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It's still a ways to springtime up in this neck of the woods, heck the snowbanks in the yard are 10 feet tall or more... but there is a crust on the 30inches of snow in the field that these buggers...

The wealthy and great
Live in splendor and state-
Yet I envy them not, I declare it!
For I eat my own ham,
Beef, chicken, and lamb..
I shear my own sheep, and I wear it!
I have barns and I...

We went with a 18 KW Winnco PTO driven generator, have it mounted on a trailer so its easy to tow it over to my son & daughter-in-laws, or my Moms if needed there. It does require at least 30 PTO hp...

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and this pic....
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Here's mine in 35 Remington, has a 1910 vintage 4 power scope( just a post- no crosshair, and very crisp optics for the day) This would have been a dandy gentleman's Northwoods deer/bear/moose...

Hope all had a Merry Christmas, and a very Happy New Year to all!

forgot to add that it is claimed that soldiers would often carry their Hall breech blocks loaded as a back up hand gun... though that would work in a pinch it would not be pleasant to hang on to... ...

Good morning all, figure I should post a few pics for anyone interested in some details of the Hall rifle,- and it's effectiveness on game as this is a hunting topic.
The Hall was first developed...

Yep, congratulations on a fine hunt. As mentioned Bobby Hoyt does very fine work. Have had him line a couple original 1861 Springfields and a 1860 Spencer.
Nicely done!

Great pics and write up, congrats and thanks for sharing

A great way to end the season...( Van Dogh...that's funny)
it is a curiosity how she came to only have one ear, when we raised sheep we had a first time ewe with twin lambs. In her frenzy to clean...

Congrats on a nice cow elk, great write up and pics. I love the Christmas tree.
We too really like that 180 grain Hornady spire point interlock. our "go-to' bullet for the 06 and my son's old 300...

Forgot to say Messy bear, that's pretty cool, dont know too many folks who get to experience bison hunting. And it is hunting in every sense... taken a great many whitetails deer, several black...

Nice shooting, great story!
That boolet looks like it hits like Thor's hammer!

Thanks for all the kind comments folks. Cast10, condolences for sure... I lost my Dad in 1974, I was 16 at the time, he suffered from a lengthy illness and my sister and I helped my Mom with the...

Forgot to say , sailcaptain, you are right! we aren't too far west of Ely and get our Steger mukluks there. And yes for cold weather comfort, and especially on snowshoes, they are the best! Mine are...

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this is a pic of one of the front quarters from Zac's huge buff cow.. most bison cows mature at 900 to maybe 1100 pounds on the hoof. That was the size of the cow I shot with the Hall, she...

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Hi all,
some pics of buffalo hunting with my older son Zac. He used an original 1861 Springfield musket ( 65 grains 1 & 1/2 f Olde Eyensford, .575 dia. 515 grain old...

lar45 -- That is awesome!!!
I'd say that a 1 oz. slug at 650 fps will go through whatever you hit with it.
Very cool and handsome piece- I like that it's a pinfire- adds to it's character.
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We use 2 f Goex, the tapered brass cartridges, and a 450 grain conical boolet, shoots great and goes clean through a bison... Can hardly believe this was five years ago already...
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I posted this in a similar thread last week:
While i surely agree that the Savage in 38-55 likely would be the better choice for modern deer hunting, I wouldn't agree that the Spencer is a poor...

While i surely agree that the 1886 Winchester would be the better choice for modern deer hunting, I wouldn't agree that the Spencer is a poor choice. between my sons and I we've killed many big...

Howdy all, been a while , busy with fall harvest, hunting and all, figure I should say thanks for the comments and follow up on some...
Oh Waksupi, you think like I do... the tongue will be...

Gosh, you know I could have... I do have about 10 pounds of very old Curtiss & Harvey fine sporting rifle powder. A friend of mine's great Grandpa had it. He said it was from sometime in the early...

That is one heck of a 1886, simply grand ! I agree that hunting with old original guns is as much a part of the hunt as anything else. Kind of an almost tangible link with the past and whomever...