Suppose the dinosaurs had not become extinct some 65 million-odd years ago
and were still roaming the planet. What would you think about venturing into
the wilderness on a hunting trip?

I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure
you realize that what you read is not what I meant.

Suppose the dinosaurs had not become extinct some 65 million-odd years ago
and were still roaming the planet. What would you think about venturing into
the wilderness on a hunting trip?

I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure
you realize that what you read is not what I meant.

Suppose the dinosaurs had not become extinct some 65 million-odd years ago
and were still roaming the planet. What would you think about venturing
into
the wilderness on a hunting trip?

I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure
you realize that what you read is not what I meant.

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On Jul 19, 1:28 pm, PanHandler <B... at (no spam) DIGITAL.NET> wrote:

Suppose the dinosaurs had not become extinct some 65 million-odd years ago
and were still roaming the planet. What would you think about venturing
into
the wilderness on a hunting trip?

I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure
you realize that what you read is not what I meant.

That would depend on what I was hunting.

Even if I was squirrel hunting I'd probably carry a few double barrel
elephant guns. Think velociraptor or T-Rex in Jurassic Park!

Even if I was squirrel hunting I'd probably carry a few double barrel
elephant guns. Think velociraptor or T-Rex in Jurassic Park!

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Even if I was squirrel hunting I'd probably carry a few double barrel
elephant guns. Think velociraptor or T-Rex in Jurassic Park!

You wouldn't need elephant guns for velociraptor. It was pretty small,
Jurassic Park notwithstanding. It was only about three feet tall. I'd
probably use my 12 ga double with 00 buck. For T. Rex you'd find
yourself _way_ undergunned with any elephant gun.

Only one 12 ga? Didn't they work as a team in Jurassic Park? And I said a
'few' double barrel elephant guns I wouldn't think it would be very
smart to go out alone, either!
(Just havin' a little fun here)

Suppose the dinosaurs had not become extinct some 65
million-odd years ago and were still roaming the planet.
What would you think about venturing into the wilderness
on a hunting trip?

The 12 gauge would be for the smaller species such as velociraptor.
For the big boys like T. Rex and some of the big Hadrosaurs I'd take
something with an explosive warhead like the M 32, if I could get the
Fed permit.

On Jul 20, 5:28 am, PanHandler <B... at (no spam) DIGITAL.NET> wrote:

Suppose the dinosaurs had not become extinct some 65
million-odd years ago and were still roaming the planet.
What would you think about venturing into the wilderness
on a hunting trip?

This scenario reminds me of a book I read when I was a kid, and I cant
remember the name of it for the life of me. Like some books, and bits
of some books, it left a lasting impression on me (but obvioulsy not
so lasting that I remeber its name!)

The essence of the bit relevant to this thread was about people who
had to go into a hostile environment as part of the right of passage.
For those up on their pop-culture it was not too disimilar frm the
idea of citizenry-through-service that was in Starship Troopers.

As part of this, they were limited in what weaponry they could take,
and much debate and thought was had over differing calibres, fire-
rates, and ammunition availabilty amonst the people.

One person took only a Bowie knife, with the rational being that
advoidance was the best course of action, and a modest (and
potentially inadequate) sense of defensive capabilities against an
unknown predator could engender a unfounded fight-reflex, when a
flight-reflex (or avoidance) would have been better.

And to bring it back to your question, I have often commented that if
deer had opposible thumbs that we'd be in trouble: How often have you
been hunting, and spooked a deer you did not know was there? Imagine
if he could shoot back, or stalked your campsite at 3am?

misanthropic_curmudgeon wrote:

This scenario reminds me of a book I read when I was a kid, and I cant
remember the name of it for the life of me.  Like some books, and bits
of some books, it left a lasting impression on me (but obvioulsy not
so lasting that I remeber its name!)

I have vague memories of aHeinleinbook vaguely at
least like that.

The essence of the bit relevant to this thread was about people who
had to go into a hostile environment as part of the right of passage.

As part of this, they were limited in what weaponry they could take,
and much debate and thought was had over differing calibres, fire-
rates, and ammunition availabilty amonst the people.
One person took only a Bowie knife, with the rational being that
advoidance was the best course of action, and a modest (and
potentially inadequate) sense of defensive capabilities against an
unknown predator could engender a unfounded fight-reflex, when a
flight-reflex (or avoidance) would have been better.

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On Jul 19, 1:28 pm, PanHandler <B... at (no spam) DIGITAL.NET> wrote:
Suppose the dinosaurs had not become extinct some 65 million-odd
years ago and were still roaming the planet. What would you think
about venturing into
the wilderness on a hunting trip?

I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm
not sure you realize that what you read is not what I meant.

That would depend on what I was hunting.

Even if I was squirrel hunting I'd probably carry a few double barrel
elephant guns. Think velociraptor or T-Rex in Jurassic Park!

PanHandler wrote:
jumpingja... at (no spam) COMCAST.NET> wrote in message
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On Jul 19, 1:28 pm, PanHandler <B... at (no spam) DIGITAL.NET> wrote:
Suppose the dinosaurs had not become extinct some 65 million-odd
years ago and were still roaming the planet. What would you think
about venturing into
the wilderness on a hunting trip?

I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm
not sure you realize that what you read is not what I meant.

That would depend on what I was hunting.

Even if I was squirrel hunting I'd probably carry a few double barrel
elephant guns. Think velociraptor or T-Rex in Jurassic Park!

L. Sprague de Camp "A Gun for Dinosaur."  Time travel to the distant past
leads to hunting parties to the Mesozoic (and other time frames).

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On Jul 26, 4:07 am, Marty Carts <p.addamiano-ca... at (no spam) att.net> wrote:

misanthropic_curmudgeon wrote:
This scenario reminds me of a book I read when I was a kid, and I cant
remember the name of it for the life of me. Like some books, and bits
of some books, it left a lasting impression on me (but obvioulsy not
so lasting that I remeber its name!)

I have vague memories of aHeinleinbook vaguely at
least like that.

You are right,
it is "Tunnel in the sky" by Robert A. Heinlein
(more on it here :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_in_the_Sky)
a juvenile from the fifties.

L. Sprague de Camp "A Gun for Dinosaur." Time travel to the distant past
leads to hunting parties to the Mesozoic (and other time frames).