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Last week @Velo Dog , @1dirthawker , @BWH , and myself spent 3 days / 4 nights with @gizmo at his RockinG Ranch outside of Turkey, Texas. Upland birds, waterfowl, and simply having a good time was the all on the menu for a few days before the DSC in Dallas....And boy did we!! Pheasants...

We are booked with @MG Hunting for a few days of waterfowl hunting outside of Buenos Aries in June 24'. We are going to spend a couple extra days after hunting in and around Buenos Aries. I am excited! So.... I am looking for recommendations for things to see and do from folks that have been...

I took my son and my nieces boyfriend pheasant hunting yesterday at Limits Game Farm outside of Mesa, Wa. All released birds… Neither one of the boys had hunted pheasant or any upland birds over dogs before. They are both in college. One is a junior at Eastern Washington University and the other...

Didn't stay long and didn't eat much.... :) Probably a 3 year old, first year on its own....

This is the view out my office window today. A small group of caribou grazing through….

My new Camp Trio set arrived from @Von Gruff today.... Getting to participate in the custom design process is super cool and comes with a sense of ownership long before they arrive. Thank You Garry. Great workmanship as always!!

Day -0 @KHOMAS HIGHLAND HUNTING SAFARIS Me, wife and her BFF having some lunch and cocktails in Seatac before boarding our flight on Qatar this afternoon. Layover for a few hours in Doha tomorrow and then on to Windhoek Looking forward to meeting @dchum and his group in camp. This is our...

I had to update my Polar Bear Awareness & Deterrence training for work last week. I was only about 10 years over due :oops:.... Here is the link to USFWS page- https://www.fws.gov/node/265186 When I originally took the training many years ago it was a classroom style with an instructor with...

Mrs Mekaniks and I are going to be road tripping next winter. We are planning to be in the New Orleans area for a few days in January 24' after the DSC. Anyone have any recommendations for a waterfowl guide in the area? I can google...Just hoping I might get some recommendations for outfits...

I am pretty happy so far with my new Pelican V700 Take Down case. I cut the foam to the Browning Cynergy I recently purchased from @BeeMaa. I really like the new style pelican latches with the release button. Makes them a lot easier to open. It weighs in at 24.2 lbs loaded. No wheels. Outside...

Anyone have experience using the AMEX Send and Split app?? It looks like you can send and receive money to and from PayPal or Venmo accounts via AMEX and all the transactions are handled by AMEX. If I read it correctly, there would be no need to ever have a balance in a PayPal or Venmo...

I was recently gifted this old knife and would like to identify the manufacture. The only tang stamp is the horseshoe over a hammer. I have done all the google searches and can't come up with anything. It looks a lot like a vintage Western in style and leather stacked handle with steel, or...

New set of @Von Gruff kitchen knives arrived today. We recently relocated from Alaska to Washington State and these are part of the new house warming. My wife picked out the handle color (which will hopefully help with her staying vested in not running them through the dishwasher :D).

Last week I had the opportunity to hunt Turkey with Jerrod Gibbons of http://okanoganvalleyguideservice.com. We would be hunting outside of Tonasket Wa. Jerrod set me up with his Airbnb / hunting lodge which was more than comfortable and all the comforts. Here is a pic of the interior. We were...

Pretty cool. Long flight every year https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2021/11/13/perseverance-pushes-the-bar-tailed-godwit-to-its-final-destination-an-ocean-away/?fbclid=IwAR2rBTmTbk_TnqvdNJojFPLBxS9qWVi-jY6wxx0ZtXZiKe5S45si9lpXyEk

A couple weeks ago I'm browsing GB and came across this Sako AV carbine at a local (anc) gun shop. I happened to be in town so I stopped for a hands on look. The barrel is bright and shiny, the feed ramp looks brand new, a few small minor scratches in the stock that appear to safe dings. I am...

A couple weeks ago I started communicating with Garry @Von Gruff about building a smaller fish knife. Something with a little lighter blade than his "bird and trout" and a slightly larger handle with a finger notch similar to his "Fisherman" We settled on a 4"x1/2" blade of NitroV Stainless...

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Recent article from the campfire at pre64win.com ~ Intertwined ~ The Inseparable Legacies of Jack O'Connor and the Winchester Model 70 Oct 24, 2019 Jack O'Connor poses with an Eland and his .375 H&H model 70 The year was 1936. Winchester had just introduced a new sporting rifle - the model...

IF... you were going to build a custom DG rifle with quality wood full length mannlicher stock and a 20" barrel.... .375 and up of course and no crazy wildcats that need brass forming or custom bullets.... What caliber would it be and why??? I have several ideas but want to hear from you all....

I owe a big THANK YOU to Lori at @Travel Express The story goes like this.... Last summer I booked my son and I a 10 day hunt in Namibia with Phillip at Komas Highland Safaris for April 2019. In December 2018 I accepted an opportunity to work in Antarctica for the austral winter (feb-oct)...

Well here I go! I have accepted a contract in Antarctica for the austral winter (feb-oct) as heavy equipment operator working for a Lockeed Martin subsidiary. Traveling from Anchorage to Christchurch today for a couple days of orientation and then down to McMurdo Station the end of the week. No...

This is the second year I have hunted with Goose Shack Outfitters outside was of Delta Junction, Alaska. My son and I hunted with them last year and had a blast so I booked another hunt with them for two days sept 17-18, 2018. The plan was to leave home on Sunday and drive the 500 miles to Goose...

My 35 Whelen on Pre-64 Win action is finished and got to come home today. I am pretty excited and couldn’t be happier. Cant wait to get to the range! It all started when I bought a pre-64 Winchester barreled action in .270 off gunbroker. It was pretty well used with no stock. I took it to Steve...

My kudu is the last of our Taxidermy to make it home today from our 2016 Safari with Pawprints in SA Happy Dance...Happy Dance...:)

My son and I are officially booked for Namibia next spring... now to pay for it I am still thinning the gunsafe. This is a Stevens model 311 series 4 .410 side by side shotgun. Its 2 3/4” & 3” chambers. It has the double triggers, solid matt rib, and full chokes. 26” Barrels. The bores are...

After almost six months of quotes from outfitters and tons (many many hours...) of research and some help from @Velo Dog, I wired the deposit today for my son and I second trip to the Dark Continent. This time with @Khomas Highland Hunting Safaris in Namibia for 10 days arriving in late April...

I have been doing some horse trading lately trying to thin the herd and I came up with an almost new CZ 527 Lux in 22 Hornet. I have had several hornets over the last 15 years but never a CZ. I also had a box of handloaded 45g spritzers that I loaded for a contender that I sold several years...

I have been thinning the herd lately and doing some horse trading and ended up with a very good Remington 870 Wingmaster that I really don’t need. So, I thought I would offer it here on AH before post it anywhere else. It’s 2 3/4” 12 ga with a 25” vent rib barrel and improved cylinder fixed...

Every year after school lets out in May, my son and I take an overnight fishing trip. Usually just the two of us and spend some father/son time before the busy Alaska summer work season. The last couple years we flew into a remote lodge and fished for Northern Pike. Good times. But, This year we...

Here is the the link for the 2018 Wasilla Alaska Gun and Outdoor Show next weekend, for all the Alaska AH’ers and anyone else that’s interested. All proceeds go to the local high school hockey program. Hope to see lots of folks there...

I ran across this in a local gun shop today in a pre-64 mod 70 30-06. I doubt it’s winchester factory. I dont believe I have ever seen one like it so thought I would share and see what you all think... I didn’t like the latch release just because it seemed like someone could easily bump the...

Where to start....My son and I just arrived home late last night from a couple days of waterfowl hunting outside of Delta Juntion Alaska with Goose Shack Guide Service. I haven't even cleaned out my truck yet, but first things first, time to start the hunt report:) I have always heard good...

Take a 2003 Dodge Ram with transmission, injector and electrical issues, add 175,000 Alaska miles. Then mix it up with a Takeri Sable, TMS Sable, Pawprints Sable, add a pinch of plains game and this is what you get:ROFLMAO: I guess it will be a couple more years before I get to hunt a Sable....

Because I can not be with out a project gun.... I picked up a Winchester pre-64, 1955 production, Model 70 barreled action in .270 win a month or so ago. What to do with it????......I went around and around and around.... Lots of possibilities???? Refinish it, leave it .270 and put a short stock...

Last Sept 2016 my son and I went with Pawprint Safaris. My hunt report is here, https://www.africahunting.com/threads/south-africa-pawprint-safaris-2016-father-son-first-sa-hunting-trip-report.31484/ Today our Trophys arrived at Knights Taxidermy in Anchorage.!! Whoohoo, happy dance happy...

My son Jacob (age 13) and I took a couple of days this week and flew into Alexander Lake for a couple days of pike fishing. Lots of good father/son time! The story goes like this... I had a couple of scheduled days off in the middle of the week and my son had a week between summer basketball...

Togiak Refuge today released a photo of a highly unusual visitor to SW Alaska. This Siberian tiger was caught on a game camera that had been set up in an effort to document suspected illegal hunting activity on a tributary of the Togiak River. Siberian tigers are native to eastern Russia, just...

Does anyone have any experience with Leithan Valley Safaris? They contacted my cousin Allyssa for a photo redstag hunt with her bow. A month or so ago I posted Allyssa's senior pics here.. http://www.africahunting.com/threads/alyssas-senior-pics.34760/

I got a pic from my cousin (2nd cuz actually). She is a senior in high school and this is one of her senior pics.

This all started almost exactly 1 year ago. Oct 2015 I decided that I was ready to "pull the pin" and take my son Jacob with me on a hunting trip to South Africa. Mom would be staying home this time, it would be my first trip to South Africa, and Jacob's first trip out of the country. Jacob is...

Today in the Anchorage news http://www.adn.com/nation-world/2016/09/13/polar-bears-besiege-russian-scientists-at-a-remote-arctic-post/

http://www.adn.com/slideshow/alaska-news/2016/05/31/moose-gives-birth-in-the-parking-lot-of-an-anchorage-hardware-store/

This all started over a year ago (2014) when Bullthrower let me tag along on a varmit hunt to the Rockin G Ranch outside of Turkey Texas. During that hunt it was obvious that the Rockin G has an enormous number of Rio Grande turkeys and I knew that I had to go back and work on the North America...

Sitting in the Seattle airport waiting for the red eye to DFW, then morning transfer to Amarillo for a weekend turkey hunt with @gizmo on the Rockin G Ranch. Turkey hunting in Turkey, TX!!

I got a new Tuffpak 1050 with TSA lock system for Christmas and had the chance to take it on its maiden voyage last weekend. With all of the discussions regarding gun cases here on AH I thought I would add my two cents and give a short review. I took my new Tuffpak from Anchorage to Kodiak and...

So.... I currently have two handguns that I regularly carry. First is my S&W 500 4" that I carry fishing, rafting, hiking, anywhere that activities may include brown bears or moose with attitude and I am not actually hunting them. Use a chest holster or a belt holster depending on the...

:D Beers:Kids Xmas vacation starts tomarrow and ice fishing is on the calendar...This is closest thing I could find

Last spring we started planning a family vacation to Kona, Hawaii. Snorkeling, Scuba diving lessons for my son, laying on the beach for my wife ect. And I decided that I want to do some hunting the while we are there. I didn't really have anything specific in mind and I didnt really know much...