Recent content by BearBiologist

Have had several in the past that qualify but all I have now are a Glock 22lr and a Ruger Super Single Six (there may be an old Single Six 22 lr in the safe!

Contender: In several places have become a problem, much like pythons in other areas. The troubles of removing wild hogs: I've met/know both Terry Mansfield and Reggie Barret. Both are long-time biologists in California and experts on the wild pig problems...

In Cali, they are a game animal, and you have to have a license and tag(s) to hunt pigs. I also had Guide License #134 in Cali. The rancher made $100 for every hog killed by a client and split with the guide another $200 for a trophy fee for large boars. Early on, there was no real limit...

I was once chased back to my truck by a sow with offspring while scouting on the ranch we hunted in Parkfield.. Didn't want to drop her because of the babies.

I only hunted Tejon on a turkey hunt. The Game Manager at the time was son-in-law of a DFG Biologist I knew and had bred my first GSP. The Regional Director (friend to all of the above) of the Wild Turkey Federation got my wife a tag w/o going through the State drawing and special permission...

Forget California unless you pay a guide. Very little opportunity unless you know where to go! Most productive ranches (Dye Creek, those in the Parkfield area, Monterey, Benito, and San Luis Obispo & King counties are leased to guides). Santa Barbara County is steep, hot, and, to quote fellow...

I've had real good luck with Patrick Grashorn on all makes and models (Blackhawks, Vaqueros ("Old" and new), Colt Pythons and 1911s. https://www.grashornsgunworks.com/ Here's my wife's matching Vaqueros for CAS: Ramshorn on a custom Vaquero: Matching Colt SAAs with pre-ban ivory from...

Continued: Common Man Institute, in cooperation with Abundant Wildlife Society of North America, has done extensive research on wolves and their history for several years. We have gathered evidence on wolf attacks which occurred in North America. A forester employed by the Province of British...

Here it i s!I didn't spend too much time on it! Some of the sources are wrong listed, and I didn't search further. Some required payment and I didn't feel it was worth it. Several were found in Google Scholar which does take some experience to use. I could not get the commented copy to...

True. Nature is not nice. "Alfred Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam A. H. H., 1850. The quotation comes in Canto 56 (it is a very long poem) and refers to man: Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shriek'd against his creed...