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[Caper]

My Ruger 243 is my go to gun, shoots flat.

The 243 I use out west has the exact same bolt and safety as my 30.06 here. So it feels like an old friend. Just doesn’t want to knock your shoulder off. Haha
Caper

 

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[Caper]

I don't hunt anymore either but always wanted a lever gun. they just happened to have 1 in the shop so I grabbed it. took 3 months to find ammo for it.View attachment 315294

An old guy that’s a gunsmith and has a little store in his basement, had a few boxes last time I was there.
Nice rifle.
Caper

 

[Smitty335]

A few days later Private Bratton narrowly escaped after being chased half a mile by a bear he had wounded through the lungs. Lewis sent a party in pursuit, which found the bear “perfectly alive.” They finally killed it with two shots to the skull. By this time, Lewis’s bravado had all but disappeared. “This bear being so hard to die reather intimedates us all; I must confess that I do not like the gentlemen and had reather fight two Indians than one bear; there is no other chance to conquer them by a single shot but by shooting them through the brains…

That's BS, you ever seen a bear in the woods trying to get some where, I have and your not going to out run them for a hundred yards, much less a half a mile.

 

[Montecresto]

That's BS, you ever seen a bear in the woods trying to get some where, I have and your not going to out run them for a hundred yards, much less a half a mile.

That bear was wounded, shot through the lung with a 50 caliber ball, and private Britton narrowly made it to the other men who drew fire on it….😉

 

[Montecresto]

Starting out a bit warmer today at 30* and headed for a high of 64*….😎😎

 

[Caper]

Starting out a bit warmer today at 30* and headed for a high of 64*….😎😎

It’s snowing and around 25 degrees.
Can’t wait till spring.
Haha
Caper

 

[Montecresto]

It’s snowing and around 25 degrees.
Can’t wait till spring.
Haha
Caper

Don’t rush your life by Cap. You’re only here once…😎
Enjoy all the seasons….😂

 

[Caper]

Don’t rush your life by Cap. You’re only here once…😎
Enjoy all the seasons….😂

That’s easy for you to say, your not having to shovel every day. And it’s going to snow a bit every day for a week. Maybe Thursday off. Haha
And spring I should have my hot tub. Hopefully.
Haha
Caper

 

[Montecresto]

That’s easy for you to say, your not having to shovel every day. And it’s going to snow a bit every day for a week. Maybe Thursday off. Haha
And spring I should have my hot tub. Hopefully.
Haha
Caper

It’ll be ok….
Imagine all the mowing this spring thanks to all the winters moisture…😎

 

[Caper]

It’ll be ok….
Imagine all the mowing this spring thanks to all the winters moisture…😎

I wish I could put AstroTurf down.
😂😂
Caper

 

[Montecresto]

Got a good read going on from the 82 year old mountain man William Thomas Hamilton who wrote his memoirs in 1905…….My 60 years on the plains trapping, trading and Indian fighting…👍

 

[Caper]

Got a good read going on from the 82 year old mountain man William Thomas Hamilton who wrote his memoirs in 1905…….My 60 years on the plains trapping, trading and Indian fighting…👍

He’d be in trouble today saying Indian. Haha
I like those old stories.
I gotta go shovel a bit. Test the knee
Caper

 

[Montecresto]

He’d be in trouble today saying Indian. Haha
I like those old stories.
I gotta go shovel a bit. Test the knee
Caper

Careful…..😉
I’ll have a story for ya when you get back…..👍

 

[Montecresto]

Here’s some details of a tough encounter…..

 

[Caper]

Here’s some details of a tough encounter…..

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Yup, hard to believe. Less than 200 years ago. But if I was a native back then, I’d probably be pissed off too that these white guys were on my land and killing my fur animals.
Haha
Caper

 

[Montecresto]

Yup, hard to believe. Less than 200 years ago. But if I was a native back then, I’d probably be pissed off too that these white guys were on my land and killing my fur animals.
Haha
Caper

Yeah, exactly…..

 

[Montecresto]

Yup, hard to believe. Less than 200 years ago. But if I was a native back then, I’d probably be pissed off too that these white guys were on my land and killing my fur animals.
Haha
Caper

Yeah, things moved rather quickly. This group of trappers had called upon the British HBC (Hudson Bay Company) not weeks before that Indian encounter to dispose of furs they had been collecting at their fort on the Columbia below Kettle Falls. The commander had to dispatch a runner to Ft Vancouver for cash to purchase the furs which took 3 days. In the meantime he hosted the trappers, treating them to 5 gallons of port wine. During this time, the head trapper, one Bill Williams gave detailed history and information of the country and informed the commander that in less than 50 years time the territory would be well being settled by Americans and the British would have to withdraw their forts to north of the 49th parallel. This was 1843……

In fact, in 1846 the Oregon treaty (for all the country that comprises Washington state and Oregon state today, was then known as Oregon territory) was signed between the US and Britain which extended US territory to the Pacific Ocean up to the 49th parallel and required the British to remove their Ft to Vancouver island….

 

[Montecresto]

Of course Cap, the Indians were never consulted in any of these type of transactions…..😉

 

[Caper]

Yeah, things moved rather quickly. This group of trappers had called upon the British HBC (Hudson Bay Company) not weeks before that Indian encounter to dispose of furs they had been collecting at their fort on the Columbia below Kettle Falls. The commander had to dispatch a runner to Ft Vancouver for cash to purchase the furs which took 3 days. In the meantime he hosted the trappers, treating them to 5 gallons of port wine. During this time, the head trapper, one Bill Williams gave detailed history and information of the country and informed the commander that in less than 50 years time the territory would be well being settled by Americans and the British would have to withdraw their forts to north of the 49th parallel. This was 1843……

In fact, in 1846 the Oregon treaty (for all the country that comprises Washington state and Oregon state today, was then known as Oregon territory) was signed between the US and Britain which extended US territory to the Pacific Ocean up to the 49th parallel and required the British to remove their Ft to Vancouver island….

Damn Brits gave in to easily. 😊
Caper

 

[Caper]

It’s around 22 degrees tonight. Getting a little more snow in the morning.
Then getting cold again for a few days.
Send up some warmer weather when you get some yourself. Haha
Caper