Would like to purchase some .22-250 Brass if anyone has some laying around, looking for 50-100 pieces.

Don't claim to be from Middletown (J D. Vances hometown). Live across the river in a township.

The Middletown marching band will be in the inauguration parade. Butler County Sherriff Richard Jones is helping to fund the trip. He's an awesome Sherriff.

Guess I'll have to say Go Middies.

I tried and failed to catch an educated beaver. He would have nothing to do with any sort of baited set -- I tried for 10 days or so to entice him into a conibear or snare or foot trap with various lures and peeled sticks. There was no visible lodge or bank den...no good pinch point for a blind set. My only option (that I could see) was to interrupt the dam and set a foot trap in 15" of water to try to catch him. It almost worked, but must not have hooked him up good -- my trap was fired and pulled all the way to my anchor at the end of my drowner wire. He got loose. I'm wishing I had a larger foot trap (we're only allowed a 6.5" jaw spread here in PA). My question is, will that beaver ever lose his sensitivity or will he be forever educated? I wonder, if the place is left to cool off for a month or two, if I could snag that beaver then? Will he still be just as wise months from now?

Can I be clear
A weapon for every deer
They would have more fun
If equipped with a gun

Shurly you jest people say
I could not be more sober today
This story is told without a grin
May the better man or deer win

With ...A I....up and running (artificial intelligence)
Lazer printers buzzing
Its not that far fetched
Soon coming down the back stretch
Buck standing under a hunter head mount
Think about it.....nothing to flaunt

Imagine a 10 gauge on rack of buck
Waiting for a hunting schmuck
With self aiming eye reader
Hunters become stampeders
Plus grunt activated trigger
Makes all deer snicker

Probably could never be
Deer strutting happily
What would it be called
Human gun season.........after all




***probably I got this from a tv comedy skit or a radio.joke about this topic somewhere before...can't claim idea of my own........but you have to admit.....it would be a fairer fight between man and deer.......

(4) 16oz flip top bottles beaver tail oil $20.00 each plus shipping..... (2) 16oz bottles left
(7) #4 Duke 4 coil traps one has some pitting all trap are strong
but will need adjusting to what you like $85 shipped

For Sale:
BEAR TALES & TRAPLINE TRAILS
By Bob Gilman

Here is a first rate book about Bob Gilman's life as a hunter, Trapper, and bear control specialist in Oregon. He tells of trapping marten in the Cascade Mountains, coyote, cat and Beaver trapping, and other outdoor experiences. He knew and rubbed shoulders with Wayne Negus and Frank Terry, and was a good friend of Ralph Flowers. This is a book you will want to add to your library. A SELDOM SEEN and hard to find book. Hardcover with dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. 245 Pages
Clean EXCELLENT condition!

$52.50 postage paid in USA.

Personal check or money order.

Postal insurance, if wanted is the responsibility of the buyer.

Please message me if interested in purchasing this remarkable book. Thank you!

I have 6 bridger #3 that are fully modified, is/os laminations, offset jaws, baseplates, 4 coiled and rod dogs. $90 plus shipping.

Postal money orders only

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Newhouse #5 Kenwood in good condition. Springs are slightly weaker than normal but do hold the trap closed and do not flop around. Springs are stamped. Nice solid trap. $975 plus shipping.

Baseplates and D rings for sale. Several dozen of each available. Shipping is extra. Any question message me.

BP1-8.00 a dozen

BP2-10.00 a dozen

BP3=10.00 a dozen

BP4-10.00 a dozen

BP5-10.00 a dozen

BP6-10.00 a dozen

For Sale: $20.00 postage paid in USA!

FREDERIC REMINGTON AND THE NORTH COUNTRY
By Atwood Manley and Margaret Manley Mangum
An Informal Biography of the Artist of the Old West.
During his lifetime Frederic Sackrider Remington lived simultaneously in three worlds: the western frontier he immortalized in oil and bronze; cosmopolitan New York City, where he worked -- and played -- hard; and the lesser known North Country -- the world of river and woods from the Adirondacks to the Canadian border -- where he was born and bred and which remained a primary influence throughout his life. This is a look at

his life and works throughput the late 19th century and early 20th century.
272 pages -- excellent writing and illustrated with vintage pictures.
Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good to excellent condition. The title on the jacket is a bit faded, but the rest of jacket and the entire book is in very good to excellent condition. Sound binding!
$20.00 postage paid in USA.
Personal check or money order.

Postal insurance, if wanted, is the responsibility of the buyer.

Please message me if you would like to purchase this book. Thank you.

My son came to pick up Ellie Jane today and had a guest with him. They hired a young man from Scotland to do their trapping now. This guy was a pretty cool. We didn’t get to talk long, but I’ll remedy that in the near future. He’s already picking up using footholds as snares “were” the only legal method there. He mainly trapped/shot Reds and Badgers there, coyotes are new for him but he’s already managed several plus Grays and Bobcats. He did say he didn’t realize Grays were that aggressive and that Bobcats want to kill you, lol. We’re going to get together when we have a break between their quail hunts and ours and do some serious talking.
What’s sad is he’s working on getting a permanent Visa and possible citizenship but it’s a long lengthy process. I told him just have the owner fly him to Mexico and come across the border and get a free pass and money too, lol. I’ll keep y’all posted when we get together for a longer conversation and a thermal hunt or two.
He did say they used dogs a lot for badgers and foxes and showed me some pics of how that worked. Again, pretty cool convo for as short as it was.