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    Short Rifles, Short Range Hunts, Long Heavy Bullets

    I get so tired of hearing hunters brag about shooting big game at super long range. Reminds me of the joke about an American client bragging to his African PH how he could shoot every in site from 500 to 600 yards. The PH listens then says “That is very impressive! “But, how well do you shoot...
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    Anybody else shoot or hunt with a Model 39 lever action Marlin .22?

    Anybody else shoot or hunt with a lever action Marlin Model 39 .22 ? I bought mine near 50 years ago and have hunted every type of small game with it, marmots, ground squirrels, cottontails, forest grouse, mountain quail. Even shot some sitting ducks with it and retrieved them with a fishing...
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    Return Of The Jaguar to Arizona and New Mexico, your thoughts?

    At this point it seems near certain that there will be an effort to restore the Jaguar to Arizona and New Mexico, What are your thoughts about this? I hope these links open...
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    The Women who saved Pittman Robertson, and funding nongame wildlife

    The link below is about one of the greatest moments of wildlife conservation not just in America but in the world. The 1937 Pittman Robertson Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration bill was dead. A critical Representative from Illinois, Scott Lucas would not move P-R ahead. The originator of P-R...
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    Starting to Train my Elk Hunting Horse for next year

    Twice this season, I got under 250 yards from an elk, set up my homemade shooting sticks, put the cross hairs where they needed to be, then pulled my trigger, on an empty chamber. Click not bang! I’ll be 75 soon, can still hike most all day in steep country, even recover a deer, FOR NOW, but...
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    Vintage Ithaca Model 37 Shotguns Engraving

    Was the receiver engraving on the old 2 3/4 inch Ithaca Model 37 Shotguns hand done?
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    Solo Mustang & Muzzle Loader Bull Elk Hunt?????

    From my little house on the prairie, I see the mountains of two different big game units. One’s elk tags always sells out. The other is closer, but close to a vertical wall of rocks and slick grass, rises to 10,000 in elevation. This zone is big and all public wilderness. It is so tough...
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    Two new elk hunters, a breath of fresh air

    I’m so lucky to have found them. Two new elk hunters who want to be part of nature not at the center of it. Close to 40, strong, lean with clean spirits. Have taken one cow elk each, neither would feed their kids meat seasoned with lead, or leave toxic gut piles in the field Not gun nuts...
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    Regarding the Bristol, Connecticut Shooting.

    I own 9 guns made in my home state of Connecticut. 3 Winchesters, 3 Colts, 1 Charter Arms, a Marlin model 39. and a Ruger Single 6. I have toured the Colt factory and the Winchester Museum. All of us who lived there, hunted, used firearms had a deep sense of state pride. That has so changed...
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    Regarding Beautiful Hunting Rifles

    After several years of use, I’ve gotten weary of my Kimber Hunter 280 AI. To me it has no eye or hand appeal. Molded plastic stock including the trigger guard. No bottom metal, just a half plastic magazine with no floor plate. At the range the other day, a young man had two rifles. One was...
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    The Deeper Value of Tracking Animals, Reading Game Sign and Hunting on Uneven Land

    My beginning post is over the 1000-character limit, so I will send it as a first response, Hope it works.
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    Access to public land lost due to hunters using semi-auto rifles

    Over the past few days I’ve been shopping for winter hay for my horses The summer before last set records for heat and drought, last winter set records for snow, then last spring set records for rain and this summer set records for hay production. Now the hay market is crazy and there is...
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    Watching the Opening Day Parade go by

    Usually I don’t hunt deer opening weekend. Tuesday or Wednesday are when I enjoy my first hunt, enjoy being the key. I sat in a coffee shop as the deployment of hunters drove by. Many I think came in yesterday, yet still this morning there were lots on the road in town. What struck me first...
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    Black Camo Clothing for Western Deer/Big Game Hunting

    One my most effective camo clothing for big game hunting in the west is a baggy black suit I bought cheap at thrift shop and I wear it with a huge bright hunter orange “tie”. Most of us have seen images of Native Americans crawling around while hunting wearing an animal skin. As they get closer...
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    Anybody Else Hunt with the Same Rifle for Half a Century ?

    In 1970 I bought myself a college graduation present, a used Belgium Browning Safari grade bolt action 30-06. It cost a fortune, $180. I had to make payments. It had a 4X Weaver scope on a one piece Redfield base with a flip up adjustable peep sight. To put that amount of money in perspective...
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    What bullet would you suggest for my muzzleloader?

    What Bullets Would You Suggest For my Muzzle loader, based on your own real personal experience. I have a vintage Thompson New Englander in 50 caliber with a 1 in 48 twist. I have three choices, .490 round balls, ( What patch thickness is best ? ) 370 grain Maxi Ball and 350 Maxi Hunter. Both...
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    Eagle eating antelope alive, would you do anything?

    if you saw this happening, would you risk a game violation and shoot the antelope out of mercy? https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/wildlife-management/video-golden-eagle-eats-pronghorn-alive
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    Match grade barrels, Sako Versus Kimber

    I spent this summer load developing for my Kimber Hunter in 280AI and reloading for Sako Finnlight in 308. For the 280AI, I was working up loads with 140 and 150 gr. Barnes TTSX bullets. With the 308 I was loading 150 gr. TTSX and 165 gr. TSX. I managed to get ideal powders for both chamberings...
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    Field Testing My S and W Model 657 in 41 Magnum

    A revolver with a 6” barrel was new to me. I had set a 4” or less limit, as w/ with my S &W model’s 60, 13 ,15, and 629 in 44 mag, But I wanted new handgun territory, a “horse pistol”, a double action wilderness revolver, but I didn’t want any single action. My purpose was a handgun I could...
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    Mt. Goats and Mustangs out my morning window

    To my surprise the Mustangs and Mt. Goats are doing the same thing. They are avoiding lush green areas for grazing and instead choosing to eat feed that is dry and brown Go figure! Two of the three mustangs on my land will let me give them carrots when they come to the water trough near my...
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