I did not always agree with his opinions but he did give his reasons for them which is more than most do. Some of his work was very good and his explanations were logical. His opinions were just that and he was as entitled to them as anyone else. I did read all his stuff I came across so I did figure it was good enough to consider.
But when younger, I became so enamored with the writing of Jack O'Connor and the .270 being capable of killing everything in North America that I ended up taking a Brown bear with it while in Alaska. Not my intent, but sometimes the devil drives and the bear was the devil that day. Bear was not on my menu but he had me on his. He dropped within 15 yards of me, a another second later and I'd just be another stupid dead hunter. Under gunned, over my head, 3X9 scope cranked all the way up, hunting moose and not even thinking a bear was around. So after that I took everything I read with a large grain of salt and never forget the bad things that can happen.
