One of the biggest stumbling blocks I’m facing as I plan the re-launch of the Lo-fi Gun & Game project is that of monetization. While I harbor no illusions that this site will ever grow into a multi-million dollar media…
My lovely wife went and got herself a major promotion with her employer. The catch is that taking the new position requires us to relocate from Downeast Maine to Sacramento, California. Given the extreme, exhausting, and expensive nature of this…
As part of my ongoing exploration of handloaded 12 gauge slugs and as part of an effort to reduce the amount of stuff I have to pay to bring during an impending move to California, I recently made my last…
Being an avid handloader of shotgun slugs, I was naturally intrigued when I learned earlier this year that Ballistics Products Inc. of Hamel, MN had added a new slug to its lineup of components for handloaders. As soon as I…
A few months ago, I acquired an aftermarket barrel for my Benelli Nova Tactical that was manufactured by Carlson’s of Atwood, Kansas. The barrel is 18.5-inches in length and it arrived with a Carlson’s rifled choke tube installed. Although the…
In past conversations with non-hunting friends, when I’ve mentioned eating wild game, the reaction has often been a sour look and a sneer. “How can you eat that stuff,” they would ask. “It’s so tough, dry and gamy.” Such a…
In a recent post, I wrote that I had recently acquired a Zastava M85 chambered in 7.62x39mm. The rifle, manufactured by Serbia’s Zastava Arms and imported by Century Arms International, is a compact bolt action priced just right for a…
Ruffed grouse (colloquially called partridge) are the premier upland game bird of northern New England and are both delicious and incredibly difficult to hunt. They often dwell in the kind of thick, previously logged, new-growth forest habitat that is nearly…
I made my first trip of the 2013 hunting season today and had a fair amount of success. The area I was hunting is a large tract of state-owned land in Downeast Maine that is dotted with numerous lakes and…
In an earlier article, I wrote about how hunters who, like me, are on a painfully limited budget, can make do with the gear they have on hand and still have a good season afield. In that article, I mentioned…
The start of the Maine ruffed grouse season is rapidly approaching and, as is typical of most years, I find myself in possession of largely aging gear and barely a fistful of loose change to spend on guns, ammo, and…
Among the many minor hazards the outdoor enthusiasts is bound to encounter in his or her travels, the various burrs that exist concealed in forest underbrush are one of the most irritating. They become embedded in clothing, often poking through…
During a bird hunt last October, I found that a short-barreled shotgun of the type usually relegated to home defense offered a number of advantages when pursuing ruffed grouse in the thick woods of eastern Maine. The short, 18.5-inch barrel…
For the sake of accuracy, I may need to rename my DIY mackerel rig in light of the fact that I’m mostly catching pollock on it. A lot of pollock. In spite of persistent rain showers yesterday, my wife (who…
One of the most tedious and least glamorous parts of the whole hunting, fishing, and shooting game is gear maintenance. Though it can be a lot of work and will typically be the last thing a hunter or angler will…
The acquisition of a new firearm is not regular occurrence for me and such an event typically only takes place after a rare windfall or the liquidation of unneeded and unused personal property. It follows that on those exceedingly rare…
My wife and I made another trip down to the Schoodic Peninsula yesterday for the dual purpose of fishing and escaping the heat. We’ve been enduring a rare period of hot, sunny, and humid weather recently and the temperature is…
After moving from landlocked Vermont to the coast of Maine a few years ago, I became enamored with fishing for Atlantic mackerel during the summer months. In late June or early July every year, large schools of these sleek,…
As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, in recent years my weapon of choice for all game large and small has been a smooth bore shotgun of one type or another. Admittedly, one of the reasons for this is financial in…
Rainbow trout rival landlocked salmon in terms of how difficult they are to catch through the ice. This is not a result of rainbow trout being inactive during the winter or difficult to locate (they’re not) but rather due to…
