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LIAM URRY SAFARIS

The best currently made foothold trap for wolves is considered to be the #9 Alaska/Manning trap. With a 9 inch jaw spread, it sounds like hyaena medicine. You might also try snares, if there are good locations (eg, trails through brush) to set them.

LIAM URRY SAFARIS

WINTERSHOEK SAFARIS

Hawks's only argument for the '06 is less recoil. In fact, his article shows an almost excessive fear of recoil. If the recoil of a .300 magnum doesn't particularly bother you, there is no advantage to a .30-06, and Hawks doesn't suggest one.

Ah, I didn't realize the 405 was developed originally as a smokeless cartridge. And looking again at my Barnes manual, I see their max loads are at or near 100 percent density. So there's not much room to load it up. I wonder if a totally different, faster class of propellants would hot rod the...

I've found only two loading manuals by different bullet makers, which seem to be the only ones still making bullets for a .405 Win (.411-inch diameter). I also own a Marlin 45-70. The two manuals (Hornady and Barnes) give several different, progressively hotter loads for the .45-70, depending...

The Tilly hat, made in Canada.

You will never change the mind of a committed anti, whether by reason or by returning their abuse. But there are other people observing, who don't feel strongly one way or the other about hunting. These people we might sway by being more calm and rational than the antis.

I just came upon this thread today, expecting the usual civil and informative exchange I've become accustomed to on AH. Things were going along in this thread as usual. I learned it most definitely is illegal to hunt outside a PH's supervision in South Africa. But then you showed up, Andrew...

Make sure you can out-run your PH.

The label on my old pair of Lowas is too faded to read, but that model has probably been discontinued. I sometimes see a good deal on Lowas on sierratrading.com . (Also a good place to find seconds of Smartwool socks.) That's where I got the Ranger II last fall. Otherwise, Lowas are pretty pricey.

I like the Lowa hiking boots. Their high-top hunter boot doesn't fit me as well. The most recent pair of Lowas I bought were the Ranger II Goretex. I wear only Goretex boots these days because I live in Alaska and really hate getting my feet wet. And, so long as you don't go in over the top...

Lowa are the only boots I'll ever wear. I can wear them right out of the box without fear of blisters. They give my feet the support I need, especially when side-hilling or walking on dried, sun-hardened buffalo tracks (when even the PH complained about the "ankle-twisting" ground). I have a...

When I shot my mountain goat, it fell a few hundred feet, and one horn was lost. The taxidermist charged me extra for making a replica horn. It never occurred to me to expect it for free, and it didn't occur to me to tip him either. Are you saying you'd have made a replica horn for free? I...