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The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the descendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter! Finn Aagard

For rifles and even higher velocity handgun loads I have gone to copper plated lead bullets, "Berry" is one manufacturer that I like a lot. They are a bit more precise than a cast bullet and the copper wash keeps barrels pretty much lead free. They produce mostly handgun type bullets but they do make a few for rifles including the 30-30. Natchez is a good source for Berry's line and the prices are not bad. Al https://www.natchezss.com/

Wow! Ought to send that story in to GoPro, a better real life testimonial than that one would be tough to top! Al

I have myself pretty much sold on getting me a Charter Arms Target Bulldog in 44 Special this spring. Been looking for a lightweight carry trail revolver with some pop and the bulldog fits the bill at 22 ounces with a 4" barrel and adjustable sights. I sold a lot of the Charter Arms revolvers back when I worked in a gun shop, nothing fancy but they work well, are reliable and a best buy money wise. Al

These guys show how to survive in the "Twilight Zone"

Growing up a country boy my whole life has been lived growing an accumulation and acquiring the skills of self sufficiency. Working on farms as a boy and later owning my own small farm has taught me how to grow food crops and animal husbandry. I learned at an early age how to fish, hunt and trap and do it well. I can long term preserve any food I produce several different ways. I also know how to maintain and use the equipment needed in those skills proficiently. I have enough decent carpentry and mechanical knowledge to get me by most of the time. My home is set up to operate for long periods of time without power, I can cook, heat the place and keep lights on with no problem. So to the OP's question of being able to survive and eat only what I could kill or grow off my land the answer would be yes. Would I want to live that way permanently? NO! Al

Milwaukee's Fuel line of cordless tools are rated at the top of the heap. Al

Charter Arms manufactures a good line of small frame revolvers that can be purchased at a reasonable cost. https://charterfirearms.com/collections/undercover

Stacking up the ballistic performance of the various rimfire cartridge loadings. Al

Fact of life is everyone is made different, their judgement, temperament, tolerance, intelligence, etc, that along with environment and upbringing and training will all play a significant factor in how they handle themselves using firearms. Considering the big picture that there are so many variables a one age to fit all would be difficult to pin down, personally I would tend and lean toward going with an older age for unsupervised firearm use. Al

I used a shotgun quite a bit when calling Fox in the woods, 3" copper plated BBs worked out well for me at typical woods distances. Fox are small and when you skin one out and see their actual body it will be understood it don't take a whole lot to kill one. Coyotes on the other hand are substantially larger and can be 40 lbs and above easily. I have used a rifle for all my Coyote kills except got one I killed with a 410 slug so I have no experience hunting them with a shotgun. Were I to target Coyotes my formula for using a shotgun would be a tight pattern with large shot (small Buck) to get clean kills. I have not used it myself but from all I have ever heard and read the Hevi Shot Dead Coyote ammo is tough to beat if you are hunting Coyotes at shorter ranges with a scattergun. Al

I have just one firearm that has been finished with the Duracoat finish and it has held up very well so far, It was taken care of by the now defunct Gander Mountain's gunsmith. I think if I had a beat up firearm I would give the DIY Duracoat finish a shot myself, I have done a lot of stock work finishing over the years and enjoy working on guns in general. From the youtube videos I have watched on applying Duracoat it looks to be pretty straight forward and not hard. On a high end firearm I really like what I see with that Black Ice Coating and would seriously consider, it is basically the same finish that was used on high end non stick cookware which is very durable and has natural slickness properties. Al

No bigger Bills fan than me but because of the stance on players kneeling during our National Anthem I have not watched one single NFL game this year and to be honest I do not miss it. I got off my old ass on Sunday afternoons and found more productive things to do like more time spent in the woods and had a blast. Al

If anyone is interested "Ballistic Products" is one of if not the best outfit for shotshell loading components for both shot and slugs. They have everything one needs and specific manuals for any kind of loads imaginable, I have been buying from them for sometime getting non toxic shot, they have treated me right and the prices are not out of line. Al http://www.ballisticproducts.com/default.asp

One of the funniest things I ever saw was a fellow at a Deer camp decide he was going to slice and fry up some liverwurst for a hot sandwich, he ended up with a melted down brown puddle of foul smelling pukey looking pudding. It did not stop him from using it, he slathering it between two sliced of bread and proceeded to eat it, within five minutes he was running out the door blowing chunks. I laugh my ass off every time I think of that fiasco. Al

I recommend mastering the dying rabbit calls first and try to make it sound as agonizing as possible. The rabbit call entices a multitude of varmint species, unless you are specifically targeting Coyotes using the Coyote howler will make any Foxes or Coons in the area head for cover I would use your 22 rifle over the 25 cal airgun and use the best high powered ammo you can obtain, I like the CCI "Velocitors' best for bigger varmints but "Stingers" will work too. Try to keep your shots under 60 yards and place the bullet behind the front should just like on a Deer and they will not go far. Good luck to you. Al

Liver & Onions = Blowing Chunks

I would not use the term coolest thing, "significant" probably fits better. I posted here about it previously. My brother, a friend and myself were hunting Snow Shoe Hare in the early winter in 1973 with not much snow on the ground. We found the shallow grave of a woman named Linda Cady and her young daughter. Al http://megpostol.tumblr.com/post/97258945230/the-grisly-history-of-the-steuben-hills

All the indoor ranges I ever shot at had stalls with partition walls that would block and prevent empty cases flying into the shooting station next to it. Bullseye pistol shooting is all about concentration and focus and anything that interferes with that will have a negative effect on your score especially in the timed and rapid fire stages. I would have told the rangemaster what was happening and requested to shoot my rounds over. The woman using the S&W should have been moved to the shooting station on the end of the firing line where her empty brass would not be flying into other competitors faces. Al

I am very familiar with the Savage 110 style action and yes the barrel nut is a cost saving feature but for me that does not detract from it's end resulting performance. The barrel is headspaced by a big lock nut and threaded into the receiver. The receiver itself is produced from a single piece of seamless tubing and stamped parts are used wherever possible. The use of a separated bolt head makes the bolt lugs essentially self-lapping and resulted in perfect alignment and great accuracy without added machining. The end result is a rifle that can and could easily compete on the range and blow the completion away on a sporting goods store gun rack. With all else being equal the Savage 110 style action will easily hold it's own against the intended competition. The most accurate off the shelf rifle I have ever seen was a Savage single shot varmint rifle in 220 Swift using a 110 style action, one hole groups all day long.

I purchased a still in production Canadian made Heartland cookstove along with the optional attached hot water tank on the side about 20 years ago and have been using it ever since for both heat and cooking. I burn nut coal in mine because of much longer burn times than wood and also there is no creosote. It will heat the house most of the time by itself and is great for cooking especially slow cooked meats of various types in the oven. It is one of the best purchases I have ever made. Al

For the past 20 years or so as I have started getting a little age on me I have been getting the shot. A couple of years ago the shot did not match the strain that was going around so I said the heck with it and did not bother getting it. Well don't you know as sure a hell I got the flu that year and was sicker than a dog, it is nothing to mess with when you are older or very young and as can be seen on the news just about every night you can die from it. It is no big deal and even without insurance affordable, better to be a little safer than sorry and do all you can to protect yourself and family. Al

First of all the Savage 110 style bolt action has a reputation of being one of the most consistently accurate designs period, the barrel nut has a zero downside other than aesthetics to some. I picked up a synthetic stock left hand plain trigger version in 7mm-08 for my wife, and did a trigger job and got a nice crisp 4 lb pull. Mounted a Leupold 3x9 I had laying around and picked up some 139 Hornady SST handloads at the Syracuse gun show. Once we got her sighted in the wife shot several 3 shot groups at 100 , she was getting 11/2 inch groups no problem. I am sure with some experimentation with some different loads I could get it to shoot even better but for fairly short range woods Deer hunting it was plenty good enough. Al

I considered the shoe box type compressors but I have holding off on one as I have been seeing a bunch of stand alone airgun compressors that have been coming on the market in recent years for not a whole lot of money. If and when those stand alones turn out to be half way decent I may spring for one. Al My 25 cal MRod