Daveboone

In Maine (Kittery Trading Post and Cabelas) you can buy a firearm without a hassle on the spot, fyi. You might check them out.

Good gear, great prices....snap it up boys, tough to find out there right now (I have it all though).

I always kind of liked her, can disregard her politics personally but could care about her show. That said, Heck, she is Jewish, so I think any opinion she wants to offer on the subject is fair and honest, but certainly not antisemetic for gods sake., but I do kind of get what she was trying to say but am totally fine with her apology.

I would recommend getting out during the early NT muzzleloading season. Woods are pretty thin then. That aside, the public lands I frequented in the eighties and nineties are empty now. Dog gone few hunters any more. This is primarily the game management areas of Oswego and Jefferson County. Likely, other areas are similar. The closer to cities of course, the more they are used. Nothing wrong with inquiring with the State Forest Rangers and DEC officers for recommendations of lightly used land

The club is having an open shoot saturday 2-19. Come on out and check it out. It is the first winter shoot I will be going to, so should be interesting.

The only buck I ever had mounted, I shot on a crystal clear 10 degree snowy day deep in hardwoods. The buck was following an old stone wall with hardwoods along it. What a perfect day. I have quite a few very good pictures of the buck, and have considered finding an artist to depict it from the spot. It is one of my favorite memories.

I never had a model 29, but I have an early seventies production model 28 (.357) which uses the same frame. Wonderful firearm. It was dads only pistol. Honestly...despite the great action, I prefer a single action such as Rugers Blackhawk. It is just a much more natural pointing handgun...and lets face it, double action revolvers are almost never shot double action.

Yep, but when I read it (and I think from the lack of response from others) we all knew what you intended.

When I have the opportunity to have friends up to the camp, I welcome it as we dont have a chance to get together very often. Aside from that, its a toss up. When hunting alone I dont have to worry about where anyone else is or my habits. I can be greedy about my favorite spots without feeling guilty about it. But if I had my druthers, I would have company.

Biggest reason I hunt is because I just love being out there and seeing the deer. 2nd because we love venison. I am very proud of some of the deer I have taken, and the relatively small bull moose I shot. But I dont think I consider them trophies. That would demean the animals I love so much. I look at the antlers/ mounts and think of the beautiful animal I killed.

Great work! I love the gear crafting myself, but have to limit myself to more plain jane gear. I am making a pair of horns for the flinter I am building, and hope to do some simple scrimshaw with it...likely just my name done in traditional styling. Your horns are stunning. Can I ask how many hours approx. into the larger one? Probably limited time to spend on such things is as big a limit as talent, in my case.

Robby, I notice that one of the rifles you posted pics of is a righty, and the other lefty. Are those your rifles? You can shoot them switch hitter?

Sho' nuff. My go to for ML season is my Lyman Great Plains n .54 caplock, but last spring I also got the newer version of the GP rifle in flintlock, which I have fallen in love with. At that time I also joined the closest black powder club to shoot weekly, which did wonders for my skills (Lock Stock and Barrel near Fulton). I am currently building a Kibler long rifle kit in .58 flintlock, which i should have ready to shoot by the time weather starts to break. I shoot strictly patched ball and black powder.

Hmm, from the first picture I am thinking a good name is Popeye.

But with the current market prices being driven up by demand it easily counters the cut.

I had long wanted a 1911, and decided to do something about it a few years ago. I would have loved an actual GI issue, but didnt want to go through the hoops to get one. I absolutely wanted the real mccoy though, which meant a Colt manufactured 1911, which I did get...Competition model. I have had many handguns and semi autos, and I have to say the 1911 trigger/action is the finest out there (but my CZ 75 was pretty dang close!). In note of your Nambu...there is a book written by a WW2 vet who was a sniper...sorry I forget his name or the title....and a good portion of the book he relates his real world experience with the axis powers weapons, especially the Japanese. As much as a lot of writers turn up their noses at the Japanese firearms, he actually thought quite a few of them to be quite worthwhile.

A good friend and his family needed to sell the house on a very desirable lake. There was a lot of interest from friends and family. I think they did the wisest choice in allowing a real estate agent handle it. Totally hands off fair and no emotions involved. More friends become past friends, and good family relations dissolve over money. Remove yourself from the equation.

Start now exploring the public land...the stories are in the snow. During the season the further from roads/access the better.

I have a tough time with neck roasts trimming the fat well enough to enjoy it, so my necks usually end up ground into something. I can see pulled venison/bbq as a good way to go.

Ten days in South Africa in the Eastern Cape region come April, split between the wifes critter peeking and a modest hunt list. Our first time "away" vacation in thirty years.

I love squirrel hunting, really havent in years. I just havent found a recipe for them I like, but the squirrel cacciatore does sound good. I have lost all my old stand by areas, but I guess I should be able to head down to the finger lakes national forest and find some.

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Next acquisition....A current quality reloading manual. Do not just try to get by with what you find on line. Speer, Hornady, Nosler, all make a good manual, but in particular Speer is pretty much the industry standard, and covers a very wide range of projectiles. Do NOT take as gospel any recipes that are offered to you. Projectiles/ cartridges are very specific to powders and loads, and I would be very surprised if .243 and 30-06 used the same powders due to the vast difference in case capacities and bullet caliber. The manual will not just give you the appropriate loadings, it spells out how and why for the different procedures. There are no shortcuts to safe and quality loads.

I had never saved them, but with recipes I have seen for shanks over the past couple years I am eager to try them. Unfortunately, I have to wait..at least another nine months!

After I posted last, I looked that up and was surprised...just as Oudoorstom mentions, any dog can be used. For a long time only certain breeds ( I know dachsunds were one) could be used. I wonder what the original mind set was?