Congratulations! Seeing your photos brings back a lot of memories. Did you take your own rifle or use theirs? What country were you hunting in? I've been fortunate enough to go twice and need to get the third trip into the planning stage at least.
For their sake it would have been nice if TSA had found the ammo before they left the US. I agree a person needs to aware of the laws in any country they're traveling to or even just going through, but when it's an unintentional mistake... be reasonable. When you're leaving the island, you have...
Sometimes I think I spend too much time on HuntTalk and then I find this story for the first time - I need to spend more time on HuntTalk! I should be working but this was too good of a hunt to stop reading. Thank you for sharing the great adventure and photos, most of all Congratulations!
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Back in the late 70's I got my first compound bow for hunting, a Martin Archery Cougar from the factory in Walla Walla, WA. I've also had Mathews and Bowtech compounds. Due to shoulder and back issues I've become a rifle-only guy. So, I'm a has been, but archery is a great...
Small world, back in the cattle days used to buy cattle from the Ruggs Ranch there at Heppner, now the cows are gone and just farming straight north from you in WA.
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Where at in Oregon do you live, if you don't mind sharing? I grew up near Adrian, OR, but unless you're from within 30 miles of Adrian you may not know where that mega-metropolis is located.