Hell, I'm not worried. Everyone's already in the breaks anyway, right? From what I've seen there's less good bulls around. Are there still big ones? I never said there wasn't. But the quality, even though it's still good, has gone down from what I've seen and that seems to concur with what...
I don't care what it is now, it used to be better. I never said that there should be a 350 behind every tree, but the numbers of 320-350 bulls have dropped off considerably in the last 5 years.
Premium bullets are actually more reliable at close ranges than lower grade ammo because they are built tougher with features that control their expansion. This goes double for 1) something that his large bones and thick skin 2) something that can eat you
That all depends on what rifle I have.
7mm STW or 300 WBY, around 400 on deer, 500 on elk
.270 or .280, 350 on deer, 400 on elk
30-06, 300 on deer, 350 on elk
Load the gun (usually 3-5) and 8 in the cartridge holder. I had a friend, like you Spitz, who just carried what was in his gun and always gave me shit for having carrying extra. Let's just say that if you hunt long enough, shit happens and after watching a wounded critter limp off over the...
Thank you, but no. I shot my first elk with a cow permit 4 miles from a road, and my second to last bull was killed in a btb only area and this years bull was shot after I waded the Gallatin at 4:30am.
But if I was, wouldn't that undermine your theory? Because accoriding to you, these...
So you are telling me that driving around in your vehicle all day, shooting at running antelope at 500+ yards, not going to look for a blood trail or bother to finish off a 3-legged antelope, etc. is all done by first-timers??? Wow. You must be hunting where alot of 40+ hunters are out for...
I don't see how giving cow permits would stop slobs from hunting...all you have to do is fill out a form.
And if you try to tell me that paper work will infact keep slobs from hunting, then I ask you this: Have you ever witnessed the MT antelope opener on public land?