Our friends at Ranger Springs Skinners have set-up a fall raffle for a .54 Caliber Percussion Muzzleloader.
Details are below:
They’ll be giving it away at their Fall Rendezvous.
More details on their Fall Rendezvous on the Events page. . . .
Our friends at Ranger Springs Skinners have set-up a fall raffle for a .54 Caliber Percussion Muzzleloader.
Details are below:
They’ll be giving it away at their Fall Rendezvous.
More details on their Fall Rendezvous on the Events page. . . .
Looks like it’s gonna be some shinin’ times again this fall. . .
After a long COVID hiatus, many groups are meeting up again and there are plenty of events coming up this fall to get you and your family out to Rendezvous.
Check out the Events page for more details!
It’s always fun to find a new maker who can bring his own personal touch and vision to buckskinning, longhunter, or blackpowder gear. Everyone needs a shooting pouch, but not every shooting pouch is a legitimate work of art.
Eric Ewing is a master craftsman who specializes in hunting pouches, shooting bags, and the like – and his work is truly something to behold.
I was first introduced to Eric’s work via his cool Instagram page and was immediately draw to his unique style. I’ve always been envious of makers and craftsmen who are able to blend together different disparate elements – materials, colors, etc – into one cohesive style. Eric really has an amazing eye for materials and his work is fantastic.
Here’s a description from his website:
Functional, historically-styled folk art bags and accoutrements, hand-crafted by maker Eric Ewing
All items are hand-made using a diverse mix of natural and reclaimed media, including bark-tanned leather, repurposed textile remnants, and antique hardware.
All animal hides are ethically sourced from hunters and tanned in small batches; some are procured from smaller, family-owned commercial tanneries; and others are repurposed and/or acquired from private collections found in storage. The metalwork and other embellishments are either reclaimed antiques or newly made by blacksmiths and other talented artists.
Here are a few sample’s of Eric’s work.
Pouches
Bags/Shot Pouches
Eric can be contacted via his website at https://www.ericewingmaker.com/
He also has an excellent Instagram account that can be seen at https://www.instagram.com/forest_and_fowl/
See you on down the trail!
– Many Rifles
I was fortunate to get to attend the Woolaroc Spring Trader’s Encampment for the first time this year.
Check out the article I put together on this excellent, biannual event.
– Many Rifles
George Baseke has reached out to me about some plunder he’s looking to sell. Some of you probably remember George from around the campfire at TAB events in the past. Unfortunately, health reasons are preventing George from coming to rendezvous, so he wanted me to list some of this excellent plunder.
Here’s a few sketches of the goods and prices:
#1 Forged blade, antler guard $80.00
#2 Sharp hammered blade $85.00
#3 Sharp used Colonial style knife $85.00
#4 Sharp hand forged Colonial style $95.00
#5 Solid hickory handle pined on pipe bowl head. $250.00
#9 Red Fox cap with beaded bill and feathers. $150.00
#10 Beaver hat with bill and side rosette. $85.00
#11 Old brain tanned Lakota medicine bag >$85.00
#12 Antique Rainbow Goddess necklace, buffalos horn claws! <$150.00
#13 1780 Austria Talon coin (pure silver} $ 125.00
Please do reach out to George, if you’re interested.
He can be reached at pioneer.george37 ‘at’ gmail.com
Well, it’s been a strange year for sure, but some groups are starting to host events again.
I know I sure am looking forward to getting out and into camp with some of my fellow skinners.
Get the latest details on the Events page.
If you have an event, please do let me know!
Waugh!
From “Just Josh,” TAB Quartermaster:
Apologies for the delay in providing this to everyone… The Board held off on making the decision on moving forward with the Fall ‘vous until we got a good idea if the Governor would be issuing any orders that would affect our having a gathering of this size.
There is cut and deadfall wood onsite… please bring water for your camp.Remember that this is an election year for the Club Officers,,, The President, Vice-President, and Quartermaster positions’ terms will end at this ‘vous and will be up for election during the business meeting Saturday before the prize blanket. If you have been thinking about serving in one of these positions, but weren’t sure about the duties, please talk to one of us during the ‘vous.President – “Big” John DonahooVice President – “Blackpowder” Jim BransonQuartermaster – “Just” Josh Kuntz
Per Jack, the shoot has been rescheduled to August 29, 2020.
Here’s some more details:
Alright, we are going to try this again. We got rained out yesterday, but the shoot has been rescheduled for next Saturday, August 29th.
For those of you that might not know, the match is $5. We have a quarters shoot for cold bore. Dues are payable for a calendar year and are only $15.00. Dues not only go towards WSB, but for Texas Free Trappers too. $15.00 for both! Flintlocks and percussion rifles and pistols, but no modern muzzleloaders please. We shoot some paper targets along with metal silhouettes. Bring your
own water and snacks. There are no toilet facilities on the property.
From Jack “Straight Arrow” Simons:
Sure felt good to get out last month and shoot some powder. Hope you can join us this upcoming Saturday. See notice below. – Jack “Straight Arrow”
White Smoke Brigade – Match 176 – August 22, 2020
Shooting begins around 10:00 AM
There will be at least 3 rifle matches
If you have any questions, please call.
Joe Wolf or Jack Simons
830-935-3121 210-846-6375
“They were social outcasts – some of them army deserters, some of them men with a legal charge over their heads, some of them bound boys or slaves who had run away – but men were pretty much the same out here. A black man who could shoot center and eat boudins with you and warn you about a Blackfoot creeping up wasn’t a man you looked out on. Out here a man wasn’t judged by whether he could read or write, or what his color was, or what kind of family he came from, or how much money he had back there, but by his skill. Social rank here, in rising order was pork-eater, camp-tender, company trapper, clerk, booshway, and top rank – free trapper. The measure of a man was his extent of his skill-his mountain craft.”
– Win Blevins, Give Your Heart to the Hawks