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bamaranger · May 26, 2025, 11:52 AM

-hunt #2 (sort of) 14 May
Up in good time this morning, it was raining steadily when I left the house. I drove up the access road none the less and 1/4 mi or so from the top of the mountain, it was fogged in.....like solid. I'd forgotten that feature of hunting at elevation. Drove back down the mountain and back to bed. Slept a couple of hours and called my brother-in-law.
We met and made our usual multi county gun shop loop and I think it rained all day. Mike bought a Savage 24V chambered in 12ga/.222 at a fair price in a big shop up in Clearfield. I rooted thru their junk boxes and came up with two Bianchi holsters, ... a lined model for an N-frame needing a thumb snap repair, and an inside the waistband holster for a 1911. Real leather, quality stuff, for a fraction of what they were worth and I was happy with my purchases. Later, a stop at the Mennonite tack shop down the road from Mom's place and the young man at the bench fixed me up with a new snap on the N-frame model....for $1.00!!!!
No feathers, but Mike and I were both happy on this "hunt" and the results.

May 26, 2025, 11:52 AM	#3
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,788	day #2-rain, rain go away -hunt #2 (sort of) 14 May Up in good time this morning, it was raining steadily when I left the house. I drove up the access road none the less and 1/4 mi or so from the top of the mountain, it was fogged in.....like solid. I'd forgotten that feature of hunting at elevation. Drove back down the mountain and back to bed. Slept a couple of hours and called my brother-in-law. We met and made our usual multi county gun shop loop and I think it rained all day. Mike bought a Savage 24V chambered in 12ga/.222 at a fair price in a big shop up in Clearfield. I rooted thru their junk boxes and came up with two Bianchi holsters, ... a lined model for an N-frame needing a thumb snap repair, and an inside the waistband holster for a 1911. Real leather, quality stuff, for a fraction of what they were worth and I was happy with my purchases. Later, a stop at the Mennonite tack shop down the road from Mom's place and the young man at the bench fixed me up with a new snap on the N-frame model....for $1.00!!!! No feathers, but Mike and I were both happy on this "hunt" and the results.