Who Are You?
Grayson,
Good catch on my "squerril" post. You edit your message before posting and you still make boneheaded spelling errors (me that is, not you by the "you" in this sentence. I'll stop before I get confused). Yes, guns have always fascinated me. I grew up with them. I grew up on a farm and my brothers and I had hundreds of acres to roam around on horseback. We learned to shoot different weapons at different ages. Growing up, your 12th birthday meant you got a 12 ga. shotgun. At 14 it was a .22 cal. rifle. From 15 through 18 you had some choice of weapons, pistols, rifles, etc. I happen to love sidearms and shotguns best. One of our duties was to kill the roving packs of wild dogs that would attack our cattle (young calves) from time to time. No there aren't any dingo's or aboriginal wild dog species in south Louisiana. These dogs were the ones that people from the city would take out to the country and abandon as puppies. They grew up wild and would attack young calves because they were hungry. They were also potentially dangerous to humans, although I don't remember any attacks on humans, but they would snarl, growl and bark at us. The summer time was always great for snake hunts. In south Louisiana, they're everywhere along the bayous and rivers. There were a few times we stumbled onto a nest of water moccasins, and the whole nest would attack us. A mad scramble retreat blasting away with shotguns was always an adrenalin rush. I'll shut up before... well, you get the picture.
Phoenix,
Man get someone to take you hunting. You're in for the rush of your life. I don't know where you live, so I don't know what is the most likely popular animal to hunt, but ducks and other waterfowl are along the major flyways (east coast, Mississippi and west coast). Nothing like bringing some game home. Maybe you'd like deer hunting. Some friends of mine love it. They'll sit in a deer stand for days and get excited just to see some fine bucks. Maybe its pheasant, or quail, or turkeys where you live. Upland bird hunting is also a lot of fun. Try and find someone who knows what they're doing, preferably some older guy(s), who've been around, and would like the opportunity to show a younger guy the ropes. I've had a few anti-gun people take me up on an offer just to try shooting at a shooting range. They'd never been exposed They are now hooked on guns. They mostly got into handguns, but what the hell, at least they're not mouthing off from ignorance around me anymore. There's probably a shooting range within a 30 minute drive of where you live. You can rent a gun, buy the bullets and shoot at targets at most of these ranges. Most of these ranges even have machine guns to rent. Of course, they're selling you the rounds of ammo and making money, but it's fun. Make sure you let them know of your experience or lack thereof with guns before you get a weapon. They'll make sure you know how to load and operate the gun safely before they turn you loose on the shooting range. Okay, I've done it again...sorry.
Cary
... ahhh well ill say some stuff anyways just so that you dont lose any sleep thinking about the topic.
) hanging out with friends and playing computer.