Category Archives: Hunting

Fathers and sons

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Every man learns the trade of fatherhood through a series of on-the-job-training blunders and successes, and he has few resources to draw on beyond his memory of how his own father raised him. Given the difficulty of the task and … Continue reading →

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Shoulder to the wheel

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

I did not mind killing anything, any animal, if I killed it cleanly. They all had to die and my interference with the nightly and seasonal killing that went on all the time was very minute and I had no … Continue reading →

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Newton’s Third Law

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.  – Newton’s Third Law of Motion Newton’s Third Law Isaac Newton was a physicist, not much devoted to the study of human behavior, but I find his Third Law of … Continue reading →

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Hiraeth

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Hiraeth (n.) (Pronunciation: heer-ath) – A Welsh word that has no direct English translation; implies a longing or homesickness tinged with grief or sadness over the lost or departed, a yearning or nostalgia for a place or a home to … Continue reading →

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Zapping Pete

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Everybody loved Pete, but he was not what you would call a reliable teammate. Sometimes he would win games for you with amazingly brilliant performances, and sometimes he would lose games for you with amazingly stupid performances. Zapping Pete Pistol … Continue reading →

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Bells and Whistles

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

I like them all – pointers, setters, retrievers, spaniels – what have you. I’ve had good ones and bad of several kinds. Most of the bad ones were my fault and most of the good ones would have been good … Continue reading →

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The 12 gauge .45-70 rifle

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

     Rifle: (noun) – a firearm, usually hand-held and fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a single-projectile bullet spin in flight, thereby increasing its ballistic stability and accuracy over a long distance. … Continue reading →

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The hunting marketplace

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted…  If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it. What he … Continue reading →

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Plinking

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Plink- vt. (plink; rhymes with sink) [slang, American]: to shoot informal targets such as tin cans with a small caliber rifle or handgun; the word ‘plink’ is an onomatopoeia of the sharp, metallic sound of a small caliber bullet hitting … Continue reading →

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Project rifles

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

“Only accurate rifles are interesting.”           – Townsend Whelen (1877-1961),                 rifleman, hunter, soldier,                 outdoorsman and writer Project rifles Were it not … Continue reading →

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