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Well day turn out nice and sunny after having some wet crappy days plus had the day off. Needed to resupply my fatwood for upcoming camping trips so went for a drive and this is how it went. I had forgotten my camera so had to use my cell phone but still nice.


Our idea of a cactus on this island LOL.


Finally scored some fatwood using a restored made in Sweden hatchet and a new hand saw I had purchase and used for the first time. I am really happy with the hatchet, works really well.
 
You'll want to be very careful (ie supplying pictorial proof) about displaying a handgun in an away from home and non-shooting range setting in Canada. Very few folks (if any) up here still retain the legal ability to transport a pistol into the great outdoors.
However, enjoy your lovely piece while it lasts because the new Trudeau federal gov't has quietly vowed to prohibit all handguns, semis and pumps at first opportunity.
 
Skiv said:
Well, we'll be back to baseball bats and axes again...
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Not necessarily. All 'made before 1898' single shot cartridge long guns of caliber greater than 33, and original cap & ball revolvers, were deemed 'ornaments' by Bill C-68 "The Firearms Act" (and replicas don't qualify, go figure) so you can walk through the woods and in town anywhere you want with a pre-1898-made rendition, no onerous license or paperwork required. But actually fuel one up and suddenly it becomes a firearm (as well as restricted if it's a handgun) to police and wildlife enforcement agencies.
I have to ask: Marbat I outgrew BB guns (especially single-handed versions) a very long time ago. They offer the best of nothing; no velocity, no range, no power and no accuracy, so what is it possessed you to actually buy an expensive one? A $15 over-the-counter dept store wrist-supported slingshot is way more accurate and way more effective if a grouse in the pot, or discouraging a campsite-marauding raccoon, or even bear, is what it is you seek when you're roaming the great outdoors.
 
300Six, I have an assortment of pellet guns. I just like shooting/plinking, it's a good past time especially while camping. When the government force us to register our long guns, I sold all my powder burners, gave up hunting, etc... Just cause I'm up in age dose not mean I don't like knives, axes and pellet guns cause I do and have several of each. I also have a slingshot.
Guess I'm still a kid at heart.
 
Terrific pictures (and axe too!) Olybears. That last picture has me just a little jealous. :thumbup:
 
Square_peg said:
I still have the Wrist Rocket slingshot I bought when I was 12 years old. I killed a lot of quail with that as a boy.
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When you invest in a reloader's bag or box of 00 Buck lead pellets (33 caliber) you can do amazing things (accuracy, range and lethal delivery) with a surgical tubing slingshot. One of my deer hunting buddies always carries his in an accessible pocket and has been known to take ducks out of the air with it. Certainly they don't make a mess of a rabbit or grouse such as a deer rifle or slug gun does.
 
Chignecto Woodsman said:
How much are these pre-1898 firearms? (The replicas.)
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Inexpensive replicas are generally made in Italy but Canadian law treats all of them as firearms meaning you need the licenses etc to buy and own one, and if it's a pistol it is registered and restricted (ie can't leave the house without a permit and cannot be used anywhere but a shooting range).
However you can get hold of old cartridge smoke poles such as 577 Sniders, 45-577 Martinis, Remington rolling blocks for $500-1000 easy enough. I have two 1870's European-made Remington rolling blocks in 45 caliber that'll easily knock down a moose or a buffalo. Casting your own bullets and loading your own cartridges is not a big deal and the only requirement to use one (if you're not a target shooter) is a hunting license.
 
300Six said:
You'll want to be very careful (ie supplying pictorial proof) about displaying a handgun in an away from home and non-shooting range setting in Canada. Very few folks (if any) up here still retain the legal ability to transport a pistol into the great outdoors.
However, enjoy your lovely piece while it lasts because the new Trudeau federal gov't has quietly vowed to prohibit all handguns, semis and pumps at first opportunity.
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Not true.
 
So I was thinking of doing a tutorial video, and I don't really record much aside from trying to capture animals calling in the forest. By the time I get my phone out I often miss the coyotes or just get the end of it. But today as I was filming I was lucky enough to get coyotes, a goshawk, and an owl (Great Horned or Barred, have to check the call on the video) during a single 15 minute clip of taking down a tree. So here's a snippet of it:
[video=youtube;fsSjwmB8io0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsSjwmB8io0[/video]

This is a better recording from a few nights back:
[video=youtube;O5MB9tizyiE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5MB9tizyiE[/video]

And some chopping with a Spiller:
[video=youtube;cUQqfcKFm4w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUQqfcKFm4w[/video]

I'm no expert, but I figured I've learned enough that I can help a few people at least, and the video is a good way to check for mistakes and improve my chopping. Probably be a while because I'm still figuring out all the transfer and encoding stuff. My phone only allows an email of about 30 seconds, and the full video that I transferred directly is still encoding.
 
I'll have to watch the vids later on but...That's the spirits...use them axes folks and make videos.
 
we've got the "blue tongue" here in Mudzoory. nothing a fews grizzlies or timber wolves couldn't take care of if we had a few grizzlies or timber wolves.
 
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