Hunting With the Swiss K31 Surplus Rifle

I love my Swiss K31 Rifle. This is by far the coolest surplus rifle I have ever shot. It has a unique straight pull bolt action that I find very easy to work. The accuracy of this rifle is astounding! I can shoot a steel gong at 400 yards with the open sights on this thing. With that said, I did not take a shot at any deer unless they were 100 yards are less just to ensure a clean kill. Found under the butt plate of my K31 is the name of the soldier the rifle was originally issued to. See the video at the end of these pictures.

Two Large Mouth Black Bass in a Death Grip...

Shotgun Camo Paint Job for Turkey Hunting

My son always wanted a camo rifle. I could not think of a better one to do then his new Rossi single shot 410 shotgun. This is the same shotgun he used to kill his first turkey on opening day of Spring Turkey season.

First make sure you clean all parts of the gun you plan to paint.

Tape off the parts you don't want painted.

No matter how many colors you plan to use, apply the lightest color first.

Apply the next lightest color.

And finally the darkest color last.

Once you finish all the colors and it drys.  Apply the lightest color one more time.  Make sure that you hold the spray can a few feet away from the gun as you lightly spray.  You want to just "dust" the gun.  This will help break-up the camo patterns and make them appear to blend better.

We left the safety in the "safe" position so that when the selector is moved, the red "fire" indicator shows.

Rio Grande Spring Turkey Hunting in Texas - Opening Day

I took my seven year old son hunting this morning.  You may have seen him in a few of my videos including the infamous mini gun video (I'll put a link to it at the bottom of this post).  We had a great hunt and he shot his first turkey ever.  He's hunted with me during deer season and has taken a few shots at turkeys with his 22 rifle and compound bow.  But this time he used his new Rossi 410 shotgun.  After is was over he told me he was shaking all over as we tried to get closer to the turkeys for a better shot.

Head Shot!

Learning the Turkey Call

Central Texas Sun Rise

Shed Antlers, Shooting Range, and Trail Camera Pictures

After a weekend of shooting 22's and doing a bit of work around the ranch and on the shooting range I am taking some time to upload some pictures. It was beautiful weather here in Central Texas and the kids and I had a great time. the kids even found some shed antlers while walking around and riding in the Jeep.

I did a little shooting of the 22's this weekend. From left to right: S&W M&P 22, GSG 1911 22 "Open gun" with 15 Round mag, Sig Sauer Mosquito 22 with 15 round magazine (yes, 15 rounds! Coming soon), Glock 17 with Tactical Solutions 22 conversion kit.

Ever so slowly our rifle and pistol range is coming along. This time I've added a bench for gear and a rifle rack.

800 pounds of concrete for the deck addition to the hunting cabin. Stay tuned for the next video!

The kids showing off their sheds!

Here Piggy!  Disregard the date stamp.  It seems like I can never get it set right.

Disregard the date stamp.  It seems like I can never get it set right.

Putting together the new 600 pound feeder.  You can find some great deals on hunting stuff after the season is over.  I got this feeder for $100!  Granted it was missing the control box, but that was an easy fix since we had an extra one.

Fall Guy Safety System

After hearing all the horror stories from the ER about the accidents from opening weekend where hunters fell from their tree stands... I thought it was time to get some kind of safety system. After all, if I fall, I'd like to continue to hunt the rest of the season and not be incapacitated or even dead. So I looked into a Harnesses that was easy to put on and some kind of tether system like the Fall Guy

Canadian Young Bull Moose

A co-worker of mine in Canada sent me this photo of a young bull moose living in his neighborhood. The young moose has just shed his antlers. Man, I'm not sure what I would do with all that moose meat if I ever shot one. Let alone pack it out of the back country. BUT, I guess with this particular moose you would just drag it back across the street into the driveway :)