Just wondering...

[david32cal]

oh! just one more thing,not PC to be sure but i never go in woods without my digital camera. i love to take pics when out in the woods, i guess if it was 1820 i'd of been doin a lot of drawing

[Dryball]

Definitely pc for me. Records are very important to me also.

Ned

[Doug]

Ned I be checkin the things in my 32 caliber bag, which buy the way is 7 1/2" X 6" with a 3/4 length flap made of a dark golden tan leather with a hand wove strap of dark gold and blue.  Lets see I gots here a patch knife reworked from an old paring knife blade dont never throw away nothin never know when I might needs it a osage handle that I done reamed out for a powder measure. Here is a small bag of cleaning patches, that little bitty hole in that barrel sure does get all cloged up quick, and two cute little rawhide bage made by a feller that calls his self Rock Creek, one for caps and one for balls, a roll of patching and the tools and foo fraw needed to keep it a shootin.  On a lace on the strap is a small ball block with 3 balls and a small short starter.  My powder horn is a small 6" horn that I use with 3f for hunting.  I also carry a game bag made of burlap with red and black stripes woven in and lined with blue cotton cloth.  The old lady is sickly so I never hunt very far from home nor stay over night so I don't worry about extra cloths or a lot of supplys.  If I want to I carry some cold corn bread and jerkey.

I know ye ask about one of them good old flint guns but a while back I got a chanst to trade for one of them new fangled guns what uses somethin called a per cussin cap.  It was made in some valley up in Cun net cet specally for huntin sqwills and it's a jim dandy for that.

Iffin you gots any more questions just write to me I gets down to the tradin store abouts ever 6 months or so.  That feller that runs it will read me yow writin he can read purty good and he will write a re ply for me too.  Doug

[Dryball]

Thankee Doug, whuts tha chanct of sum pic-turs of yor stuff....shor wud like ta see hit.

Ned

[Doug]

Putty good theys a fotograpfer feller comin in the next day or two.

[Dryball]

Lukin forard to seein hit.

Ned

[old salt]

Rifle. shooting bag, extra balls or small lead bar, ladle, and mold, flints, patch knife, repair kit. some dried meat, dry tinder. belt knife and a tomahawk 

[Oldnamvet]

I wonder............if he was that poor, he might have a smoothbore rather than a rifle.  A load of shot and he was set for squirrel or any fowl who happened by.  Probably a hunter of opportunity.  That smoothbore would also work with PRB for a deer gun -- or bear if so inclined.  I'd think the smoothbore would also be less expensive than a rifle.

[Dryball]

Your right...a smoothbore is more likely. but I need this info so I can carry the right gear when I carry my .32. Right now I'm lacking a smoothbore....but with luck that will soon change. Then I'll be picking your brains for smoothbore gear.

Ned

[bull frog]

Most all that has been mentioned is pretty much what I would be carrying but must say that I would be packing a small fire kit cause it don't weigh much and can get down pretty small.  Even by todays standereds, fire makins is a good thing to be carring in the woods.  A few hours hunt can turn into an over night disaster very quickly and without warning.  And believe me, if it can happen, it can happen to me.  I got myself into more unexpected scrapes than any ten people I know. I would prefer to have a little extra gear to insure survival than take a chance on the alternative.  I don't think I would carry lead and ladle though, unless I expected to stay out for several days.  In most small calibers (like .32) a large number of balls would be carried without difficulty, and I probably would have more than enough to last me even if had to stay a couple of days extra.  Having all that is needed to keep my rifle shooting would be there, one of Neds rod pullers would be a good idea as well.  A small burning lens is a good idea maybe, a fire can be started with these as well, plus who hasn't had to remove hard to see splinters, etc.

[Dryball]

Well said Bull Frog!

DB

[bull frog]

David32, really like the looks of your bag contents, especially that antler flask.

[david32cal]

thanks! bull frog, if i remember correctly i got it from one of the fellas here. tom-h i believe, i think he told me his wife did the carving. here's a better pic.

[Roaring Bull]

Wow that is awesome.

[battman1]

Holy geeze, that's nice.