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Welcome, Mac. Glad to see you here. Good avatar/portrait.

urny,

Thanks for the welcome and kind words!

I am glad to be here,  Mac

Welcome,Dick.. & I see the intrigue falls further into the depths there,as Vzxxxxe joins up with his handlers at "Beyond" to paint a bullseye on Sgt.Mike.Lying Joe Ambrose back to the usual cheap shots,in concert with the Christian behavior advocate from Kayroo country..Obvious now,why those moderators went ballistic on me...!!

sierra hunter,

Thanks for the Welcome also. I started to learn about this great hobby in 2003, got involve with the Nevada Cast Boolit Shoot through 1oldgentagain's invitation, and begun to learn from him, BruceB, NVcurmudgeon, 9.3X62AL, Buckshot, urny, ammohead and many others. What a ride it has been! At that time I owned 3 firearms, a rifle, shotgun and a pistol. From there, a herd of Firearms, 14 long guns and 5 pistols. We got my wife involved and she is the owner of part of the Herd, and she wins trophy's regularly!

The main reason, your Forum and others are and have been so helpful, is the vast amount of information that is available, just by reading and asking! When I started from zero, some of the a fore mentioned tutors had 35-50 years experience. Because of there kindness, I was able to pick up years of experience in a relatively short period of time. Also believe me, reading folks like, "Bullshop" and "Larry Gibson" Threads and Posts have added to my education.

Having said all this, I still feel I have a long way to go, but especially, with sites like yours, I shall continue learning! Thanks again, Mac

That's all well and good, but where's any credit to the guy who taught you back country surgery by lamplight (or maybe flashlight)--Too long ago now, to be sure.There is NO PLACE on the web you can go and learn things like that..1Oxxxxxxxxx

Yes Dan,
I will tell the story, as I’ve been baited by 1oldgentagain. You see I have known him since 1953, will be 63 years in Sep. Within a year or two, he introduced me to his little Sister, she has been my wife and in Mar. it will be 58 years! I tell you these things, before I tell the story so you will understand, not only have I known him along time but, I know him well! So many hunting trips that sometimes in my mind, that’s not to far from being in my dotage, I get facts for these trips mixed up! I’ll do my best.
Sometime in the, I am guessing, mid to late 60’s to early 70’s I was preparing for one of these wonderful outdoor excursions, with whom I considered and still consider the smartest man on this earth, I say this because it is true and because I want you to understand the respect I have for him. When he says, I can do it; you can take that to the bank! Back to my preparation, I was sharpening my skinning knife, I had her just about there, testing my job, by shaving my arm, but had to do another pass or two. …….I slipped, slicing the end of my left thumb across just down under the nail! Blood spurting everywhere, my wife, the lovely Marlene, hauled me off to the on call Doctor Office. It probably took 7-8 stitches! The Doctor, said I want you back here for stitch removal, he picked a date, 5 or 6 days from then. I said, I can’t be here, as I will be in an Idaho Wilderness Area. A very stern look came across his face, as I then said, OH, my B-I-L, who is a Doctor of Pharmacy, who I’ll be hunting with can take them out. That settled the old Doc down, with him giving me the exact date this should be done and I was out of his office and back home to do more packing.
Within a day or two I met 1oxxxxx. in Boise, where we loaded our gear, including two tents, a base camp and a mountain two man affair, oh and a horse trailer and two horses. Then off to, I believe a place called 8 or 9 Mile Creek. 1oxxxx. can jump in here with corrections if necessary.
We arrived there I believe, 11p. Thu. night, with Mule Deer and other game Season Opening on Sat. This would allow us to set up a nice camp and possibly Scout and set up a Spike Camp, as we planned to be hunting some 14 mile up, putting us in Deer/Goat country. If I described the happenings right after arrival and going into Fri. morning, it would take another book. I’ll just say, we were both tired, cursing the establishments that were controlling our work carriers and as we opened the doors, the temp change from when we left Boise, seemed like 60% and it wasn’t warm in Boise. ……So we began to drink, straight from the bottles as in, Jack Daniels and Korbel Brandy! It was not a good sight even by 11a Fri. We eventually got back on tract and were very fortunate to find a small Sheep Herders tent about 14 miles in, all set up and by the only spring for miles. There was a sign on the front flap in grease pencil, that read; “Howdy Partners, Your Welcome To Use This Shelter, Please Leave As You Found It, With Dry Wood and Kindling Inside The Stove, signed, Lee Sholtsmier, Meridian, ID.
I’ll fast forward several hunting days and living in Lee’s tent, it was time to remove the Sutures by “Lamplight”, my Doctor of Pharmacy, was about to go to work, using a little First Aid Kit I had assembled for the task. He first clipped the little sutures one by one before removing any, just like he knew what he was doing! Now the removal, ….. No. 1 was-easy –smooth, No. 2, 3, 4, maybe 5 were all the same, Smoooth! I say all this smooth stuff, but in reality, he would get a good grip with the tweezers, JERKING like he was trying to crank a tractor, but there was no resistance, so they came out smoothly! I was getting use to this to the point, I was not paying attention, when he grabbed onto the next one, giving his now Mammoth Jerk, …….PAIN, oh my God, I mean PAIN with my thumb feeling like it had been pulled from it’s socket, he, The Doctor of Pharmacy, had grabbed the wrong end, pulled the knot through the hole, causing not only PAIN, but blood to spurt, needing him to rush for a horse rein to use as a Tunicate, just to get the blood stopped! He called it “Back country Surgery by lamplight”. I call it Back country Torture!
Dan, you now can see, I can’t tell a short story, hope it isn’t too long, I really left a lot out.
Anyway, thanks for asking. Mac

PS. I don’t know what happened to the last stitch or two, maybe they are still in there?

Yes, we did bag a Mountain Goat, thanks to you my guide. Also, a fuzzy, I believe I was drinking Laphroaig Scotch in those days. Later I calmed down to Korbel Brandy. Mac

Bill I think you need to sharpen up your pocket knife an find that last suture and after all this time finish the job. If you don't get it out it might hurt him. Ha!!!

Wall hanger Mulies are getting hard to find here. Fish and game in their infinite wisdom has just enlightened us to the fact that it is elk that are eliminating the mule deer not wolves. They are proposing making two cow tags available to every hunter to reduce the elk numbers. In a few years we wont have either mule deer or elk. This is exactly what they did in Alaska with the moose. They said the moose were over browsing (BS) so gave over the counter cow tags for 6 consecutive years. After that you couldn't find any moose bull or cow. The real reason for the moose reduction was that the auto insurance companies were paying off policy makers to get rid of the moose because they were costing them money in auto insurance claims.

Where I hunt out of the Centennial Valley I think I am in Idaho part of the time.

cobbmtmac, 1oldgentagain, dick, jwfilips: Welcome all (1 or 2 have been here awhile, so a belated Welcome it is!). You'll find it a good gathering place, as there are good people here to associate with. Lots of room for jawing 'bout old times n' stories, that's for sure! Plus an excellent information source with learning n' sharing...

Just wondering around and found this forum I like it think that I will pull up a chair and set a spell and see what I can learn.

Richard

Good evening Mr Richard
Glad to have you about the place. Like Dan wrote we are just a waiting to read what you can add to our lives. We all have good chunks to throw into our common fire that will keep everything well lit up.

Good morning and Welcome !
Always good to have someone come along with a friendly heart. Dan is well known to have some good bullets on hand to help us hunter / shooters along.
Be back in a bit ...
Mike in Peru