Recent content by salmonchaser

Three days ago there were maybe a dozen fires burning in Oregon. This morning I tried to count, best estimate is 70 to 80 fires started in the last 48 to 72 hours. Some are small, standard lightning strikes that will be monitored for the time being. Others have blown up have some potential to...

I am feeling really bad about my Douglas barrel right now. I am stymied.

That is some pretty bad smoke.

Very humid today, don’t know how you guys back east do it. 93 degrees and 34% humidity.

Getting smoke from two 5000 acre fires just west of us about 40 miles. There are two more to the Sw but prevailing wind is keeping that smoke away.

88 degrees, humidity in the teens. Thunder clouds over the Eagle Cap Wilderness. So far no fire too close to us. Hope it stays that way.

I must be a lucky bastard! :)

I just received my invoice from Africa Wildlife Artistry. The prices for skull mounts only went up a little bit from 4 years ago. In any event, range from $220 for the Springbok to 280.00 for the Warthog. Includes crating, does not include shipping. Don’t want to think about that. I’ve listed...

I bought one, looks like it had been rifled with a hand held Dremmel tool. Un-F believable. Their simple response was we don’t hand-lap. No shit. Did a full treatment with Tubbs fire lapping which failed to remove the gouges crossing diagonal across the rifling. Where the lands and groves meet...

Surprised me too!

Yep, done it more than once, I do think Rl 26 will green up the yard faster than H4350!

Excellent adventure. I’ve never been in that part of the country. I need to remedy that. Thanks for sharing your adventure.

Amoung all that steep ground there are flats and benches I very much gravitate to flat ground now! I do think hunting pheasants, quail grouse and chukar over pointing dogs is the best use of day there is. Molly and Sugar are done, Both going on 15. Sugar had a mild stroke two weeks ago but has...

Yes, lots of glassing but also looking for other hunters moving on a far ridge. Use their movement to push elk. Most of the time I still can get within 300 yards with a little effort.

Spot and stalk, about the only game in town where I hunt. Some still hunting during the midday, through the timber pockets. Though I’ve had some success sitting about mid day eating lunch and had elk or deer just kinda show up.