Recent content by bakerb

I too voted 1 MOA. I have a 1 MOA on a 45-70 bear defense rifle and it is easy for me to pick up and pick up quick. I have it mounted farther back on the receiver and I’ve “practiced” picking it up with an UNLOADED rifle at a charging black lab :) I like it. Besides using a defense gun, I...

I will give you my personal experience, which may be a cautionary tale. . . I too LONGED for a double rifle. The nostalgia, the history, the coolness, everything. I, however, am not a wealthy man. I also LONGED to hunt an elephant with that double. Again, though, the chances of me elephant...

I always use my local small town bank. But my experience maybe shouldn’t count. I was on their board for 8 years before I took a job that required me not to have those associations. So they knew me pretty well :). It’s a small bank, but worked great for wire transfers, ordering foreign...

I’ve never heard that about loading with the weak hand. I don’t think I can agree with that. Much more dexterous with my strong hand. Equaling quicker reload. I hold the double with my weak hand and reload with my dominant hand

My most dangerous was definitely Russian snow sheep and Botswana elephant and leopard over dogs. However, probably actually the most dangerous things are hunting out of treestands and duck hunting. I lost a cousin and his brother in law from a duck hunting accident. Just another routine day...

That’s an awesome bull. I killed one a hair below 30” and the PHs likened it to a 190 whitetail. So I’d say a 33 incher is like a 230-240 whitetail. . . . So Yes, one hell of a good waterbuck. Congrats!

On of my favorites. I’ve posted it a lot :) -19 degrees. PLUS a 25 mph wind. Don’t know what that equates to with windchill

Sorry. Reading comprehension. Thought it was just ideas for euros.

I’m a BIG dan of euros.

I too want a copy. I’ll send a PM

Unfortunately my dreams are too expensive for me to realize unless I get lucky again. Today, after 2 plains game only safaris, and 2 dangerous game safaris in wild areas, I have almost no interest in a plains game only safari. That could change next week, next month, next year or 5 years from...

I should add to my post above. My minimalist attitude began on at home hunts, and was hammered home on a sheep hunt in Russia where my luggage didn’t make it. Fortunately my rifle made it. And I was wearing my hunting boots, a merino shirt, and kuiu attack pants. And Duluth underwear. I wore...

I’m in the pack light crowd. I did two 2-week trips to the Kalahari in Botswana in 2023 with a 1700 cubic inch backpack carryon. I didn’t miss anything. And I had room on the way back to add souvenirs for the family. I refuse to wear cotton shirts. Merino wool only for this boy. Merino socks...