When sighting in your rifle or pistol, remember to always adjust the REAR sight in the direction you want the bullet to hit.  So, for you that did not understand that, if you are consistently hitting right of where you are aiming, move your REAR sight to the LEFT!

It’s just opposite for the front sight.  Got it?

I found this site on the web.  It contains a list of just about everything and/or anything you might want to know or visit about muzzleloading stuff.  There are articles about loading, shooting, shopping, re-enacting, gun info etc.  Check it out.

http://www.three-peaks.net/muzzle.htm

With summer around the corner and camping most assuredly in the schedule, some of you might want to know about keeping things cold, but not frozen while using dry ice.  I found this site and they seem to know what they are talking about.  Copy and paste it AND you might want to save it as a bookmark on your computer for later dates.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2038663_ice-chest-using-dry-ice.html

I just finished making breakfast for Sherry and I and I decided I needed to add another category called recipes!  As I think about them and/or make the meal I’ll put them on here.  That way if I die earlier than I think I should you folks will have some of my favorite recipes to try.  But then, maybe it will be because of eating these meals that will cause my early demise, and you might want to avoid them.

One that I will only post as a “DON’T TRY THIS ONE”, will be posted, and believe me, YOU DON’T WANT TO TRY THAT ONE!

Many Steps, Dry Dog and I joined up to shoot in the Utah Wildlife Net’s Top shooter event.  It’s an event set up for any and all calibers of weapons from pistol to rifle, 17 cal. to 50 plus long range rifle stuff.  We entered the muzzleloader event.  5 shots at 5 different circles at 50 yards.  The shooter is allowed to use a rest etc. to hopefully get all 5 shots  into the red circles.

We had planned on shooting it during the rendezvous, but due to extremely poor weather we were unable to do so.

Today was the last day to enter our targets and Dry Dog called and said let’s go!  So we packed things up and went back up to the rendezvous spot and set out our targets.  The day was a very pretty one with little or no wind and highs in the 70’s.  A very nice day indeed, especially since the past week has been so up and down with rain, wind and snow.  Thank YOU GOD!

We always have a beer bet on target shooting and this was no exception.  The targets will show you who owes who what.  I’ll give you a hint, even though Many Steps actually hit closer to what he was aiming at than I did, we still scored the same actual score.  So we tied on the beers.  Mr. Dry Dog didn’t fair so well and one of his 5 shots didn’t quite have enough power to get to the target as he only loaded with 10 grains of powder….I suppose the pressure was just too great and he blew the shot.

We even had an eye witness in the audience.  A very nice gentleman who allowed the harassment without joining in, and that would have been impossible for me to do.

Thank you Mr. Dry Dog, my lips can hardly wait for that cold beer!  Many Steps is looking forward to his as well.  May there be many more!!!!Many Steps, I’ll buy you a beer for shooting like that even though our scores are the same.  You hit a LOT closer to what you were aiming at than I did.

For all who are reading this, what are some of the lessons Cherry/Edjukateer has taught us?  Please just post a comment below.  I’m sure the list will be a long one.

Thanks!

Bears Butt

Well today I finished re-writing all of the “From the Bears Butt” articles that I wrote “in the day” for the Aerial Observer.  It was fun to reflect back on those old tales and finally get done what I have wanted to do for several years now.

It is also quite amazing to me that there were 43 stories written for that publication.  Anyway, you will get to read them all once I post them up on this blog and I sure hope at least one of them brings a smile to your face.  That’s what it is all about.

The life of a modern day mountain man and tellin stories about plain old folks that are around him.  When you think about it a story can be written about anything.  You just have to get yourself into a mind set and let it happen.  Don’t worry about correct grammer, spelling, punctuation or anything.  Just write like you talk.  It’s easy.

To see all the stories you need to click on the right side APFO Aerial Observer, From the Bears Butt.

Enjoy!

Bears Butt