Hold that foreend!

[Kurt]

Rick. That is a fine looking Deer with a lot of mass at the base.

I sat here this morning with a cup of coffee in my hand looking out at the snow covered ground thinking if I should go out and shoot some bullets in the snow piles I made to test the alloy for my new rifle and loads, but looking at the thermometer it is -5 degrees so I poured another cup and looked at all of the deer tracks close as inside 50 feet from the window when a large doe and her younger fawn trailing behind her at a good clip and 50 feet behind the two does a large drop tine buck following at a good clip trying to catch up.. That is the first drop tine I have seen since the mid 90's and the season is over except for archery. Might go and see if there are still some over the counter tags. He is a BIG buck with a very white crown and points I could not count before he got into the pines. Well worth freezing the fingers stalking him down with a bow or camera.


Fogman

I like the old look in the front stuffers. When I build them I used acid and darkened the wood over a gas flame to get that color. It looks like the wood is 200 years old, minus the dents and cracks. I like the plain Jane rifles with iron furniture with hammer forge marks. Don't get me wrong the fancy inlayed silver and ivory with carving on the iron is a pleasure to look at but I like the plain rifle look.

Kurt