Boy - I guess it's been a long while since I've been on my little corner of the Outdoor Channel site.  I kinda feel bad.  Well, not really.  Things have just been crazy-hectic the last several months.  No excuses - that's just the way it is.

Quick update - been doing some "horse trading" for different guns and even found one at a store that I had to have.  My two new favorites?  My Ruger Blackhawk .357.  I've always wanted one of these.  Now I just need to find a good leather "cowboy" rig for it.  I think I have a line on one.

Got a new deer rifle - well, not new, just new to me.  It's a Remington Model of 1917 (m1917) 30-06.  The military stock was taken off and sporterized.  This is the Remington version of the same rifle I had from my dad, except his was a Winchester.  Now my son has it.  These are awesome rifles.  Really built to last.  This one's got a peep site on it.  Took it out last week and was hitting an 8"paper plate at 150 yards with 3-4 inch groups!  I was so happy with it.  That was with no site adjustments either.  So now my boy and I are carrying essentially the same rifle.  Makes it nice for ammunition purposes.  I'd like to find an "Eddystone" someday of this rifle.  All three manufacturers made it in WWI.  If you are looking for and interesting history read, just google the M1917.  Heck, I even saw it profiled on Outdoor Channel a couple of weeks ago on one of the Shooting USA programs.

I'm getting to take a bunch of time off this Summer - paid, thankfully.  This is going to give me lots of time for hiking, camping, and most importantly, scouting.  I've got my eye on a back country unit here with a concurrent "any weapon" general season for Mule Deer and Elk - it starts Sept. 15 and runs through Oct. 31!  It's a nasty place to hunt - well, not nasty, just tough.  I'll probably take a week off just for that hunt alone.  Should be fun.  My preliminary info gathering is that there are both mulies and bulls up there - the rims I'll be glassing from are around 9000 feet.

Well, it's time for me to get to bed!  Hope all my friends are doing well on here.