While we are taking cheap potshots at a genuine legend. Keith stated that he once shot a buck with a 30-06 and that the bullet removed six inches of the neck vertabrae but that it still got away! I have always wondered how he knew exactly how much of the neck it had removed.
He also stated in his book that he knew for a fact that possums breed through the nose ( Their scientific name is Didelphus ( which means double penis) marsupialis) and the female vagina is also paired on the inside.
As much as I admired Keith - I did meet him once at an NRA convention - it was his writing that first taught me that no matter how famous a gunwriter may be - you still need to keep the salt shaker handy.
Phil Shoemaker
Alaska Master Guide,
Alaska Hunter Ed Instructor
FAA Master pilot
www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.comAnyone who claims the 30-06 is not effective has either not used one, or else is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship.
