Art, I practicaly fell into my monitor when I saw what you had come up with on "30-06 on the Wall". A singularly workmanlike job, which I have come to recognize is not atypical of you. I have thoroughly enjoyed your many contributions.
There is only a little I can add. In 1972 I was building a cabin in the bush north of Talkeetna with my wife and 2.5 year-old son while living in a tent as I watched temperatures drop to 30 below zero. On a trip to Anchorage to get resupplied I ran into an Aussie named, I think, Wayne Mason, who had visited Paul Roseland and gathered up an armful of his songs some of which were excellent, as you say. One was "30-06 on the Wall" (or 30 US in the original drafts)
I can , I think, fill in some of the blanks from Dave Gardels' transcription of Paul's singing (although he has filled in many more of mine).

I've had lots of dogs but the dogs always die,
or else the poor devils get killed.
When you love'em and lose'em their loss leaves a hole
That seems for a time can't be filled.

I've been on good ground with the partners I've staked,
And thought they were square 'til I found
They were trying to rob me, those miserable rakes,
And whipsaw me out of my ground.

I did NOT have the verse beginning..

Oh I been a guide and was kicking around...etc

Thank you very much for your scholarly help.
We should compare notes on tapes etc Email me at Briary@aol.com and I'll mail you a sample. I've been fascinated by folk music for a bit over 40 years and I'd be willing to bet you've had the bug for about that long, at least.

Subject: My 30-06 on the wall
From: Peter Stanley (Bojangles)
Date: 29 Aug '98 2:26 AM