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Thank you for the report. I just got back from walking the Camino de Santiago. Our walk was entirely in Galicia. One place we stayed, Casa de Los Somozas had three racks in the wall of the dining room. I thought they were small red stag until I realized that they are huge roe deer. I love the...

Right now I am doing the Camino Frances from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela Spain. It is 112 km total. The way is quite hilly. Total elevation gain is 9800 feet. Originally it was a pilgrimage to the body of St James but many non-religious are doing it. The terrain and vistas are magnificent...

Smith and Wesson Model 15 Combat Masterpiece. It is the target version of the model 10. Adjustable sights, target trigger and target hammer. Mine has the best trigger on any revolver that I ever shot. It is used for US Revolver Assn competition. It was originally for Police Positive...

I have 2. A Contender in 41 mag that I use for egg shoots at my club and for hogs close up. The other is the Scandium framed S&W model 357. No, it is not a 357 mag. The 41 mag is Model 57. The light framed guns have a 3 prefix. It weighs about 17 oz. It is a carry gun for bow hunting in grizzly...

Thank you for the report. The blackbuck has great mass and is very wide. Congratulations.

You are close. The experience that Teddy Roosevelt had against the Spanish with their 7x57 rifles led to an upgrade from the 30/40 Krag and the 03 Springfield.

The requirement is much more stringent than “several”. AACSB accreditation requirements insist on half the program being outside of business and have strict minima on science math English, history and philosophy courses. My colleagues in LA always said that LA programs teach students to think...

I had the same guide the following week. His name is Ezequiel, which is the Spanish form of Ezekiel. I speak some Spanish so we didn’t have a problem communicating. His eyesight was impressive. He could spot animals in the woods in shadows that I had trouble picking out with binoculars. Will do...

Congratulations. I was in Argentina for red stag the following week. Will do a report soon.

A good way to blouse your pants is to wrap the cuffs with duct tape sticky side out. If they try to crawl up the outside of your pants they get stuck. And spray with permethrin.

There are lots of YouTube videos of shotgun buckshot deer hunts in North Carolina or South Carolina. Almost everyone uses a Browning long recoil Auto-5 12 gauge. A long time ago I hunted with a large club in Upstate SC. The club would put out 15-20 drivers and 15-20 standers. Almost everyone...

If you start at 1970 when the price was 36 cents a gallon the 2022 adjusted price was 2.86. Prices were unusually high in 1978, which was right after the Arab oil embargo and at the beginning of a vicious inflation period. Although the government figures say 36 cents a gallon in 1970 I was...

I would rather hunt hogs than deer and certainly would rather eat hog than deer. We take out the loins and tenderloins with the rest becoming ground pork. The ground pork is used for dumplings or lion’s head or for topping ramen. My wife is Asian and ground pork is a staple. Her dumplings made...

This is a heart shot on a moose. The first shot was at a high angle because it was directly under my tree stand. It stumbled a few yards and I shot it again behind the shoulder for a heart shot. At that point it folded like a lawn chair. The bullet was in the offside front quarter. The petals...