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    Field report .58 cal soft lead round ball...

    This just maybe my last hunting season as I am facing major surgery that I so far have refused..we all go sometime and no one knows when. But enough of the downer part... This bad boy came through at 4:45 following a Doe. Shot him when he gave me a good broadside at about 35 yards with my...
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    Bear Fat

    That time of year again. Just got the word the guys took 11 bear up in New Brunswick this year spring hunt. I'll be rendering all the fat from them here soon. :grin: :thumbsup:
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    Meeks Cutoff

    Anyone see this? I was flippin through the movie channels last night and caught this. Has a rather strange ending...I get it but if it were me I think I could have made a better story of it...anyways I was rather impressed with Michelle Williams loading and firing the flintlock in one scene. I...
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    Survivers

    These two where caught on tape. Looks like a very nice young buck survived the hunting season and a nosy Doe...
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    Anyone still huntin notice a big change this week?

    Trying to fill an antlerless tag and there seems to be a big change here. Deer have disappeared on me! :haha: Dangit, I know we just had weather come through but they seem to have changed their pattern and I'm seeing nothing and no sign even. I did have an antlerless buck come through on my...
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    I need some help on this fowler...

    Had this little gem brought over tonight. It appears to me to be a early? Late percussion? New England style fowler? It has a nice Ketland marked lock still in very good working order. The top barrel flat has what looks like LONDON on it with a couple other proof marks. The barrel is 43" long...
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    Thunder'd down in the Swamp tonight!

    I loaded up my "Thunder'er" friday night for our shotgun season that opened yesterday. My .12ga smoothbore Roy built me that I can basically shoot like a rifle at 50 yards and makes a handy short range deer buster for me. Saw nothing at all yeasterday and sat in another unseasonal warm day today...
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    Smooothbore squirrels

    Having a week off between deer hunting seasons, I decided I wanted to see if I could bring home the meat loading up with shot. I already proved my Brookson to be a good deer gun last week and using it to bring home some small game would be the "icing on the cake". I loaded it up using some 6...
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    Swampy had a Smooth day!

    My Brookson draws first blood. After 3 weeks of hunting and thoroughly enjoying myself passing on countless deer, I decided to take any good shot presented to me these last two days of our muzzleloader season. After missing all of last years hunting seasons, this years really done me some good...
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    Venison summer sausage recipes

    Ok, I really want to do this finally, been threatening to do it for far to long now. So, I'm looking for some quick and easy fool proof, tasty summer sausage recipes to try as I don't have any starting point atm. Every recipe I've seen so far in a couple recipe books just don't appeal to me and...
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    Anyone work with Sycamore?

    I know nothing about this wood and welcome any info on it. It is a hardwood and used for flooring I see. But is it hard or how hard is it? How workable is it, does it tend to chip, split etc. Thanks!
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    Close encounter with the Bucky kind..

    Had a pretty cool sit tonight. Went to one of my ambush sites and sat. For the most part it was pretty uneventful with just two grey squirrels arguing with each other from time to time. Temp was a comfortable 50 degrees. Wasn't until 4:30 I saw a flicker of a tail and soon out pops a button buck...
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    Bear oil - Interesting tidbit

    Thanks to Brown Bear, we're always bouncing things off each other, I now have some rendered oil from an Alaskan 9' bear that fed on salmon and yes the oil has a distinct fishy smell to it. I have on hand rendered bear oil from a couple of fall Adirondack bears that fed on natural things found in...
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    Just got a call from Rice Barrel Co.

    A while back there was a couple people looking for Rice Jaeger barrels (Track of the Wolf) version. I had called back in August asking about them and told they would be making them and filling orders in 10 weeks. Well they called tonight and said they are shipping this Jaeger barrel now. :thumbsup:
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    A little preseason scout...

    Shh don't tell anybody, I snuck out for a little while. Since I got my CATV running like a top last week or so, I been itchin to check out whats going on in the back 40. I decided to take along my .36 and see if I couldn't get that first flintlock squirrel with it. Drove to one of my favorite...
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    Second Ingrediant - Deer Tallow

    After finding I had given away all my prepared Huntin Lube, I put an urgent call in to the guys for deer fat. I had already rendered my bear oil and have that sitting here but having no more rendered deer tallow, I couldn't make anymore of my Huntin lube. I do hope the planets align just right...
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    Surprise gift in the mail today!

    I sent Nifeman and Miss Tudy a little bear oil and tub of my huntin lube last week and they surprised me with this in the mail today. The two pottery beads were made by a Cherokee man by hand and fired in a wood fire. They are inscribed with the Cherokee word for "Bear". They are blessed with...
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    Kids contest!

    Only registered forum members kids or grand kids 8 to 14 may participate. Only traditional, open iron sighted muzzleloading firearms are allowed. Use a smoothbore, or a rifle, or a muzzleloading handgun(NO Cannons). Percussion, flintlock, matchlock, any traditional style ignition. Single...
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    Startin fires the Skunkskinner way..

    Skunkskinner sent me my own personal striker he made me with "Swampy" on it, unfortunately the flash drowns it out. Some of his home made char and corned tinder. Even sent a bottle of yummy Rhubarb wine to help ease the pain I'm sure I'm about to suffer trying to make sparks... :rotf: :thumbsup:
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    Leather splitter?

    Alright, I need to make straps for a bag I'm making and have a piece of belt leather thats 3/16" thick and 2" wide. I think its to thick for straps and want to take at least 1/16" off of it. I'm not buying a leather splitter and looks like I'll be spending tomorrow trying to come up with some...
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