Wandered through some of the local shops last evening while wife was at Dr.s appointment.
Ma Hubbards cubbard was bare.
Would be a crisis if one did not have a little something put away for a rainy day...
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- Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun sales up in Calif.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3326
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hobie...The "Pack" canoe?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 12458
Re: Hobie...The "Pack" canoe?
http://www.sacobound.com/store/?Page=18&Product_ID=2001474 A pic for ya Grizz. and a little video shot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6GZ2CkeA_Q&feature=related To keep it on the leverguns topic, :wink: I did a little overnight trip just before freezup. Tarp camp style (used the upturned Pa...
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hobie...The "Pack" canoe?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 12458
Re: Hobie...The "Pack" canoe?
I plan to work up to that Pete.
It would be a help if our waters ever got over the 32.5 degree mark though!
It would be a help if our waters ever got over the 32.5 degree mark though!
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hobie...The "Pack" canoe?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 12458
Re: Hobie...The "Pack" canoe?
Hobie...yup, just how i power the little tippy thing. Have had it on class 11 water and did not get too wet (other than what came off the paddle in my frenzy!) "There is nothing quite so much worth doing..." Mike...depends on what you are looking for in a canoe/kayak. The inflatable will c...
- Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hobie...The "Pack" canoe?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 12458
Hobie...The "Pack" canoe?
Left a note on the tail of one PoLiTiCaL threads but may delete that. My question is...Are you liking it? Purchased my little "Pack" last spring. Used it all summer for fishin, and pfartin around. Did a little three day trip with it durring moose season...lined it up S.Creek figguring that...
- Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: For the EBR buyers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2191
Re: OT: For the EBR buyers
Hobie...not to change the subject, but, is not that little pack canoe the neatest thing since sliced bread? I just love mine. Spent three days hunting up S.Crick this fall out of mine. Would have been in trouble had I connected with Bullwinkle though. Would have been a two day process getting the pi...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - I want to kill this guy...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2083
Re: OT - I want to kill this guy...
quite the civil servent there OI.
Pick a Spot and bore a hole in him.
Heck, do it for the children, then send the bill for the expenses to your claims adjuster.
Pick a Spot and bore a hole in him.
Heck, do it for the children, then send the bill for the expenses to your claims adjuster.
- Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:40 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: POLITICS - JOIN THE NRA
- Replies: 95
- Views: 212746
Re: POLITICS - JOIN THE NRA
It is hardly painfull to fill in a few blanks, drop the equivelent of a very cheap date and provide hours of fun for an NRA lobbyist and hours of anguish for the libs on capitol hill. If my wealth is going to be redistributed, I may as well get it pointed in the right direction :evil: I also was abl...
- Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HUMOR For the Fall
- Replies: 10
- Views: 858
Re: HUMOR For the Fall
Heck, big enough corn field and I do not even need a maze to get turned around a mite. I blamed it on the ring necks cornfusing me...
- Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: NKJ .357 arrived on election day
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1574
Re: NKJ .357 arrived on election day
Outstanding! About as close to perfection as it gets there. One day perhaps...
My little Marlin has become my absolute favorite go to rifle. I believe a NKJ 92 would be even better.
Aint much a feller could not do with the .357 and a little persistance
My little Marlin has become my absolute favorite go to rifle. I believe a NKJ 92 would be even better.
Aint much a feller could not do with the .357 and a little persistance
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Swamp Donkeys
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2961
Re: Swamp Donkeys
Dunno bout the snow so much as the cold. At minus 60 you can hear a mouse pfart from two miles out. Perhaps more a phenomonon of temp rather than the snow itself?
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .22LR
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2346
Re: .22LR
Correct me if I am wrong (as I know you will) but did not Castro take Cuba with the Rem nylon 66's? Were they not the basic armament at the beginning?
- Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Swamp Donkeys
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2961
Re: Swamp Donkeys
looks like another great day there Danny. I gotta admit though, my butt is kinda scratchy now thinking of sitting a saddle after all those tamarack needles went down my back and settled in the seat of the pants....
- Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Voted and bought a bunch of Hi-Cap Mags!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 959
Re: OT - Voted and bought a bunch of Hi-Cap Mags!
Scott...you just aint gonna have any fun with those roundballs out of the .45, no fun at all
I plan to take Ruger up on their offer and get a few for the old Mini. More focused on getting bullet moulds right now though.
My Best,
Scotty
I plan to take Ruger up on their offer and get a few for the old Mini. More focused on getting bullet moulds right now though.
My Best,
Scotty
- Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT:Black bear hunting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 882
Re: OT:Black bear hunting
If you are looking for something a little more "exotic" and adventurous, look into a charter boat out of POW island here in AK. Live off the boat for a week, eat fresh crab, halibut, and salmon, spot and stalk the beaches from the big boat. The black bears on POW are HUGE. Much like their ...
- Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: AR15 or Mini 14
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2384
Re: OT: AR15 or Mini 14
I bought a Mini in 1976. Dragged it to AK that same year. Got married, started raising kids and was mostly living hand to mouth for the next twenty years. The Mini 14 was my ONLY centerfire rifle. To say that it had a hard life would be an understatement. It has NEVER failed to fire and only failed ...
- Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 23rd Psalm
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3444
Re: 23rd Psalm
C Cash...Was not a bad drift. Not bad at all. Inspiring and informative. You guys are top notch.
Gods Grace to all.
Firmly In His Grip,
Scotty
Gods Grace to all.
Firmly In His Grip,
Scotty
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mrs Bullwinkle on the prod
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1310
Re: Mrs Bullwinkle on the prod
Danny...
It did the job. Was not very pretty and was a whole lot of work (dancin and shooting aint for wimps)
Seems I pierced everything but the ears.
It did the job. Was not very pretty and was a whole lot of work (dancin and shooting aint for wimps)
Seems I pierced everything but the ears.
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mrs Bullwinkle on the prod
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1310
Re: Mrs Bullwinkle on the prod
Big Sky...did my little dance while thigh deep in snow armed with a Win94 chambered in 22Mag.
I looked a mite clumsy that day...
I looked a mite clumsy that day...
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1967
Re: AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
Better than a National Geographic!
I always liked the women in waders calender. Better yet are a couple of the guides along the Klutina River...LIVING COLOR!
I always liked the women in waders calender. Better yet are a couple of the guides along the Klutina River...LIVING COLOR!
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mrs Bullwinkle on the prod
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1310
Re: Mrs Bullwinkle on the prod
In my thirty plus years in AK the only critter I have had to kill in self defense was a moose.
When those ears go back, watch out!
Definately right up there with da bears on my "be carefull" list!
When those ears go back, watch out!
Definately right up there with da bears on my "be carefull" list!
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Front Yard
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1546
Re: My Front Yard
Kinda silly huh? Move to the country and drag the city along... Sure cannot stereotype though. I see some real dumbunnys at the wheel of everything imaginable. We get a rush of the "cream of the crop" up on the Dalton every summer. Haulin buns on a two lane gravel road with steep hills, bl...
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - New Law OK's Veterans' Salutes During Nat'l Anthem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1398
Re: OT - New Law OK's Veterans' Salutes During Nat'l Anthem
Makes me very happy.
A proper honor for both the flag and those who served.
Scotty
A proper honor for both the flag and those who served.
Scotty
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Mechanic stuff -
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1669
Re: OT - Mechanic stuff -
Chuck...didn't take any offense at all. Just glad I warshed my feets
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Front Yard
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1546
Re: My Front Yard
One has the pricklies on the inside?
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Mechanic stuff -
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1669
Re: OT - Mechanic stuff -
Sumtimez i am a bit stoopid
Would not be the first time someone had to ignore my ignernt ramblin...
Scotty
Would not be the first time someone had to ignore my ignernt ramblin...
Scotty
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Mechanic stuff -
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1669
Re: OT - Mechanic stuff -
Get a PH test kit when you refill the radiator...Be SURE to put in an additive that will prevent the electralisis (sic) that happens when the coolant hits the superheated exterior of the cylinder sleeves. Any good diesel supply shop will have the test strips avaliable (along with the additives) With...
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 23rd Psalm
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3444
Re: 23rd Psalm
OSOK, CCash, BruceW and all... Spot on! Praying for guidance, wisdom, courage. I am greatly angered by the lies and decit. Just trying not to sin in my anger. Perhaps we get a little taste of how the founding fathers must have agonized prior to the great decision. It is just my opinion, but the Chur...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speer 158 Grain TMJ Uni-Cor
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1218
Re: Speer 158 Grain TMJ Uni-Cor
Cliff...in the sixty's and seventies, the normal auto still had some consistancy to it.
I would think that today, one could get through most of em with a 36 cal lead ball fired from a wrist rocket...
I would think that today, one could get through most of em with a 36 cal lead ball fired from a wrist rocket...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Convert Pre 64 to trapper?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1459
Re: Convert Pre 64 to trapper?
Make a trapper. A little howlin never hurt anyone and you won't hear em with ear plugs in anyway.
If you ever get tired of it THEN rebarrel.
It is yours, make it how you want it.
If you ever get tired of it THEN rebarrel.
It is yours, make it how you want it.
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunkering down and preparing for Obamas first 100 days.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3596
Re: Hunkering down and preparing for Obamas first 100 days.
Good Luck on your search and I hope you find a good one. I have been pretty content with my old "liberty" barreled Mini. It has been very functional, reasonably accurate for what it is, and easy to feed. For me, the money I would spend to upgrade is better spent on feed for the ol girl. I ...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT, More bad news
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2831
Re: OT, More bad news
I am so sorry Mr. Hudson. My prayers for you and your family in this time of need. May His Grace envelop you in your grief.
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 23rd Psalm
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3444
23rd Psalm
As election day nears, and we get our tails all knotted up, let us not forget who has the final say in all matters concerning our lives. I admit to getting in a bit of a tither myself these last few weeks. My wife had a total knee replacement a week ago, work has been excruciatingly slow (not one tr...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thanks for my first gun!
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6151
Re: Thanks for my first gun!
Most Excellent on all accounts.
I hope you and that rifle have a long and happy life together there Huntress.
May God richly bless the giver of such a gift.
Scotty
I hope you and that rifle have a long and happy life together there Huntress.
May God richly bless the giver of such a gift.
Scotty
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Notes on Loading .38 Special Wadcutters
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3321
Re: Notes on Loading .38 Special Wadcutters
LIke a breath of fresh air...
Printed that one off to add to my little file of realy good 38/357 stuff.
Thanks Ed!
Printed that one off to add to my little file of realy good 38/357 stuff.
Thanks Ed!
- Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Fishermen Catch A DOG A Mile Out In North Sea
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1285
Re: OT - Fishermen Catch A DOG A Mile Out In North Sea
Airedailman...never saw an Airedale that did not impress me. Halbert, my male JRT, is not impressed with them though. Still convinced he can whip one even after several failures :lol: Our female, Sassy, is quite the little coyote. Perfectly content to live on rabbits. We have a litter of 7 of the da...
- Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS This pretty much sums it up
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1772
Re: POLITICS This pretty much sums it up
You goofed up a mite there Ted. In real life, YOU (the governmental benifactor) needed to keep at least $2.50 of the three dollars to meet expenses incured. After all, there are probably ten people needed to distribute that wealth. They all need to be paid above average wages, Insurance, and retirem...
- Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Fishermen Catch A DOG A Mile Out In North Sea
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1285
Re: OT - Fishermen Catch A DOG A Mile Out In North Sea
Dang Terriers anyways. I have a love/hate relationship with mine. Keeping them from self destructing is a full time job. My little Jack (who also loaths water) will bail off the bow of the riverboat at high speed to chase a wolf or bear (or duck, beaver, leaves, whatever) I have run him over numerou...
- Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Savage 99's???
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2245
Re: New Savage 99's???
I took my very first deer with a 99 chambered in the 250/3000 when I was 13. The rifle belonged to a freind of the family. Have spent the last fourty years looking for one... Would make a heck of a wolf rifle. I bet it would slip right into the spot on my "sled" where the little Marlin 94C...
- Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT PatriotPost Humor
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1156
OT PatriotPost Humor
Like a good lawyer joke, it would be funnier if it were not so true...
http://archive.patriotpost.us:80/humor/?cartoonid=1648
http://archive.patriotpost.us:80/humor/?cartoonid=1648
- Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Road Kill
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1548
Re: Road Kill
A quick and easy meal. Moose, on the other hand, require several hours prep time just to get em in the back of the P/U :lol: Sure have eaten my share over the years. I say "good pickins" and enjoy the gift. Our local Troopers have me on the speeddial. One of a few folks that like to get up...
- Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bear Defense in Alaska
- Replies: 75
- Views: 8118
Re: Bear Defense in Alaska
Da bears made another raid on the home in Salcha last night. Charged the homeowner as he exited his P/U and chase him into the house. They then proceded to pace the porch and push on the door. Resident used .300 winmag from bedroom window. Killed all three. Bet da bears wish he had pepper spray. :sh...
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - More UK pocket knife demonization
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1444
Re: OT - More UK pocket knife demonization
Kinda silly huh? Since the dawn of time man was seperated from the animals, in part, by the use of tools. A knife is the number one basic tool. In the last fifty two years I can only recall a few hours where I did not have a blade or two on my person. Those miserable hours where while on a commercia...
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Triple 4 Marlin wants a 45/70 Government
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3877
Re: Triple 4 Marlin wants a 45/70 Government
Sure am pleased with my GG in the 45/70. A surenough sledghammer. I did lop the ports off the end in an effort to get the noise and blast from landing in my lap. Seemed to work pretty good. I always stop shooting before the bloodclots form or the retina pulls away. My son busted a moose this fall wi...
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Huntin and cookin with a levergun
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1992
Re: Huntin and cookin with a levergun
Rusty,
You mean I was looking at an Indonesian websters? Heck, I get so lost on the information highway...
You mean I was looking at an Indonesian websters? Heck, I get so lost on the information highway...
- Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bear Defense in Alaska
- Replies: 75
- Views: 8118
Re: Bear Defense in Alaska
Skunks seem to have this whole spray thing down to a science. Even figgured out how to fire it while making their escape. Yet one only can wonder how many skunks get eaten every year. Was just reading in tonights paper. There has been a sow with cubs maruading the homes in Salcha. F&G has set li...
- Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Huntin and cookin with a levergun
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1992
Re: Huntin and cookin with a levergun
Ya learn something every day. I had never heard the word there Rusty. Or never paid any attention if I did. Looked it up in the websters and the basic definition of it is "need" Got my curiosity up there. Does one "Need" perlou? Does perlou need something...salt?carrots?bunnies?P...
- Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got my Puma Knife today
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2511
Re: Got my Puma Knife today
O.I. guessed the maker right I think. Got one several years back when I got the LSI .454. Kept it under the seat of the truck. I did use it one cold and snowy night to part out a moose that forgot to look both ways. Held an edge ok for what it is. Hard to loose in deep snow so that is a plus. Kind o...
- Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bear Defense in Alaska
- Replies: 75
- Views: 8118
Re: Bear Defense in Alaska
The only thought worse than jamming my pistol under the bears chin and trying to blow his brains out is the thought of jamming a can o pepper in his face and trying to blow his nose. The pepper spray works great on the curious bear who has not gotten his tail in a knot and started to cover the last ...
- Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Politics? Message From God
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1236
Re: Politics? Message From God
My prayers certainly go out to Mrs. Palin. It seems the press here in AK is doing their best to field dress her. Bastids. The whole "Troopergate" fiasco is making me want to puke. I can only immagine the stink the libs would have raised if extreem measures were not used to get the BIL off ...