My first deer rifle was a 30 30 Marlin. I killed several mule deer with it in the Arizona desert in the 1960’s. I was in the USAF. I decided that to hunt mountainous area, I really need a bolt action. I traded the Marlin for a WW2 Eddystone 30-06. I butchered and scoped it. When I got out, I headed back to Texas. Then I saw a pre 64 Win 30 30 in a hock shop and bought it for brush hunting.

I still have and use both depending on how close I’m hunting. I hand load and have my own range that I seldom use.

Of course, over time, I’ve needed to add a 222 for wife and grand kids.Then a 243 for deer after shoulder surgery. Then more calibers of various kinds. And then those necessitated their own pile of handloading stuff. Then there are the hand guns that followed me home.

If I find/want/need any more shooters I’ll have to get a bigger safe. That’s a stopper.

In ‘81 what cars were fast? The smog and emissions add ons were choking down any HP.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all ya'll ...

Paid workout! Sounds like a good kid.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Congrats!

Do they taste like chicken?

"Longtime Houston resident Carl White told KHOU 11 that dog, Moose, started barking to alert him to one of the wild animals, which have been terrorizing the area, even killing pets."

Sounds as if some Bud Light might be involved.

May today be celebrated for what it is intended to be.

We call that crowning.

Thank you for sharing the picture. From what I can tell you are piling brush on top of each other and using it as sort of a ground blind?

Merry Christmas to all!

The mud and not much flat areas in those pictures. Tracks and lower center of gravity should help on the hills.

Because Europe has mud that Big Pig can only dream of...

Seriously though, I've never seen mud in the U.S. that I've had to endure in Europe. Bosnia was the absolute worst. It's the stickiest, thickest, and absolutely the most demoralizing stuff I've ever seen. It will break you off. I dreaded dismounted patrols because I knew each boot was going to weigh 10 lbs as soon as we stepped off. The best we could do was pray for freezing temps, but that only lasted until 10am.

The Russians got a crash course in slow-go and no-go terrain when they invaded Ukraine. It was actually comical. Rookies.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...ational-bird-bidens-signature-rcna185380

https://www.k12dive.com/news/title-ix-athletics-proposed-rule-transgender-LGBTQ-sports/736222/

THIS, and John Delorean's arrest for drug trafficking, and the car's price tag that was double what they had planned.

I don't think most people know how dreadfully slow and poor performing they were. The Volvo/Peugeot/Renault V6 is not known for performance with overrated 130 HP.

Would