Recent content by JimP

On my bear hunt in British Columbia we were 23 miles back into a wilderness. A half mile from the cabins the outfitter had constructed a pole gate across the trail with no way around it for a horse. I figured that if the horses ever broke loose and headed home to the corrals that we wouldn't...

I think that someone has watched way too many movies or TV shows where they shoot the gun out of the perps hands or just wounds them in the leg. It's funny but there are a lot of people who think that is all law enforcement need to do to win the day.

I doubt that he'll have anything to do with the horse other than riding it. On my bear hunt I'd get up in the morning and while I was eating breakfast the wrangler would be saddling up my mount, when I got back and was changing out of wet clothes they would be unsaddling my mount. Even on...

Most countries consider our 4457 as a license for firearms even if we don't have a actual "license"

I wouldn't say "most people" use quick disconnect mounts. In a grand total of 2 trips with close to 20 hunters combined I haven't seen a single set of quick disconnect scope mounts. On the scopes holding zero, I think that a lot depends on the scope. My rifle of choice has made two trips to...

The way that the winter has been around here we all are praying that he sees his shadow. Either that or the Coor's brewery is going to be importing their water for the beer.

With a lot of these things your outfitter will let you know. My first day I was tying up my horse with the lead rope, my guide came over and untied it and tied it back up the same way that I had it tied. From then on I let him tie up my horse. On boots, I commented when I first got on my...

Going down most hills I would just lean further back with the stirrups a little bit further forward. But as I mentioned, for the steeper down hills we would get off and lead the horses. For riding gear I just had my regular hunting pants and wore a pair of long johns and didn't have any...

No way a expert but when I headed up to British Colombia for a bear hunt we rode horses back into a wilderness area quite a ways, both up and down hills. We would ride up the hill and then walk down. I did my best John Wayne imitation when I mounted my steed. I found that going up a steep...

One thing that I should add if you are going back to work, make sure that it is the type of job or that you have the option of calling in the night before and telling them that you are not going to be there for a week or two. I have a couple of friends who went back to work once they were...

I retired at 55, took a buyout and had a FA invest it for me and never looked back. While I would like some land to play on I don't want anymore land than I already owned to take care of, my hobbies take care of my spare time. I do enjoy my yard and working around it but now that I am in my...

When I first joined this forum back in 2014 this was the suggestion from just about everyone. But over the years more and more members are suggesting flying business class. Times have changed.

Without flying business I'll say Delta out of Atlanta. I have flown over twice. The first time was on the old SAA out of JFK with was fairly good. The second time was cattle class out of Dallas on Qatar which I will never fly again. That first 15 hour leg isn't too bad but then you need to...

The charges happen if your shipment gets in on a Friday or day before a holiday. This is where having a importer who has a bonded warehouse comes in handy. Not to mention if you have trophies that will require USFW inspection and have to wait on them. Importers have learned this and most of...

It is sad but both sides do this. For some reason politicians just can't keep their mouths shut when a crisis shows up. They open their traps and spout forth whatever they think that someone else will believe and that suits their narrative.