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Is there a better photo showing the logos on the receiver ring? Is there a date or country indicated? Bill Quimby

I usually abhor political correctness, but I find absolutely nothing amusing about that photo. It not only is disrespectful to the baboon, but it also tells the world hunters are the dumbest of primates and have child-like senses of humor. It -- along with the staged photos of moose driving trucks with hunters tied on tops of cabs, hunters with dead cattle or horses in their pickup boxes arguing with wardens at check stations, guys smoking cigars and holding big bottles of booze as they pose with a foot on an elk or deer -- does a great disservice to our sport at time when we are under attack by a well-financed, highly organized enemy that wants to end all hunting. Sorry about the rant, but that photo is truly awful! Whomever staged and distributed it needs to grow up. Bill Quimby

I cannot describe how I felt when burglars stole all my guns, 37 in all! I had spent a lifetime acquiring them, and it still hurts. What really bugged me was losing the three muzzleloading longrifles I built from store-bought barrels and locks and the stocks and various parts I made. I had planned on leaving them to my daughter and two grandkids. Bill Quimby

I Googled "javelina books" as you suggested. Lots of titles, very little new meat. If you've read Lyle Sowles and Gerry Day, you are more enlightened about Arizona's javelinas than most hunters, although their research was done 30-40 years or more ago. It would be interesting to read about the research done in New Mexico and Texas. Incidentally, the website www.javelinauniversity.com ThomC mentioned is an excellent one and full of well-presented information! Bill Quimby

"Very cool! Who was the Namibia subject?" He was one of the best-known outfitters in Namibia before his death, but I ghost-wrote the book for him. Although there was nothing in our contract requiring nondisclosure, it would be unethical for me to mention his name. Bill Quimby

Since retiring in 1999 after seventeen years as an independent contractor with a contract to publish SCI's magazine, record books, newspapers and other printed material, I've written or ghost-written memoirs for nearly two dozen international big game hunters. These are limited edition, high-quality hard-cover books of 300 or more pages with about the same number of photos covering their hunting in twenty to thirty countries on six continents. Publishers have included Safari Press, Trophy Room Books and SCI. I've also written my own memoirs and a large book on the history of Safari Club International and published a compendium of articles about Greer and its early residents. I just finished the memoirs of a guy in California and am about half way through a book for a fellow in West Virginia. My clients have included eight Weatherby Award recipients, four hunting outfitters in Australia, Canada and Namibia, two of the world's best-known mountain game hunters, and four guys who may eventually receive the "Weatherby". All of the interviews were done in their trophy rooms, which was an experience by itself. A list of my books (it needs to be updated) appears with my biography on Wikipedia.com. Please note, I am NOT the Bill Quimby who has a business that sells toll-free phone numbers. Bill Quimby

"Wasn't he one of Gerald's mentors?" He was Gerry's boss. He was the regional supervisor in Tucson for many years. "Dang Bill why are you up at 3 dark 30 researching?" For nearly 30 years, I was at work at 4 AM. Now, though, the diuretics I take for my heart get me up every two hours and I have trouble going back to sleep. So I surf the 'Net, work on a book I'm writing for someone, and watch for sunup. If I'm lucky, in a good night I get four to five hours of interrupted sleep. The only saving thing about old age is that it doesn't last long. Bill

I was having a senior moment, but the name of one of the earliest javelina researchers finally came to me. He was Ted Knipe, a really nice guy. I wish I still had one of his maps showing herd locations. Bill Quimby

Quite frankly, I haven't read Gerry's book in so many years I can't begin to count them. lf he discussed the origin of the name "javelina" in his book, I forgot about it and I apologize for not giving him credit. It was published long before the garbage about collared peccaries being descended from rodents or named for the long sharp teeth on young peccaries started making the rounds. What happened, was a light bulb went off when I hunted red stag and wild boar on a friend's estate in Spain's Toledo Mountains in 1984, and the farm worker assigned to help me started talking about "jabalis" when we found where a group of boars had been rooting. I was pleased to see Gerry again last year at the funeral of a mutual friend. He along with Tice Supplee are THE undisputed experts on the javelina in Arizona. Bill Quimby Agreed. Not familiar with Tice. Does he have any writing published on Javelina? Tice is the woman who early in her career worked with Gerry Day when he was studying javelinas. She advanced up the game department's chain of command until she was the game branch chief. She may have gone higher in the agency, but I retired from the newspaper about then and lost track of her. She was extremely knowledgeable about Arizona's wildlife and especially good at soothing disgruntled hunters when she testified at commission meetings. Bill Quimby Very cool. But no writing then I gather? Another good informative read on the Peccary is the Lyle K Sowls, although not nearly as much fun it has a load of science and biology. A lot of it is just quoting others research though. Gerald Day included heavily. Gerry Day and Lyle Sowls were not the only biologists who wrote about Arizona's javelina's. Before them, the agency's southern Arizona regional supervisor (whose name I've forgotten) published a nifty report complete with maps and herd sizes in specific locations. The number of javelinas he estimated to be in what now is Catalina State Park was just short of amazing. Bill Quimby

Quite frankly, I haven't read Gerry's book in so many years I can't begin to count them. lf he discussed the origin of the name "javelina" in his book, I forgot about it and I apologize for not giving him credit. It was published long before the garbage about collared peccaries being descended from rodents or named for the long sharp teeth on young peccaries started making the rounds. What happened, was a light bulb went off when I hunted red stag and wild boar on a friend's estate in Spain's Toledo Mountains in 1984, and the farm worker assigned to help me started talking about "jabalis" when we found where a group of boars had been rooting. I was pleased to see Gerry again last year at the funeral of a mutual friend. He along with Tice Supplee are THE undisputed experts on the javelina in Arizona. Bill Quimby Agreed. Not familiar with Tice. Does he have any writing published on Javelina? Tice is the woman who early in her career worked with Gerry Day when he was studying javelinas. She advanced up the game department's chain of command until she was the game branch chief. She may have gone higher in the agency, but I retired from the newspaper about then and lost track of her. She was extremely knowledgeable about Arizona's wildlife and especially good at soothing disgruntled hunters when she testified at commission meetings. Bill Quimby

Collared peccary or javelina works for me. To impress friends and acquaintances, you also could use their scientific name, Pecari tajacu. Bill Quimby

Quite frankly, I haven't read Gerry's book in so many years I can't begin to count them. lf he discussed the origin of the name "javelina" in his book, I forgot about it and I apologize for not giving him credit. It was published long before the garbage about collared peccaries being descended from rodents or named for the long sharp teeth on young peccaries started making the rounds. What happened, was a light bulb went off when I hunted red stag and wild boar on a friend's estate in Spain's Toledo Mountains in 1984, and the farm worker assigned to help me started talking about "jabalis" when we found where a group of boars had been rooting. I was pleased to see Gerry again last year at the funeral of a mutual friend. He along with Tice Supplee are THE undisputed experts on the javelina in Arizona. Bill Quimby

Actually, the word "javelina" has nothing to do with javelins or spears, or even Mexicans. It stems from the Spanish word for the European wild boar, "jabali." The Spanish conquistadores who first encountered the collared peccary in the New World long before there was a Mexico added "ina" to indicate they reminded them of small wild boars. English-speakers often have trouble with Spanish words that contain a B and tend to pronounce them as if the B was a V, which resulted in a "jabalina" becoming known as a "javelina." Bill Quimby

Loser-fitting pants and loosing sleep need to be added to the CW dictionary. Bill Quimby

Here's what I do: 1. Open box. 2. Visually inspect barrel for obstruction. 3. Load new brass with four or five bullet and powder weights. The best combination for hunting will be obvious. 4. Load 100 rounds, which should be all you'll ever need for that rifle. 4. Hunt with it. Extreme accuracy is not needed for hunting. All that is needed is minute of deer if you are capable of stalking to within 250 yards of an animal, which is not that difficult. I had a lot of new rifles over the years and the only barrel I ever wore out was a .270 Win. that I used for shooting silhouettes in Sonora and deer, antelope, elk and javelinas in three states for four years . I probably fired 1,000 rounds through it before accuracy went south. Bill Quimby

'Maybe some young geek could create for Amanda an auto correct program for this site with all words not just words like shoot." Years ago, I created a list of words that appeared frequently on CW and translated them for newcomers to this site. Anyone know how I might find that list? Bill Quimby

Alright Gents! If you are one of those guys that call javi 'stink pigs', can you please stop putting in for them and drawing tags?" Funny, but I feel the same way about "javi. Bill Quimby

I've been in on two bear kills where hunters (I was one of them) tried to kill treed bears with .357 handguns. My friend's bear was a small one and took three hits in the chest from about 15-20 feet below and wouldn't die until I handed my friend his .30-06. My bear was a big old boar and took five hits in the chest from about the same angle and distance. It roared at each shot, but would not die until I borrowed Jim Belion's .44 mag and blew it out of the tree. We didn't inspect my buddy's bear closely, but I was curious how my bear could survive five chest shots from the .357. It's been a long time, but I seem to remember finding three bullets lodged in fat, stopped before they could reach the lungs/heart area. Don't remember what happened with the other two shots, but the .44 mag wound channel went clear through that bear, breaking the spine along the way. We were hunting with hounds on the peaks above Flagstaff and I carried only that .357. It was a poor choice. My recommendation, get a larger caliber or take only brain shots. Bill Quimby

No one makes a gun big enough to force me to put liver in my mouth. No matter who prepares it, it tastes gawd-awful! I feel the same way about doves. They taste like liver, too. Bill Quimby

Check the sites of taxidermists in the Texas Hill Country and ask about gemsbok capes. Bill Quimby

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Thanks, everyone. I spent the day watching our aspens. The fall color show in the White Mountains is downright gorgeous right now. Bill Quimby

Thanks, guys. BQ

Stealing entire camps is not new. In the late 1960s, we returned to where we were camped a long way from pavement below the rim in Unit 27 and found everything gone -- including our tent! A couple of years after that, we lost tackle boxes, rods and reels that were taken out of our boat at night at San Carlos Lake. We were sleeping on shore only a couple of dozen steps away. There always have been jerks who don't think twice about taking other people's things. Bill Quimby

I'm not a lawyer, but I have followed a number of similar cases over the years that were resolved in court. Although we hunters have always used "first blood" to determine ownership, the courts instead nearly always have gone by who made the "killing shot." In other words, as awful as it seems to me and most other hunters, if that bull still was breathing when the guy and his guide approached it, I believe a judge would rule they legally could stick some more arrows in it and claim it. Bill Quimby