Still haven’t read the story on how someone saved Joe from drowning...or if he ever recovered that shotgun.Maybe it should be added to the OH SHIT thread.
https://www.theohiooutdoors.com/threads/lucky-to-be-here-today-lucky-beyond-belief.17600/
The Tale of Thee 870...
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https://www.theohiooutdoors.com/threads/lucky-to-be-here-today-lucky-beyond-belief.17600/
Sgt Fury
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Just read it. Wow! That was a close call. Glad everything came together, could’ve been much worse. Fuck that gun, can always buy another!
triple_duece
Ragin Cajun.
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Dang your a lucky man. Plenty things fell in place for the outcome that you had. Glad you made it and also kept your head in the situation. Most people panic and results usually show that ill effect.
We care about a lot of things and always live for the big things, but in retrospect it’s the little things that give our life substance. Little things, balance and simple is the big picture for me.
We care about a lot of things and always live for the big things, but in retrospect it’s the little things that give our life substance. Little things, balance and simple is the big picture for me.
@Venefikus as you read this thread, it’s funny, but you might be able to learn from some of our mistakes.
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Thanks guys. It was a rough day.. One that's undoubtedly changed my life on how I look at things. It's been harder on Jim than me, It's really stuck with him. Even 4 years later It's rare for him to tell someone the story and not have his voice crack and get choked up. We had a different experience that day, a different experience with a common goal. From my perspective, it was a fight like I hope to never have to fight again. One where every fiber in your body says quit, where you mind relentlessly tells you that "this is it", the crystal clear knowledge of how you're going to leave this world and soon, and the animalistic fight for life through sheer determination and refusal to let it happen. It's not often a man comes face to face with a clear knowledge of his own death. For Jim it was the realization that his future son in law was likely going to drown before his eyes despite his best effort, the pain of having to tell his daughter, the living with it for the remainder of his days. Both of these traumas manifest themselves differently in the heart of a man. I have no basis to comprehend what he went through that day, likewise, he has no way to comprehend what I went through. While to goal was the same, to save a life, it has left its mark on us both differently as we both went through something different that day. Life is precious and fragile, and mother nature doesn't give two fucks.
BTW. That gun is still at the bottom of that lake. My wonderful wife bought me the exact same one for Christmas that next winter.
BTW. That gun is still at the bottom of that lake. My wonderful wife bought me the exact same one for Christmas that next winter.
Just logging these here. It still works. Lol
And Dave can’t….So.... in conclusion, Michael can shoot it?
Oh, I can shoot it. I just can't hit a deer with it. 
Redneckfucker
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I can’t shoot a .350 to save my life but I can definitely shoot the .870 lol anyone want to buy a .350 legend