GOEX FFg. For my flinters I enlarged the flash hole to the next wire drill size and coned the face. I prime with FFg as well. FFFFg has too much surface area and turns to soup. I place a round toothpick in the flash hole and close the frizzen and break off the tooth pick. I load the rifle...
I really like seeing all these folks hunting with traditional muzzleloading rifles...good on you. My primary hunting rifles are a pair of Track-of-the-Wolf, Bridger Hawken's, .58 cal. One restocked by John Bergmann, originally built by Dave Pope. My main rifle was originally a .54 cal but I...
I believe diet. When they get froze out of the alpine and move into the forest and browse more heavily on huckleberry and blueberry they get more tallowy.
Karen guarantees there is no pucky..However the smoked salmon dip may contain some of what would be described as pucky but as it is mixed wonderful. I think Randy would approve...lots of smoked salmon in it...
I can send you the roast recipe...July ad August Alpine deer have sweeet fat. There feeding almost exclusively on forbs in the alpine...some new salmon berry growth...Once the freezing weather pushes then down their fat gets more tallowy...
Alabama those are not stained stripes on the wood, it is extra fancy figured maple. That stock was ordered from Track of the Wolf, Jim Bridger Hawken, pre-inlet, 1-1/8" octagon barrel, extra fancy maple. Grade 4 Maple (M4) has exceptional tight even curl. Because of a fractured stock, I had...
Thank you all for your kind words. Karen, my wife was diagnosed early and prognosis is good. I am fortunate to have such a great life’s partner and great friends. I am humbled by the opportunity to take such a great animal on our own on public lands. Hope to see you out there.
Dan, the rifle is made from Track of the Wolf’s, Jim Bridger's Hawken Rifle parts and an extra fancy figured maple stock. It was originally assembled by my good friend Dave Pope and I finished it. It was first built in 1993 and has been on hundreds of adventures taking all deer species, black...