Recent content by LucasK

You should call Pedersoli, they do excellent tests and could probably help with how much pressure the action can handle. Fun project, by the way, hope it works out well!

Congratulations!

Had an aquantince get one of the reproduction mounts recently it looks just like the real thing.

I have seen this picture before and am pretty sure that this rhino is from Indonesia.

Raffle tags are antithetical to the North American model of wildlife management. They represent a commercialization of the resource and limit access at the same time.

Howard Hill stories have a tendency to get out of control, because he accomplished a lot. I became interested and wanted to separate what was real from all the rest. There are several articles and letters from the period just after he went on safari, and there are a couple of biographies...

Howard Hill shot 3 elephants in the area between the Uele Uele and Simliki Rivers in the Belgian Congo. they were normal sizes though at that time there could have been some forest-savanah mixing going on. He also took a buffalo, two lions and a leopard (no rhino) as well as a fair sampling of...

Go afield with a good attitude, with respect for the wildlife you hunt and for the forest and fields where you walk. Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make you a better person. -Fred Bear

I enjoyed his posts, may he rest in peace.

I shot a lot of small game with springers when I was younger. I have read quite a bit about PCP airguns but don't have any. To many other things to spend money on right now . Did you buy a high pressure air compressor or do you go to a dive shop to get your tanks filled?

It was a nice museum in Tucson, hope they don't let is slide when the office relocates.

There are a few other posts on here about Elgin Gates. His largest elephant tusks were also destroyed in the fire. They were supposed to have been the largest in America.

Hunted them a couple of times in Kansas, had a blast and the family enjoyed eating them.

Mona island off Puerto Rico, for goats and pigs. I think Barbados used to have some introduced deer, Dominican Republic has some dove and pigeon hunting but I think it has to be through a hunting club and they are members only affairs. Cuba was mentioned above. There are probably others but I...

38° F here this morning, a little cooler than usual.