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    Best possitive one liners on TV shows

    "the hard part is finding the trophy buck, the easy part is getting him out"....Larry Benoit
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    Favorite Drink?

    Wild Turkey...neat.....warms you in a storm and soothes you in the heat....Gary
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    Question for our American friends

    vermont...we might have highertaxes, but can carry loaded and concealed with no permits, low crime, and very few gun laws.....good amount of quality public hunting land with huntable populations of whitetail deer, bear and moose, great waterfowl hunting here on the Lake, and decent trophy...
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    Dinosaur Hunting Guns: Taking Down T-Rex and Other Extinct Reptiles

    I/m trying to figure out how to mount a stock on a 30mm gatling gun. Needs to be light and easy to get through the bush, and need to find a way to set for 100 round bursts.......Gary
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    Approaching new year and some new rifles

    Great rifle, the 721 was hard to beat. I once had one in .270, and a 722 in .257....liked the .257 better, so I sold the .270. I really wish I had thought more about it at the time.....Gary
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    Aging eyes and iron sights

    I'm 63 today, and feel your pain...Gary
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    Aging eyes and iron sights

    I also have dealt with this problem....have always hunted with a peep, and when couldn't see that good went to a scope...didn't like the added weight. Gone back to open and peep sights, and have installed a shotgun Hi-Viz bead on the end of the bll. and no rear sight. The rifle that I have...
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    What Line Of Work Are You In

    Retired Consulting wildlife biologist.....worked with private landowners and hunting clubs in the management of their properties for their sustained goals, mostly the enhancment of habitat whitetail deer and upland birds.....Gary
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    Any good non-fiction books about African safari hunts, etc?

    The Boone and Crockett Club have published reissues of many older titles...just finished "Wandering s in Africa" by F.C.Sealous, and also TR's "African Game Trails".....Gary
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    6.5x55 Swede Loads

    I have great regards for this caliber having two....a Md 94 Swede carbine with 17.4 inch bll, and a Parker-Hale 1100 ltwt with 22 inch bll. When I can find them I use the 156 gr. Norma load in the M94,(has accounted for a couple 200 ld whitetails), and a load of 36.5 grs 4064 behnd the sirra...
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    Hello from Vermont

    Thank you one and all....this has truely been a warm welcome, and can see that I will enjoy being with you .....Gary
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    Hello from Vermont

    In my search of Peter Hathaway Capstick, I came across this site, and it's most interesting. I/m a 63 year old retired wildlife biologist, and North Woods hunter of deer and bear and moose. I also have a large collection of Safari books and the classic hunting tales of the Dark Continent...
 
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