Re: Mountain Journal
[Re: Bushman]
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04/28/18 10:23 AM
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Len you still just look like an older version of that kid!  I showed this picture to my dad the other day and asked him who it was. "I'm not sure" he says " Maybe one of your buddies?" Oh no Dad... it's me. We were on Stagg Lake which is just off Great Slave lake. I had an interest in a small fishing lodge up there and had gone out on the lake with buddies fishing under the midnight sun. The master guide, me, got lost and we drove around for hours looking for the right bay that held the cabins. Finally i saw smoke and we got back in time for breakfast
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Re: Mountain Journal
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05/05/18 08:56 AM
05/05/18 08:56 AM
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The Lee Enfield 303's were the most popular gun around for years all over the bush in Ontario,and likely all over Canada.The deer hunters used them,and the moose hunters used them.You could buy one for $30 bucks almost anywhere.Shells were available everywhere too.The 303 was a way better calibre than the 30-30 for accuracy,range and hitting power,and had a good reliable tough action.Some guys spent money "sporterizing" them,but the vast majority were "user guns" that could take the abuse. I remember going to an MNR auction of seized goods at the arena in Timmins one year-there were many rows of tables with just 303 enfields,lol. Like you said Bushman,some versions of the enfield are worth a lot of money as collectables.There was a factory at Long Branch just outside of Toronto where one version was made,and I believe those have some collector value.  Here is an add from the 1963 Ellwood Epps Catalogue.
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Re: Mountain Journal
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05/07/18 01:02 PM
05/07/18 01:02 PM
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And what an era it was! I found a drummimg log that a ruffled grouse is using so I set up a blind.  I went in at daybreak this morning and the male was already sitting on his log  If you look at the base of the tail you can see what appears to be eyes looking at you. I'm sure it is an evolutionary development and helps with predator avoidance
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Re: Mountain Journal
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05/14/18 05:40 PM
05/14/18 05:40 PM
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Ryan McLeod
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I just inherited my Grandpa Bobby's jungle carbine earlier this year. They are nice guns.
If you take care of the land the land will take care of you
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