The "BABY BEAST" says: "Happy New Year to you all". See ya in 2024

[Patocazador]

Note the Indian with the war bonnet and the poured pewter nose muzzle loader in the background.

That Indian is the famous "Iron Eyes Cody" an actor that made quite a good living portraying 19 century Native Americans. He, however, was a 20th century Native American.

 

[Eyrie G. Dogg]

Not really. Cody was an Italian American. Playing an indigene was just his main gig.

 

[Patocazador]

He sure fooled me.

 

[hawg]

Not really. Cody was an Italian American. Playing an indigene was just his main gig.

He didn't just play it. He lived it, on and off screen. He married an Indian woman and adopted two Indian boys.

 

[Eyrie G. Dogg]

You might say he was protecting a career investment. He knew where his parents were from.

He fit the part well from a ‘central-casting’ point of view and was theatrically convincing but he was also a bit of a fraud. Liz “Pocahontas” Warren comes to mind.

 

[hawg]

You might say he was protecting a career investment. He knew where his parents were from.

He fit the part well from a ‘central-casting’ point of view and was theatrically convincing but he was also a bit of a fraud. Liz “Pocahontas” Warren comes to mind.

Maybe a bit but not the same as Elizabeth Warren. He actually lived the life. Everything he did was for or about Indians. Even tho he was white he was more Indian than a lot of full blooded Indians.

 

[Eyrie G. Dogg]

Well yea, not Warren tier misrep. and I always liked Iron Eyes. He never did any harm and made tears in that good anti-litter commercial, too.

 

[woodnbow]

Wisconsin had a wolf hunt in 2021, but the feds put it back on the endangered list. Our deer herd has been decimated. Now our DNR is working on a max. population.

Twelve seems like a good number…

The Future of North American Wolves, Interview with Dr. Valerius Geist | OutdoorHub

James Swan interviews Dr. Valerius Geist for his perspective on the future of wolves in North America.

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[woodnbow]

Oh yeah that terrible vacuum system. Didn't know they still had it in '97. My only complaint with my '98 is that the hubs are full time, and it costs a lot to convert them.

I replaced the vacuum system after we took a camping trip out to the Canyonlands, Needles district over Elephant Hill, the Silver Stairs and later Pucker Pass. It was about half reliable, low range 2nd is no way to run those trails.

 

[desidog]

Chopped one back when the kits cost half of what they do now.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

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Chopped one back when the kits cost half of what they do now.

Never finished it? Bet it snorts pretty good.

 

[desidog]

Never finished it? Bet it snorts pretty good.

It's finished... I used Laurel Mountain barrel brown, whereas the top gun is blued. That is it's second barrel, the first was browned, but now resides at the bottom of the English Channel after a sailing trip across the Atlantic.

 

[Acorn Mush]

It's finished... I used Laurel Mountain barrel brown, whereas the top gun is blued. That is it's second barrel, the first was browned, but now resides at the bottom of the English Channel after a sailing trip across the Atlantic.

Dang! Therein must lie a story.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Dang! Therein must lie a story.

I bet. There must be a lot of interesting things at the bottom of that there channel.

 

[desidog]

Dang! Therein must lie a story.

Nothing too exciting... I sailed over to do the Fastnet Race in 2009, and since guns are tightly regulated in the UK and since the barrel is considered the S/N part there, I replaced the barrel when I got back to the States. We sailed by a Portuguese Man-o-War jellyfish every 10-15 minutes, so there were plenty of targets to keep from boredom. Given the 3D movement of the boat and the targets, I didn't get many hits.

When we stopped off at Horta, in the Azores (a territory of Portugal) I declared it to the customs agent... and was invited rabbit hunting with pellet rifles on his uncle's farm a few days later!

 

[Acorn Mush]

Nothing too exciting... I sailed over to do the Fastnet Race in 2009, and since guns are tightly regulated in the UK and since the barrel is considered the S/N part there, I replaced the barrel when I got back to the States. We sailed by a Portuguese Man-o-War jellyfish every 10-15 minutes, so there were plenty of targets to keep from boredom. Given the 3D movement of the boat and the targets, I didn't get many hits.

When we stopped off at Horta, in the Azores (a territory of Portugal) I declared it to the customs agent... and was invited rabbit hunting with pellet rifles on his uncle's farm a few days later!

That's a pretty good little story right there.