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Post by wisconsintrapper on Jun 20, 2012 10:33:00 GMT -5
How many miles of road were there in Nakina in 1935?
How many puppies born to Blackie in March of 1933 were located in a box under the pole bed in the winter cabin?
What brand and caliber was Jim's rifle that he used to kill the big wolf?
The sleeping bags used by Jim and Lindsay contained what material for insulation?
Just a few questions to rekindle your memory of the book. Answer one or all. Discuss if you like.
Chris
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Post by twisterj on Jun 20, 2012 13:17:34 GMT -5
Cannot remember how many pups Blackie had, but I think Jims rifle was a .32 cal, and his sleeping bag, easy eiderdown.
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Post by wisconsintrapper on Jun 20, 2012 17:00:06 GMT -5
Correct on rifle caliber and eider down as the insulation material in their sleeping bags. Keep the answers coming and let's get the activity up on this great site!
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johnc
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Post by johnc on Jun 21, 2012 8:34:33 GMT -5
I got a Question to add to the Quiz book,
Who is the person holding the Porcupine between the two sticks in the TLN Book?
I know the answer to this one. Who else knows the answer.
Let us know. John C
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Post by wisconsintrapper on Jun 21, 2012 14:56:33 GMT -5
Good question on the porcupine. In the book Jim, barefooted in the snow, had an encounter with a porcupine while Lindsay looked on. The porcupine pictured in the book must be a different one as there is no snow in the photo.
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Post by traplines on Jun 22, 2012 9:57:37 GMT -5
I know the answer to the porcupine and you won't find it in the book. If you go back through this web site you'll find in there an article from John Callan that the guy in the picture is Emile Cote.
Russ
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Post by wisconsintrapper on Jun 22, 2012 15:16:17 GMT -5
Trick question on the porcupine but if the info can be found on this website I guess that would be fair game!
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johnc
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Post by johnc on Jun 22, 2012 19:32:08 GMT -5
Yes the porcupine is fair game. Everyone will find the answer in my article "Living the Dream" on this website.
Good to hear back from you Wisconsin Trapper
John C
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Post by badger on Jan 17, 2013 8:37:21 GMT -5
I'll add a question,
#1- what was the caliber of the the rifle in the pic with the nickle front sight?
#2- what type/model rifle did Jim carry?
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Post by Wisconsin trapper on Jan 25, 2013 12:06:02 GMT -5
Rifle was a .32 Special made by Winchester. I believe a model 88 lever action but I am not positive on the model.
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Post by badger on Jan 26, 2013 16:12:05 GMT -5
,32 Special is a given in the book. I was referring to the bolt action in the pic. The bolt had to be a Mod 54 Win, the forerunner to the Mod 70. If Jim's gun was a lever it most likely was a Mod 1894.
The Mod 88 was not released until 1955
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Post by Tom Bowers on Dec 7, 2013 21:33:18 GMT -5
You can't be sure of Jim's rifle model. It is never stated it was a bolt action. After replacing the front sight with a nickel the book states that Jim thingyed the gun before he shot the moose. Which would suggest it was likely a lever action. Only young Lindsay's gun is stated to be a bolt action when he stated the bolt action was frozen up due to cold. When Jim asked Lindsay why didn't he take a shot at the cross fox.
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Post by Maxie on Mar 23, 2014 3:55:09 GMT -5
Lindsay's rifle was a bolt action, but I don't think the manufacturer nor calibre was ever mentioned in the book. Jim's firearm was a Winchester lever action chambered in .32 Winchester Special. The 32 Winchester ammunition is for all intents and purposes identical in performance when coming from a manufacturer as the more popular 30-30 Winchester ammo. (However, one must never try to interchange and fire these two different brands of ammunition in identical looking rifles..!)
What a truly great book, full of the exciting recollections of a pioneering wilderness family who survived by their unique skills and wits in the often harsh, unforgiving Canadian North Country. I read it, and re-read by coal oil lamp and candlelight on my parent's small, struggling farmstead on the great plains of Saskatchewan in the 1950's with equally bitterly cold winters and copious amounts of snowfall. It inspired my brothers and I to run our own limited in means trap-lines where we learned to trap weasels and the occassional mink, plus snaring those big, black-tipped eared jack rabbits that proliferated the praires in those early years. In the early Spring we'd trap muskrats by the dozens, and then with all our carefully skinned pelts from the long winters, we'd realize some nice spending money when Dad would load us all up with our hard earned catchs and take us to meet the fur buyers as they passed thru the territory. All inspired by 'Trap-Lines North', and the Vanderbeck family.
What a great honor it would have been to meet any of the Vanderbeck's family members, and the other real life characters in that wonderful book. It has had a measureable impact on my whole life and the real values in this world.
Bye For Now/Max.
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Post by iowangent on Apr 14, 2014 17:28:30 GMT -5
I got a couple questions. Jim makes a bet if he catches anything in the last four traps at the end of the day. What were the treats he bet he would have that night? Plus what was the last animal in he caught in the 4th trap?
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Post by BRIAN on Feb 22, 2016 12:20:18 GMT -5
iowangent:
moosemeat, the cake, the icing and finally; it was a fisher
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