Once again it is high tide in the gun control debate. Over the past month and a half, it seems I can barely keep up with wave after wave of assaults on the rocky shores of freedom. Emboldened by tragedy, anti-gun forces at both state and federal levels have renewed attempts at banning semi-automatic modernContinue reading “The Musket Myth”
Tag Archives: John Floyd
The Companion Caliber Diet
How many guns do I own? How many guns do I actually use? Could I stand to lose a few? I asked myself these questions a few years ago and was surprised by the answers I gave myself. At one time, I bought up every firearm in sight that was priced right; I traded whereContinue reading “The Companion Caliber Diet”
How I cut the cord and why I never looked back
I still remember the day my wife Moira looked across the table at me, holding the satellite television bill in her hand, and said “This is getting ridiculous.” The monthly charges were skyrocketing and a comparison with the initial service bill was shocking. Just the night before, I was fit to be tied after realizingContinue reading “How I cut the cord and why I never looked back”
Committee to hunters: You don’t have the right to feed your family
I have three words for the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife – shame on you. By bowing to anti-hunting activists and out of state interests, you have sold your own constituents down the river. And for what good cause?
Coyote Country
This past deer season was the best I can remember in years with plenty of 200 pound bucks showing up on social media and in photos tacked up by the liar’s bench in many of the small town general store tagging stations. In my local area, big bucks were hanging from game poles all acrossContinue reading “Coyote Country”
Gun Cleaning Techniques
January is the time I perform the majority of checks and services on all the equipment and guns I’ve used afield since the opening of black bear season in late August. This helps me get reorganized after back to back hunting seasons and square away the residual disarray throughout the shop that inevitably follows. AtContinue reading “Gun Cleaning Techniques”
Maine bear hunters might get a second shot
This question on the survey really got my attention – “Currently you can harvest 2 bears, one while hunting and one while trapping. If the law allowed you to harvest two bears while hunting, would you attempt to harvest two bears?” I had no choice but to answer ‘yes’. There simply wasn’t an option forContinue reading “Maine bear hunters might get a second shot”
Why you soon may be hearing shots in the dark
The first thought that may cross your mind when you hear the report of a rifle in the still of the night next week could be ‘Poachers!’ – But that may be jumping the gun. Maine’s night hunting season on coyote opens Saturday December 16th at 12:01 a.m.
Beware of the Canada Mountain Bob-Lynx Lion
“I looked right out of this window…he was right down there at the bottom of that field. It wasn’t no coyote and it was for darn sure no house cat. It was way too big!” My neighbor down the ridge swore she saw one of Maine’s elusive mountain lions on the edge of her propertyContinue reading “Beware of the Canada Mountain Bob-Lynx Lion”
Flying with Firearms
As sit down to write this month’s column, I find myself sitting in a hotel room in the Lone Star state, 2195 miles from my home in northeast Maine; the opening of the small game and partridge seasons well under way. I was trapping for bear and my fall turkey tag has yet to beContinue reading “Flying with Firearms”