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Dragonfly hunting
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05/02/14 05:15 AM
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bookxv
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Now that is been warmer I've started to see dragonflies again. I like going after them with my 22 and some shot shells. Does anyone else do this? I've always had a lot of fun this way.
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5096765
05/02/14 06:55 AM
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Sneaky
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I've done it with a shotgun when the bird hunting was slow.
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5096769
05/02/14 08:40 AM
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MACV
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A little harder using a BB gun, but fun.
My ducks fly backwards
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5096816
05/02/14 11:40 AM
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stxranchman
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I have always used a wrist rocket..
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5096820
05/02/14 11:44 AM
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338ultra
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I try to make it a welcoming environment for dragonflies. They eat mosquitoes.
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5096960
05/02/14 01:37 PM
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westtexaswatkins
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Dragon flies eat mosquitoes so they are safe at my place.
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5096973
05/02/14 01:50 PM
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talkturkey
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I don't shoot them, but have a blast watching my border collie round them up when cattle work is slow and he has nothing else to do.
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5097011
05/02/14 02:10 PM
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jdickey
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I don't shoot them. They are one of the most beneficial insects - eating gnats, mosquitoes, other small aggravating bugs!
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5097018
05/02/14 02:13 PM
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Pope&Young
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No... I save my bullets and go fishing
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5097082
05/02/14 02:47 PM
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1860.colt
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 wasps with a bb gun 
i'm postaddic
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5097117
05/02/14 03:09 PM
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crstfr
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my kid uses a nerf gun to do it in the back yard!! he's pretty good too
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5097163
05/02/14 03:42 PM
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ETexas Hunter
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MiniSniping by Peter Hathaway Capstick Its called mini sniping, here is an article written by the great Peter Hathaway Capstick. If any of yall are readers you should check out his work on hunting big game.
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: 1860.colt]
#5097486
05/02/14 08:26 PM
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1860.colt
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 wasp's with a bb gun. proof tis in the pudding
i'm postaddic
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: 1860.colt]
#5097493
05/02/14 08:37 PM
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dogcatcher
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 wasps with a bb gun X2
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: 338ultra]
#5097564
05/02/14 09:29 PM
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bookxv
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True, they are beneficial. But the also make good bait and make the walk to the pond that much more fun!
Forgot to add that grasshoppers make good targets too....
Last edited by bookxv; 05/02/14 09:32 PM.
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: 1860.colt]
#5097568
05/02/14 09:34 PM
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Erathkid
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 wasp's with a bb gun. proof tis in the pudding That's great. One time out in a dove field the action got slow as the weather got hot. Dad took my BB gun and shot a wasp in midair, splitting it in two. I thought he was Wyatt Earp after that. This has been a couple of years ago. 
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: 1860.colt]
#5097639
05/02/14 10:39 PM
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Payne
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 wasp's with a bb gun. proof tis in the pudding Are you going to euro or shoulder mount them?
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5097806
05/03/14 01:33 AM
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Ranch Dawg
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I did a full body mount on one,,looks great !
THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER AND THE PARTY NEVER ENDS.
F##K YOU JOE BIDEN !!!!! F##K YOU KH !!!!!!
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
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#5097986
05/03/14 04:05 AM
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bookxv
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I did a full body mount on one,,looks great ! I do full body mounts too... 
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5098139
05/03/14 02:00 PM
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Ranch Dawg
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THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER AND THE PARTY NEVER ENDS.
F##K YOU JOE BIDEN !!!!! F##K YOU KH !!!!!!
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: Payne]
#5098167
05/03/14 02:36 PM
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Joined: Mar 2012
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1860.colt
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i'm postaddic
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5098172
05/03/14 02:39 PM
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1860.colt
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 who did your taxadermy 
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: Erathkid]
#5098174
05/03/14 02:41 PM
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1860.colt
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 we use no.8's for grass hopper control here. 
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
[Re: bookxv]
#5098197
05/03/14 03:16 PM
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Joined: Apr 2009
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Slow Drifter
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I go for larger game, field mice in the garage with a bb pistol. I live in the country and my house is literally in the middle of a hay field so mice are a constant battle. I used to bait them with peanut butter in a bottle cap, but those suckers are spooky and flee at the slightest movement! Now I put the peanut butter around the inside of the hole in a beer can. Once their heads are in the can eating the peanut butter they can't see you sight in on them. Big ones I use a high shoulder shot, small ones I head-shoot right through the can. I've pondered using the same technique on hogs with a 5 gallon bucket.
"I have no idea what WW-III will be fought with, but WW-IV will be fought with sticks and stones." A. Einstein
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Re: Dragonfly hunting
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#5098343
05/03/14 05:48 PM
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1860.colt
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taken out few mice in the house with the bb gun.  thinking bout pudding one of my lazers on me bb gun  been pudding small slice of cheese just inside kitchen door way hidden in ol shoe box. night time is usually whin they hit, eyes not what they used ta be  keeps me skills up for lazer tag on hogs whin roaches find thar way, reach for my blow gun. used ta get a kick out of whin kids had friends over for sleep overs
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