Dunno but I have a live 50 cal sitting on my desk right next to me and would never do that...? Now the rest of the video is good but that just all but sunk it for me...
I got my wife’s hunting rifle back from the Smith last week and he did a great job. Her rifle was just too big for her hobbit size. Had six inches taken off of the barrel and a brake added, and about an inch taken off of the stock to get the length of pull set to about 12.5”. Also had a recoil absorbing pad put on the stock, and got the trigger worked on so it breaks clean at around 3lbs.
Hopefully she will use it in a few weeks to take a mule deer, and for elk in November (really excited for that one because we drew hair tags).
That's beautiful! Model 700 I'm guessing?
That is actually a browning a bolt II medallion. Very pretty Rifle before, but not even better.
Anyone preparing for the upcoming hunting season? Whitetail deer season opens here Wednesday 10/10. I've got to go sight in my .308 and figure out exactly where I want to hunt. Make a scouting trip or two. The deer are thick in this area, and it will be my fist time doing any large game hunting. I hunted bird and small game when I was younger, but it's been awhile.
I plan to use my handheld GPS unit, the onX hunt app on my phone to make sure exactly where I am when I hunt. Will probably back it up with a compass and paper maps just to be sure and make sure I don't get lost. Can't be too safe if I go out solo. Around here I won't have to hike far at all, so that is good.
I'm actually more concern about field dressing and butchering the animal after the harvest. I've been watching videos on it and understand the process in theory but this will be my first time actually doing it. I'd like to try aging the meat before I freeze it, but don't know if daytime temperature will be low enough to do so quite yet. I'll have to google how to safely age deer quarters outside and see if it's feasible.
I'm sure I'm just overthinking and worrying for nothing. Man has been harvesting meat for...what...around 2 million years? I can always pick up steaks on the way home.
You're the second hunter in the last week who's told me Elk is where it's at. Have a safe and productive hunt.I am actually posting from mule deer camp now. Mostly looking forward to elk after this though, that for me is the big show every year.
You're the second hunter in the last week who's told me Elk is where it's at. Have a safe and productive hunt.
Took me 9 days and almost 90 miles of walking, but I finally found a buck, and it is by far the biggest one I have ever gotten.
I used my ruger no1 in .243 shooting a 95g ballistic silvertip, at about 50 yards in thick timber.
Took me about three hours to get it out via ATV this evening, and I know for sure it’s bigger than the last spike elk I shot last.
Now that deer is over I have been gearing up to go fill a couple of elk tags. Got my primary and backup elk rifles to the range today, and made sure they are dialed in.
The .300 win mag (on the left) was dialed in perfect from last year using my handloads loaded with 200g Barnes long range x bullets. However it has been a while since I have shot the .375 H&H and the factory loads I was planning to use (couple boxes of Winchester fail safe bullets I have squirreled away), I was getting terrible groups. I was about to blame the scope but I tried the handloads in the pic, using 235g Barnes triple shock x bullets at around 3200fps, and it was grouping just fine. Both are dialed in for dead on at 200 yards, so now I just need to arrange an encounter with an elk next month. I won’t even be picky since we have hair tags, I can shoot a bull or a cow.
How's the shoulder feeling?
Do you find the elk tastier than the deer. Cows better than the bulls?
Uhm... Bang...? This thread keeps dying...?
Would a $299 AR-15 in .223 Wylde (shoots 5.56 and .223) temp your budget? I know Bear Creek Arsenal has had some issues before, but their ARs are getting decent reviews these days.Too lazy to hit the range, no money to buy a new gun, etc.
Would a $299 AR-15 in .223 Wylde (shoots 5.56 and .223) temp your budget? I know Bear Creek Arsenal has had some issues before, but their ARs are getting decent reviews these days.
Damn, I wish I wasn't so broke ATM. When I was a little kid I would study the toy pages of the Sears catalog composing my Christmas list. I spend way too much time on the gun/knife deal sites doing the same thing today.