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Good thing, too, because there's still quite a lot of it in my freezer.

Smaller pig next year, I'm thinking.

I'm goin' after two bigguns next year, one with the old Sharps rifle, and the other is gonna get an 850 gn round ball from my 8 Bore, Black Powder smoke for all.

Gunner

Yer a genuwine recoil slut

Hummpphhh. Here I was gonna buy a .450 Nitro #1 to have the biggest hardest kicking rifle there next year...but I think you've beat it already



I did buy a really nice .45-70 #1. I think it will get the smokeless jacketed bullet loads. We'll see what sort of other BP thumper I can come up with. Maybe a .54 Hawken replica, or...

Gonna set fire to the hair, if'n yer too close with that thing.

eviltwin, makes a very solid point regarding older(obsolete)calibers. These weapons put food on the table,way back when.....so, what has changed? Does modern day game refuse to be taken by old timers? No. The fact is,everybody wants faster,easier and less hassle to shoot. I'm all about modern rifles and modern calibers but,you can't rile out the tried and proven. example: 6.5 mauser,7x57,.257 Roberts, .284 win.,.300 sav. and so on. There's a lot of good old calibers that just wait to be dusted off and put into action.

Hell! Next years hunt should be real interesting.

Best regards,

I'm going the opposite direction.....knife or spear!

George

Think I'll leave knives & spears to the young & nimble. If I have to kill a pig with a knife, something has gone terribly wrong

I've added a .45-70 Ruger #1, recently, which can take some real heavy loads, and there's a .54 cal Hawken replica on the way to me. Either of those oughta work fine.

It was nice, though, when rain threatened, having the SS Montana on hand. Handy to carry, too.

Yeah heck with the knife and spear, I think we should put a pool together to see if Gunner can knock out a pig with one punch....

I am also thinking about only hunting with a rock while wearing a loincloth..... Going neanderthal on'em!

And if I can't kill it with the rock I'll definitely kill it with my sexiness

No bet......he's a big ol' baby-powder puzzy!

Now, a head-butt is another story.

George

I feel very comfortable in saying that loincloths are out.

Don't want to lose the supper that Pat provides.

And that counts for almost everything!!!

Sorry guys, but my intestinal fortitude, and very likely yours, has its limits.

Steve

I am more than comfortable standing with Steve on this one!

BTW, Steve, I owe you pic of my son utilizing your gift. He was thrilled, even if I won't let him keep it in his room .

George

BTW it was a pleasure to spend 3/4 of a week alongside a group of distinguished gentlemen. Not a person there that wouldn't be welcome in my home.

Can't wait for the sign-up for next year! Not just because the campfire group was there but also because of the hospitality and kindness that was shown to us by the crew at Wilderness and the local community. T'was truely a great time! Made some great friends!

George,

Excellent move. I depended on your own good judgement as a father to do the right thing. All I can think of is how irresponsible I would have been to have a hatchet and a knife at his age.

But I also have no doubt he will be a highly responsible member of our community. His very responsible judgement to fulfill his priorities ahead of what would be fun speaks volumes about his character and the wisdom of his parents.

And I hope he can make the boar hunt next year. Sons and daughters of prior attendees get, and deserve, preferential treatment.

Please give him my best, and I look forward to seeing him in Tennessee next year.

Steve

My old man gave my brother and I both at about his age. I (we) spent a lot of hours chopping ice on the brooks and dropping trees for forts. I'm still not sure how we made it out with all our fingers.

He's my old man's son all over again.

Yep, even if it was blaze orange, not enough area to meet minimum square inches.

Not that I have ever seen a blaze orange loincloth...unless...

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no, I hear his thongs are camo... never mind

Oh well then, obviously you two never have tried the Tarzan hunting experience.

Guess it will just have to be reserved for late season deer here in Michigan.

Nothing gives you a rush like standing over fresh harvested game in your loincloth with hunting rock in hand and letting the cry be heard throughout the forest......

It's truely an amazing experience!

did some say [bleep]?

im just going to bring my buddy's wife next year. she can nag my pig to death.

LOL, you dudes are great , no pig punchin' for me , and I laughed so hard that Fri night something popped in my neck, probably just loosened a little plaque........who says a bit of cain raisin' aint good fer circulation?

Gunner

I was thinking it must have been your electronic toot box.

Edged weapons is probably better.