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By auto-focus are you guys talking about an autofocus system like cameras use, an electro-mechanical devise that automatically twist the lens, or a medium-low powered binocular, with such a large depth of field that everything from 30 feet to infinity is already in focus? I know Canon has an...

Over the years I've owned a lot of nice binoculars, my first good bino was a 7x35 Leitz Trinovid, since then I have owned, most I still have; 7x50 Fujinon MTRC, 8x42 Pentax DCF, 8x32 Nikon SE and 10x42 Nikon SE's, Leica 8x32 Trinovid BN, Leica 8x42 Ultravid HD, Leupold 6x30 Yosemite's and...

Got another respectable whitetail this year while out duck hunting. This time out of my buddy's Snow Goose. I had my deer down right at 8:00, my buddy set up the decoys while I dressed the deer out. We let him lie while we hunted waterfowl. Limited out on ducks and shot that goose as we were...

I'm a huge optics geek. I have or have owned Leica, Leitz, Swarovsky, Zeiss, Nikon, Leupold, Pentax, B&L and Fujinon. Right now I own seven pair of binos from $90.00 Leupold Yosemites to $2,000 Leica Ultravids. Most of my binos are shockproof-waterproof, but things get beat around too much in a...

That's pretty much my schedule. I would hate worrying that my dog didn't have enough fuel to keep him warm and powered up to hunt. He also gets part of my sandwich while we sit in the blind, it's just our thing. My dogs also train for field trials at least five days a week since they were six...

Thanks for picking up on the duck-boat aspect of the picture. I used to frequent this forum a lot back when I built my boat. I remember Andrew, Eric and Sutton were particularly helpful back in the day. The story of that hunt is my buddy and I have permission to hunt a backwater slough near...

They do go hand in hand, sometimes I do both at the same time...

Cool, good start! Building a Devlin boat is very fun and rewarding.

Or how can you tell an ugly Chessie from a handsome one? You can't, so once you get an FC or AFC title just show the dog and receive your Ch. Just kidding, the point is to give credit to the Chessie powers to be for holding to the standard, where the Lab and Golden show folks have wandered way...

Good point, but the field/show split in Chessies is no where near the huge divide between field and show Golden's or Labs. As a matter of fact Linda Harger is running a dual champion right now. The last dual champion Golden was in the mid 70s with Labs almost as far back. Here's a cool...

Linda Harger in Idaho has the best Chessies I have seen and I've seen a lot. I got to judge the Chesapeake National Specialty a few years back. Her pups are expensive though. Here's a link http://www.fireweedchesapeakes.com/

I'm a good trainer, but not that good, LOL.

I felt the same way toward my 1985 vintage, very clean Merc, so I built an olive drab cover to hide it and protect it from road and sun damage. I just couldn't bring myself to paint that vintage motor... My homemade cover...

Good memory, I forgot about that. That spring lost a little of its oomph after fifteen years, and let the safety reset from recoil so I didn't have a second shot unless I remembered to flick the safety off between shots. It was a hassle and put that shotgun out of action while my gunsmith waited...

My hunting buddy and I both shoot over-under's or side by sides out of out duck boat. It just takes a little consideration to be safe, plus you can easily see the gun in safe action-open action mode. If I was hunting with a guy who was careless in where his barrel was pointed I would tell him or...

I had a 12 ga. Citori Lighting that I hit well with but didn't like the fat in the hand action. Back around 1994 I traded it plus some cash for a new Ruger Red Label Sporting Clays model. The Ruger is heavy, too heavy for me to carry in the upland, but not a problem in the duck blind. They only...

Hi Bill, where are you in Montana? Do you have a pic of your boat? I'll google it in the meantime. John