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Totally agree. I always have CIPRO and Doxy with me and am religious about my malaria meds, having contracted malaria once. At the first sign of intestinal discomfort I start a course of CIPRO. It knocks most bugs out in three or four hours.

I’ve used Gracy with mixed results, the one bad result was potentially really, really bad. I switched to Jennifer and have been very satisfied with her service. However, I am sure they all stub their toe from time to time. Without firearms I would never use them. I am a diamond and multi...

This is exactly what I do including removing the tenderloins from the top. From the time a deer hits the ground on our farm to the meat cooling in a dedicated fridge is about 45 minutes. And you absolutely can get the tenderloins out of an ungutted deer without making a mess.

Agreed. A perpetual college student living off his parents who has never held down a real job.

Wow, one misfire in 1,000 is one too many. That is very disappointing to hear.

Agreed, but I have to say, these most recent floods in Nepal are the most devastating I have ever seen. When I saw the first one I assumed that I was looking at the result of the failure of a very large dam.

What is PWP?

Geese can be tough because they are not necessarily going in the direction they are pointing. I’ve never seen another bird side slip as much as a goose. At least a pheasant is typically flying in the direction he is pointing.

I couldn’t agree more. I’ll never forget my first drive. At the time I was a master class sporting clays competitor, and so reasonably competent with a shotgun. I was on the line between two friends, both instructors at Holland and Holland. They schooled me quite badly on that first drive...

I have been on a number of driven hunts in the UK. I absolutely love it. A shoot with proper high birds is some of the most difficult shooting you will ever do. I am working on a driven partridge hunt in Portugal next year.

My biggest hesitation in hunting in Africa was hunting with a PH. I grew up on a farm in Canada and spent most of my career in Wyoming and Alaska. I had never hunted with a guide before going to Africa. This included whitetail, muley, sheep, caribou, black bear, brown bear, et al. My...

I spend most of my time on forestry and habitat work. My wife conscripted me to do some landscape work around the house.

Lovely rifle and a very fair price.

I’ll never understand the political desire to drive manufacturing offshore. I completely support letting markets work and allowing production to go where it is most efficient. However, this is way beyond that. It created artificial barriers to continued domestic manufacturing. This is...

A contributing factor in the South was the collapse of manufacturing, particularly in industries with a large blue collar workforce. The textile industry would be at the top of the list, a casualty of NAFTA. Although Bill Clinton eventually signed the legislation to implement this, HW signed...