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  1. buffybr

    how much do you spend on a round of trap/skeet?

    An old thread, but still relevant. Our club has a main rifle range with target berms at 50, 100, 200, 300, and 400 yds with 12 covered benches plus 6 uncovered. We also have 9 berm separated ranges that vary from 25 to 100 yds, all with some covered and uncovered benches. Our shotgun part of...
  2. buffybr

    Got My Dall Sheep And Saved Thousands

    Up until the early '80s Montana grtizzly tags were over the counter and only $25. I'd buy one every year just incase one would be on the gut pile of my elk when I would come back to pack out the meat. I only seriously hunted a grizzly one year when I heard that a large boar had tried to get...
  3. buffybr

    Throwing away a bear hide?

    An old thread, but as long as itbeen revived, I'll chip in... About 100 years ago when I moved to Montana I lived at a Forest Service Ranger Station a little south of Eureka. I was seeing a lot of bears up there, and I decided to shoot one. I already had a bear rug from a bear that I had...
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    Got My Dall Sheep And Saved Thousands

    So I've finally shot something that you havent??? 😲 Nice ram Kirk, but unless I owned a bar or sporting goods store to put them in, I only put mounts that I shot in my house.;)
  5. buffybr

    DIY Lion Hunting?

    I got interested in lion hunting back in 1967 when I still lived in Steambot Spgs, CO and saw the lion rug the local Game Warden had on his living room wall. For most years until 2015 I bought a lion tag just hoping to see one while I was hunting deer and elk. I've actually seen three on the...
  6. buffybr

    My 2025 MT Sheep Hunt

    Congrats on a great ram and story. Looking at your pics, I see 8 annual rings plus the broomed off lamb tips.
  7. buffybr

    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...
  8. buffybr

    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"...
  9. buffybr

    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...
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    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!
  11. buffybr

    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...
  12. buffybr

    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.
  13. buffybr

    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.
  14. buffybr

    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...
  15. buffybr

    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...
  16. buffybr

    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...
  17. buffybr

    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.
  18. buffybr

    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...
  19. buffybr

    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.
  20. buffybr

    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...

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