https://freerepublic.com/tag/eykamp/ en-us Sat, 17 Nov 2018 13:06:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3706528/posts Roy's friend, Pete Peterson holds up a couple of wolf hides in Canada Roy Eykamp is 100 years old and living in NSW, Australia. Shortly after WWII, Roy hunted wolves from a light, ski-equipped airplane in Ontario, Canada. He had tremendous success. He partnered with Harley Rauch, a famous South Dakota pilot.  Hunting wolves from an airplane while mere feet off the ground was a dangerous undertaking. Roy nearly died in a crash. I was fortunate enough to interview Roy. In the video, he explains the technique used to hunt wolves from the air, how the crash occurred, and... Gun Watch https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3706528/posts#comment Sat, 17 Nov 2018 13:06:37 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3572813/posts Roy Eykamp is 99 years old.  He made his first gun when he was seven years old. It was a crude pistol made from a barrel he salvaged from the trash, fired with a hand held hammer, and later, strong rubber bands cut from inner-tubes and a breechblock. He used it to start his lifelong talent for making money. He shot gophers with it, using .22 shorts.The government paid a 5 cent bounty for each gopher. He made enough money shooting gophers, that when his mother confiscated his homemade gun, he was able to buy a factory one with... Ammoland https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3572813/posts#comment Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:21:04 GMT