Recent content by Jim Croft

A friend of mine was shot and killed while hunting from a tree stand by a companion who thought he was a turkey. I can tell dozens of similar stories like that as I was a state game warden for 37 years and investigated those incidents and attended a lot of autopsies. I was also on the receiving...

I have seen quite a few American punt guns. They were usually made out of seamless pipe, usually from a boiler tube from a steam ship. Some barrels were made out of a single piece of tubing. I have also seen a couple that had a long barrel that was reinforced by a second piece of pipe about 3-4...

A good story and a better message!

Need to make up some decals that say 749 Watts. Like all the guys with a 9.9 HP sticker on their 15 HP Evinrudes.

As a youngster I had only seen a rail or two as a teenager in the marsh of the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach back in the early 70's. I had never thought about hunting for them. One day I was in a cut cornfield and planned on shooting any errant dove that came past or maybe slip into the...

Amazing!

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I picked up about a dozen of Capt. Harry Jobes decoys at a church thrift store about 10 years ago. Assortment of divers and puddle ducks and one goose. All signed. I paid 15 bucks apiece. I also got a rustic wall clock with a canvasback on it. The clocks numbers are small carved shotgun shells...