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Hydrostatic Shock — More Distance Traveled

Posted on January 15, 2013 by shaman

A mentor of mine on the subject of outdoor writing told me what his mentor told him: save everything you write for 8 years, and you will never have to write an original piece after that. You will spend the rest of your career re-purposing the first 8 years. Then again, my grandfather told me that when a man started to repeat himself, you pretty much knew that he had given you all he knew on the subject. Go figure. Anyhow. I vaguely remembered this topic, and I dug around a bit on the weblog. Viola! (How does she keep … Continue reading →

Whitetail Deer — What is Overkill Anyway?

Posted on December 19, 2012 by shaman

I am putting the deer rifles away for the year. Yes, my tail is still dragging, but I figure coming away with a zip is better than it could be. A day spent at Deer Camp is usually going to be better spent anywhere else. My mind still wanders back there, and I am forever working things through my head. I got to thinking about Overkill yesterday, and I thought I would share my thoughts. I see the idea of Overkill show up in a lot of threads out there in forums. I see it here on the search strings … Continue reading →

Reality Sets In. . . AGAIN

Posted on September 11, 2012 by shaman

Last year on September 18th, I posted a piece about trying out my new 30-30 rounds. Sometimes writing a weblog can be eerie. You go back and read stuff and you realize you’ve pretty much repeated yourself. Here’s the post: Reality Sets In On Sunday, I was back at the shooting bench. Surprisingly, the target frame had folded up in the storm Friday night. I had to go out and pound some nails in it to get it back standing. I had not had the 30-30 out since that trip in 2011. This time, the only things that were different: … Continue reading →

The Deer Log is Finished

Posted on August 28, 2012 by shaman

I finally finished off my deer log. I say that, and I can envision a strange shelf-stable variation of venison meat loaf. No, I mean that I completed a spreadsheet listing all the deer ever taken at our camp, along with accompanying a data. I tried to answer the following questions? What was it? Doe, buck, antler size, live weight, etc. Where and when was it taken? Who took it? With what? What was the weather like? Moon phase? It ended up being quite a list and quite an undertaking. I started doing this about 1992 as I realized I … Continue reading →

My GoTo Deer Rifle– a redux

Posted on July 16, 2012 by shaman

I was digging through the stats the other day, trying to figure out why I’d had the best day ever on this weblog as far as the number of visitors. One of the log entries I’d noticed was a popular post from back in 2004, “What is my goto deer gun?” I had forgotten I had written it, and so I decided it was time to read it. What is my “goto” gun for Deer? To my surprise, it was the wrong gun. Don’t get me wrong. The Remington 1100 is a heck of a deer gun, and I am … Continue reading →

The Remington 742 — a look back

Posted on February 7, 2012 by shaman

There has been a vast number of hits at this weblog regarding the Remington 742, so much so that I feel compelled to write about it. It was 2004 when I put the 742 onto the rack, never to hunt with it again. It had served me well for over 20 seasons. I put it up on the rack on a dark evening towards the end of deer season, and went into the house to crawl out of my hunting clothes. There was a gust of wind and I heard a terrible racket out on the front porch. Somehow the … Continue reading →

So Now What?

Posted on December 10, 2011 by shaman

Good question. Season is over for us. I still have a pile of stuff to do before calling it quits. The Guns One thing I learned over this season is that storing rifles in padded cases is bad Ju-Ju. I guess I was lucky all these years. I never had a problem. However, this year was particularly wet– record setting rain. We had water in the basement. The foam in the cases probably soaked up a bunch of humidity. After I found rust on some of my rifles, I made a point of bringing the cases upstairs and letting them … Continue reading →