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Why would I consider a fixation on AH a problem, since I devour every days' entries to the exclusion of Facebook, chores, and hobbies--even working out? It takes so long to get through 4-5 daily pages of Politics, and all the rest, that fishing time is getting compromised, hand loading...

Tell us about the hunters you have known who have exhibited the most pure hunting ability. I mean the ones who don't need to be taken hunting, or really need a PH except for new country/or legal requirement. Folks with exceptional instincts, a high "hunting IQ"...those that teach you how to be...

Warning: this may provoke a response from Bob Nelson... Friend loses buck of a lifetime in Montana: Last week a friend passed up 7 bucks waiting for the monster seen on cameras. At last light, he appeared, but was surrounded by does. The only shot was a high chest shot, passing over the back...

Game is not always easy to cook well. Chef and author Hank Shaw has written three GREAT cookbooks that I cannot recommend highly enough...Buck, Buck Moose/ Duck Duck Goose/ Pheasant, quail, cottontail. While not in that company, I have recently found yet another easy way to serve venison that...

How many of you have used HECS clothing as an aid to stalking game? In your opinion, is it effective for the reasons HECS gear claims? Can you share with us hunt stories in which it is patently obvious that this clothing system gave you an edge in not being detected by game? In other words, is...

How do you clean things that cannot just be thrown in the washer. I'm talking about the armpits of tartan lined waxed cotton jackets, the lining of leather jackets, etc. Things that would be either a pain to send to just any cleaners, or in the case of heavily waxed garments, I don't want to...

Was reading an old article (no. 6 of 2008) in African Hunter wherein Brian Marsh described passing a termite mound which had an old buffalo cow asleep on the other side. She immediately gave charge. She only had to A. get up, B. take about five steps to reach her antagonists, C. give a swipe of...

Since the price points vary from $750 to $1100, what are the important differences in the T3X models? What do you get for the extra money. Most of all, is the $750 black version as ACCURATE as the higher priced ones. Is a bedding job required for best results or best left alone? Pros/cons of...

Since the price points vary from $750 to $1100, what are the important differences in the T3X models? What do you get for the extra money. Most of all, is the $750 black version as ACCURATE as the higher priced ones. Pros/cons of the T3X lite model. Feel free to give me the good the bad and the...

This could involve range, speed, surprise, danger, or even the difficulty seeing kudu in the thick spekboom brush of the eastern cape. You tell us what you had to deal with or overcome. Hopefully we can all learn something and up the skills in our hunting toolbox.

Internet sources say that Franz Albrecht shoots either a Sauer 202, or a Merkel Helix--two different platforms for sure. I have only seen him running turn bolt rifles in the Boar Fever videos. Looking at the need for speed from the turn bolt type, what is it that makes the 202 superior? If it...

I didn't click onto a thread about a company that helps with online scams involving bitcoin, etc. Supposed to be real experts---and that is just what our church needs! Can someone find that link for me? I cannot find it just scrolling down News, or Latest threads. Help.

Anyone have any fishing tips for the Myrtle Beach area, mainly salt water? Will be there in a few days...

I hope to God Trump has trained up for this and doesn't just wing it and wander. Too much at stake.

Well, it's not the END of the world, but since I have had a Cabela's credit card for nigh on 25 years, I thought they could trust me. My card was denied three times today for online book purchases. I called and was told that I am 85 cents in arrears. Yes, there was 85 cents left unpaid on a late...

Well, a friend ran over a Timber Rattler with his hay cutter at the far end of a pasture (near a creek bottom) outside Ennis, TX. He sent me a text/picture which I have zero ability to transfer to this site. If you google them up, look for the lighter versions with the black parenthesis type...

My first shot on a buffalo in Tanzania turned out to be a disappointment. The only look I got at him was from behind. The PH said to take him as he turned broadside. I did, and he reared up like a horse, then ran off with two other compadres. When we caught up with him I was shocked at the...

Just pondering....if you take a 375 H&H and feed it 350 gr bear claws or Stewart High Performers, would the additional width of the bear claws wound channel, driven by the additional mass of the 350 grain (380 in the case of the Stewart?) duplicate the wound channel and momentum of a 450/400??

OK, so I spent a wasted half hour at Academy attempting to buy Long Johns. When I called them that, the female employee looked like I had said something borderline inappropriate. I shifted to "insulated underwear." Then she looked perplexed why anyone would want to insulate underwear shorts. I...

Well, I don't always have the best sales resistance, and some things just call to me to take them home...this time it was an Arno Bernard Wildebeast knife with warthog grips. Probably the fanciest knife I own now. Can't wait to run it through its paces. Anything overcome your sales resistance?

Wide topic, I know. Strangely, at our house a must-have is QUALITY tamales--not easy to find these days! You almost have to find an individual maker which also means you don't tell anyone where you get them, as they almost certainly are limited in how many orders they will take. Found a great...

How many instances can we list of things leftists DO and get away with doing without being prosecuted, that they accuse the right of doing and PROCEED with prosecuting? It appears to me we have two sets of rules! Feel free to reverse the order: what are dems always accusing the right of doing...

How about those Rangers?!!

We are perplexed: my brother stuck an arrow in a feral pig while deer hunting, so did not come down from the tree stand for a while (still waiting on deer). When we tracked the blood trail we came upon the pig laying under pine trees on the usual bed of pine needles--so no observable tracks...

I once hauled a gutted deer inside a Nissan Pathfinder. Would you believe the fleas that abandoned the still cooling deer attacked me with a vengeance and infested the vehicle for a while? Later, I added a hitch haul, but found that if I didn't wrap the deer first in a tarp, it was heavily...

Well, many in the US and Europe seem to be getting into retro mods--thus making quirky troublesome classics into reliable daily drivers. Not trying to give Kevin Peacock apoplexy by picking on Land Rovers exclusively, but has anyone LS swapped a vehicle in order to improve reliability? There are...

Bought a fire safe years ago, but it was too small considering recent purchases. Going to get a bigger one. Will a fire safe really keep the metallurgy of guns in usable condition in the event of house fire, or would I be as well off with the regular safes?

For me, the lost gun deal was in the 80's. I was in Billy Hodges emporium in Dallas and was shown a double rifle in 465 cal. for $5000 out the door. An engraved Manton, I recall with near perfect case color and condition. And it wasn't the only deal, since Kynoch had discontinued ammo and owners...

Not trying to stir interest in ridiculously long range sniping/potential wounding, but who are the consistent best longer range shots under general field conditions? Are there places where such proficiency is just a necessary part of getting the game? Certain species come to mind. Certain...

In what may be the first of several installments: "Who are the best shots?" it occurs to me that there must be several categories. I propose the first category be "WHO ARE THE BEST AT RUNNING SHOTS WITH A RIFLE." Although Americans once called themselves "a nation of riflemen" I just wonder if...

I am appealing to this august group, perveyors and possessors of all things quality and bespoke....I can't find a proper ALL LEATHER dress belt. The world is filled with abominations made of man-made materials, filled with foam, and bulged, cracked and torn in no time flat. And these are being...

Was watching an outdoor channel last night when McWhorter Arms showed off a new muzzle loader design and demonstrated a 500 yard hit. Anyone fire one of these, yet? What a game changer! 45 caliber X, something, S for the model?....

Nothing is more beautiful than the shimmering iridescence of a trophy fish (and sometimes its dying colors). Nothing is more disappointing than an unnatural "paint by the numbers" PAINTED over fish mount. When will someone set a higher bar--with an airbrush, or SOMETHING?

Rays Sporting Goods in Dallas is getting out of reloading sales, but...there were 6 boxes of 100 ct. 25 cal Hornady fmj bullets for $10 each. Also 416 cal 300 gr X bullets with cannelure for $40. If your blind hog needs that acorn, that's where you can find it... PS--tho I might like to keep it...

Was in Ray's Hardware Sporting Goods today (Dallas Tx) and got to try out the new Trijicon Oasis Skeet IR. There were only 25 of these released to the civilian market as I was made to understand! Ray's got two of them, ONE IS ALL THAT'S LEFT. These latest generation thermal optics are better...

I watch with interest the left-handed rifles for sale with one sad caveat--my left handed brother has trained himself lifelong (even in the Marine Corp as a marksman) to cycle a bolt from the right side. Even he doesn't shop for left handed actions. I wonder how many people, growing up amidst a...

Rookhawks' good deals thread prompts me to ask, "what are the requirements to bid at a european aucition, then pay for a winning bid, then ship to the US?" Certain sites say that they are not responsible for bidders not having XYZ permit, etc. We have guidelines for travel with firearms--maybe...

In addition to the usual double under-lugs which keep a break action tight, there is often a third bite/fastener on guns. I have read that most Greener cross bolts do not actually make contact. I do not in fact see wear marking indicating that mine do. Have also heard that dolls heads are of...

I read of handspannung in ads on guns.de or other germanic advertisements, but cannot seem to google what is meant by the term. It is obviously touted as an advantage. Can anyone enlighten me?

If it were not for AH recommendations (RedLeg and others) I would never have known about the fantastic Kramer horsehide holster I am presently enjoying. It is hard to describe just why it fits so well sitting, standing, drawing, reholstering--but that is the whole point...YOU GUYS knew it was...

DSC convention--wouldn't miss it! This year I got to take a first look at the inside workings of the Blaser R8--the one you guys are always raving about. I must say, it is new out of the box thinking with that collet type lockup+shoulder which is the functional locking lug arrangement. Just as...

I am so deep in a metroplex that I feel like I have to travel about an hour in any direction (or more) to get off concrete and into the woods! How are prospects for you?

Given a former thread claiming tungsten shot passes through geese, ducks, etc. could we extrapolate that increased performance to tungsten buckshot? If no 9 tungsten is passing through birds, would tungsten buckshot end the debate about penetration/effectiveness on wounded leopards? It would not...

OK, here is the post to let it all hang out--in the proud tradition of the old Texas Liars Contest. "Back in the 2011 drought Lake Ray Hubbard got so low the old roadbed from the golf course to Hwy 66 appeared above water again. Folks actually set up lawn chairs fishing from it. One fellow with...

Well, we've all told them--what is your favorite tall tale? I propose two divisions--this first one is for tales that are actually TRUE. I'll start with a mild one....my brother had run out of 12 ga ammo, he thought, while we were pheasant hunting, and I was shooting a 16. He came up with one...

Dave Petzel once wrote "I decided that if I wanted to have a look at something, I wanted to have a GOOD look..." and bought what was then the outrageously priced Zeiss 15x60 BG/AT binocular. He then said that "When you use these, you can literally FEEL the heat of envy." I guess some kit still...

Things are just getting harder for me as I get older, especially if I have to do them alone. Example: lift a deer onto the tailgate--the tailgates on the new Tundras and other gigantic trucks are about a mile high, not senior friendly. Man is it hard to get that deer even started up there. I...

I have eaten about everything from cane rat in West Africa, to milk curdled with fresh cow urine in Southern Sudan with the occasional dash of fu-fu, in the west, and sadza in the southern camps of Africa. Stateside, I was tempted to try bobcat the other day, but didn't--would it be good/safe (I...

As one who has not yet started hunting whitetails this year--waiting for the rut to kick in before polluting the area with my scent/travel patterns, who among you schedules safari with moon phases in mind (possible leopard strategies), seasons, burning/not burned over, etc? Anyone willing to...

When I read the posts by Prof Mawla, and others in Bangladesh/India and Asia, I get much more anecdotal accounting of dealing with man-eaters than I seem to hear recounted in accounts of today's Africa. Is that just because we are not hearing from the PH/professionals who have to ultimately deal...