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Elk Caliber and Bullet Choice - 2024
As usual, my .300 Wby with a 180 gr Barnes TTSX bullet. -
Good for you Botswana
There are good and bad people in all societies all over the world. Unfortunately, this also includes hunters. I believe the term "Trophy Hunting" was started by anti-hunters to put a derogatory light on hunters. Unfortunately, this term is also used by some hunters who believe that their form...- buffybr
- Post #223
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Offseason Tinkering
I bought Lee Collet Neck Size dies for 5 of the cartridges that I shoot the most, mainly to eliminate the steps of lubing cases then removing the lube, but also hoping to increase accuracy with a more consistant neck pressure on the bullets. Only range time will tell. Also I bought 2 Lee... -
FWP Bonus Point Sketchiness
If I remember correctly, in the early '80s FWP did away with the bonus points because they said their computers were overloaded with everyone's bonus points. I think I had 8 sheep bonus points then. Now, me and thousands of others all have 576 squared preference points in multiple species. -
I need a turkey gun
Make sure you get one with an Extra Full choke, I read that turkeys are hard to call in close.... :LOL:- buffybr
- Post #29
- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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2023 Montana Bighorn Sheep Tag/Hunt...
Beautiful ram and great story! I've been applying for that tag every year for at least 30 years.- buffybr
- Post #134
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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2023 Montana Bighorn Sheep Tag/Hunt...
Like Montana's new plan of putting everyone that buys a deer or elk tag be put in a drawing for a Moose, Sheep, or Goat tag? :mad:- buffybr
- Post #132
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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This Morning's Ram
I left Colorado in 1975, but I still go back there several times a year to visit family. My GF likes to hike, and several years ago I found these rams just a few miles outside of Denver. These pics were taken in Febuary of '23, and I've seen them there just about every time I go there. The...- buffybr
- Post #16
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Should 17 year old apply for big three?
Forty some years ago F&G didn't publish the drawing odds, and I would go to the F&G Regional Headquarters near me and get the odds directly from them. Also 35-45 years ago there weren't as many people applying and hunting Moose, Sheep, and Goats, and that's when I shot mine. My first goat tag...- buffybr
- Post #32
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Should 17 year old apply for big three?
First year applicants have drawn tags in Montana, but... As a Montana resident with maximum "bonus" points, I've unsuccessfully applied here 45 years for mountain goat, 41 years for sheep, and 35 years for moose tags.- buffybr
- Post #22
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Degree slopes for goats???
I've seen mountain goats of cliff faces where I wouldn't go unless I was roped up, and I've seen them in the bottom of valleys drinking water from the river, and even licking salt off highways. When I shot my goat, the season opened in early September but I didn't start hunting them until mid...- buffybr
- Post #10
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Not on Your Bucket List
In 2015 the USFWS listed the African lion under the Endangered Species Act which banned the importation of lion trophies into the US from the countries of South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. I donit the status of Botswana and Tanzania. They have since partially lifted the...- buffybr
- Post #111
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Not on Your Bucket List
It took me 45 posts before I saw one that I would agree with...I've hunted turkeys, and have had them in my yard, but I have no desire to shoot a "turkey slam". I've been fortunate to have hunted many of the North American animals, and most of the ones that I haven't is because I can't justify...- buffybr
- Post #104
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Tell me about your obscure cartridge
Beautiful wood!- buffybr
- Post #72
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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2023 Montana Bighorn Sheep Tag/Hunt...
Good so far, I'm waiting...- buffybr
- Post #9
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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NZ Dream
Great write up and pictures. My GF and I hunted with Gary in 2014. He had a great lodge and staff. I also liked his policy of different class of stags in different properties so you can shoot any stag on each property and not having to worry if the stag that you shoot is in your price range...- buffybr
- Post #29
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Howdy from NW MT
Welcome to HT. I lived near Fortine for 3 years in the mid '70s, and shot my best 6x6 bull elk near Therriault basin in 1977. -
Favorite 100% copper bullets for 300 Win Mag handloads?
Not a Win Mag but I've made one shot kills on bull elk with 168 gr Barnes TSX and TTSX bullets from my .300 Wby. My elk, and everything else load now for my .300 Wby is with 180 gr TTSX bullets.- buffybr
- Post #31
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Did you shoot your first deer with open sights?
Yes, my Dad didn't hunt so in 1965 I went deer hunting with a college roommate to the hunting camp his Dad and a friend had near Craig, CO. He loaned me a 94 Winchester in .32 Spl and I shot my first deer, a spike muley buck. Back at college, I proudly hung those spike antlers on my bedroom...- buffybr
- Post #129
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Montana Resident MSG Free Lottery
I think that this is a TERRIBLE idea. Moose, sheep, and goat tags are very special, as are most moose, sheep, and goat hunters. Not all hunters have the physical ability to to hunt these animals. I've applied for these tags every year that I've been eligible --- 48 years. And now, at 78...- buffybr
- Post #106
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
