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rifle chamber scratching brass
On one of my hunts in Mozambique the other hunter in camp was sighting in the camp .30-06. I picked up several of the fired cases and noticed that they all had a same dent in the body of the cases. I pointed that out to the Outfitter and told him that there was a rust spot in the chamber. He...- buffybr
- Post #7
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Walnut vs. Synthetic rifle stock
I've always liked the Weatherby look of fancy walnut and blued steel, and I have made the stocks of 4 of my rifles to look that way. I have about 100 hours of work into each of those stocks, with about 80 of that in the hand cut checkering pattern that I did on them. Scratches, dents, rubs... -
Buffybr Montana Mtn Goat hunt
Thanks for your interest. I just got home last night from 2 days searching for a billy that we saw several times last week. Literally daylight to sundown glassing and learning new access trails on my 4 wheeler. Plenty of elk and antelope down on the private grasslands, elk bugling above and...- buffybr
- Post #3
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Finding Bears And Berries
The road that I live on is called Bear Canyon for a reason. The lower 2-3 miles of that road is lined with choke cherries. Normally at this time of year the bears hit those bushes pretty hard, breaking branches and leaving piles of poop filled with choke cherry pits. Two weeks ago there was...- buffybr
- Post #13
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Caribou Velvet Preservation
Yeas ago I hunted with the same outfitter that Randy hunted his caribou this year. The caribou bull that I shot was also in full velvet and hadn't started rubbing. The camp crew soaked the velvet antlers with turpentine, pricked the tip of each antler point to allow the blood to drain out...- buffybr
- Post #3
- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Veteran Wy bull elk opportunity
I don't know if it was this hunt, but a friend's brother had a hunt like this booked this year. Sadly his brother passed away earlier this summer. My friend offered the hunt to me, but I passed on it because after 47 years of unsuccessfully applying, I finally drew a mountain goat tag in the... -
The MacKenzies - The Land that Time Forgot
Congratulations Randy on a great story, as usual, and a couple of great mountain caribou bulls! And yes, that Palmer Lake camp and the mountains around it are a very special place.- buffybr
- Post #47
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Are bear fences worth it?
Back in the '80s I had a favorite elk/moose area near West Yellowstone, MT that I hunted for many years. Some years we would pack a tent camp in 5 or so miles from the end on the road, other years we would just camp at the end of the road and hunt from there. The end of the road site had a...- buffybr
- Post #19
- Forum: Backpack Hunting
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What Rifle/Caliber Combinations Have you liked the most and disliked the most and why?
For most of my 65 years of American big game hunting, my favorite shot placement has been broadside, just behind the shoulder and 1/3 up the body . For 20 some years, my favorite elk rifle and bullet was my .30 Gibbs shooting 180 gr Nosler Partitions at 2,900+ fps. Most of the elk that shot... -
What Rifle/Caliber Combinations Have you liked the most and disliked the most and why?
Thanks! Around 2002 when I bought my first computer and started going on various internet forums, I needed an internet name, so I chose the name of my Golden retriever at that time, Buffy Bear, shortened to Buffybr. -
What Rifle/Caliber Combinations Have you liked the most and disliked the most and why?
Thanks, I'm 80 now, and doing my last (DIY) mountain goat hunt this fall. -
What Rifle/Caliber Combinations Have you liked the most and disliked the most and why?
Yes, long time ago...the early '80 in the Montana Unlimited Tag Units. It was also before Montana had the 7 year wait rule where if you draw or buy a bighorn ram license you have to wait 7 years before you can apply or buy another ram tag. All of my Montana sheep, moose, and goat hunts were... -
What Rifle/Caliber Combinations Have you liked the most and disliked the most and why?
I was a 5th generation Coloradoan and my Dad and Grandfathers liked the mountains where we camped and fished, but my Dad didn't hunt, so I didn't start hunting until I was in College in Ft Collins. My second year, two of my roommates were from Craig in NW Colorado, and one of them took me on my... -
Buy a new 357 Magnum (Which would you buy?)
MY first centerfire pistol was a Ruger Balckhawk 6 1/2" .357 that I bought when I was still in the Army, stationed at Ft Sill, Oklahoma. I also bought a military model 1911 .45 while I was there, as I could draw and shoot a 50 round box of .45s every day at the range there. As an Intelligence... -
Do you remember your first?
I bought my first centerfire rifle in 1967. The rifle was a Herter's Model U-9 .30-06 barreled action and a semi-inleted walnut stock from Herter's. I also bought most of my reloading equipment from Herter's. I worked that summer and fall for the US Forset Service in Steamboat Spgs, Colorado...- buffybr
- Post #18
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Mackenzie Mountains in July
Great story, pictures, and rams. Congratulations Pat! And you are right about the 100* temps here at home.- buffybr
- Post #85
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Bury Me In The Mackenzie Mountains
Pat, if you're calling this the real world, you've been away from BozAngeles too long.- buffybr
- Post #160
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Montana Moose
I was lucky enough to have drawn 2 Montana moose tags in the '80s. With my 1st tag, I didn't do any scounting, I just camped at the end of a Forest Service road, and hunted the willow parks in the wilderness beyond our camp. Not the first day of hunting, but my hunting partner and I stumbled...- buffybr
- Post #37
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Elk bullet in Grizzly country
In 50+ years of hunting in Montana (20+ of those years with my horses in the wilderness backcountry) I only encountered 1 grizzly bear. Three of us were camped at the end of a Forest Service road near West Yellowstone. We had the quarters of a bull moose and 2 bull elk hanging in the...
