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Kim Ralston at Long Range #202244 09/29/2019 5:30 PM
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Got a surprise visit from Kim Ralston & his lovely wife Friday since they were doing a western vacation for the first time. He called me from Driggs, Idaho which is just over the Teton mountain range from Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Kim said they were in the mood for a Huckleberry milk shake & a visit & I said we could take care of both & to go ahead & make the 2 hour drive down.

After getting acquainted for a while we loaded up & headed to the local Arctic Circle which is world famous (almost) for their Huckleberry milk shakes & Karen, an old friend sadly tells me they are OUT of Huckleberries, yikes!

Kim, being a gentleman didn't go for his gun, don't know who he would have shot, me or Karen. Anyway, we had lunch & drove in & around town for a while & then I took them to my favorite long range shooting spot in the river canyon. Many of you who have visited have been there.

I handed Kim my OM 44 flat top with some 246 gr Keith HP's & he started pounding some river rocks out around the 200 yd mark offhand & doing very well, almost every shot was minute of mule deer with a gun he had never fired, he knows his way around a six gun. The last photo is Kim & I at a place called Hooper Springs were the wagon trains coming across the Oregon Trail would stop & get the bubbly, kind of carbonated water & rest their livestock for a few days. Soda Springs was called the Oasis of the west.






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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: sixshot] #202245 09/29/2019 5:56 PM
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It was the best free guided tour I ever had! 😜 We really enjoyed the day spent with Dick and Mrs. Ruth Ann - one of the better days on our vacation. Believe it or not, Dick had cast bullets to shoot...lol.


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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: KRal] #202246 09/29/2019 6:02 PM
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COOL. AND NICE


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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: 45MAN] #202247 09/29/2019 6:32 PM
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That`s GREAT....


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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: jamesfromjersey] #202249 09/29/2019 7:57 PM
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I'm insanely jealous! Wish I could have been there to help burn some powder - and enjoy the camaraderie. Looks like you guys had fun!

Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: Mark Hampton] #202251 09/29/2019 9:14 PM
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Pretty cool.


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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: Zee] #202264 09/30/2019 1:26 AM
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My kind of vacation. Like Mark said wish I could have been there.


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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: junebug] #202269 09/30/2019 2:54 AM
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It was fun! I'm sure you know just about everyone has a standing invitation to drop in anytime except for Utah fishermen! Oh, this is my oldest son Friday, took him almost 10 minutes to land this whopper on his fly rod & a 6X6 bull & a LOT of cows were just on the other side of the willows & the bull was going nuts bugling.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/rmNhb9ch.mp4[/img]
Sorry, couldn't get the video on here.

Dick

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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: sixshot] #202301 09/30/2019 10:28 PM
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That is just beautiful country you live in dick! Wow!

Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: tradmark] #202302 09/30/2019 10:38 PM
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I shot that same rock. Probably same gun. Had a great time with Dick

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Sounds like a great time!


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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: Sal vasquez] #202306 09/30/2019 11:18 PM
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I agree, that is some beautiful country. Sounds like a great time was had by all. Shooting with friends can't be beat.

Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: BRASF0311] #202313 10/01/2019 2:45 AM
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That's flat out awesome!


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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: Randy M] #202317 10/01/2019 12:16 PM
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That sounds like a great vacation.
Nice pictures by the way.
I believe you have an excuse to do it again when they have Huckleberry's back on hand for your milk shake.

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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: Sal vasquez] #202347 10/01/2019 11:48 PM
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Great way to spend a vacation and that area sure is beautiful. Thanks for sharing Dick!

Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: Pa. Mike] #202352 10/02/2019 1:22 AM
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Very cool! Love to meet some of yall myself.


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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: PsTaN] #202357 10/02/2019 11:34 AM
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Good for you guys !

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Awesome! Looks like y'all had a blast.


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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: Sal vasquez] #202418 10/08/2019 4:20 AM
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Great guys! Dick still will not tell me where he lives 🤔


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Re: Kim Ralston at Long Range [Re: GlennS] #202419 10/08/2019 4:49 AM
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Glenn knows where I live, he's been here before. Today Scott & Peggy Porter from Wylie, Texas showed up & spent the day. We drove all over & ended up doing some shooting in the river canyon. Great people & a fun time! Enjoyed meeting them.

Dick


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