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  1. 50cal.cliff

    Skunked on tags, need hog advice.

    Sean most Southern states are lousy with wild pigs. Here is a link to a 2012 map and it has only gotten worse to date! http://www.csp-inc.org/2016/01/02/study-maps-potential-spread-of-wild-pigs/ Most states consider them, such as here in Florida we consider them nuisance animals. A bunch of...
  2. 50cal.cliff

    Any frog hunters here???

    When I was a kid we used to huntem with a slingshot! Or a frog gig when the slingshot was out of the question. Back then I rarely missed with a slingshot!!! :rotf:
  3. 50cal.cliff

    RIP Chuck Burrows (La Bonte)

    I just found out that Chuck Burrows has passed! Many of you would have known him as LaBonte on this forum. He was widely know as The Wild Rose Trading Company! Here is a quote from another forum! Chuck Burrows left this earth on Monday after a long and courageous battle with non-Hodgkins...
  4. 50cal.cliff

    What kind of a pack?

    Don't have a problem with moving the thread I wasn't sure where to pose the question!! Clyde, I made up a sled like a short toboggan sled and had a fruit box fastened to it. Sleds with runners don't work well in brushy areas, where as a toboggan style will ride over a lot of things! The pack...
  5. 50cal.cliff

    What kind of a pack?

    I agree with a lot being said, it is a subject that I never remember being covered in anything I read, or in any pics I have seen. Of course most pics were staged affairs anyway! The one thing that made me think about is when I was on foot running my trap line I would often see more game! I...
  6. 50cal.cliff

    What kind of a pack?

    Thanks for the reference to the book! I was basing my thoughts on my experience! From the time I was 14-17 year old kid, I ran a trapline. Back then I ran about 30 traps everyday! I walked the entire trap line and it covered about 8-10 miles of creek bottoms. I ran my trap line at least once...
  7. 50cal.cliff

    What kind of a pack?

    Agreed on that but from my own knowledge on a trap line there would have been places I trapped that you could not have gotten a horse into easily. It would have meant tying up the horse or hobbling him while you worked a section. To return to the horse later in the day, or once you worked out...
  8. 50cal.cliff

    What kind of a pack?

    What kind of pack would an old Mountain Man/Trapper have carried back in the day?? If he were working a section for fur he might have been a foot at times and carrying traps and his supplies to do his trapping would have surely meant he carried some sort of a pack!! Would it have been...
  9. 50cal.cliff

    New Pouch, Biathlon Prize

    I like it, now that is a great prize!
  10. 50cal.cliff

    Corn on the Cob PC?

    A quick funny story. When I was kid one night my Dad says, he would sure like to have some good corn on the cob. I looked at him and said sweet corn in not in season now! He goes to the closet and pulled out an old grocery bag, (paper bag back then)! Walks to the back door and says, I will...
  11. 50cal.cliff

    A little too much off the top...

    :hmm: :idunno: :headslap: :rotf: :stir:
  12. 50cal.cliff

    A little too much off the top...

    Roy, sounds like he was squeezing the stock, like Grandpappy use to hang onto his jug he called squeezins, a little tooooooo tight! :rotf: :rotf: So when he lets the vice's pressure off the now tight tang has a gap!! :shocked2: I am guessing you can't put that much pressure on the stock...
  13. 50cal.cliff

    wooden vise jaws

    :thumbsup: Sometimes its so simple it has been right before your eyes for years, yet we refuse too see!! :hatsoff:
  14. 50cal.cliff

    Belt Knife

    Now that is sweet! The sheath is great! Knowing what he builds for horns, I'd say youall made a great trade!!
  15. 50cal.cliff

    Hair Trigger

    Take Dave's advice to heart. Check for any wood that may be rubbing inside. I hate to say it but most of the set trigger set-ups are not as good of quality as they should be in my opinion, no matter the maker. I think that is one reason many folks don't like them. Go to the range or anywhere...
  16. 50cal.cliff

    How sharp does a tomahawk need to be

    How sharp do you keep your knives?? :hmm: About that sharp!
  17. 50cal.cliff

    replacement wood patchbox lid

    Not sure why you want to replace it but as for the matching that is hit or miss! Matching will depend on the piece of wood and the stain! You might get it too match the existing stock but, it will require a lot playing around to do it! The wood, stain and the finish will literately change with...
  18. 50cal.cliff

    Search... for war clubs

    The one I am thinking of was made and posted by a member on this forum. After Zonie and Claude told me "how to" on using search feature. I think I may have found the post that the picture was in. Anyway while I was making taking that walk thru the past and looking at some of the old posts and...
  19. 50cal.cliff

    Search... for war clubs

    Thank you both for the info on the search engine. None of those were the war club I am thinking of but, there is some good info and pics there! It was kind of like a walk thru the past. There are some names on those threads I haven't seen for a while!
  20. 50cal.cliff

    First one of the year

    Very well done, knife and sheath! Sometimes one has to take a few liberties in the making of one! :thumbsup:
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