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I got lost a couple times trying to find this place in the dark last Friday night. This hunting lodge is way back in the mountains south west of Breezewood, Pennsylvania headed toward the Mason-Dixon line. Plenty of curvy and steep roads with missing road signs. But once I arrived, I found...

Last Saturday my son-in-law and I drove up north to the Appalachian Mountains for flintlock deer hunting. It’s steep country with abundant hardwoods and vast tracts of public land. About 4 inches of snow covered the ground. We met up with nine other friends from church to hunt by organized...

My son-in-law, Dan, is part owner of a cabin up north in the mountains of Mifflin County. He and my daughter drove up for the weekend so Dan could archery hunt for deer. Shortly after dawn on Saturday, a big bear walked up to Dan’s tree. It stood to full height and stretched up with its paws...

I'm certain that some hunters have the assumption that a takes a big scope and magnum rifle to be successful on a mule deer hunt. But many hunters do just fine with their hard hitting Savage rifles combined with genuine hunting and stalking skills. Jack

I have a chance to buy a lightly used 11-87 for a good price. Anyone have long term experience (reliability) with this shotgun? I'll use it mostly for sporting clays and occaisonal trap shooting. Jack

I hunt from a climbing treestand with my friends in Maryland nearly every weekend. Typically, I climb 15 to 20 feet above the ground to see clearly yet be unseen by deer. Deer rarely seem to look up. I'd barely settled into my stand. It was 6:30AM. The post dawn greyness had not yet left...

It was very breezy which made it difficult to keep my pan powder in place so I fired only two shots. Very light recoil. I'll wait for a better weather day to develop a hunting load using conical bullet. Any suggestions? Distance: 35 yards Load: 50 grs of FFFg with .440 round ball w/lubed...

I bought this Thompson Center flintlock yesterday from a fellow who never shot it; been sitting in a closet for 30 years. Caliber is 45 which should do the job on late season whitetails here in Pennsylvania. This is my first flintlock. I'm hoping to have fun figuring out right combination...

I shot this moose 20 times with my Henry levergun at 50 yards. No tracking at all. ;) Magazine and calendar pictures are great fun for plinking! Jack

The 356 is fading quickly into history. A very well built middle-bore that failed to become popular in the marketplace. I have an opportunity to purchase a lightly used .356 for $600. but am wary about losing money over a period of time. I'm hoping to own a rifle that will not drop in value...

This photo was sent by a friend. Unfortuanately, I do not have details to share about the hunt. 30-30 is a keeper! Jack

Once again, I hunted a HOT spot in northern Maryland. A marshy area of Chesapeake Bay forms a head at an inlet. To the left and right are fairly open areas of the forest which is a heavily traveled route for the deer. I climbed a tree on the left side with good views of the area. Just as I...

One of the guys hunting with a different party arrowed this big bodied buck on NOV 4. I'm the guy in the photo for size reference only. But truthfully, this is not my deer at all. Buck was weighed by Aberdeen Army Base Officials after field dressing, it weighed 172 lbs. This is a BIG deer...

I hunted on NOV 3 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland with my buddies who are retired Veterans. My tree stand was approx 20 ft high overlooking an open ambush area within a hardwood forest of oaks, hickorys, hollys, maples, and persimmons. I had good shooting lanes over lower limbs and...

Mossberg vs Henry Both USA companies offer levergun carbines in 22LR. Features are similar. The Henry is approx $100. less money. But I've had great luck with my Mossberg 500 since I bought it in 1977. I watched a couple video clips on you tube about the Henry and was impressed. Yet almost...

My hunt began well before dawn within an area at Aberdeen Proving Grounds that we've never hunted before. The Army opens and closes forested areas without consulting us. :) The morning was not productive. After a lunch break we developed a fresh battle plan and I was assigned a post along...

Both rifles seem to share same advertising hype. That is, superior accurasy and ease of cleaning. Are there any actual differences between these fairly new rifle designs? Jack

My Dad always said that red & black plaid broke up the human outline / form so that animals couldn't "see" the hunter as a human. From my experiance and observations this is true. We made cow silouettes from OSB panels and painted them black. Then set them about 85 yards from a stock pond...

I've been kicked enough around by my 12 gauge rifled slug gun. The recoil seems truly unpleasant to me. I recently discovered that muzzle-loaders are OK for the shotgun-only area I hunt. My USAF buddy and I get together to hunt in eastern Pennsylvania about 45 miles north of Philly urban sprawl...

Does Firing Line authorize used Horton crossbow in any of the For Sale listings? Thank you. Jack