Pygmy

My, MY.......That's a BIG one !! Nice pictures, Moog......

.....Hehehehehe..... Just this morning at coffee I talked to a guy who described meeting a gnarly old gentleman. My friend asked the old fellow where he lived. His answer...... " I live on TOUGH Street. The further down the street you go, the tougher they get. My house is the last place on the right..."

Good luck Biz... The only points I am still accumulating now are CO elk points...Got 12 now.. I quit buying deer points after my 2014 muley hunt. I won't live long enough to draw another tag in that unit.

Be careful when you lift out the rock, Girlfriend.. Jimmy Hoffa may be under it !

This SHOULD be a banner hatch year, due nearly perfect weather during the time the poults were most vulnerable.. I haven't seen any myself, Growie, but the guy who takes the hay off the property saw a hen with 8.. Hopefully they will start popping out of the woodwork soon.

Yeah, 7600, but you just want to hacksaw the barrel off right in front of the gas piston !.....<<grin>>...

Cologne ?? Mine is called " Eau de Doe "......

You have a PM, Bugsy.....

SWEEEET, Eagle....That puppy SHOOTS !! I'm happy to learn that you aquired it... I love stories with happy endings !

Happy Birthday, Paula !! Did your beagle bake you a cake ?

Since the unsafe act was passed I have been unable to buy bullets (projectiles only) online. I haven't tried to buys cases or other components.

Looks like a trophy woodchuck.....<<wink>>....

I remember Loren but it has been many years since I have seen him...Is he not Rick Allison's brother in law ? I went to school with Rick and also Bob Losey who lives just down the road...Bob's neighbor is Brian Wood, who is married to my ex wife's cousin... Another close neighbor is Mike Delgrosso, another Addison boy and a retired schoolteacher..I fish and hunt often with Mike's brother Dave...

I know the area well...I have some friends and aquaintances on Beartown. Sometime when you're in Camp we'll have to meet for a beer at Fran's Landing or The Addison Legion.

I was on active duty in the Navy at the time, serving aboard a Destroyer home ported in NYC.. I hitchhiked home the weekend of the flood. Fortunately, my folks are all HILL FOLK and they were high and dry. Lots of friends got flooded, however..

Was that the'72 Agnes Flood, perchance ?

Are you suggesting that he's a SOURPUSS, Ants..?.. <<grin>>...

Welcome aboard, Bugsy ! Good group here, as long as you don't take some of us TOO seriously..<<grin>>... Where in Steuben is your camp ? I've lived all my life near Addison.

7MM08 in a Rem 700 Mountain rifle is the rifle I use most often for whitetail hunting. I am currently loading Barnes TSX 120 grain bullets at about 3000 fps muzzle velocity. It is accurate , mild recoil and does not tear up a lot of meat. Kills as well as any rifle I have ever used. My second most used rifle , which I tend to carry when hunting more open country, is a .280 Rem in a Win M70 lightweight. I am currently shooting Barnes TTSX 140 grainers in it, at a muzzle velocity of about 2950 fps..It is a deadly combo, and I have killed everything with that rifle from woodchucks to Alaska bull moose..

That is correct...In order to gain any benefit from the extra 10-15 grains of powder, you need at least a 24" barrel...26" is better.... A 20" OR 22" 7mm Mag is basically a LOUD, fire breathing, powder wasting .280 Rem...Check out the barrel lengths on most commercially produced belted mags. Most are at least 24" ..There is a REASON for that. As I said, they are a niche cartridge...Good at killing stuff at longish ranges, but to achieve the ballistic advantage you need a longer barrel to take advantage of the slower burning powders that produce the higher velocities.

I'll be down as soon as they allow me to bring my pistol with me..<<GRIN>>... Until then I ain't ever crossing the Tappan Zee again...

I have had the pleasure of fishing out of Larry's boat.. Nice boat to fish out of as long as I keep my fly open <<INSIDE JOKE>>... My Alumicraft is set up very similar, except it is a little shorter, but deeper and wider...

First let me say that that the 7MM Rem Mag is a very popular and effective chambering. However , in the hunting I have done over the years, I have never been a fan of any of the belted magnums. There are many " standard" cartridges that will do 90% of what the magnums do, and while doing it, they will burn considerably less powder and have considerably less recoil and muzzle blast. The belted mags have their niche, which is delivering relatively heavy for caliber bullets to game animals at long range. However, at the ranges that most of us feel comfortable shooting, let's say out to about 350 yards or so ( which is quite a poke) standard chamberings will get the job done as well as the magnums and more efficiently, considering the amount of powder expended.

Whoa, JB, there is some FINE eating !! Need a fishing partner ?

Yeah, Larry, I kept a few of the bigger ones and filleted them up. Rock bass is good, but they taste best to me when I cook them by themselves. If I have them on the platter with perch or bluegills, the rockies taste a bit bland. That is why often when I am perch fishing, I put the rockies back...