Retrieverman is raising a new pup, with a mirror for “company” when alone. I use an analogous technique with baby falcons. But with Post Office bears:I also feed them from a timed automatic cat feeder to eliminate begging, and keep them in that kid’s swimming pool in the living/ computer room 24- 7, with dogs, …
Author: Steve Bodio
Big Shotguns
One of the odd American cultural blinkers is that shotguns above ten bore are poacher’s tools, or else pre- modern (Buckingham’s remarkably obtuse and inexplicably influential “Are we shooting 8 gauge guns?”) HE wasn’t, but the Brits made them til WW2, and still shoot them– and will pay good prices. Three examples from a 1996 …
Baluchi Hounds
A collage of Baluchi hounds owned in Pakistan by Ali Hosnain, a member of my “extended dogfamily”; assembled by Jutta Rubesam in Germany. Call them tazis or Asian salukis or aboriginal Afghans or what you will; I’d own one, and breed from it.
Dream Gun Meme
At Atomic Nerds, LabRat has posted her sensible choices for an Interweb “meme” that in my over- busyness I didn’t even know was circulating: Five Dream Guns. Once I would have gasped “only five?” Now I like the idea of having a few well- used, high- quality Good Guns. I should postulate also that I …
Flying visit with bar & meal
Reid & Connie blew through ahead of a winter storm, down to take a look at Aussie pups which he will doubtless blog on. An early evening in the bar, an excellent elk “Brasato” courtesy of reader Roberto, (recipe below), talk til eyes closing of everything from science fiction to Doc Holliday to folk and …
Old Anglo Indian Books
For bibliophiles mainly. Conversations with Walter Hingley prompted me to bring out my favorite old fishing book: a copy of Thomas’s The Rod in India that I got from fishing writer Datus Proper, with its gold embossed figure of an Indian angler and a mahseer on the cover.* (Click all to enlarge).The mahseer was sometimes …
Teaser
The Hansons are back from their Egyptian expedition with the Explorers Club flag– and will (both Roseann and Jonathan I hope) be writing something here. Sample: “It was fantastic. Probably the most challenging driving I’ve had over such an extended journey. Many difficult climbs to cross dune chains, then 60mph blasts across huge rolling sand …
Q o’ D
Thoughts on browsing for guns (and books) from Richard Jeffries’ The Hills and the Vale; over a century old and still valid. Thanks to Walter Hingley… “I had seen rows on rows of guns stacked round the shop, rank upon rank; in the background a door partly open permitted a glimpse of a second room, …
Selling Some Guns
I’m selling a few guns to, as always, save some money and I hope get better. Rather than clog up the blog and bore those who are not gun traders, I’ll invite anyone seriously interested to email me at “ebodio- at- gilanet- dot- com”. I’ll send a Word doc of specs. Don’t get too excited …
Early Imports & Genetic Diversity
The Bell- Murray foundation “Afghans” (tazis, taigans) in the 20’s, c/o Jess: “All the innumerable ‘breeds’ of Oriental sighthounds can be found as coat variations in any good litter in northern Afghanistan…” –Steve Bodio The caption is unintentionally hilarious…