Photo Shoots
the rut I have found myself in … has been largely attitudinal.
.223 Remington Load Development
I recently acquired a rifle for coyote hunting. The season opens again May 9, which is less than three weeks away. I need to develop a load for it very soon. It doesn’t have to be the most accurate load to start, but it it should be sub-MOA with a varmint bullet. I ordered some […]
DART St. Louis
Yesterday, a photographer friend of mine forwarded a Facebook event invitation to DART St. Louis, which is basically a community art project, benefiting a local charity. The event was last night. Participants literally threw a dart at a map of the city, and that location became their photography assignment. We have a month to photograph […]
CZ 527 Ultralight Predator
(Wow. I don’t normally buy firearms this often – or this impulsively.) I bought the Ruger 77/22 in .22 Magnum when I did because I wanted to get ready for some serious coyote hunting. However, I was really let down by the accuracy. I’m thinking I might still be able to do something about that, […]
Ruger 77/22
I took my Ruger 77/22 to the range today. I was a little disappointed by the accuracy. A year or two ago, I decided it would be a good idea to have a .22 Magnum rifle. There are a few situations in various hunting regulations which limit rifles to “22 caliber rimfire”, even for game […]
Lower Meramec Park
Yesterday, I tried out the bike trail at Lower Meramec Park, a Saint Louis County park. It is a two-mile stretch of flat, paved trail with parking at each end, accessed from Meramec Bottom Road. It is not far from my house. Even though it was a gorgeous day in early Spring, the trail wasn’t […]
Boat Choices
I am a little surprised that I don’t know any fishermen. I have identified a few areas now that are a little difficult to reach by land, but which could easily be reached by boat. Howell Island was the first. The chute is impassible most of the time. If I had a boat, I could […]
Fat Attitude
It was about three years ago that I first started to do something about my weight. I weighed 155 pounds. For my height, according to the CDC, that is right on the border between normal and overweight. I essentially responded by eating smaller portions. I don’t finish all the food on my plate when I […]
Pacific Palisades
A little over a week ago, I explored the Pacific Palisades Conservation Area. It is a fairly large tract of land (695 acres) right outside Pacific, Missouri. Two words: deer tracks. They were everywhere. Literally. At no point could I look around and fail to see deer tracks around me, usually a lot of them, […]
Browning Buck Mark
I made a somewhat impulsive gun purchase this weekend. I bought a Browning Buck Mark on Friday. The Buck Mark is a semi-automatic handgun chambered in .22 Long Rifle. Browning has several models available, but this one is a Standard Stainless URX. It has an aluminum alloy frame, a stainless steel bull barrel, and apparently […]
