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Always been a big fan of the Winchester 22 mag cartridge, as a young boy I got to knock off quite a few chucks with my Dad's Winchester open sight model 61 pump which got me hooked. In my late teens I purchased a Mossberg "Chuckster" in 22 mag with a Weaver V22 scope mounted on her and proceeded to devastate the chuck population. As time went on I moved away from the maggie and became heavily involved in the centerfire varmint cartridges and rifles along with reloading and the Mossberg was sold off. Started doing quite a bit of varmint calling mostly in the woodlands, ranges for the most part were short so I used a shotgun quite a bit but there were times when I had shots in the 80 to 100 yard range and the shotgun was overmatched and the varmint rifles I had for the most part were just a bit much especially for foxes. Also I was seeing a lot of Squirrels during these hunts that I had to pass on because of the firearm I was carrying. I realized the old Mossberg would have been just the ticket for the kind of hunting I was doing so I corrected the boneheaded mistake of selling the Chuckster and purchased a new bolt action Ruger 77/22 Mag varmint model. With a little trigger and bolt tightening work the Ruger turned out to be a nice shooter. She would flatten Foxes out to 125 yards or so and easily make head shots on Squirrels if I did my part, all was good. So one day some years ago a hunting buddy of mine shows up at my place with a new Remington 597 22 mag to sight in. My Dad happened to be there when we shot this rifle and we were amazed at how accurate it was, just as accurate as my Ruger 77 and the only bad was the lousy trigger pull. My Dad was so impressed he went right out and bought one for himself. He brought it over to be sighted in and the results were the same, very accurate, flawless operation but a lousy trigger. Well I could not stand it and like my Dad I picked up a new 597 for myself and bingo, same results, mine shot as well as the other two, I was tickled. I settled on a Nikon 2X7 shotgun scope for several reasons, good quality and optics, compact with the right power for the caliber and the parallax was factory set at 75 yards which is perfect for the 22 mag. The 597 has worked out great for me and is my go to woods varmint rifle, made some real good shots on game with it and it performs exactly as I hoped for. As with all my firearms sooner or later I get inside of them and try to improve their performance, and after years of putting up with the 597's horrible 7 pound trigger I attacked the problem. First thing I did was put in the Volquartsen hammer which cut the pull weight in half to 3 1/2 pounds. Hoping for a bit more lighter pull I then switched out the trigger spring with a Mcarbo spring and she went down another 7 ounces giving me a nice crisp 3 pound pull. The plain black plastic stock worked but I did not care for the look, found a new camo drop in on ebay for a song and bought it. The 597 now suits me for a short range timber varmint rifle in every way, fast handling light weight autoloader, very accurate, good trigger and glass and most important a proven game taker.

Well I am only going to speak for myself but when it comes to hunting, fishing, shooting, reloading and gun knowledge I know a hell of a lot more about each of these activities today at almost 69 years of age than I did at 39 years of age and I am still learning new stuff all the time and hope I keep on learning! Al

Rob check out rifle scopes on ebay, I have saved some serious money on nice used high end name brand scopes like Leupold, Burris and Redfield. Al

"Matty" my young Setter pup pointing a Mourning Dove under one of the bird feeders in my front yard. It still amazes me how through selective breeding traits such as pointing, retrieving, treeing, herding etc have been incorporated and ingrained into specialized dog breeds for man's use. I think young Matty is going to be a good one. "We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return dogs give us their all. It is the best deal man ever made!" M. Facklam Al

Hunting With Hank DVDs seasons 5&6, my favorite hunting show from the old Outdoor Life network. Al

They are claiming advertising no longer can sustain the cost of hosting the millions and millions of free accounts and in order to stay afloat they have to move to a pay for play. They have got me by the short hairs as I have well over 4000 photo on PB and most are posted on my Airedale message board, I have the bare bones plan that just eliminates ads They are going to let me slide for now but as of December 2018 I will have to ante up. Al 1. Why Photobucket? Photobucket is the global destination for linking and 3rd party hosting. In Photobucket’s 14-year history, the Company amassed over 100 million registered users, over 15 billion images stored, 2 million daily uploads and 60 billion photos accessed monthly. 2. What is 3rd Party Hosting? Photobucket defines 3rd party hosting as the action of embedding an image or photo onto another website. For example, using the <img> tag to embed or display a JPEG image from your Photobucket account on another website such as a forum, auction listings, blog, etc.* 3. Benefits of Photobucket’s 3rd Party Hosting Easy to Use – Upload a photo from any device and copy the embed code with one click to host a photo with no development or technical knowledge required Competitive, fixed pricing Offers the only unlimited 3rd party hosting plan (Commercial and Personal Use) 3rd Party Hosting Specifics 1. What plans offer 3rd Party Hosting? Only the Plus 500 plan supports 3rd Party Hosting Upgrade to Photobucket’s Plus 500 Subscription by visiting    http://photobucket.com/pricing or http://photobucket.com/p500 2. What do I get with the Plus 500 Plan? Unlimited 3rd Party Hosting Unlimited Bandwidth Full Resolution Photo Storage (We do not compress your images) High Capacity Storage Dedicated and Priority Customer Support Photobucket.com Promotional Opportunities 3. What users are affected by the changes to our 3rd Party Hosting policies? Moving forward, new and legacy free account users will NOT have third party hosting available. If you were a Plus Account subscriber in good standing as of June 1, 2017, you will continue to have all the privileges you have enjoyed including 3rd Party Hosting until December 31, 2018 as long as you maintain your subscription. Non Plus 500 Account subscribers that purchased after June 1, 2017 will not have access to 3rd Party Hosting. 4. Are my pictures still safe? Yes! All your photos are still available by logging into your Photobucket Account. Photobucket has only restricted the ability to view your photos on 3rd party sites. 5. Can I download my Photos? Absolutely, at any time. It is an easy four step process: Step 1. Login to your Photobucket Account Step 2. Navigate to your library page Step 3. View a photo and click the download button Step 4. The picture will be saved to your computer

Once upon a time I owned a Ruger 77 458 Winchester Mag just because I wanted to play around with one. I never killed a thing with it but I handloaded for it and shot it a lot and while it was punishing to shoot me and some of my shooting buddies had a lot of fun touching the big gal off. If shot without flinching that Ruger 77 printed some amazing 100 yard groups, I would use a half full 25 pound bag of lead shot on my shoulder to buffer the recoil when testing out different handloads. Never shot any solids all my loads were soft points, all bullets I used grouped well but I liked the Speer 400 gr which is shown in the loaded shell best, the other bullets from left to right are the 500 gr Hornady sp, and 400 and 350 gr Barnes copper jacket pointed soft points. The Barnes bullets were fired one at a time because they had no crimping cannelure and would creep forward in the case from recoil while in the magazine. IMR 3031 powder worked great for both accuracy and velocity. Al

My Grandfather said he knew the The Great Depression was coming to an end when he started seeing rabbits crossing the road while driving without a pack of dogs and a hunter bringing up the rear chasing it. Al

Geeze that means after all these years I have been mostly "pretend Deer hunting"! Bummer Al

In my younger days I wheeled and dealed with quite a few handguns, decided to move away from and cut down of my ownership of them because they are much harder to sell and trade because of the permit laws we have here in NY. Dealers have you by the short hairs, and permit holders are limited in numbers to deal with. Anyhow I once had a blue 2 1/2 inch Python and a 6 inch nickel plated model, I have always considered those Colt Pythons to be the Rolls Royce of wheel guns. Smoothest actions out of the box, light crisp triggers both double and single action, impeccable fit and finish along with tack driving accuracy. Al

Over my lifetime I have purchased quite a few worthwhile hunting items, there are some in my mind that really have served me well. The books and magazine writings of Jack O'Connor, my reloading equipment, some of it 50 years old and still cranking out tack driving ammo, buy good quality and it will last a lifetime. My favorite rifle a Ruger 77 220 Swift, when the crosshairs of that rifle center it is lights out! My Bear Super Kodiak recurve, again 50 years old working as it should and I still enjoy shooting. Good clothing such as Woolrich and LL Bean wool hunting outfits, a little heavy but nothing outperforms it. US mil spec poly underwear of different weights just to name a few. Al

The three Quail in line in the middle of the photo with the gray coloring are California Valley Quail, they are the size of regular Bobwhites and are about half the size of these Butlers. I have four in all and as the saying goes 'birds of a feather flock together" the Valley Quail are always in close proximity to each other among the 30 Bobwhites. They are just getting some length on their top knot feathers which stand at attention when they are on alert. They are flighty compared to the Butlers and will not take any food from my hand yet but will sit at my feet and wait for me to drop something down to them. They are runners and if they were chicken size I bet they could hit 60 miles an hour. Al

15 weeks and on is generally the age they can fly well enough and will recall to a johnny house, They will be used to train my Setter pup to hold point, like chickens I just like messing around with them for something to do. They are fairly easy to take care of and like chickens they make good pets and watching them go about their business is entertaining. Al

Went from little bumble bee size two legged fuzz balls to Quail in about 4 weeks, these Butler Bobwhites are already close to the size of regular Bobwhites, more tame and not as flighty, they will eat out of my hand like chickens. Just hatched out 10 french red leg Partridge chicks, they are doing good so far. Al

Glad to see you do a refurb on that barn, it is sure a beauty, farmers do not build those kind anymore so what there are left need to be preserved. Al

If the old flooring was in not too bad of shape I would go right over the top with a laminate flooring. Al

I agree with Dan, cropped it out and blew up the photo and tried to clear it up a little and it looks like a Bobcat. Al

How does hunting with no seasons, no limits on game whose numbers are so large you can not put a dent in them? Best part of all using an 55 dollar assault weapon with ammo that costs literally small fractions of a cent per shot! Enter the 'Bug A Salt" an air powered mini shotgun pistol that uses table salt for ammo. A friend told me about these things and he was so enthusiastic on how well it worked and the fun he had eliminating flies I had to try one. Depending where you purchase they go in the $55 range, Amazon will not ship these to NY so I purchased mine direct. As instructed I patterned the gun on a sheet of aluminum foil using regular table salt. Once I got the pattern's point of impact figured out I was knocking off various creepy crawlers while relaxing last evening on my deck at close to the three feet maximum range this thing is supposed to have. So all and all while not quite as excited as my friend the Bug A Salt works as advertised and is a heck of a lot more fun than a conventional fly swatter. Al

I have an 89 Pontiac Trans Am pace car, been sitting in the barn covered for about 20 years or so. Have buying new updated parts, new rubber and plan sprucing the old gal up and getting her going. A file photo

Some in depth data on shotgun and rifle recoil from Chuck Hawks Note that the most powerful shotgun loads generate recoil comparable to elephant rifle cartridges. Shooters who would never think of shooting a .416 Rem. Mag. or .450 Nitro Express rifle even once will casually buy a box of 12 gauge, 3-inch Magnum shot shells for hunting season and shoot all 25 shells at a single sitting. It is no wonder flinching (and missing!) is so common. Cal./Gauge (weight of load at MV fps) Gun weight (lbs.) Recoil energy (ft. lbs.) 7.62x39 Soviet (125 gr. at 2350) 7.0 6.9 .410 bore, 2.5" (1/2 oz. at 1200) 5.5 7.1 6mm Rem. (100 gr. at 3100) 8.0 10.0 .410 bore, 3" (11/16 oz. at 1135) 5.5 10.5 .30-30 Win. (150 gr. at 2400) 7.5 10.6 7mm-08 Rem. (140 gr. at 2860) 8.0 12.6 28 gauge, 2.75" (3/4 oz. at 1200) 6.0 12.8 .308 Win. (150 gr. at 2800) 7.5 15.8 20 gauge, 2.75" (7/8 oz. at 1200) 6.5 16.1 .270 Win. (140 gr. at 3000) 8.0 17.1 12 gauge, 2.75" (1 oz. at 1180) 7.5 17.3 .30-06 (180 gr. at 2700) 8.0 20.3 20 gauge, 2.75" (1 oz. at 1220) 6.5 21.0 .270 Wby. Mag. (130 gr. at 3375) 9.0 21.0 16 gauge, 2.75" (1 oz. at 1220) 7.0 21.5 7mm Rem. Mag. (175 gr. at 2870) 9.0 21.7 12 gauge, 2.75" (1-1/8 oz. at 1200) 7.5 23.0 .300 Win. Mag. (150 gr. at 3320) 8.5 23.5 .300 Wby. Mag. (150 gr. at 3400) 9.3 24.6 20 gauge, 2.75" (1-1/8 oz. at 1175) 6.5 25.0 .300 WSM (180 gr. at 2970) 7.3 27.1 16 gauge, 2.75" (1-1/8 oz. at 1240) 7.0 27.6 .35 Whelen (250 gr. at 2400) 7.5 27.9 .405 Win. (300 gr. at 2200) 8.0 30.6 20 gauge, 3" (1-1/4 oz. at 1185) 6.5 31.0 .300 Wby. Mag. (180 gr. at 3240) 9.0 31.6 12 gauge, 2.75" (1-1/4 oz. at 1330) 7.5 32.0 .338 Win. Mag. (200 gr. at 2950) 8.5 32.8 .340 Wby. Mag. (250 gr. at 2941 9.0 43.4 12 gauge, 2.75" (1-1/2 oz. at 1260) 7.5 45.0 .375 Wby. Mag. (300 gr. at 3240) 10.0 47.3 12 gauge, 3" (1-5/8 oz. at 1280) 7.5 52.0 .416 Rem. Mag. (400 gr. at 2400) 10.0 52.9 .375 Ultra Mag (300 gr. at 2800) 8.8 53.2 12 gauge, 3" (1-7/8 oz. at 1210) 8.75 54.0 .450 NE (465 gr. at 2150) 11.0 55.5 .458 Win. Mag. (500 gr. at 2100) 9.0 62.3 10 gauge, 3.5" (2-1/4 oz. at 1210) 10.5 62.9 Cartridge (Wb@MV) Rifle Weight Recoil energy Recoil velocity .17 HMR (17 at 2550) 7.5 0.2 n/a .17 Rem. (25 at 4000) 8.5 1.6 3.5 .204 Ruger (33 at 4225) 8.5 2.6 4.4 .218 Bee (45 at 2800) 8.5 1.3 3.1 .219 Wasp (55 at 3300) 8.5 3.2 4.9 .219 Zipper (55 at 3400) 8.5 3.4 5.1 .22 LR (40 at 1165) 4.0 0.2 n/a .22 WMR (40 at 1910) 6.75 0.4 n/a .22 Hornet (45 at 2800) 7.5 1.3 3.3 .22 PPC (52 at 3300) 8.5 3.0 4.8 .221 Fireball (50 at 3000) 8.5 1.8 3.7 .222 Rem. (50 at 3200) 7.5 3.0 5.1 .223 Rem. (45 at 3500) 8.5 2.6 4.5 .223 Rem. (55 at 3200) 8.0 3.2 5.1 .223 Rem. (62 at 3025) 7.0 3.9 6.0 .225 Win. (55 at 3700) 8.5 4.4 5.7 .224 Wby. Mag. (55 at 3700) 10.0 3.6 4.8 .22-250 Rem. (55 at 3600) 8.5 4.7 6.0 .22-250 Rem. (60 at 3500) 12.5 3.1 4.0 .220 Swift (50 at 3900) 10.5 3.7 4.8 .220 Swift (55 at 3800) 8.5 5.3 6.4 .223 WSSM (55 at 3850) 7.5 6.4 7.4 .224 TTH (80 at 3550) 7.5 10.2 9.4 5.6x50 Mag. (60 at 3300) 7.5 4.0 5.9 5.6x52R (70 at 2800) 7.5 3.7 5.7 5.6x57 RWS (60 at 3800) 7.5 6.9 7.7 6mm PPC (85 at 2800) 7.5 5.3 n/a 6mm BR Rem. (80 at 3100) 8.5 5.2 6.3 6mm-223 (75 at 2950) 7.5 4.6 n/a 6mm Norma BR (95 at 2914) 8.5 5.9 6.7 6mm Lee Navy (112 at 2650) 8.5 6.5 7.0 .243 Win. (75 at 3400) 8.5 7.2 7.4 .243 Win. (95 at 3100) 7.25 11.0 9.9 .243 Win. (100 at 2960) 7.5 8.8 8.7 6mm Rem. (100 at 3100) 8.0 10.0 9.0 .243 WSSM (100 at 3100) 7.5 10.1 9.3 6mm-284 (105 at 3000) 7.5 10.9 9.7 6mm-06 (105 at 3000) 8.0 10.2 9.1 .240 Wby. Mag. (100 at 3406) 8.0 17.9 n/a .25-20 Win. (86 at 1460) 6.5 1.3 3.5 .256 Win. Mag. (75 at 2400) 7.5 2.4 4.5 .25-35 Win. (117 at 2230) 6.5 7.0 8.3 .250 Savage (100 at 2900) 7.5 7.8 8.2 .257 Roberts (100 at 3000) 7.5 9.3 8.9 .257 Roberts (120 at 2800) 8.0 10.7 9.3 .257 Rob. Imp. (115 at 2900) 8.0 10.8 9.3 .25 WSSM (120 at 2990) 7.25 13.8 11.1 .25-06 Rem. (100 at 3230) 8.0 11.0 9.4 .25-06 Rem. (120 at 3000) 8.0 12.5 10.0 .257 Wby. Mag. (100 at 3602) 9.25 15.8 10.5 .257 Wby. Mag. (115 at 3433) 9.25 17.7 11.1 .257 Wby. Mag. (120 at 3300) 9.25 15.1 10.3 6.5mm Grendel (120 at 2600) 7.5 8.9 8.8 6.5x50 Arisaka (140 at 2600) 8.0 10.0 n/a 6.5x52 M-C (140 at 2200) 8.0 7.8 n/a 6.5x54 M-S (140 at 2400) 7.5 11.1 9.7 6.5x55 Swede (129 at 2700) 8.0 12.5 10.0 6.5x55 Swede (140 at 2650) 9.0 10.6 8.7 .260 Rem. (120 at 2860) 7.5 13.0 10.6 .260 Rem. (140 at 2750) 8.25 11.9 9.7 6.5x57 (140 at 2700) 8.0 12.5 10.0 6.5mm-284 Norma (140 at 2920) 8.0 14.7 10.9 6.5mm Rem. Mag. (120 at 3100) 8.0 13.1 10.3 6.5mm Rem. Mag. (140 at 2900) 8.5 13.9 10.3 6.5x68 S (140 at 2990) 8.5 16.8 11.3 .264 Win. Mag. (140 at 3200) 8.5 19.2 12.1 6.8mm Rem. SPC (115 at 2625) 7.5 8.0 8.3 .270 Win. (130 at 3140) 8.0 16.5 n/a .270 Win. (140 at 3000) 8.0 17.1 11.7 .270 Win. (150 at 2900) 8.0 17.0 11.7 .270 WSM (130 at 3275) 8.0 18.7 12.3 .270 WSM (150 at 3000) 8.0 18.9 12.3 .270 Wby. Mag. (130 at 3375) 9.0 21.0 12.3 .270 Wby. Mag. (150 at 3000) 9.25 17.8 11.1 7-30 Waters (120 at 2700) 7.0 10.0 9.6 7x57 Mauser (139 at 2700) 8.75 11.7 9.3 7x57 Mauser (145 at 2725) 8.5 13.0 9.9 7x57 Mauser (160 at 2600) 8.0 14.3 n/a 7x57 Mauser (175 at 2500) 8.0 15.5 11.2 7mm-08 Rem. (120 at 3000) 7.5 12.1 10.2 7mm-08 Rem. (140 at 2860) 8.0 12.6 10.1 .284 Win (150 at 2860) 7.5 17.4 n/a 7x64 (154 at 2850) 8.0 17.9 n/a 7x65R (175 at 2600) 8.0 17.1 11.7 .280 Rem. (140 at 3000) 8.0 17.2 11.8 .280 Rem. (150 at 2900) 8.0 17.4 11.8 .280 Rem. (160 at 2800) 8.0 17.0 11.7 7x61 S&H Mag. (154 at 3000) 8.5 18.4 11.8 7mm Rem. SAUM (160 at 2931) 8.0 21.5 13.2 7mm WSM (140 at 3200) 8.0 20.7 12.9 7mm WSM (160 at 3000) 8.0 21.9 13.3 7mm Rem. Mag. (139 at 3100) 9.0 19.3 11.8 7mm Rem. Mag. (150 at 3100) 8.5 19.2 12.1 7mm Rem. Mag. (160 at 2950) 9.0 20.3 12.0 7mm Rem. Mag. (175 at 2870) 9.0 21.7 12.5 .275 H&H Mag. (160 at 3050) 8.5 19.5 12.2 7mm Wby. Mag. (140 at 3300) 9.25 19.5 11.7 7mm Wby. Mag. (160 at 3200) 9.0 25.6 13.5 7mm STW (160 at 3185) 8.5 27.9 14.6 7mm Ultra Mag. (140 at 3425) 8.5 25.3 n/a 7mm Ultra Mag. (160 at 3200) 8.5 29.4 n/a .30 Carbine (110 at 1990) 7.0 3.5 5.7 .30 Rem. (170 at 2120) 7.5 9.8 9.2 .30-30 Win. (150 at 2400) 7.5 10.6 9.5 .30-30 Win. (160 at 2400) 7.5 12.7 10.5 .30-30 Win. (170 at 2200) 7.5 11.0 9.7 .30-40 Krag (180 at 2430) 8.0 16.6 n/a .300 Sav. (150 at 2630) 7.5 14.8 n/a .307 Win. (150 at 2600) 7.5 13.7 10.9 .308 Marlin Express (160 at 2660) 8.0 13.4 10.4 7.5x55 Swiss (150 at 2800) 9.0 12.9 9.6 .308 Win. (150 at 2800) 7.5 15.8 11.7 .308 Win. (165 at 2700) 7.5 18.1 12.5 .308 Win. (180 at 2610) 8.0 17.5 11.9 .30-06 Spfd. (150 at 2910) 8.0 17.6 11.9 .30-06 Spfd. (165 at 2900) 8.0 20.1 12.7 .30-06 Spfd. (180 at 2700) 8.0 20.3 12.8 .300 Rem. SAUM (180 at 2960) 8.25 23.5 13.6 .300 WSM (150 at 3300) 8.25 22.5 13.3 .300 WSM (180 at 2970) 7.25 27.1 15.5 .300 WSM (180 at 2970) 8.25 23.8 13.6 .308 Norma Mag. (180 at 3000) 8.5 25.9 14.0 .300 Win. Mag. (150 at 3320) 8.5 23.5 13.3 .300 Win. Mag. (165 at 3110) 8.0 26.2 14.5 .300 Win. Mag. (180 at 2960) 8.5 25.9 14.0 .300 H&H Mag. (180 at 2920) 8.5 23.1 13.2 .300 Dakota (180 at 3100) 8.5 28.3 14.7 .300 Wby. Mag. (150 at 3400) 9.25 24.6 13.1 .300 Wby. Mag. (180 at 3240) 9.0 31.6 15.0 .300 Ultra Mag. (180 at 3230) 8.5 32.8 15.8 .30-378 Wby. Mag. (180 at 3300) 9.75 42.6 16.8 7.62x39 Soviet (125 at 2350) 7.0 6.9 8.0 .303 Savage (170 at 2170) 7.5 10.3 9.4 7.65x53 Mauser (180 at 2500) 8.0 15.4 n/a 7.62x53R Finn (150 at 2800) 9.0 13.1 9.7 7.62x54R Russian (150 at 2800) 9.0 13.1 9.7 7.62x54R Russian (174 at 2600) 9.0 15.0 10.4 .303 British (150 at 2700) 7.5 14.2 11.0 .303 British (180 at 2420) 8.0 15.4 11.1 7.7x58 Jap (150 at 2700) 9.0 11.9 9.2 .32-20 Win. (100 at 1984) 6.5 3.3 n/a .32 Spec. (170 at 2250) 7.0 12.2 10.6 8x56 M-S (170 at 2260) 8.0 12.4 10.0 8x57 Mauser (170 at 2400) 8.0 13.6 10.4 8x57JS Mauser (150 at 2900) 8.0 17.1 11.7 8x57JS Mauser (195 at 2500) 8.0 18.5 12.2 .325 WSM (180 at 3060) 7.5 33.1 16.9 .325 WSM (220 at 2840) 7.5 37.5 17.9 8x68S (150 at 3300) 8.5 25.3 13.9 8x68S (200 at 2950) 9.0 29.1 14.4 8mm Rem. Mag. (200 at 2900) 8.5 32.9 15.8 .33 Win. (200 at 2100) 8.0 13.9 10.6 .338-57 O'Connor (200 at 2400) 8.0 19.2 12.4 .338 Marlin Express (200 at 2400) 8.0 16.2 11.4 .338 Marlin Express (200 at 2600) 8.0 22.0 14.0 .338 Federal (200 at 2600) 7.0 22.2 14.3 .338 Federal (210 at 2630) 8.0 21.9 13.3 .338-06 A-Square (200 at 2800) 8.0 23.9 13.9 .338-06 A-Square (250 at 2500) 8.5 28.2 14.6 .338 Win. Mag. (200 at 2950) 8.5 32.8 15.8 .338 Win. Mag. (225 at 2780) 8.5 35.2 16.3 .338 Win. Mag. (250 at 2700) 9.0 33.1 15.4 .330 Dakota (250 at 2878) 8.5 40.5 17.6 .340 Wby. Mag. (200 at 3100) 10.0 29.6 13.8 .340 Wby. Mag. (250 at 2941) 9.0 43.4 17.6 .338 Ultra Mag (250 at 2860) 8.5 43.1 n/a .338 Lapua Mag. (225 at 3000) 9.5 37.2 15.9 .338-378 Wby. Mag. (250 at 3040) 11.75 41.1 15.0 .348 Win. (200 at 2510) 8.0 23.7 n/a .357 Mag. (158 at 1650) 7.0 4.7 6.6 .35 Rem. (200 at 2050) 7.5 13.5 10.8 .356 Win. (200 at 2400) 7.5 17.5 n/a .358 Win. (200 at 2490) 8.0 20.9 13.0 .358 Win. (250 at 2260) 7.66 23.0 13.9 .35 Whelen (200 at 2675) 8.0 22.6 13.5 .35 Whelen (225 at 2525) 8.0 25.0 14.2 .35 Whelen (250 at 2400) 7.5 27.9 15.5 .350 Rem. Mag. (200 at 2700) 8.5 22.3 13.0 .350 Rem. Mag. (225 at 2550) 8.5 24.2 13.5 .350 Rem. Mag. (250 at 2500) 8.5 29.0 14.8 .358 Norma Mag. (250 at 2723) 9.0 31.2 15.0 9.3x57 (232 at 2330) 8.5 19.8 12.2 9.3x62 (250 at 2450) 8.5 25.7 14.0 9.3x62 (270 at 2550) 8.5 33.3 n/a 9.3x62 (286 at 2360) 9.0 28.0 14.1 9.3x64 (286 at 2650) 9.0 36.5 16.2 9.3x74R (250 at 2550) 9.0 29.1 14.4 9.3x74R (286 at 2400) 8.25 34.3 16.6 .370 Sako Mag. (286 at 2550) 8.5 35.2 16.3 .375 Win. (220 at 2200) 7.5 17.1 12.1 .375 Ruger (270 at 2840) 9.0 41.3 17.2 .375 H&H Mag. (235 at 2700) 9.0 29.5 14.5 .375 H&H Mag. (270 at 2690) 9.0 36.1 16.1 .375 H&H Mag. (300 at 2530) 9.0 37.3 16.3 .375 Dakota (300 at 2600) 8.5 44.5 18.4 .375 Wby. Mag. (300 at 2700) 10.0 47.3 17.5 .375 Ultra Mag (300 at 2800) 8.75 53.2 n/a .376 Steyr (270 at 2580) 8.0 39.0 n/a .378 Wby. Mag. (300 at 2900) 10.25 71.1 n/a .38-40 Win. (180 at 1100) 7.5 3.1 5.2 .38-55 Win. (220 at 1650) 7.5 10.1 9.3 .38-55 Win. (255 at 1415) 7.0 9.5 n/a .450/.400-3" (400 at 2150) 9.0 51.0 n/a .404 Jeffery (400 at 2170) 10.25 41.0 16.1 .405 Win. (300 at 2200) 8.0 30.6 15.7 .416 Taylor (400 at 2350) 10.0 47.8 17.5 .416 Rem. Mag. (400 at 2400) 10.0 52.9 18.5 .416 Rigby (400 at 2400) 10.0 58.1 19.3 .416 Dakota (400 at 2500) 10.0 59.2 19.5 .416 Wby. Mag. (400 at 2700) 10.25 83.0 22.8 .44-40 Win. (200 at 1200) 7.0 3.4 n/a .44 Rem. Mag. (240 at 1760) 7.5 11.2 9.8 .44 Rem. Mag. (275 at 1580) 7.5 11.4 9.9 .444 Marlin (240 at 2400) 7.5 23.3 14.2 .444 Marlin (265 at 2200) 8.5 22.1 12.9 .45 Colt (255 at 1100) 8.0 4.0 5.6 .45 Colt +P (250 at 1500) 6.5 11.1 10.5 .45-70 (300 at 1800) 7.0 23.9 14.8 .45-70 (350 at 1900) 7.0 37.9 18.7 .45-70 (405 at 1330) 7.5 18.7 12.7 .450 Marlin (350 at 2000) 7.0 37.2 18.5 .450 Marlin (350 at 2100) 8.5 33.6 16.0 .45-120 Sharps (405 at 1850) 9.0 33.9 n/a .450 N.E. (465 at 2150) 11.0 55.5 18.0 .458 Win. Mag. (400 at 2050) 9.0 41.7 17.3 .458 Win. Mag. (500 at 2100) 9.0 62.3 21.1 .458 Lott (500 at 2300) 10.0 70.4 21.3 .460 Wby. Mag. (500 at 2600) 11.25 99.6 n/a .500/.465 N.E. (480 at 2150) 11.0 60.7 n/a .470 N.E. (500 at 2150) 11.0 69.3 20.1 .470 Mbogo (500 at 2509) 11.0 83.5 22.1 .480 Ruger (325 at 1450) 6.25 16.4 13.0 .500 N.E. (570 at 2150) 12.0 74.5 n/a .50 BMG (647 at 2710) 30.0 70.0 12.3 .577 N.E. (750 at 2050) 12.0 127.5 n/a .600 N.E. (900 at 1950) 12.0 154.0 28.8

Every now and then I get a goofy idea, the plan for this winner is to make a cross of the Jersey Giant and a Malay should make for something interesting and "BIG" I think. Al

Always have a few chickens here on the farm mostly American Gamefowl because of their toughness and ability to survive dealing with predators as free range birds. Also raised quite a few different game birds over the years such as assorted Pheasant breeds, Quail, and Merriam's Turkeys. Kind of got out of it in recent years but after acquiring a new Setter pup last summer I thought I would get a few birds to help me training her for this fall's hunting season. So I ordered me up a bunch of assorted hatching eggs and fired up the old incubators and had at it. Purchasing hatching eggs are always a big time gamble mostly because of the rough way they are handled during shipping by the US postal service, I have had some eggs not hatch at all and some batches hatch at close to 100%. Anyhow the past few days the hatch has taken place with typical mixed results with some batches yielding little success and some doing pretty good. First photo are of mostly Butler Quail chicks sleeping in their typical outward facing circle as they do in the wild. Butlers are the largest of the Bobwhite breed averaging around a pound. There is also one Gray Partridge which at one time were in decent numbers in northern NY and four valley quail. Next photo is to show some scale in size difference, on the left are the Quail and on the right black Jersey Giants and Malay fowl both reputed to be the largest chicken breeds, they are a first for me so it will be interesting to see how big they grow, The bottom photo is the what I ended up with in Pheasants, 3 Bianchi and 2 Zurundnyi Raising chicks are work but it is something I like doing. Al

A lightweight, reliable, autoloading carbine in 30-06 makes for a great still hunting deer rifle. NICE! Al

Corporate Outhouse Still Hunter

While they are most active during the night Coons are up and about during daylight hours to a lesser extent. I did a lot of Coon hunting years ago and was working nights at my job back then. Consequently mornings were the only Coon hunting times I could get out unless I had the day off , me and the dogs would hit the timber as soon as I got home from work. Certainly not as productive as night hunting but I did pretty well until 10 am or so. A drawback to hunting the mornings is by that time they are pretty close to their den tree so many times the dogs would tree them there after a short race. Al