Everything that everyone has said above is true but Alaska just tugs at you heart to come back.
After finishing college and six years in the National Guard, I drove to Alaska alone in 1980 as a 27 year old single man who had always dreamed about living there.
Stayed four years---getting my...
My son and I did a DIY mule deer/doe antelope hunt in Wyoming this year and had a super great father and son hunt---which was our first western hunt. We cashed in 4 deer points each and stayed in Thermopolis in a small rented house. Ben's comment above about needing a good spotting scope--yes is...
Pre-64 model 70
I got mine as a gift from an uncle in Pennsylvania that has since past away.
It's a 1949 standard model in what they call a "transition year" in that it has the older solid bolt handle but the "newer" rounded receiver as opposed to the older cloverleaf.
It's in Jack O"Connor's...