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To: Carolyn who wrote (111958)	2/12/2006 12:19:50 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

I loved it. My buddy and I, we explored old cabins, old mines, hiked in the woods with our rifles all year long, and read Louis L'Amour westerns to fuel our imaginations. One activity that I loved was conk hunting. Quinine conks grew exclusively on old growth western larch in my area. Many of them were up high in the tree and the only way to get them was to shoot them off with a rifle or pistol. I carried a .30-30 for that purpose. Here's a picture of one. The biggest one I ever got brought me $6, and it was much bigger than the one in the picture. forestryimages.org The quinine conk was a source for quinine, and during the War it was very valuable. Now there are synthetic methods of manufacture.