Recent content by HankBuck

@bashaw —- of course it was SMALL “if” he wouldn’t talk about it —- We ALL like to talk about the Big ones.

@bashaw - that’s Great ! A few years ago I hunted in Maine with 4 friends and each of us was placed in a ladder stand over a bait. The 1st evening one friend kills his bear, guide brings bear into camp that night in back of his truck. When we all see the size we start laughing — it’s under...

Bashaw: maybe “no scale” in Camp for the same reason they often have No Scales in Bear Camp - detracts from the “estimated weight”….and that’s really too bad because Who cares what they weigh? They are the same size, hunt was the same great stalk, good shots made, memories will last a...

@Doug Hamilton , I’m getting confused here - is “Tom” saying we Hunt because we can’t have Sex? Or because we aren’t having Sex Right-Now? I think we need to be careful and make sure we communicate this message accurately….I’m gonna say that “Hunting” is what Man did After Sex - but Before...

@Wishfulthinker580 - there’s something you don’t see often - a Copperhead on an Oil spill? The contrast in the photo is great — almost “art”

You had a FUN Grandfather !! Wish I did that as a Kid. Although, on a Backpack Camping trip in Yosemite in 1985 we had an aggressive “ear tagged” black bear come into camp at night and tear into our food 3 times in 2 hours (stored hung in tree). The third time I was able to pick up a brick...

@Mekaniks - I’m going to believe you because I’m unfamiliar with that activity but assume it’s an extremely small number of shooters/Hunters that partake (1/1000 of a percent??). I don’t think that makes short barreled doubles “popular” just because they are used in a VERY UNpopular activity...

Bob, how often is Mossberg confused with Holland & Holland? (Or a toilet pipe). Wouldn’t you really rather use your Mossberg shotgun barrel for a plumbing pipe or the wood stock for firewood? By the way, what size are “clover leaf’s” in Australia - 3 feet? (Sorry - meters!)

Bob, if you even own a Mossberg “anything” go hide in shame and a bolt action Mossberg makes a .243 look BETTER then the BEST .35 Whelen that God ever created.

@Daniel Cary - if you purchase any firearm NIB Unfired and intend it to be an “investment” — don’t fire it ever….it loses some value instantly. Most Collectors pay a premium for older NIB Unfired firearms and that value increases if the gun comes in it’s original box, with original paperwork...

@Daniel Cary - great idea, pitch it to NSCA or NSSA to create a “Cheap-junk-sawed-off” competition, throw in some defective black powder reloads and barrel obstructions for “exciting barrel ruptures” and it might get televised or at least Utube hits….see if it takes off??

Agree “useless”.

@Daniel Cary unless you’re bird hunting in a Closet - no advantage to a 20” barrel shotgun and you’ll never see one in a Sporting Clays or Skeet competition….I’d say they have a place but it’s not Outdoors anymore - unless riding on a Stagecoach!

@Firebird - that’s the perfect use for a “Stoeger” - it’s Less likely to be a good firearm then that duck is gonna fly again.

@RR314 —- Feral Cats are a poor mans Lion Hunt - nasty little bitches, dangerous to any animal their size or smaller….I think they will survive a Nuclear Bomb and outlast Cockroaches.