And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, June 19, 2025
You know you're deep in the wilderness when you see this.
Oh crap, I would say. Those are fresh tracks. Oh triple crap if I was by myself. If I by myself, had to keep going, and I wasn't carrying, I'd have to muster all the courage I've got and ever had.
It was in an old Nosler reloading manual where the introduction to a particular caliber was by a guy who had previously packed a .270 Winchester on his walks in the wilds of Alaska. That was until he came across some bear tracks that were still oozing mud and that looked "as big as manhole covers" to him at the time. So, he beat a hasty tactical withdrawal and decided to arm himself with something more substantial on his next trip into the Alaskan woods.
The introduction he wrote for that manual was for the .338 Winchester Magnum.
I believe Alaska Fish and Game folks have found the best big bear medicine is a 12 gauge with Brenneke slugs in addition to .300 magnum or higher caliber rifles
Oh crap, I would say. Those are fresh tracks. Oh triple crap if I was by myself. If I by myself, had to keep going, and I wasn't carrying, I'd have to muster all the courage I've got and ever had.
ReplyDeleteThat there's a great picture.
Your deep in something else if you find those tracks following you.
ReplyDeleteAs they are headed AWAY, you're not in deep shit at least.
ReplyDeletesometimes they turn.
DeleteHah! My wife and I visited the Big Foot Museum today in Willow Creek, CA. Great little place to kill an hour or so and I highly recommend you do. Enzo
ReplyDeleteWhere’s my .45-70….??
ReplyDeleteMom?
ReplyDeleteBetter be packin' serious heat! I got a special rig and tool just for such places. Thank you Jesus I've never had to use it.
ReplyDeleteWe’re gonna need a bigger gun
ReplyDeleteseen it.
ReplyDeleteIt was in an old Nosler reloading manual where the introduction to a particular caliber was by a guy who had previously packed a .270 Winchester on his walks in the wilds of Alaska. That was until he came across some bear tracks that were still oozing mud and that looked "as big as manhole covers" to him at the time. So, he beat a hasty tactical withdrawal and decided to arm himself with something more substantial on his next trip into the Alaskan woods.
ReplyDeleteThe introduction he wrote for that manual was for the .338 Winchester Magnum.
I believe Alaska Fish and Game folks have found the best big bear medicine is a 12 gauge with Brenneke slugs in addition to .300 magnum or higher caliber rifles
ReplyDeleteMaybe if Mr Bear is less than 50 yards away. Otherwise a .375 H&H or a .416 makes better sense. Pity that A-square went out of business.
DeleteCould just as well be in my garden in Copper Basin Alaska, on the road system and just down the road from the local school!
ReplyDeleteBob needs to go the other way......
ReplyDeleteNot necessarily deep in the wilderness; perhaps just too close to the local trash bin.
ReplyDeleteBut for any value farther than "on your hip" or "in your hand", you're too far from a weapon in something like .454 Casull, if not .50cal BMG.