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Micheal do you know of this Alaskan hunter? I have a National Rifleman from February 1948 with an article about his hunting and the rifle he used. A Winchester 70, custom stock and barrel. Chambered for 220 Arrow. There are some great pictures of him hunting in this article.
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Hosea Sarber was a well known hunter, guide and worked for the game commission I believe. Wrote some articles and was friends with Jay Williams and Whelen among others. Because of his unique name he is easy to Google. http://www.pixdatabase.com/photo/1661/ I'm not sure if it was him or someone else but I have a picture of a early hunter in Alaska sitting in a dory with bald-eagle claws about a foot deep in the bottom of the boat.
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MP, that whole photo album is fascinating, thanks for putting up the link. I found something else on "Hosey": http://www.fws.gov/digitalmedia/cdm4/ite...BOX=1&REC=1Open it in PDF, page 25. Art
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There is something about reading these old magazines and............ really trying to live what they where doing in the days of yesteryear. What a time.
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I think Sarber disappeared in the woods or maybe his empty boat was found. Unknown what happened.
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I seem to recall reading in 1959 of the discovery of Sarber's remains & that of a large bear. The bear died of gunshot wounds & Sarber died from the bear's attack. The article said that an 1886 Winchester, cal .33 WCF and an S&W .38-44 Outdoorsman revolver were found with the remains. The rifle's magazine was empty and the cylinder of the revolver had 6 empty cartridge cases in it. It was one of those "use enough gun" articles found in the adventure magazines of the day.
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Waterman, are you sure of that recollection? Sarber was a bolt action man, an 86 would have been out of character.
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MKB, 1959 was a long time ago. I remember that I was out of high school (graduated in 1958) and a voracious reader of things about Alaska and hunting. And that I read the article before I joined the Navy in 1960. I already knew Sarber's name. I think it was in some magazine like "True" or some such. Whether or not the article was factually correct is anyone's guess.
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