I have so many different nationalities in me, there is no one homeland to go back to. Acvording to my DNA test, I'm German, English, Irish, Cornish, Welsh, Scottish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, French, Swedish, Swiss, Italian, Cyprian, Greek, Anatolian...
About 75% of me is North West European, so I guess my homeland would be North West Europe, if I had to choose. I'm definitely built to live in a colder climate with little sunlight.
I had ancestors here in 1607 in Jamestown. Almost everyone who made it through the Dying Years and Powhatton Massacre in Jamestown is a grandparent, aunt, uncle or first cousin of mine. 3 ancestors of mine came over in 1620 on the Mayflower. I had 8 aunts and uncles on the Mayflower. John Hancock is my first cousin. William Penn is my uncle. All of the presidents are traceably related to me. I had 284 ancestors here before 1700, so I would say I'm American.
They make publisher specific guides for book collectors, that have details like that. They are probably online now. If they're not you can probably get them at a library.
I gave my older niece a first edition from Edgar Rice Burrough's Martian Chronicles series last Summer. Condition makes a huge difference in value. In perfect condition the book I gave her would have been worth around $1750.00. In the condition it was in,it was probably worth around $160.00. I bought it for $6.00.
A my late teens and early 20s I concealed carried a 7" red hawk 44mag in a shoulder holster. It was heavy and awkward but I was young broke and its what I bought for deer and what I had so I packed it. Some carry large guns but not many carry them very long.
I have been eyeballing a shadow 2 like that for 3 years plus but just haven't bit yet. Im sure its got to be very low recoil, nice single action trigger and a joy to shoot.
get the optics ready and keep your options open.
add more ounces with the brass grips and with the optic and it has very little recoil. he comes in at 55.5oz , 59 is the max for the division for an unloaded gun with empty mag
I won a bar’s long tail feather contest-with one 10.5 inches shorter. Have you googled if that’s a record?
Ah yes the good old days of the small town South Dakota “tail feather contest”. Was always a big deal and sponsored by about every beer made. I bet if I dig I can find some memorabilia…. Hugely popular for many years, seemed to die out sometime in the 90’s around my parts…
Geez BP thats a long ways to go to catch a few cats. last year i got 7 cats out of two jackpots and a couple trail sets about 8 km from home on my line close to town. That particular line is in the core lynx habitat which was horse logged in the 40s.
You do seem to understand the things I hold dear Miss Sharon. I was and continue to be impressed with what kind of young men and women the youth rodeo competition produces.
I have a few favorites but Jimmy Stuart stands out. Not just for his acting, but mostly as a person. Only had one wive. War hero. Never had a bad word towards or about anybody, that I know of. Just a decent humble guy. Dang rare thing in that game.
At a roast once, Orson Wells had a turn to roast Jimmy. He said “Let me be serious for a minute. We all know Hollywood changes people, I just have to say, Hollywood did not change Jimmy. Jimmy changed Hollywood.. and for the better.” (Para phrasing, but that was the gist of it). Orson went on and on about what a great person Jimmy was and the crowd and other actors were applauding like crazy.
It is lucky if we have huts in my area at all. My rats I trap are in dens which could be 10 - 20 feet from the bank in the bottom of the lakes. These are easy trapping.
I do use just urine on some sets, but I do a lot of sets with urine/scat combo. My absolute favorite set is a natural pee post that I add nothing to, only attractant is the urine the animal left there. I also will use urine in combo with a lure at times, but not always. Seldom, if ever use urine in combination with bait. Although if I make a baited set, I will probably make a urine post set close by.
@ rvsask Love the zeal, the USMCA is still dead, did I bring up lumber? Don’t remember, and my old employer with an Indian Maiden on a butter box says we wouldn’t know about Canadian markets because well protectionism is just not a good business partner.. again good luck..
Zeal, I like the term. lol
You was a poor word choice when discussing lumber, it was generic towards Americans. Do you disagree that many complain about Canada’s subsidized lumber , which it isn’t, but then get all fired up about dairy tariffs that have never been implemented? It’s just ironic considering the billions of tax dollars there go to prop up the poor dairy guys that Canada is so unfair with, don’t you think?
For all who don’t know, the Montana Trapper’s Association puts on the Youth Trapper Camp (YTC) each year during the third weekend of June. Looks like19-21 June this year.
While we focus the camp on kids ages 7-18, adults are welcome. The camp is broken down into a three year program, with second year students learning more than the first, and the third year students going to the field with experienced instructors.
Essentially, $50 gets a student the entire weekend and meals are included. Usually, families camp out on the farm in tents or campers. This year the program will be held in Augusta, MT.