Thousands of Sandhill cranes “kettle up” as they prepare to head south from Interior Alaska. Video: Mike Taras A much better video from Alaska Department of Fish and Game on FB. Sept 17 A screenshot from it. Not a fan of winter coming but scenes like this are some help.
Westley Richards .300 H&H
Beautiful Westley Richards .300 H&H. Westley Richards and Rigby both make new rifles on Mauser actions. Now Rigby is partnered with Mauser again, they can use new genuine Mauser actions to build new rifles. They are also made by other firms, like Mayfair Engineering in the UK. Vintage Guns Definitely, high end but nice. Would …
1927 Ithaca NID 4E 12ga 2bbl set
First time out in the blind since acquiring this beauty. Though I never fired a shot it sure felt good to have such a terrific fowling piece in hand…1927 Ithaca NID 4E 12ga 2bbl set and yes it was factory ordered as such. This one was restocked about a decade or so ago as a …
Fall Foliage Flying on more of a mountain than I gave it credit for.
Fall Foliage Flight #6 in the Eustis Maine region on October 2, 2024 from 4:56 PM. Bigelow Mountain flight on the north face of the range near The Horns peaks. Fall Foliage Flight #3 in Eustis Maine September 24, 2024 from 5:30 PM. Bigelow Mountain flight on the north face of the west half of …
Rainbow cloud.
Near Franklin, WV, the sky was recently lit up by a stunning and rare phenomenon known as a “fire rainbow” or rainbow cloud. Despite their name, fire rainbows are neither fire nor rainbows, but are actually circumhorizontal arcs—bright, colorful bands that appear in the sky when sunlight passes through hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude cirrus …
A couple of other pix by the Arita photographer
Eagle hunting in Kyrgyzstan is an ancient tradition that was once suppressed but is now proudly preserved by the nomadic people. This was one of the many captures that we took during a photo session with our model at sunset. The colors in the background in the original shot compete with the cloths so …
Cono de Arita and The Pano Awards.
I mentioned Cono de Arita last month. Here is another view. To see much more go to The Pano Awards. The other images there are amazing.
NM Antelope
Huge congrats to Matt Fowler on his New Mexico giant! Special thanks to @aidangranado.7 for finding this buck and also to @laynek35 for helping on the hunt! It was a grind for three days, but we got it done with a shot of about 288 yards. More I have only them seen them a couple …
Splitters come for Brook Trout
The Splitters have come back with genetics for brook trout. Not much info on how definite this is but I can see it being possible, especially if there wasn’t that much mixing during ice ages.
John Gierach suffered a heart attack and passed away on October 3, 2024.
John Gierach on Wikipedia. John was one of my favorite fishing writers. He had a skill that was deceptive. He made it look easy when it wasn’t. No less than Tom McGuane said so, I think. John’s writing will be remembered for a long time. He was in the the same league as greats like …