kvc buffalo shoot

[Good Troy]

Trap,
Steve (Pappy Miles) and I will be there...with an appetite.
Will there be any activities on Friday?
Troy

[Trap]

   If you want to shoot Fri. we can probably make that happen.

[Mogorilla]

Personal schedule is a mess.  Best case am there Friday to camp leaving Sunday.  Worst case, will be there Saturday.  Either way,buffalo beware!

[Good Troy]

Trap,
A group of us from Tejas will be coming in Thursday evening.  It will be me and Pappy from the coastal plains, and Blue Bonnet, Gut shot, Close shave and another from the Dallas area.
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Troy

[Wooly Dan]

 Will this be a blanket shoot?  One big bore and one 22?

[Mogorilla]

Round count?

Blanket?   I thought we were shooting buffalo. 

[Wooly Dan]

Ha ha. Can you hit a blanket. 🦬

[bear tooth billy]

As long as it's nailed to the broad side of a barn.


                           BTB

[Tascosa Joe]

My running buddy backed out.  Miss Kay wont let me drive that far by myself.  If I can talk her into riding along then I will be there.

[Niederlander]

I can't come (this year at least) but I'm curious about the course of fire, allowed firearms, etc. 

[ira scott]

None of that new fangled smokeyless powder allowed Ned.  All the Big Shaggies were pretty much exterminated by the time it came around.

(attempt at humor only!)   B.N. Scotty

[Niederlander]

I figured that.  I've got the equipment to load black powder .50-70 loads.  A shoot like that may be worth using it!  What are the distances, etc.?

[Trap]

  Somewhere this side of 300yds.

[Trap]

 

    Round count for big bore 30
    Round count for .22, 20

    And Yes, it is a blanket shoot.

[Drydock]

Ned, you need 30 rounds.  Targets are 15 third scale steel bison scattered between 100-300 yards.  You get 15 shots to knock them down.  Then everyone moves back 75 yards or so and try again.  The 50-70 is excellent for this.  No sighters, no posted range.  Guess your settings and shoot.  I set for 200, started on the near ones holding low, then held higher as I moved back thru the herd.

Big bore single shots.  I don't think BP is mandatory, but it does give best performance for the conditions.  Them things weigh 60+ lbs, ya gotta load heavy!  I'd say a 45-70-405 is marginal/minimum with 500 grains far better on the critters.  They have to go down.  Pretty much everybody shot seated off cross sticks.

It's a slow paced, one guy at a time event.  Bring a chair, binoculars, a canteen, and good conversation.  A fine way to spend a day!

[Niederlander]

That sounds like fun!  I would think my '68 Springfield would be good for that.  It's good to at least 300, and quite accurate.  I'll have to start working up some loads.

[Drydock]

Is it ok to come out Thursday?  Be nice to get set up.

[Wooly Dan]

Add Snake to shoot list and chow.  We will not be eating breakfast but all other meals.

[Mogorilla]

Pending Delta airlines cooperating, i will be there friday afternoon and leaving Sunday morning.   

[Drydock]

Plenty of snake in Kansas?  Tastes like chicken I hears . . .