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    Trekker's Cup

    Do yourself a favor. Alls anyone needs is a good camp kettle[sheetiron not cast] and one of those $1 or $2 dollor tin cups. You know the small ones. Everything else is dead weight. Oh and watch out when drinking hot coffee or tea from them. Don't ask how I know.
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    Ideas for rondy fire pit?

    The booshway of last years Alfia makes a firebox with legs and a screen, grate uprights and spit come with it. Also evrything fits inside the box when transporting. You can probly get a hold of him thru the Florida Frontiersmen.
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    Bows and Bullets at Ft. Obie

    Hey guys Ft. Obie in Colona ,Il is having a turky shoot on Nov. 28th, Saturday after Thanksgiving. Starts at 10:00am on the gun range. We shoot tradegun and rifle in the morning, and primitve archery in the afternoon. The cost is $5.00 per shooter, for both events, lunch included. Primitive...
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    best mountain man book of all time?

    WOW!! I cant't beleve no one mentioned Edward Warrenby William Deummond Stewart. And I was going to say that anyone of Mike Moore's books are great. Also the 1837 Sketchbook by Rex Norman, In the Image of A.J. Miller by Shawn Webster, and Wa-to-yah and the Taos trail by Lewis Garrard. Also...
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    Pyramid or Forester Tent?

    Hey, I was really touched by your story, and I think its great that you still want to go. Like ghost I'm useally down on the pyrimids but it will be perfect for you. What ever it takes to get you out and having fun. I would suggest that you get the 12x12 with the teepee door. It helps vent the...
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    Using copper

    WOW mike way to scare the manure out of folks!!! :shocked2: Always enjoy your post. To all you fellers out there,I have one word; TIN. I use tin for almost evrything except my canteen(its copper). Tin pots, tin mucket, its lighter to carry, heats up fast, cooks nicely, and you don't have to...
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    Canvas tarp question

    Cat of ninetails; Thats pretty funny. But I digress. If your worried about being that PC then your frist idea is the most correct( pebble and hitch). I don't think that to many mountaineers had much more than just a chunk of canvas, and I doubt they came with loops already attached. But for ease...
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    Theatiki gathering in Bourbonaise IL.

    Hey beowolf I've been to Theatki many times and I'm attending this year also. It has had its share of problems, Ups and downs. But it is still a good time for the most part. If you go look us up and will have a cold ale fer ya! wil
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    Trappers/Hunters Tent

    Hi turtle, Those fellers are right about the one pole. I had a 12 x12 and ended up hating it. So I went to a monster wedge(I still had little kids then). It did not take me any longer to set up that wedge then it did the one pole. And to be honest I cant place them anywhere before 1850. I think...
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    Canteen on a budget.

    Hi, Another idea for a good PC canteen for a little money is a gord style. Let the gourd dry,cut the top off and clean the inside out. You can then plug it with a cork or a chunk of wood and your set to go. I like to line mine with bees wax, it helps get rid of the after taste. Also if you go...
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    Guns on the early frontiers

    I also have this book. I found my copy on a trade blanket at a small rondevous. I've have found it to be most relileble. wil
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    Who is going to the Alafia?

    See ya there! Can't hardly wait. I'll be camped down near the archery camp with some friends who are from the area. wil
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    New Movie?

    Or how about a trilogy on the Lewis& Clark journey. I can see it now Leo DeCaprieo as Lewis and Cary Elwen as Clark. That would give us all something to be ****** about. :bull:
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    The Empty Chair

    I'm glade to say that my woods mentor, my hunting and fishing partner, and my gold prospecting buddy, my Dad, is still with me. And after reading all these other post I think I'll give him a call. Wil
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    banning our .50 muzzleloaders???

    Like zonnie said, if you let them have one they will want all of them. The way to stop them is to get off your soapboxes and sit down at a table and write those boys that are sponcering this bill. There was a list of who they are at the begining of this thread. I seen my congressmans name on...
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    banning our .50 muzzleloaders???

    Well I've been reading this thread for awhile, and as I was getting ready to reply, when my bran new .75 cal Brown Bess was delivered by UPS without even haveing to sign for it.God Bless the 2nd admenment. :master: The same law was tryed here in Illinois last year and was killed dead as a door...
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    Name of Your Gun

    I named my 54 cal Lancaster flintlock "Ruth" for two reasons. The 1st is I would spend at least 3 to4 nights a week in the shop when I was building her. So on those nights my wife would say that I was spending another night with my mistres. So when I finished the rifle I gave her my wife's...
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    Long Sufferin' Consumption - Long May I suffer!

    WOW!!! I agree with huntin fool that I'm glad that I don't have to go through all that hassele just to own a ML. :bull: But we all must be vigullant and not let the antis lull us into a sense of false security like they tried to do here in the Ill country recently. Thank God for freedom of...
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    Primitive seasons being revisited

    :nono: HEY!!!!!! I don't think that you need to resort to name calling. Everyone is entitled to there opinion, because when I woke up this morning this was still the United States and the Bill of Rights was still in place. You said earlyer that you were not trying to pick a fight, well you...
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