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Comment by Brian Martin on November 11, 2013 at 13:40

Crazy fun day of air rifle shooting this fine fall Missouri day!  I have never tried this before, but you talk about addicting!!  A guy from our range has built a air rifle field target course around his property.  Had to be around 60 to 70 targets to shoot at from all different angles and postions. My gun is a weihrauch 97K 177cal springer gun, that is just perfect for this sport.  I primarly use it to practice my off hand shooting in the off season.  The amount of work he has put in my pictures don't do justice.  There where snakes that you had to just hit a couple inches of thier head, to get the points.  To Gophers you had to thread it threw the eye!  From 10 yards out to about 45, always has brush and limbs and leaves to deal with!

Me shooting up a hill at a rat sized target about 25 yards up on  that bluff!

 

Next is the group of guys I was shooting with!  The target is in the upper right hand corner in that dark spot up under that bluff, I believe this one was a Gofer at about 30 yards.  The kill spot to make it go down is about the size of a quarter on most of the animals.

 

next is a metal snake laying on the backside of the log, his head is on a hinge and is about the size of a mans thumb!  Very tough shot!  About 18 yards or so.

Comment by Paul Slusser on November 11, 2013 at 12:22

I really like the Treeman also Robert. It looks like it has seen a lot of use. Very unique knife.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on November 11, 2013 at 10:25

The knife you spoke of, Tobias, is a Treeman. The blade is 3 3/4" and the handle is 4 1/8. The overall all is just under 8" long. It is hammer forged vintage Studebaker spring 5160 steel. I keep preventing it from forming a patina. This is my favorite pair, while hunting. I do rotate in other combo, though.

 Paul, that's a fine combo, you spoke of. I love your photo also. Please send more photos, we enjoy them. Good luck, hunting.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on November 11, 2013 at 9:36

Really nice Cutlery.   Robert that is one fine handmade fixed blade!  It looks to be around 6 or 7 inches over all.  Could you post the dimensions (Blade and overall)?

Comment by Paul Slusser on November 10, 2013 at 22:05

Thought this photo would be a great one for Outdoor Living.  This yellow rose proto resides in the Texas hill country.

 

I used my GEC 73 linerlock to gut my deer and then usually switch to my RW Wilson fixed blade to skin it, quarter it and bone out the rest. The Wilson fixed blade has a stouter blade for jobs like taking the lower leg off at the knee joint. I broke a 1095 blade on my 73 last year but GEC kindly replaced it for me. Good thing because it was a new knife and I loved the stag on it.

Comment by Jason Oncedisturbed Riley on November 10, 2013 at 17:40

some nice looking gear there guys

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on November 10, 2013 at 17:25

Yea, Ken, a rabbit is just like a big deer. There are those that think, cleaning the game is work. I on the other hand, think that it is part of the fun. You get to use your favorite knife and enjoy going over the story of the kill. Take your time, enjoy every part of the hunting experience.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on November 10, 2013 at 17:20

These are my two favorites, during hunting season. I hope to use Alex Noots new knife, soon as I get it. They are both carbon steel, knives.

Comment by Ken Spielvogel on November 10, 2013 at 13:37

That's great Robert, a lot of taking care of wild game is your facility that can make it easier. Yours sounds really nice and set up well. A deer is a lot like a squirrel or rabbit, once you get the cut across the hind legs, the skin almost pulls off. You are right - its whatever works for you. I'd like to see your set up - but its a long way from here.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on November 10, 2013 at 10:09

Thanks, that's some fine choices. I have a skinning rack at my camp that I let a lot of people use. We have lights, running water, 2 cranks for hoisting the deer, a meat saw, a stainless steel table and several gut buckets. I enjoy, watching people clean their kill at my place. The reason, I'm telling ya'll this is, with all this butchering going on, I get to see a lot of different hunting knives. Fixed blades and folders, they run almost even with fixed blades in a small, majority.

 So, you see it's funny that with just you two responding, to my question, we are at that 50-50 ratio, already. It's all good, whatever works for you.  

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