The boots and attire is more important than the rifle though. Wool, for the quietest of stalking. Maine guide shoe, for the softest of foot over a twig. All boots dressings are worthless. Dress those soft soled guide shoes with toilet bowl wax ring, softened with bear fat, colored with a little brown leather polish.
The north country was always the back yard for many ah southern new Englandar. An 8 hour drive for the flat-landers down Boston way. They always came in "real tree camouflage", or some other outrageous pattern. Remembering the scoffing from uncles, father n grandfather, to this day, I can't bring myself to wear that new age sht, for fear of ridicule!
