First gen. Toyota Tacoma TRD Crew cab with the little 4.7 V8. That truck was awesome. Put 380k miles on it then traded it in for a new Tacoma in 15. I should have kept it and just replaced the engine if it ever gave out.
As a matter of fact I do almost exactly to a T but she is 42 and it all started about a year and a half ago when she started into menopause. Dozens of ER visits a few therapy sessions and constant stress on me. It's cost us our relationship we are currently separated. Her anxiety and paranoia is...
No thank you if I carry it I will choose to not be forced we've got enough BS rules. Same for a pistol if I choose I will carry that. It's my protection not the bear and I value human life over the bear every time.
This seems like a silly argument but I'm bored. From my experience and from research any rifle and any bullet will stop a bear it will happen fast and be close. Even a 55 grn round from a 223 at 10 feet will kill a bear graveyard dead I've seen it. The odds of a committed bear at close range...
I like mine right at 2 lbs and have almost all of my rifles set there it takes the guess work and mistakes out of my shooting. I like rifles and own and shoot a bunch have in the same trigger pull and also length of pull set the same makes the transition easier.
I've been archery hunting for a long time and I understand and agree with 280 fps being a sweet spot. I shoot a Hoyt RX-9 at 80 lbs and 29" dl with a 495 grn victory VAP SS arrow (4mm) at 16.5 FOC it produces 295 fps and 100 ft lbs of energy at the bow. Does it take that to cleanly pass through...
250 savage for me I have a few others but have been reloading and shooting this one most recent. I forgot how much I enjoyed it. Will probably start shooting and loading for my 7x57 again kinda got a hankering to carry it for bear this spring.
Honestly I start as early as it takes to get to my hunt area by shooting light or earlier if needed. If you wait for daylight to make a 2 hour hike, then come out 2 hours before dark, because your worried about bears you will probably not harvest an elk in that spot. I hunt heavy grizz country...
Football, wrestling, and baseball from toddler through high school then baseball on through college and adulthood for a few more years. Now it's just hunting, fishing, and golf. Ironically enough I love sports and being an athlete but my kids don't play sports at all they just hunt and fish.