Recent content by WAB

Oh crap, I remember those! Did you really have to bring that up???

Buffalo became somewhat of an addiction for me, but elephant, that’s an experience that changes you.

I’m not a guide but a few folks I’ve hunted with stood out. I cut a creek bottom off for a fellow to box some Huns in. Was very clear to tell him to make sure he could see blue sky on a shot. The birds came out low directly between us. I realized he was going to shoot and got my arm up in...

Impossible question to answer. It depends on the rifle, species, ambient conditions, rest, etc..

Fantastic hunt and report! I was just in Croatia for the first time last month. You live in a beautiful part of the world!

Couldn’t agree more. On my way to Williston in two weeks for some bird hunting.

That sounds ominous!

Dang dude, you’re a machinist and your wife is a nurse??? You seriously need to look at Alaska. My wife is a dental hygienist. When we moved to Fairbanks in 2003, she was offered $100k/yr to go back to work. Medical professionals and skilled trades do really well in the last frontier.

Oh don’t be a weenie, I ran an oil refinery in Fairbanks, went 4 weeks where it never got up to 40 below… but it’s a dry cold…

That’s not an issue with a slope job if you can handle the schedule.

I ran oil refineries and ag chemical complexes for many decades. If you can handle a 2 on 2 off schedule, you can live anywhere in the US and work the slope. If you want to get out of the machinist work, pick up I&E, process tech, crane operator, etc.. Alaska pays the highest wages for...

Very sorry to hear about your loss. Losing a child is one of the toughest things we can go through.

Listen to this man! I had a project manager who thought he would stay in Kenya with his wife for the birth of their first child. I vetoed the idea. This is not a place to take your pregnant wife. If all goes well, fine, but if something goes sideways you do not have the availability for...

I handload all center fire rifle cartridges from .22 Hornet to .375 with the exception of high volume AR fodder (5.56 and 6.5 Grendel). Rifles fed range from Savage to Rigby and some pretty nice custom M70’s and No 1’s. I handload all my target shotgun loads inclusive of 2 1/2” 12 ga. I do...

I was on Lake St Clair a lot in the ‘70’s. I’m sure you are aware that even then you were supposed to provide a radio notification to customs if you were a Canadian going into a US port or vice versa? When you radioed in you were typically given clearance, but on occasion they would divert...