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An Expedition on the Green River
AN EXPEDITION ALONG THE GREEN RIVER On November 19, 2015, Aaron Griggs and I left Buena Vista, Co and traveled to Moab, UT. It takes 6 hours to drive from my house to Moab via US Hwy 24 and … Continue reading
A scout along the Chattahoochee 11/11/2015
Recently, I found myself back in the states in the newly founded town of Atlanta, Georgia. I was without my rifle and was in search of another. The only rifle the trading post would sell me was a version of … Continue reading
Posted in American Mountain Men, Hunting & Trapping, Shooting
Tagged Chattahoochie river, Geogia, Hunting
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2012 Deer Hunt
Oct 20-27, 2012 Deer Camp. I set up camp on Limestone Ridge, Co for my deer hunt. I hunted Limestone ridge and surrounding areas from Oct 20 through Saturday Oct 27. I like to hunt alone and so most years … Continue reading
Thoughts on Shot Placement
Today I came across an article on http://www.rjrenner.blogspot.com/ . It is a very thoughtful treatise on shot placement and endeavoring to inflict a one shot, clean kill. I am including some excerpt here: Placement of the shot …it is in the interest … Continue reading
Posted in Hunting & Trapping, Pet Peeves & Other Rants!, Shooting
Tagged clean kill, humane kill, Hunting, one shot
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A New Bag
This weekend I made myself a new bullet pouch. It is a two compartment pouch from the Mountain Man sketch book vol 2. The flap is covered with hair on bear hide as pictured in the sketchbook on Mariano Modena’s bag. I … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Clothing and Equipment, Hunting & Trapping, Shooting
Tagged bullet pouch
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Gabe the Shootist
When I was growing up many of us had nicknames. Not from our parents but names our friends called us. Similar to today’s camp names that folks get at a rendezvous. It was a term of endearment. It showed you were … Continue reading
Posted in As we get Older, Historical Clothing and Equipment, Hunting & Trapping, Miscellaneous, Shooting
Tagged Gabe, GabetheShootist, nickname
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Influences that made me want to be a Mountain Man.
Back during the Middle ages when I was an impressionable youth, several things came together to make me want to become a Mountain Man. When I was 12 years old I joined the Boy Scouts for the second time.(The first … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Clothing and Equipment, Hunting & Trapping, Miscellaneous, Shooting
Tagged 1975, American Rifleman, Fredrick Manfred, Give your Heart to the Hawks, Grizzly bear attack, Hugh Glass, Jeremiah Johnson, Lord Grizzly, March, Mountain Man, The Man in the Wilderness, Winfred Blevins
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