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Gents: I had the opportunity to listen and then meet Craig at LL Bean yesterday in Maine. He struck me as a very nice guy as well as an immense authority on his subject. Plus, he was kind enough to sign two books of his I own. | ||
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Agreed! He is a true gentleman, and a great ambassador for our sport. | |||
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Agree x 2 . I had the pleasure to spend 5 days in a KY whitetail camp with Craig when I was the marketing guy for Under Armour. He was great, and I know I wore him out asking about DG hunting. I was planning my first DG hunt, and he couldn't have been any nicer about sharing knowledge. Good Hunting, Tim Herald Worldwide Trophy Adventures tim@trophyadventures.com | |||
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AGREED! I spent a little over an hour sitting next to him on a plane a few years ago, we we're both headed to Wyoming to hunt antelope, and I fully enjoyed our conversation. ______________________ | |||
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Agree 100% ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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My buddy is working that same show (ends today), and when he called last night to say that he wasn't going to make the pig roast I was at, he mentioned that he was hanging around with some guys, one of whom was CB. Wish I could have gone (not as much as the dearly departed pig, I'm sure). ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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A friend hunted with him in Spain. Says he's a real gentleman and excellent hunter. What else can you expect from a man? | |||
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And a Retired Marine! Huge respect here. ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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I ran into him at Afton GH a couple of weeks ago and he was a pleasure to talk to. He was as down to earth as it gets. He seemed genuinely interested in my upcoming safari and answered some questions that I had. | |||
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I have had maybe three brief chats with CB at SCI. He has always been quite gracious, down to earth, and just a plain good guy. Always gave me more time then he probably had available. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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+1  Dr.CAt Home on the Range-Texas Panhandle | |||
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I've never had the pleasure of meeting him, but have immensely enjoyed his writing. I recall a 2 article series in G&A (I think) on terminal ballistics a few years back that was a great read - for seasoned hunters or newbies. The man has a wealth of big game experience, and always seems to be an honest and forthright writer. He's on a very short list of people I'd love to sit down with for a long conversation. gd | |||
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A real man's man. Kind, unassuming, knowledgeable, and willing to share his knowledge with the rest of us. I think I told you guys I chatted with him at SCI this year. I had met a young lady who was studying gunsmithing at a school in Oklahoma. I mentioned his name and she asked if I would introduce her. We walked over and I thought she was going to faint. She says "Mr Boddington..." and he says "my friends call me Craig...". He spent several minutes talking guns and hunting with her and I know when she left she was walking on the clouds. Men that have done things with their lives have no ego. They see themselves as "lucky" to have done what they loved for a living. Rich 4-bore shooter | |||
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My wife and I met him at the KC SCI banquet. He was extremely friendly and we talked for a few minutes about my Namibian hunt. But what was real nice of him was to then spend a couple of minutes talking to my non-hunting wife who had traveled with me about her experience in Africa. He picked up a new fan in her after that conversation. | |||
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