Recent content by ConniesBoy

Thanks for starting a site where serious long range hunting can be discussed. Another site I frequent because it actually has some good information about subjects I'm interesed in had some poor fellow breach the subject of long range hunting and was "pilloried" and called all sorts of...

I would love to go but my rifle just showed up from the gunsmith, and I'm having some back problems that make any long driving a non-starter. I do have the August dates on my calender and very much plan to attend. Don't lose heart on this, it will take a bit to get interest and attendance but...

Wife's B-day on the 10th. We are going to the Bozeman gun show, she wants new wading boots and there is a fellow there that sells them, I'm buying. She does like to shoot, but not on her B-day. Also, my rifle is still at the gunsmith, promised no later than the first of April, then the middle...

It's all well and good to have this or that in your pack but, have you tried actually using the stuff before you need it? I was in the guiding business for over a decade and found out that some things might work as advertised, for a while, but then fail rather badly at just the wrong moment...

OK, I got a Campmor catalog the other day, the little black and white outdoor equipment catalog. There on page 86, left hand column, second item down, the SVEN Folding Camp Saw. $24.99 for the 15 inch model, $29.99 for the 21 inch model. Neat little saw, folds up into itself for easy transport...

Swede saw or Swedish saw is a small metal framed bow saw. The name comes, if I remember correctly, from the Swedish company that made them and imported them in large numbers. By extention, if one is worried about self-inflicted ax wounds, you should under no circumstances ever carry a knife...

When I lived in Oregon for a few years I remember some of the loggers I met always had a couple of flares around for a warm up fire. Really good idea especially in a damp climate. I find it hysterically funny that the "survival" shows on TV and most of the books I've read on the subject spend...

The problem with survival equipment is that it gets left behind, not on purpose, but because you’re “just going over there” within sight of the truck or camp or road or where ever. I have some things that are always on my person, in pockets and never to be left behind. If I get separated from...