You guys don't know sucks until you have done one of the following....1) used the cheap vinyl waders they used to sell in little plastic bags next to cheap rain jackets. We wore a pair of Carhartt overalls over them and cheap rubber boots to protect them. It never failed, one of us would punch...
I have shot the Brenneke slugs and they were ok. I always shot the basic rifled (foster) slug, which you used to be able to buy for 2 bucks a box even during season. Most of what I hunted was thick, hilly timber, so a shot over 75 yards was a rare thing. On the rare occasion that I hunted a...
Foster slugs out of a smooth bore will put a big hole in anything it hits. I shot a small buck one year as he walked straight at me up a hill. At first, I was dead set on not shooting him but when he got about ten feet away from me I decided I needed to defend myself. That slug hit that deer...
No one has mentioned it, but the famed mountain men that blazed the trails west certainly didn't have a 300 H&H in their hand. They brought down more elk and even grizzlies with those muzzleloaders than most of us will ever come close to. Hell, maybe even more than most of us will even see in...
Man, I feel like my years of hunting were a waste! The most I have come across were the remnants of hippies that used to tour the area every summer, called them the rainbow people. They trashed the area and more than once we found what appeared to have been one heck of a party complete with...
I can see a corlokt separating and not passing through. I've had it happen with whitetails and my .308. I know that he killed elk, both bulls and cows, with the same gun with no problem. But this was the last one before they moved out of Colorado and it stuck with him.
A friend's dad that did a fair amount of elk hunting in late 80s to 90s is a firm believer that an 06 is on the low end of an elk caliber. He had some issues with knocking a cow down with his during one hunt and now recommends against using it on elk. I have not asked him specifically about...
I have a friend that refuses to buy a used gun. That amazes me, because, to me, a used gun has a history and character that just doesn't exist with a shiny new gun. Especially when someone you know used it. Good luck with that 30-30.
Being in a rifle deer state now, I normally pack my .308, but at least once a season I will pack my grandpa's 870 wingmaster just to feel like he is still out there with me. With it's fixed full choke it is a turkey slayer even with only a 2 3/4 inch chamber. I killed my first deer with it...
Fridays are always a slow day for me at work. I pass the time listening to audiobooks or podcasts. Today I was listening to the vortex podcast. At one point, they were talking about the effectiveness of the 30-30. It started me thinking about it as an elk round. A quick internet search...
I am curious what the road situation is in Colorado. Are all county roads and highways open to the public, even if they pass through private property. That's the way it is everywhere I have ever hunted but do not want to make assumptions and end up in a bad situation. I'm also curious why, on...
When I was 15 my parents bought me a Remington 870 wingmaster magnum for Christmas. It was a beautiful gun before Remington started letting the quality of the 870 go to hell. A few years later I started getting into waterfowl hunting more and decided I needed a 3 1/2" chamber. Traded it in on...