I fixed Myriam’s DPMS and she wanted to try it out for accuracy. Here’s what she did:
72 yards, cards edge on, 3 shots only, 10x scope.
Category Archives: Hunting and Shooting
Big ooops!
Well, there’s a reason you don’t shoot through your gates. I knew that but, it was such a clear shot! Darned if I could figure out why I missed. That is until I drove up to the gate today and saw an odd shadow on the gate. (you idiot…ya forgot to compensate for close range trajectory 
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Amazing what a little .204 Ruger round will do to a steel gate. Durn near blew the bar apart! !!#@$##@!!
Fort Abraham Lincoln and other news
On August 21, we visited Fort Abraham Lincoln located south of Mandan. Those who know me personally know that I’ve been there in the past on numerous occasions but we had only done the trail ride or simply visited with people. This time around we took the interpretive tour.
Things are well organized. As you can see in the picture below, you really travel back in time. Our guide, Miss Cassandra, is a laundress at the fort. While visiting, she asked us how we reached the fort. Answer: by boat or ferry, which was the only way across the river back in 1875. Men were required to remove their hats inside the house as was the custom back then. It was really interesting.
We’re planning to go back again and take some more pictures. In the meantime, I’ve set up a gallery in our Special Pages section. The page is titled Fort Abraham Lincoln 2009.
In other news, we made the acquisition of a Browning .22 rifle. Man, does it shoot nicely! It’s not in my nature to brag about my accomplishments but I do have to share my best target shooting to date. Everything just felt right when I did it. It’s such a special feeling. It’s like everything is in sync. It’s hard to describe but felt really good. 
We also purchased a scope to put on it. Unfortunately, the first base mount we got doesn’t work. It doesn’t allow the scope to be mounted back far enough so we ordered another base mount. We should receive it this week.
Woke up early yesterday morning and caught this beautiful sunrise. Sunrises and sunsets here are the best I’ve ever seen.
A little later in the morning, I caught this pheasant hen with her young making their way through our backyard. We counted 8 chicks. Can you find all of them?
First “hunt”
Myriam made her first kill. We were walking back from the mailbox. I had taken the .44-40 with us in case we spotted a coyote or the mountain lion that’s been seen around here.
Well, we didn’t come across such big game, but Myriam did spot a field mouse. So, what the heck, let’s see what she can do with the rifle. Barely missed with the first shot but got him with the second. Not much left of him as you can see.
First time she nailed anything other than cans and paper. She was pretty cool and collected. Usually, a person gets nervous with a live target. We’ll see how she does with something bigger as the opportunity arises.
