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[RMillet]

Greetings all.

My name's Dick Millet and I hail from upstate NY. I'm a slightly displaced Adirondack Mountain Man having moved to the capital region some 15 years ago. I use the handle Muskrat as some of the best days of my life were spent on the trapline chasing after those little critters. Now most of my time is spent chasing bugs in computer systems. How the mighty have fallen. Anyway, I hunt pretty much exclusively with a flintlock nowadays and seek to spend some time with like minded folk. I may have to live in the 21st century but my heart is in the mid 1700s.

:thumbsup:

Dick

 

[gordy]

Muskrat; Welcome from another Bark Eater!Where did You hang Your traps before moveing to Latham?? I still have much family in Corinth, Greenfield center,Saratoga,Middlegrove,Etc.You,ll enjoy this Forum,great folks and much good information. :redthumb: :thumbsup:

 

[madstone]

Muskrat,
The world makes a lot more sense over a good set of flintlock sights, don't it? Welcome!!!. Glad to have you "in here".
:thumbsup:

 

[RMillet]

Gordy,

I grew up in Speculator, the fifth of six kids and the only boy. Most of my misspent youth was a lesson in living history although I didn't know it at the time. I've still got a deep and abiding interest in all things Adirondack. There's an A.F. Tait painting in the Adirondack museum showing two hunters in the snow with a freshly killed dear. One of the hunters is holding a half stock percussion rifle. The first non-kit rifle I built was modelled after that gun, although I put a flintlock on it. After that I built a couple of canoes and recently finished up two guideboats. As they say "you can take the boy out of the mountains but you can't take the mountains out of the boy".

And yes madstone, over the sights of a flintlock pretty much all is right with the world.

Thanks for the welcome.

Dick ::

 

[shmrck1]

Muskrat,
welcome to the forum glad to have you on board. lots of friendly people and loads of information to be had here right at your fingertips.hope you will join in whenever you can.
again welcome and stay active
I am snake-eyes :thumbsup: eace:

 

[cavscout]

welcome, i'm headed up that way to ft drum, in about a month

 

[Stumpkiller]

Welcome.

I'm guarding your southern border down along the Susquehanna.We're getting quite a NY crowd. We might have to meet at one of the NYSMLA shoots sometime.