads.
Maybe I am just hoping that addressing cost of ammunition, and learning on something easier to shoot will produce better results. I may be wrong in producing more hits with the smaller calibers versus the total miss with the bigger ones as to which produces the better result. You may be right that I would be more productive in protecting Dulcinea's virtue.
The girls all have very different personalities. The eldest niece is very prissy, somewhat meek, and very sensitive to most physical activity. The younger niece is a tomboy who likes to mix it up with BJJ and somewhat of a thrill seeker. The god daughter is now a Div 1 volleyball player with an extremely high pain threshold, her then boyfriend was also an athlete (baseball) being recruited both Div 1 and the minors. One niece shot an air rifle at a camp leading to both nieces wanting to shoot, hunt and out do the other. My god daughter's boyfriend actually showed interest first so with his parents permission started shooting then the god daughter followed as she didn't want to be left out or have her boyfriend beat her.
The oldest niece now is into sporting clays. The youngest niece is trying to claim a R1 variant FAL with a shortened barrel. God daughter is back from school may fit in a hog shoot.
Unfortunately the ex-boyfriend was not allowed to hunt which is a story in itself. I do have occasional contact with him and left the door open.
No worries on any front.
S/F, FOG
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