): Good tale there! I would like to complement all parties in this thread for the information parlayed as well as the historical,,and yes hysterical tales .
): Good tale there! I would like to complement all parties in this thread for the information parlayed as well as the historical,,and yes hysterical tales .
Last edited by 45nut; 12-03-2006 at 02:18 PM.
Boolits= as God laid it into the soil,,grand old Galena,the Silver Stream graciously hand poured into molds for our consumption.
Bullets= Machine made utilizing Full Length Gas Checks as to provide projectiles for the masses.
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Great one, Ray! ... felix
felix
Nah, John, you not lost, yet! NYC folks live underground by definition. They call their individual towns as such. ... felix
felix
I have seen depressions in the ground (out here) which are said to be the remains of old buffalo wallows. Some are deep enough that a bull standing in the bottom might not be visible from a hundreds yards away.
Some years ago, while helping a rancher move his bulls to their winter pasture, I rode a horse into one of those holes when it was drifted full of snow.
Both of us had trouble extracting ourselves from 'the pit'.
CM
Retired...TWICE. Now just raisin' cows and livin' on borrowed time.
Bass Ackwards---You dont know if it was buffalo or bison. That confirms that their burrowing works. People dont know anything about them. Burrowing is for concealment---you are not suppossed to see them. This burrowing evolved slowly. It started out that they just dug holes to bury their dung. They did this so that bullet casters wouldnt have any fuel to cast bullets. This worked well. But the plains which had been void of grass and trees was now being fertilized and vegetation started growing. This made folks in Montana happy as they could now have sheep. The buffalo hunters were now getting a supply of sawdust that they could use for fuel. The sawdust was used to insulate the ice that was brought in. They could no longer just bury their dung and be safe. They had to bury(burrows)themselves. The wallow that Montana Charlie was an upstairs balcony for their burrow. Now you may not accept this as you haven't seen it. Next time you describe whatever happens inside a gun barrel remember I haven't been in a gun barrel to see it.
Some of us are just flat out clowns, and have ridges and a rump to prove it. ... felix
felix
Carpetman,
Are you sure you don't have the buffalo confused with the prairie dog?
I'm guessing you haven't seen either one, so maybe...Naw! that can't be it.
CM
Retired...TWICE. Now just raisin' cows and livin' on borrowed time.
I don't think that you guys should be taking ice fishing so lightly...it can be very dangerous. I had a couple of buddies who went ice fishing. They caught about 900 pounds. When they brought it home and fried it up, they both drowned.
Hello Wills,
Chips of British domestic cattle are legion, however you forget the traditional British weather. It is seldom indeed when their 'Pats' or 'Chips' ever dry out. Most of them get washed away by the rain.
Admittedly 2006 was exceptionally hot, and it may have been possible to find a few, but there are a mass of insects from flies to beetles that use this dung to breed in, and then birds come along and break up the 'chips' to get at the larvae.
If I tried to collect it, it wouldn't be long before the gentlemen in white coats would come along to insist I try on one of their special jackets, those with the long ties on the sleeves and the fastenings on the back. lol.
Harry
Retired...TWICE. Now just raisin' cows and livin' on borrowed time.
I do believe the "chip throwers" hev took over the chip thread!!!!!!!!! Keep it coming guys , makes me feel normal?!!!!!!!!!!
nick
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Have a nice Day!!!!!!!!!
Don.....................
A timely tidbit, that.
Obviously, instead of Westinghouse, one should turn to Ron Popiel for the necessary equipment. I am sure he makes a slicer which would work well to produce those evenly matched wafers that do best in his multi-level dehydrator.
The only remaining question is what to do with the 'wiggly things'. I recommend they be carefully collected and kept (in a small tub of sawdust) in the refrigerator, for use as bait during your next ice fishing trip. Experienced ice fishermen know where to store them, while actively fishing, to keep them from freezing...even though that means foregoing the pleasures of tobacco products such as Copenhagen and Skoal.
One should keep in mind, however, that method of storage makes one more susceptible to a visit from the ice snake.
CM
Last edited by montana_charlie; 12-05-2006 at 03:07 PM.
Retired...TWICE. Now just raisin' cows and livin' on borrowed time.
Do not pine for the lack of buffalo chips. They are readily available sterilized, compressed and dehydrated as Presto Logs. One simply chops off hockey-puck chips from the end of the log sausage.
Available in supermarkets everywhere.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |