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Steve,
I've never been to that area of Africa, but if you enjoy wildlife viewing, different cultures, and interesting items on the menu the trip should serve you well. We'll look forward to a photo recap of the trip on your return.

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Very nice looking gun; I'm sure it will serve your purpose admirably. Give us a range-report update after shooting.

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The state of Missouri has had an atlatl hunting season for deer for the past 2 yrs. Apparently, no deer were killed during the first season (according to a study I read), but 2 (1 buck & 1 doe) were killed during the most recent season. I have no link to the report, but I suspect that checking w...

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I hate them. They wreck my trees and eat my siding. If I see them I shoot them. Just did. They don't spend much time on the ground. Owen At one time it was against the law in some states (Utah for example) to kill porkys as they were considered to be potential food for a man lost in the woods. It w...

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Do people still use porcupine quills for fishing floats? Fishing floats are mostly made from the quills of African Porcupines, which are not closely related to North American Porcupines. Their quills are much larger in diameter (over a quarter inch) and float well. I think I have seen them advertis...

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Thanks for the reminder Danny. I'm a MT resident "wintering" in AZ and I need to keep up with the application process. Good luck to you with your application(s). I'm pretty much hunting only deer and antelope these days and have some reliable places to hunt, so long as I'm not looking for ...

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I'd run into copperheads in the midwest....you could let them go right by you...close...they would never bother you, if fact they would try to avoid you....I never would bother them. Them dang cotton mouth are frickken mean :evil: I heard that rattlers are learning NOT to rattle because it gets the...

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I don't know about mule deer doe tags near Dillon, but they're usually much harder to come by than are white-tail doe tags. Maybe you know something that I don't.

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Really appreciate the humor guys. My wife also is going to love the first one--she was lab analyst in the big Purina Factory here.

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Congratulations "gramps-to-be" !!

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My sincerest condolences. Dogs can be the very best of friends. We have had to put down several over the years and it is a tough deal for all concerned. We have a little Brittany that ran over a cliff over at Cody, Wy. Left her with one foreleg paralyzed and the other badly shattered. After much sur...

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Food plots,various bagged attractants, wi - fi game cameras ,naming animals yer hunting you found on cameras, buying farms just to manage deer- don't knock on my door asking to hunt,sitting in heated or air conditioned blinds ,driving a quad or electric buggy from lodge to said stand, feet touching...

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That's some very fine looking meat you've got there Bulldog. Bet it tastes good as well. What sort of wood/shavings do you use to generate smoke?

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It's always nice to hear from new gun enthusiasts. Welcome to the forum!!

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Age is a relative thing, but by my lights you're a youngster. At least you got signed up during a year when there was a COLA. It's not much, but then it's better than 0 increase. If the country remains solvent, we may continue to collect. And, it shouldn't be considered an "entitlement"; w...

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Good Job ! Very nice buck. I've got a Puma just like yours (I suspect) but haven't killed a deer with it yet.

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So, are they drinking "Moose Drool" ale??

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I could be wrong, but I belive that picture is in the baltics, poland or volyhania (ukraine) or russia? I was raised in wisconsin and I doubt it was that part of the country. That is european dress around 1920 I belive. My grandparents came from there around 1896. These were rich guys, not the peas...

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When I received this photo a couple of weeks ago, it was explained that this had happened in a Bass Pro Shop store where the guy was looking at buying a new bow. With the (inexperienced?) salesperson's help he was trying out the bow at their in-store range. He was transported to the emergency room w...

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Whenever we get through with old magazines, like National Geographic for example, we always give them to interested friends or take them to the local Senior Center (or other suitable venue). While things do change in the "Gun World"--the basics tend to remain the same. Used magazines, if t...

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RR7:

Yeah, I, too, was wondering where you'd been lately. It's always good to hear from you and glad to learn that things are still "under control" at your end.

Keeping you and your wife in my thoughts !!

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I have heard that the 1930's Marlin .410's were giveaways from Marlin as a premium for buying a certain number of shares of stock in Marlin.I'm not positive but I seem to remember that the number of shares was like 4.Money was tight tight tight in that period of time and four shares was not much mo...

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Think the .218 bee was first chambered for rifles--I'm not aware that it has been a standard chambering for any revolvers/semiautos. But then there are lots of things of which I'm unaware ! I picked up a nice Winchester Model 65 in bee a few years ago. Only something like 5700 were so chambered IIRC.

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That triphammer doesn't seem like it would be well-suited to precise or delicate work, but those fellers probably made her "hum"---

Doubt it sounded like a hum though.

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Griff, Sorry about the confusion. When I just tried it, I wound up with a Field & Stream Page-one of the options was an article about the James Julia Auction. That article showed some "classic" firearms.

Hope this works for anyone who tries to follow up--

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fordwannabe wrote:CABO WABO IS A BRAND OF
tokillya(tequilia)

Thanks Ford, will have to try some one of these days. Also like your spelling of tequila--sometimes it is accurate--at least in the younger days.

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AJMD429 wrote:The only time I got a better group than that was the time I shot a ONE shot group from my 6mm that measured only .244"

Wouldn't a one-shot group always measure 0.00? I'm sure the Doc knows this.

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Lotsa arguments over what "real" chili (or is it chile?) is. That aside, yours sure looks good. Guess I'll have to lookup "cabo wabo". A MT recipe and I'm even in MT, but have never heard of it. I do not consider MT the "center of the Mexican food cooking universe"; the...

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That was a VERY cooperative deer and I'll bet he will be good eating as well.

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Neat Rifle! I was fortunate enough to acquire one a couple of years ago at a great price. I've shot it only sparingly, but accuracy seems good. I really need to slug my bore also. I suspect it may be a bit oversize--I've noticed some occasional keyholing on shots at 50 yds or so. I like your tang si...

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Mike: Excellent news from the medical side--get well! I'm also glad to learn that you will go on a planned deer hunt. That sounds like fun.

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Very sorry to hear about your Dog. I spend virtually 24 hrs of every day with my little birddog--and my life, already good, is enriched because of him. It's too bad that they tend to have such brief lives. Cherish your memories; time will soften the pain.

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I didn't get a chance to review all these pictures, but from previous catalogs I've seen it should provoke some drools---ENJOY !

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/ga ... ns-auction

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Good for you-nice antelope and nice rifle !! Good shooting.

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Part of being scientific is to not discount possibilities until there is overwhelming evidence against them. My Physician recently got his Masters Degree in Genetics, and was told by one of his professors that there was a possibility of having a patient who had the +2/+2 gene for the Cytochrome P45...

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Partial Quote from Shooter: "I think it's perfectly plausible. The vast majority of the country was uninhabited at the time other than the bands of natives scattered about, and they didn't take up much space. It was virtually unexplored at the time, and I'm not one to discount every oral tradit...

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First picture is indeed a hedgehog, a type of insectivore rather than a rodent. Bruce Scott's photo shows a porcupine and the later "fishing bobbers" are made from African Porcupines, which are not really closely related to our North American porcupines.

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Reminds me of my first-ever shotgun that I got when I was 12-a semiautomatic 12 ga Savage made on John Browning's (like a sweet-16) patent. That thing would "clang" shut like the proverbial vault door. I was very careful to never do what that careless young guy did. I really think there wo...

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Looks kinda like Northern AZ just as you climb the Kaibab Plateau. You may be looking east back toward the Vermilion Cliffs. Is this a possibility?

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I had those heelers back in the early 70's; mine came directly from Australian stock (1st gen pups). I got mine from a race-horse trainer and they were great dogs. Very athletic and courageous. One of my dogs was kicked and knocked out by a stud horse one evening when it was quite dark. I thought my...

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Well, they aren't exactly the same as beef, but pigs cooked like this (with their hide on) taste just fine. I'd bet this beef is great. How does that mate work as an accompanying "beverage"?

Notice this wasn't completely OT-he used a gun in the early stage of preparation !

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I went to the site that Hobie referenced after making my initial post. The main comment I have to add is that if the MN DNR cannot identify it with the specimen in hand, then they should take it to any competent mammalogist. A simple look at the teeth should immediately confirm its identity--it is a...

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Based on the little bit shown in the picture: It is NOT a dog or member of the dog family. These animals show only 4 toes in a frontfoot track. Check out your family pet. This animal clearly has 5 long-clawed toes and is most likely a badger. The hair shown could fit with that of a badger. It is los...

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Say-after my last "windy" response I reread your query and saw that you are looking to clean deer skulls. With this in mind I thought I'd add the following: since my retirement I no longer keep "bugs" and I do shoot a few deer each year. I've taken to cleaning the skulls in the f...

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I used to operate a dermestid beetle-colony operation in conjunction with a Vertebrate Museum at a University. They seem to do best in a fairly warm, dry environment. It is actually the larval form which does the work of cleaning skeletons. Dermestids are preferred for this work because they can cle...

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Didn't have time to watch the video, but wanted to relate a brief related story about my son. Matt is a very avid archery hunter who has taken many javelina, deer, and elk with his bows. In addition, he builds hand-made bows. He works as an orthotist and prosthetist (makes mechanical devices for fol...

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Why don't the rangers at that park get on the ball and always remove a female bear and it's cubs from high human traffic areas? By not doing so they are asking for things like this to happen. Same with a bear at or near a kill in a high human traffic area. In both of the above cases, this is when b...

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Your mom must be pretty tough to handle one of those 375 jdj's; I've heard they have a stout recoil.

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Good Luck and sounds like a great time, even if you don't take an animal. Pretty surroundings and a physical challenge.

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My reading of the several accounts is that they turned a blind corner and encountered a sow and cubs and nature followed it's expected course. Maybe they weren't making enough prudent noise, maybe they were slow on the draw with the Counter Assault (or didn't have any), or maybe they just ran into ...

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