I took a big cinnamon bear last year and wrote of it here. I got this photo today of the tanned hide with shell mounted head. I asked for more photos. What do you think?

For a while, my wife and I had been discussing/planning on buying some land to have a little piece of dirt we can call it our own. So, after months of looking in Middle Georgia, and not liking the areas, or the prices, she finally found 26 acres about 35 minutes from our house. We went and looked it with the realtor, and my wife fell in love with the property from the moment she saw it. To top it off two deer jump off the bush and greeted us as we walked in the area.

We did a survey...

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@Hunter-Habib mentioned on my newly acquired Rigby Highland Stalker in .275 post that the rifle has a shorter throat. He said it handles 140-156 grain very well, but 175's and above will not close in the chamber correctly. I have asked him for additional info, but does anybody know if 160 Grain A-frames will work? They are between the ranges that HH mentioned. I am only concerned because I have already ordered some .275 Rigby Headstamped rounds with the Swift 160's.

To me, every death threat they can prosecute is an anti-hunter that now has a criminal record.

Towards the end of my July hunt in KwaZulu Natal, I had a bout of diarrhea accompanied with vomiting. Throwing up is exceedingly rare for me so it took me by surprise. I had a couple more episodes of vomiting a couple of days later including one in the airport which was quite embarrassing.

In retrospect, I put these issues down to the camp's water which came from the river and was purified by reverse osmosis. I usually drank bottled water but would drink water from the pitcher on the table...

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