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My Brown Bess
When I got married in 1981, we took our honeymoon around Lake Superior. We visited all of the historic sites we could find. At Fort Michilimackinac, we saw the Great Lakes fur trade first hand and watched a man shoot … Continue reading
2016 Deer Hunt
Aaron Griggs told me about seeing 3 bucks on the Antero Wildlife area near Antero Junction, CO. I showed the area to Violet and asked her to watch for deer as she drove back and forth to work. The week … Continue reading
Posted in Hunting & Trapping, Shooting
Tagged .32 Winchester Special, Antero, Hunting, mule deer, Winchester 1894
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Aux Aliment du Pays – Off the Nourishment of the Land
Requirement #19 of the American Mountain Men states: Must spend three days and two nights totally alone under primitive conditions and aux aliments du pays [“off the nourishment of the land”]. Here is my story about completing this requirement: AUX … 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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2013 AMM Nationals
June 27 – July 7, 2013, I attended the American Mountain Men National rendezvous hosted by the Colorado Brigade. I took a two day horseback trip with Bill Bailey, Jason Mays, Rebecca Compton, Vic Barkin. We had … Continue reading
Posted in American Mountain Men, Events, Historical Clothing and Equipment, Shooting
Tagged AMM, fur trade, Mountain Man, mountain men, rendezvous
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Inletting the side plate
Posted in Historical Clothing and Equipment, Shooting
Tagged firearms, muzzleloader, shooting
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Installing a Buttplate
This weekend I worked on my Leman rifle. Attached are several pics of the steps to install the buttplate. First, I laid out the pattern, then I cut it with the coping saw. Then using lamp black, I inlet the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Clothing and Equipment, Shooting
Tagged buttplate, firearms, guns, inletting, Leman, muzzleloader, shooting
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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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Buffalo Targets
Recently, I made a couple of targets for the Kit Carson Mountain Men. One is a hanging swinger and the other is a falling target with a reset arm that is pulled with a rope.