OT That was humbling!
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OT That was humbling!
I shot like a novice on this one!
I spotted her from about 400yds, in the photo look left of my right hand and you can see a hedge line coming down to the right, from there I spotted her. I quickly closed the distance down to 75 or so yards coming around the copse behind me in the photo and keeping low snook down wind and walked up to her with the sun behind me.
Well I got all excited didn't I telling my self how the EBR never misses
She was quartering away with her head to the left when shooting comenced and I only went and pulled the trigger like it was a shotgun The shot went low and right smashing a thigh and nearly removing the far corner front leg. As she snarled and spat I shuttles another round in and try again only to repeat the same stupid mistake and totally miss her. As she hobbles I miss again with the third round! This sounds real bad don't it! Luckily the first shot had got a bleeder and it was all over by the time I had filled the magazine.
I had all the time in the world, I got myself all lathered up and had pumped my ego up but come away feeling a fool!
Yes I got her but by no way proud.
Oh well a good bump back to earth never did any harm!
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Re: OT That was humbling!
Well the deed is done though - what is a copse?
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A small wood (coppice) OS.Old Savage wrote:Well the deed is done though - what is a copse?
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Thanks Nath - never heard that one.
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Maybe your a bit to far west OS (Wish I was).Old Savage wrote:Thanks Nath - never heard that one.
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COPSE: Synonyms: boscage (also boskage), bosk (or bosque), bosquet, brake, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, thicket, covertOld Savage wrote:Thanks Nath - never heard that one.
Dictionaries are very useful. http://www.merriam-webster.com/
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Re: OT That was humbling!
Must be. I say "copse" all the time, having learned the word from my Dad. He grew up in PA, so it must be an "east vs. west" thing. Nath is a bit east of all of us!
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very cool!
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Re: OT That was humbling!
Yep, if you've ever been to Gettysburg you'll learn of the copse at the Federal center, the downfall of Pickett's charge, etc.Ysabel Kid wrote:Must be. I say "copse" all the time, having learned the word from my Dad. He grew up in PA, so it must be an "east vs. west" thing. Nath is a bit east of all of us!
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Re: OT That was humbling!
Well Nath, if I had to guess I'd say your trouble came because you were just TOO close. Bet you could have made those shots at 200. At least you should use that as your excuse.
BTW: I do love your photo's of the UK countryside. Thanks for posting them. The green always seemed different over there..I don't know why. But even when I was there for 3 weeks in '89 I marveled at the color difference than what I was used to in the US.
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BTW: I do love your photo's of the UK countryside. Thanks for posting them. The green always seemed different over there..I don't know why. But even when I was there for 3 weeks in '89 I marveled at the color difference than what I was used to in the US.
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Not just in PA; I have a friend who grew up in Chicago, and he's always using the word - "Hey, slow down, there's copse all over the place...!"Ysabel Kid wrote:Must be. I say "copse" all the time, having learned the word from my Dad. He grew up in PA, so it must be an "east vs. west" thing. Nath is a bit east of all of us!
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Nope, born on the left coast, and also use the term.Ysabel Kid wrote:Must be. I say "copse" all the time, having learned the word from my Dad. He grew up in PA, so it must be an "east vs. west" thing. Nath is a bit east of all of us!
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Re: OT That was humbling!
Well, Nath, she didn't get far. That's what makes a person "experienced".
I've never heard the word copse. Learn something new every day.
Oh, you look like a British Stormtrooper.
I've never heard the word copse. Learn something new every day.
Oh, you look like a British Stormtrooper.
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Re: OT That was humbling!
I use the word here in southeast MI. It does have a Brittish sound to it , though.
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I didnt know they would let you own a EBR on that side of the pond. Do you have to have a special permit?
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Ya did good anyway, Nath. Think of it this way............next episode you could outdo yourself & have an even better story to tell us! (grin) jd45
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Re: OT That was humbling!
Hobie,Hobie wrote:Yep, if you've ever been to Gettysburg you'll learn of the copse at the Federal center, the downfall of Pickett's charge, etc.Ysabel Kid wrote:Must be. I say "copse" all the time, having learned the word from my Dad. He grew up in PA, so it must be an "east vs. west" thing. Nath is a bit east of all of us!
Well done! "Nestled in the midst of the Gettysburg National Military Park, the "Copse of Trees" (pronounced kohps) is arguably the most famous natural landscape that is tied directly to one of our nation's most important historic events.2 History blows through the leaves of these broad chestnut oaks, yet the meaning of their sanctity varies from viewer to viewer. Such is the plight of Gettysburg, where a contest for the nation initiated a contest of meaning that continues 140 years later. The preservation of the battlefield took a dramatic turn in 1999, when the National Park Service extended its mandate beyond the preservation of the memorial landscapes—such as monuments, markers, and the copse—to the current ecology of the park. Although the 1999 plan involved an Environmental Impact Statement and fifty public hearings, the extent of the planned alterations to the landscape have unnerved some observers. To these critics, allowing the natural elements of the battlefield to become the tools of historic preservation at Gettysburg ultimately could threaten the copse and other natural elements that define this site."
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Well it doesn't sound like it was too long. Live and learn - as proved by the fact that I had no clue what a "copse" was either!
Thanks for the photo and the story.
Cheers,
Oly
Thanks for the photo and the story.
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RustyJr wrote:I didnt know they would let you own a EBR on that side of the pond. Do you have to have a special permit?
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Big bro lets us have EBR just not semi auto's, kind in't he
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That word is something that we never heard of here in armadillo country.
We call that thang "A clump-a-trees".
If it's a larger stand of woods, we call it "That big-ole-clump-a-trees"
After that the word "Forest" comes into play......At least here in Texas anyway.
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We call that thang "A clump-a-trees".
If it's a larger stand of woods, we call it "That big-ole-clump-a-trees"
After that the word "Forest" comes into play......At least here in Texas anyway.
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I am in agreement with Wade. My wife however, is a well read individual and told me what it was. She pronounced it "kopes" (how's that for phonetic spelling?)
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Am I missing something? I don't see this post anywhere except below a new post windowOld Ranger wrote:That word is something that we never heard of here in armadillo country.
We call that thang "A clump-a-trees".
If it's a larger stand of woods, we call it "That big-ole-clump-a-trees"
After that the word "Forest" comes into play......At least here in Texas anyway.
Wade
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20cows wrote:Am I missing something? I don't see this post anywhere except below a new post windowOld Ranger wrote:That word is something that we never heard of here in armadillo country.
We call that thang "A clump-a-trees".
If it's a larger stand of woods, we call it "That big-ole-clump-a-trees"
After that the word "Forest" comes into play......At least here in Texas anyway.
Wade
Same here 20cows!
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Isn't it a show on Fox? Clearly a fox is involved. For all you bad boys..Old Savage wrote:Well the deed is done though - what is a copse?
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Copse is found in crossword puzzles every so often.
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