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When did Caribou become a Premier Hunt
Like others have posted, social media has shown many hunters that there is a whole world of big game animals beyond your backyard whitetail deer. Organizations like Grand Slam Club Ovis with their Super Ten and North American 29 awards have sparked a lot of interest in hunting more than your...- buffybr
- Post #35
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Elk of a lifetime
My best is this 375 Gross DIY northern Montana public land bull that I shot almost 50 years ago. His main beams were 59 1/2" and 60 1/2"... -
Budget .308 bolt action recommendations
Having a Weatherby rifle for more than 40 years, I finally bought a .300 Wby Vanguard in 2009. I liked it so much that a few years later I bought two more Vanguards, one in .223 and the other in .308 Win. The last two are my weekly practice rifles, for shooting the 200, 300, and 400 yard steel... -
Hammer vs Barnes question???
Yes I did. I guess I must of got too excited after the first shot and kept firing (4 shots). They all completely went through him so I don't know how they opened up, but he was dead in just a few yards, so they worked!- buffybr
- Post #68
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Hammer vs Barnes question???
For about 20 years my favorite elk bullets were 180 gr Partitions from my .30 Gibbs. In 2009 I built my first Weatherby rifle, a .300 Wby vanguard. New gun, new bullets and since I had had very good results with Barnes TSX bullets in my .375 RUM I decided to try TSX bullets in my 300 Wby. For...- buffybr
- Post #65
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Hammer vs Barnes question???
I staarted with 300 gr TSX for a Cape buffalo hunt (my avatar), then 270 gr TSX for an Eastern Cape PG hunt, and a few years ago 281 gr Hammers for an Alaskan brown ber hunt.- buffybr
- Post #64
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Hammer vs Barnes question???
I've shot and like both Barnes and Hammer bullets. They are the only hunting bullets that I use in my .300 Wby and .375 RUM.- buffybr
- Post #58
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Minimum Elk Caliber. what do you think it is.
About a year ago I replied to that thread simply saying "There are better choices" and I got royally flamed. I'm a .30 caliber guy, but one of my quickest elk kills was on my 2nd best 6x6 bull that just dropped dead where he was standing with a 117 gr Sierra GameKing bullet from my .257 Ackley... -
Why & what do you handload?
I bought my first centerfire rifle in 1967, a Herter's .30-06 barreled action and a semi-inletted stock. As a 21 year old college student, I also bought a Herter's C press, dies, and balance scale and started reloading mainly to save money. After I got back from Vietnam in 1970, I bought my...- buffybr
- Post #48
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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How to trap a skunk?
Many years ago I lived in a trailer court on the edge of town. One year I shot a deer and hung it from a pole tripod next to my trailer. The town had a dog leash law, but there were still dogs running loose, and one or more of them were biting my deer. I told my neighbors that I was going to...- buffybr
- Post #20
- Forum: Other Small Game
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Scope for 22-250
For almost 40 years I've had a 10x40 Weaver on my .22-250. Last month I replaced it with a Leupold VX Freedom 4-12x40 CDS scope. So far I've only zeroed it at 100 yds and haven't dialed it in on any longer yardages. -
Leupold scopes love or hate em?
I've finally "upgraded" to Leupold scopes on all of my hunting rifles, .22 LR up to .375 RUM. One has their B&C reticle, all the rest have CDS turrets that I have field zeroed at 100, 200, 300, and 430 yds and painted white hash marks for those yardages on the top of the turrets. The .22 LR... -
Hang a bear rug?
I like them with their head down so you can see the face/mouth. I've had this one in my stairwell for almost 50 years. Hung with small flat head nails through the hide and backing.- buffybr
- Post #14
- Forum: Other Big Game
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How far have you gone to use your elk trimmings?
I've been doing all of my "at home" wild game butchering since 1965 when I shot my first deer. I used to save and eat the heart and liver, but now they go into the dog food bucket. Even for my burger meat, I trim off anything white and as much silver skin as I can, and that all goes into the...- buffybr
- Post #11
- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Vortex 10x42 Ranger HD 3000 Laser Rangefinding Binocular
Last month, just before going on our 25th anniversary trip to Hawaii, I used my Cabela's points and a couple of their gift cards and bought a pair of these binoculars. The lanai of the condo that we stayed in overlooked a sparsely populated hillside and a 2 mile long beach. The island that... -
The Rifle you haven’t shot in a long, long time…but should!
Back in 1996, I won a .270 rifle at our annual gun club picnic "Top Gun Shoot" (a combination of scores from .22 LR and centerfire rifle and pistol targets along with a line of 16 yd Trap and Skeet). I took it home, mounted a 4x Weaver scope on it and worked up 4 shot Moa load for it, and it's... -
Antelope and Rattlesnakes
In over 40 years of antelope hunting in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, I've only encountered rattlesnakes once. I was hunting in NE Montana, and as my Golden Retriever and I crossed a small coulee, there was about a 2-1/2 foot rattlesnake coiled and rattling just in front of me on the other... -
7mm Rem Mag Powder
Just because a loading manual or manufacturer's website does not list a certain bullet does not mean that bullet won't work, it just means that they didn't test it. From the Hodgdon load data website: 7mm RM, 162 gr Hdy BTSP bullet, IMR 4831 powder 58.2 gr 2700 fps 61.8 gr 2877 fps 3.6...- buffybr
- Post #6
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Anyone else hunt with a .257 Roberts?
My first centerfire rifle was a Herter's .30-06 that I put together in 1967. I used that rifle for everything from prairie dogs to elk for the next 10 years when I had it rechambered to .30 Gibbs, just because I liked the looks of the Gibbs case, for my primary elk rifle. One of my first...- buffybr
- Post #33
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Unnecessary but...
Pins are a PIA to get out of .223 and .22-250 brass.- buffybr
- Post #5
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
