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Harvested as part of thinning to reduce fire danger.
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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Thoughts on Short-barreled Rifles and Braced Pistols
Years ago, when Congress put a $200 transfer tax on machine guns and silencers, they also put that tax on short-barreled rifles. A short-barreled rifle has a barrel less than 16 inches according to law, which was a fairly easy thing to understand. The problem is, people enjoy finding ways to get around laws. Back Read more
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A Tater Tot Hot Dish
Some dishes are local staples. I recall stopping in at a restaurant in Scotland, South Dakota, where the population is mostly of German descent, and they were cooking Haggis. With a Scots surname, I didn’t get a choice in what I ordered – I was given “Haggis”. Robert Burns wouldnae hae recognized it – by Read more
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North Moved Since I Was a Kid
I’ve been blessed to live and work in locations where there is a large difference between true north and magnetic north. On many occasions, I’ve made a living looking through a transit, or pulling a chain to measure distances – though my modern chains were either steel or cloth tapes. Still, as I pulled out Read more
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The Decimation of the American Bison
I’ve unpacked The American Buffalo in Transition by J. Albert Rorabacher. It’s available on kindle as well, and it is a good read. In his chapter “The Decimation of the American Bison” Rorabacher does explain how 60 million bison were reduced to well under a thousand during the 19th century – and he explains the Read more
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50 Caliber Artifact
Most of the artifacts I find on the place are historical instead of archaeological. Two, found about a half-century apart were cartridge cases from the Sharps “Big Fifty.” Both were probably not just ejected, but rather discarded. Each had a split along the sidewall, suggesting that they had been reloaded and re-used at least once Read more
Trego's Mountain Ear 