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    Elk Caliber and Bullet Choice - 2024

    If I was going this year, I'm not, I'd give my 6.5x55 with 140gr Speer Hot Core's a go.
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    Who doesn’t wear camo to hunt

    I don't. I recall a time I was out hunting in my blue jeans, white t-shirt and tennis shoes. Creped up on a small group of deer close as I ever did. They would look up and I'd stop and stand still. I wonder if animals are color blind? Usually I simply wear my jeans and an either blue or red...
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    SidexSide or Over/Under

    The author simply hasn't looked at and tried enough guns yet! I have had O/U's and have 5 SxS's right now. I'm a SxS guy. Just am no particular reason why. Wait a minute. There is a reason. O/U's have stacked barrels and they have a lot more resistance when swinging the gun on crossing shots...
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    AYA Over Unders………

    I've got three Matadors. A 16, a 28 and a 410. Like to hunt with the 28 and train with the 410. Recently got a CZ Bobwhite in 28. Love double triggers!
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    Statistics for differentiating between groups?

    Want to know what your gun does average group size. I'd suggest about 10 3 or 5 shot groups then average the results. I have never been able to go out and shoot a group then turn around the same day and put the same number of holes in the same place on the next target. Simply never happens...
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    Neck shots.

    Most guy's reloading seem to want a rifle shooting 1" groups at 100 yds. That is so they can the heart lung area of a deer at 150 yds.! so I'm thinking the idea is you need a 1" rifle to hit an 8" target. has never made a lot of sense to me. I've done a lot of neck shots but I do get pretty...
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    Guidance on choosing a new barrel or new rifle

    Only reason's I can think of to have a gun re-barreled is you either want a wild catt or something your having a hard time finding. Got my 6.5x06 quite a few years ago and it ran something around $800 with a Shilen barrel. Then wanted a 260 Rem and had a 700 ADL in 243 re-barreled. Also ran...
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    New camera recommendations?

    I like to have a camera to carry bird hunting with me, DSLR don't cut it! I've had a number of point and shoot's and had trouble with all of them till now. Got a Panasonic ZS 100 and ordered a case for it that goes on my belt at the same time. Way less than $1000 and it takes as nice of photo's...
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    School Me on Hunting In Grizz Country

    My first time in Alaska I went fishing with a guy on the Little Susitna river and we spent out one night in a tent! worried me a bit but by sun up I finally got a little sleep. There's something you should really try if you go with someone else. Get a copy of Alaska Bear Tales and read the other...
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    A good Spring day

    I think you live over by Richland don't you? How is the res. doing for crappie and cats this year? Saw that photo of the chest of crappie. Most my crappie came from Prineville Res. and pretty much destroyed it last fall when they ran it out of water. Thing was pretty MTY with just the water...
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    Oregon Jackrabbit

    I used to shoot them in Colorado and eat them. Kept the small ones and if one looked big, simply let it go. Also discarded any that didn't have a clear liver. I though they were good eating. Have never seen many around here but do see pigmy cotton tails now and then. They are small but good eating!
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    How close to camp?

    I kind of doubt animals will leave because they smell you at night. Used to take a wife hunting and camping with me and she'd bring her youngest son and while I'd be out hunting they would be watching animals walk through the camp site!
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    custom rifle suggestions

    Nice job. I prefer blued metal and wood stocks! Just had to do the bedding on one I had barreled to 260 Rem. Smith did a good job on the metal but didn't like the bedding to much. Wasn't shooting well so re-did the bedding and now it shoots great!
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    Rifle Elk Caliber and Bullet Choice for 2023

    That's strange. I read one time where their go to cartridge was the 22 Hornet!
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    One case for all your rifles

    I have a wildcat, 6.5x06. But I've never really understood the need for wildcat's. Shoot I use 140gr bullet's in my 6.5x06 and years ago in a 270 I had I also shot 140gr bullet's! Had a 280 years before that 270 and shot 145gr bullet's in it! The other night I was loading some 243's and 260's...
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    Alaskan Bear vs MT/WY Bear

    You'll probably find that Yellowstone bears have a lot more inter action with human's than Alaska bears. Imagine getting out of your car to hand feed an Alaskan bear some treats!
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    Dog tracking system

    I've got a Garmin 430 tracking collar for three dog's. Not one complaint. It is replacing a Garmin 320 I used for well over ten years. With that old 320 I have tracked a dog at at 2 1/2 miles in fairly open country. With this new 430 I have been able to get the dogs at excess of 2 mile several...
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    Anybody tried loading Speer Impact projectiles yet?

    With my 6.5's I've found myself using Speer Hot Core's again after years of Hornady spire points. Used Speer 160gr Hot Cores in a 7mm mag years ago, great bullet! Now I have hot cores in my 6.5's and they are shooting better than I need. First I've heard about "Speer Impact" bullet's. I believe...
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    One case for all your rifles

    Anybody have several rifles all based on the same cartridge case? I've got a 25-06, 6.5-06 and 30-06. Awful easy to find case's when I need them. Also have a 243, 260, and used a 308 for years. Again, easy to find case's and if you choose military case's, fairly inexpensive to boot. Bullets...
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    My son's 2023 Colorado OTC Public Land Bull!

    Sitting here thinking there's one huge problem with a bull like that. Some one has to carry it out! Then got to the photo of the 4 wheeler! Got myself one this year for no other reason than at 78 yrs I'm just to old to pack out even a deer any more. Was thinking about hunting just cottontails...

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