Im looking forward to the site getting back up and running. I sure enjoy chatting with fellow trappers, and annoying Iowans is always a good time. So, the get together is the weekend before Columbus day?

Thanks for sharing. Did I miss you saying you weren’t messing with any more grinners, for only a dollar a piece?

it's a tourist trap that sells gas , not a gas station

stopped at one in TN this spring , give me a Kwik Trip any day , that is a gas station with food and groceries and they know how to get you in and out without being late for work.

… she was no worse for the wear … got ice flowing through her veins… I got a suspicion she went that deep with intention of staying out there … wouldn’t have lasted too long as all she brought with her was a sack of cookies

Anyone have one? Looking to see what folks think of them and is the kick equivalent to the American? Looking at a .308 for reference.

. . . and I agree, a PR can be seared after smoking 2-3 mins on a side on HOT grill it works :-)

I don't catch many cats anyway, but I agree with you 160. A two day check would make it a lot easier to fit in with my work schedule, and I've always had much better luck with footholds for cats.

Nice!

Not quite correct. Forget about elephant ivory for interstate sales. Pre 1972 walrus ivory is legal to sell by federal law, but some states have screwed things up. California, Nevada, Hawaii, and some others. I’d be happy to see what you have and give an appraisal/offer.

Once missed a deer at a short range. It ran straight out into a soy bean field and finally stopped. I determined to make a perfect shot,, but lost the deer in the scope after firing. Finally I found it and shot again. Climbed down from my stand and went to my truck. Drove to a path nearer the deer and let my dog out. I found the deer and the dog found the other. Didn’t know I had killed either. A friend drove up and asked where I was sitting. He ranged it at 545 yds. Rifle was a 270 shooting hand loaded Sierra 140 grain bullets.

Pure luck.

Almost missed this. Happy Birthday cotton!

We burned coal in a furnace in the basement when I was a kid. The coal was from a small mine about 30 miles away. When they shut the mine down we used a lot of pionion pine and some cedar (not a true cedar but Utah Juniper). I do remember the coal smoke smelling okay. But the cedar smoke was my favorite - a very pleasant sweet smelling smoke.

Just the thought of it took me back to nights when I was a teenager. I would ride the bus to Panguitch to watch our teams play basketball or wrestle. The bus would drop me off at the top of the street. The stars always seemed so bright on those cold nights and I would always hear mallards calling down on the river below the house. And the smell of the smoke was so inviting when I got close to the house.

It's cool how smells are such a powerful trigger for memories.

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