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    A Perfect Elk Place

    A Perfect Elk Place Seven years ago, I won two antler-less elk drawings in a row. The first was a tag for a state elk hunt zone and my second successful drawing was for permission to use that tag on thirty thousand acres of private land in that zone. Public access has always been very...
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    Mule Deer, Muzzle-loader, Ash & Rawhide Snowshoes, plus two Green River Knives

    Mule Deer, Muzzle-Loader, Ash & Rawhide Snowshoes, Plus two Green River Knives While becoming the “Snowman”, I watched the thick white flakes build up on the heavy wool Poncho that covered my arms, shoulders, torso, lap and legs. I was sitting on it too. I bought it almost two decades earlier...
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    Operating pressure chart for common cartridges, Worthy of a look

    https://www.marlinowners.com/threads/operating-pressure-chart-for-common-cartridges.634488/
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    Minimum Elk Caliber. what do you think it is.

    I guess we might talk about for what Elk, big Roosie's in the Pacific North West, Cow elk in Colorado. Lots of variation in size and shooting distances. What do you say?
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    Shooting a Big Game Rifle from the Unconscious mind, possible? Best be 30 or 35 caliber.

    I first read about this in the mid 1970’s. It was in an article about the famous elephant hunter K.j. Bell of African fame. He did these shooting exhibitions at birds diving into and out of Nairobi falls for fish They were going something like 80 MPH and with an open sight rifle he was hitting...
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    Rifle for Hunting Plains and Prairie elk, When Heavier is Better

    Barring my traditional muzzle loader, I have gotten down to just two big game rifles. One is my Sako Finnight carbine in 308. At 5 5/8 pounds naked and then with a scope, heavy optilok rings, loaded and with a leather Whelen sling, it is right at 7 pounds. An ideal all around rifle,,,,except...
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    In Praise of The Winchester .270. Any good words to say about it ?

    The .270 is one hundred years old. I have had a .270 forever, along the way i bought then sold two 7x57's, a 280, and a 280AI. They did nothing in real world hunting that a .270 did not already do. Any words of praise for this ultimately All American 100-year-old ?.
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    Reading the wind with ashes and horsehair for Utah Elk Hunt

    There were 136 elk in this long, strung out single file line. I counted them twice. Cows and yearlings with a few spikes. I took notes. The country was so huge they looked like ants. Not even big ants, and this was not even a large herd. Towering in the background was Utah’s Grand Staircase...
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    Two very different elk hunts, which would you pick?

    This hike was both a scouting trip for my upcoming cow elk hunt, and also an opportunity for a walk in a canyon full of stunning fall colors with a couple in their mid-thirty’s. The lower canyons, where we were, had just reached their brightest best. We walked along a small trout stream...
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    Savage 99E 243 How accurate ?

    Am looking at a Savage 99E, newer model. Anybody have any experience how accurate they are ?
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    Looking down at Grizzly Bear Tracks, Now What

    Looking down at Fresh Grizzly Bears Tracks. Now What! The first time I saw fresh Grizzly Bear tracks and bears too, was in British Columbia. That was 53 years ago. I wanted to experience truly wild country before it was gone. So, with a pair of used Vasque hiking boots I bought in a pawn...
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    Canoe Hunting for Deer, Antelope, Elk, Moose, Grouse & Geese.

    I have had little canoes, long canoes, ones made of wood, aluminum, and various synthetic materials. For much of my life hunting season, meant “canoe season” even in the oddest places. One year I was hunting a semi desert environment, with this stream maybe 5 to 6 inches deep and 5 or 6 feet...
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    What 100 year old cartridges do you use

    My 100 year old list, 30-06, .270, 30-30, 6.5x55, .22 rimfire, 45 ACP, 38 Special and 44 special in my 44 magnum. Last thought, the only other cartridge I use is the 308, which is 73 years old. And if I had to choose just two calibers for all big game hunting it would be the 308 and .270 in...
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    Marshland Bucks, Lots of Them

    It was the fall of 1970. I was walking on water, mostly, plodding across a Northeastern sphagnum bog. Also called Quacking Earth. With each step I felt that plant mass compress and move under me. It was a raft of botanical life over an invisible pond. I was using ash snowshoes with leather...
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    Where have the mule deer gone?

    Every night I look out past my north pasture with my spotting scope, onto a really huge, irrigated alfalfa hay lot and I count 35 to 40 whitetail deer and in them are 12 to 15 really nice bucks. Driving around past other hay-farms the story is the same. Getting up against the mountains I see...
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    Living with Elk, Deer, Moose, Wild Bison & Wolves.

    When deer season begins, I will spend more time sitting on a knife-edge ridge with my spotting scope. Even without a hint of ice or snow, driving the dry dirt road to go there requires a mix of guts and gulp! It is so narrow cut into a so steep canyon side. It has a few wide spots which...
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    When I saw all his photos of trophy bucks, I asked: How did you get so close to them?

    A month ago, I lost one of the cornerstones of my life. This loss was forecasted months earlier when my phone rang and Barrie began speaking erratically. She was loosing her great mind. I called her son. He confirmed that not only was her mind going, but so was her body. She was 97, lean...
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    Little Toy Rifles, Wolverine I, 7x57 and Wolverine II, .308

    Wolverine I and Wolverine II Went to the range yesterday, shot alone, and did so with the little rifle that is the “final conclusion” of my 60 plus year span as a marksman and hunter. It is almost seems like a toy. Might think it a .22 looking at it from a distance. It is Sako Finnlight...
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    Shooting fast, is more important than shooting far.

    “ Shooting Fast Is More Important Than Shooting Far ” Every few months, I visit the shooting range with a young friend. He is 42 and a current big game hunting guide. Long, ago I was a hunting guide too, and I am now 77. We get to the range right at the first hint of light on a week day and...
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    Mystery Dung on the Mountain Time Forgot Pt. 1

    The gateway between America’s SW Deserts and our High Mountain West is the Virgin River Gorge. It connects Mesquite, Nevada, with St. George Utah In just over a half an hour of driving on Interstate 15, you pass though 500 million years of geological time and one of the best possible places...

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