Here's why you should dry-run cartridges through your rifle before the hunt. Note the bulged necks. I've seen backward primers and bulged Bullets over the years, too. All on factory loads. #ammo #cartridges #bullets #ammunition #hunting #guns #safety #fail #ronspomeroutdoors

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"If you get an outfit, you can be a Bwana too!" With apologies to the Smothers Brothers. How to dress for Plains Game safari at http://ift.tt/2vUNt61. #safari #plainsgamehunting #africa #blaserr8 #zeissoptics #zeiss #dressforsucess #hunting #ronspomeroutdoors @blaser_usa @zeisshunting

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Springbuck hunting in the "streets" of the Kalahari, Namibia. #ronspomeroutdoors #africa #safari #hunting #plainsgame #springbuck #swarovski #swiftscirocco #kalahari #antelope

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Mormon crickets aren't as mean as they look. #insects #cricket #mormoncricket #bugme #ronspomeroutdoors

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You know you're in small town South Dakota when the cafe restroom looks like this. The Dugout in Tripp,SD. #ronspomeroutdoors #hunting #smalltownlife #southdakota #restroom #urinal #artwalls

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Sticking with our trout motif... Another rainbow release. #brandedrockcanyon #colorado #rainbow #flyrodders #fishing #ronspomeroutdoors #trout

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Go big red. A prime, well fed rainbow ready for release. #ronspomeroutdoors #trout #fishing #flyrodders #rainbow #colorado #brandedrockcanyon

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Kill this pretty sidewalk creeper or it will kill your bike tires. Goathead. (Tribulus terretris.) Hardest, sharpest puncturing spines ever! Of course it's an invasive from Asia. #goathead #puncturevine #weed #flower #bikehazard #flattire #ronspomeroutdoors

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Caught a truck gliding under a double rainbow near Hot Springs, SD, last week. #ronspomeroutdoors #rainbow #rainyday #southdakota #roadtrip #scenic #roadwarrior #stormclouds

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Looks like slug gun potential to me. Mossberg 930, rifled barrel, 50 yards. #ronspomeroutdoors #dduplex #shotgun #sluggun #hunting #12gauge #shotgun #deerhunting

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Summer travel ritual. $2.05 gal. helps. So does 22 mpg from the RAM at 65 mph. New ARE cap hasn't changed mileage. #ronspomeroutdoors #gassingup #travel #roadwarrior #summertravel #ram #gas

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Just outside of Rapid City, looking west. Big thunder deluges in area. Betsy took this one. #southdakota #summer #stormclouds #godbeams #clouds #ronspomeroutdoors #prairies

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Who knows what this thing is? Says patent was 1915. Hinged in the middle, through bolts on each end. #mysterybox #mystery #whatsthis #ronspomeroutdoors #oldjunk #grandpasattic #whatchamacallit

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Glock 43 in JM4 Tactical inside waistband holster about as large as you can get for comfortable CC. #handgun #concealedcarrynation #cc #jm4 #tacticalgear #holster #glock43 #9mmglock #9mm #ronspomeroutdoors @jm4_tactical

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OMG! Back to 1965 and one 1955. The OL with lion was my first of OL subs. And inspired me to be outdoor writer. #sportsafield #ronspomeroutdoors #oldmagazines #sellingmemories #outdoorlife #fieldandstream #tripp #southdakota

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Motherload! Boxes of old Sports Afield mags. in Dad's closet. They're on the auction block tomorrow too. #tripp #sellingout #memories #auction #sellingmemories #oldmagazines #ronspomeroutdoors #southdakota #sportsafield

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The old traps! And a screw jack. Household auction uncovers the past in Tripp, SD. Hope to see a bunch of old friends to match this old stuff tomorrow! #southdakota #grandmashouse #ronspomeroutdoors #auction #memories #sellingmemories #sellingout #tripp

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Grandma's old kitchen range! Burned more corn cobs than wood in it on the Dakota farm. Will be sad auction in Tripp tomorrow. Those are mud dauber marks, not rust. #ronspomeroutdoors #memories❤ #woodstove #grandmashouse #kitchenrange #woodburner #southdakota

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Gaboon viper. #ronspomeroutdoors #reptile #reptiliannature #snake #poisonous #deadly #viper #gaboonviper #herpetology

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"Hang on a second," my wife says. "You've got a hitchhiker on your hat." #lizard #lizardsofinstagram #reptiliannature #reptile #ronspomeroutdoors

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Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. Unless you get buried in mud and fossilized. #ronspomeroutdoors #dinosaur #fossil #immortality #extinct #paleontology

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Cool sausage from USDA certified wild boar from TX! Grass fed beef, too. Tasty stuff and perfect use of natural resource. Way to go guys! #hunting #sustainable #wildmeat #ronspomeroutdoors #ruggedmeats #feralhogs #sausage

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Favorite travel binocular. Compact, light, bright and laser sharp 8x32 EL Swarovski. It and others on ronspomeroutdoors.com today. Best Safari Binoculars Explained. @ronspomer @deancapuano #binocular #optics #safari #hunting #africa

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Timber rattlesnake. #ronspomeroutdoors #snakes #venomoussnakes #rattlesnake #rattler #reptile

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Mushara Lodge near Etosha NP, Namibia. Each light is an ostrich egg. #africa #hunting #whywehunt #ostrichegg #safari #musharalodge #ronspomeroutdoors #lodge #etosha #travel

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Remarkably weird trees in Namibia. This is a Moringa. It's not dead. Neither is the guy standing by it. #ronspomeroutdoors #Namibia #tree #moringa #hunting #africa #weird #whywehunt

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As I was saying about my wife out-fishing me... #bassfishing #largemouthbass #ronspomeroutdoors #fishing #spinnerbait #outfished #betterhalf

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Full story on how to choose best scope at ronspomeroutdoors.com. #ammunition #ammo #ronspomeroutdoors #rifle #scopes #safari #africa #hunting #riflescope #leupoldoptics

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