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Knew a fellow at North Texas State Univ. named Ben Dover

The possible election of Mamdani as mayor NYC brings to mind a saying, "If America was given an enema, NYC is where they would put the tube!" Maybe some of you would have other candidates for that honor..

An auto body shop repainted a school bus for use by Bowles Baptist Church in Grand Prairie....they spelled it Bowels Baptist.

Bring on the cheap Purdeys!!

The best water is from the springs at my home town, and from Lake Tahoe, IMO.

LeBeau Courally is absolutely top notch--they can build at any level you can afford.

In Zimbabwe, I liked Schwepp's Lemon In Durban, it was a Rock Shandy All over Texas, iced tea (Lousianne the best) In Dallas, Health-Ade Passion Fruit-Tangerine Kombucha Anywhere on earth--an ice cold Coca Cola What are you having?

As Capstick pointed out in one of his books, and BY MY EXPERIENCE, Namibia can be a can of worms for leopard hunting, in that the meat of animals belongs legally to the farm. They don't even have to feed you any of it if they don't want to. (and they are GOING to sell most of it on the market)...

Personally, I think everyone who cheered and celebrated the attack should have been shot.

And, the WTC was not just any fire--the perpetrators had fully fueled jets for cross country travel, which added a lot of BTUs to the collapse equation.

Skydiver, if you can believe it, there are men in south Texas brush country who use 410's with nickel plated shot for quail. Ranges are super close and the slick shot goes on through the bird. A lot depends on what you are expecting to encounter. I would probably go with the 20.

Fox reported a poll listing Crockett ahead of Cornyn in the Senate race in Texas...I fear the uninformed younger vote in days to come.

Just tell me how to pay you!

Seems like yesterday when some cowboy boots were made of elephant hide. They were extremely useful to those who cleaned stables as elephant leather is not affected by/doesn't break down due to contact with horse manure, etc.

After the last few posts, I feel like I need to wear a tin hat...

Lee Enfield was the first deer rifle I ever owned. I fired it a few times, and suddenly someone offered me a few more bucks than I gave for it and it was gone. Did not appreciate it at the time.

With both eyes open, that's when my left eye sometimes picks up the side profile. I don't want to shut one eye, even at the last minute, tho I would if I had to due to problems.

I do not think side by sides are just for posing. They are certainly my successful go-to for game. And a single barrel profile from the top does not mean that the side profile is single! On an over under, the side profile is two stacked barrels--tall enough to cause my off eye to pick it up and...

I agree and would add, in regards to your live pigeon shooting, what one competitor said--that it is a game of elevation, and the side by side excels at that. Brister also observed that the side by side seemed to get picked up by the eye when the background was ground vegetation, and not the...

Each barrel is shooting well of its own accord. Isn't it possible to regulate/converge the two groups with the adjustment on the end of the barrels?

In my line of work, I have buried a lot of people who were well off, COULD have gone on trips, but for some reason put it off until they were going to "do it all in retirement." The takeaway--they never got to do it. They had strokes, or something else got them. The happiest man I know decided...

Confession: I did fall for $25 "Raybans" once.

Perusing Ebay ads on optics and came across two offers that were shockingly low: 1. Swarovski F15 Pro 1.5-8x50 IRZ3 riflescope, new, $205 2. Leupold Mark 4 6-24x60 MI--$127.30, new 3. Leupold 1.5-5x20--68.40 new How do they get Ebay to publish these kinds of scams? What is the most laughable...

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About every few decades a big one comes along. I remember in the nineties a disaster with a bus load of teen church campers washed off the road. One picture from the time showed a cypress tree with a trunk in excess of 6 ft. diameter stranded atop one of the little bridges that was described as...

He also wrote the book, "I Killed For A Living"

Oggerrei described the pre-war Vietnam as almost equal to Africa in its fauna. Not just tigers--but think about how much it takes to keep tigers fed! WHY could not Vietnam be persuaded to restore that still rural part of their country and introduce hunting as a viable source of revenue for the...

Keep praying for the families who lost loved ones in Kerrville, San Antonio, and even Round Rock, Tx. the death total is above 30 with 20 or more still missing. Heartbreaking that many were children at church camp. The beautiful Frio River became a death trap, and without much warning.

Or the guy who caught a big fish....

They need stronger Anderson's windows...

You can fill in matching wood with acraglass and do what you want.

Man, a GOOD biscuit is worth savoring. My grandmother made them from scratch every day....but my childhood buddies granny made the ones they serve in heaven. Wish I could have another.

121 years ago?

God bless America!

Once in a while I run into something that really gives me my money's worth. Here are a few.... Champion Vapor Cotton tee shirts--holy cow, I can wear these for years on end and the neck look like new, unlike a Guy Harvey tee whose neck stretches out to double the size in three washings. They...

It's as Pondoro says: "I never press the trigger unless I am absolutely certain of killing, or at least incapacitating..."

Not just planting, but harvesting according to the moon phase was "common knowledge" in East Texas. Dig up potatoes at the right moon phase and they would not rot--just sit there and dehydrate over time.

Politicians wouldn't have to worry about re-election if there were term limits, would they.... Comparing our SS to what Chile was doing 20 years ago when a missionary friend of mine lived there (cannot comment on what Chile is doing TODAY) the difference was the peons had better retirements...

A well-tanned working man/avid hunter was in Billy Hodges gun emporium one day and commented on African Hunter...he said "I could have enjoyed it if it hadn't been written by some KID." Mellon was young....and not at all the stereotype of the African hunter.

Well, you have already shot a 9.3--just in bolt action form. Expect exactly the same performance from the 9.3X74. A more modern gun may have scope mounting capabilities, whether or not you expect to utilize it NOW. There will come a day, if you live long enough, that a scope will be a...

Mind telling us those rules you NEVER break?

I have many of the books mentioned in this thread, which I read and then re-read. Maybe my memory isn't what it once was--sometimes I almost feel like a re-read is the first time!

So the Swaro Z5 is "shit for light?" I am with you on the 56 MM--I have one in Zeiss HT and love it, but I don't know if I would buy another scope if I had that Z5....

Aren't the larger caliber Noslers thicker walled and more resistant to rapid expansion? There used to be a factory cartridge called "Lion Load" that would really expand rapidly, I think.

McClelland's Gunshop in Dallas was at one time doing a number of rechamber jobs to the 257 Weatherby (Roy Weatherby's favorite?). I can't remember what their favorite conversion was, but it was a surprise to me at the time.

Wasn't she one of the characters in "Men In Black"?? I'm just waiting for her mouth to open into four corners and devour someone whole.

I have mentioned this before in a different thread but...twenty years ago I was hunting in Kilombero T Z where the PH utilized an American swamp buggy with a chevy 350 engine. The starter housing broke on the far side of an island, fifteen miles from camp as the crow flies--much longer by the...

A pair of pliers wouldn't work in a pinch? Reminds me of the people "stuck" when the escalator stopped, lol. Uh, they ARE stairs... Bet I could make a tool with nothing but a piece of wood and a Swiss army knife. That said, "The Most Canadian Man In The World" would have no problem observing...

Well, that's a hot mess.

What is up with the Big Beautiful Bill? Does the parliamentarian supposedly have line item veto power? Allowing illegal aliens Medicaid is a deal breaker in my book.