Hunting

[Angus Cattle Shower]

No, I have my own bank account, I raise my own animlas, pay for the feed, and I sell them. I can't use Dad's gun, because I want to hunt with him. My little brother is almost old enough to hold his own gun. And I have my show steer to sell in the summer.

[fedup2]

Great job Angus! Sounds like you have a pretty good grip on things.

[Angus Cattle Shower]

Yeah, It's just the way that I put my priorities I guess. Thanks, fedup2.

How much would it cost me to get a goo dscope and mount, sling and all of that stuff with it?

[Big Muddy rancher]

That was good advice that we all need to remember no matter how old or position in life. Thanks Fedup2

[RoperAB]

About scopes for hard kicking guns.
Buy nothing but a Leopold! Leopold has the longest eye relief and they stand up to horses and hard kicking recoil.
About caliber
Buy the biggest gun you can shoot accurately. For most sportsmen this seems to be a 30/06.
If you are a dedicated rifleman the 300 mags do work well but most two box a year sportsmen cant handle it.
You know a guns power has more to do with actual bullet performance than the caliber.
I cant brag up those Barnes X bullets enough! They are by far the best that I have used. If properly handloaded they are also very accurate.
I have never had a bullet failure yet with those Barns X bullets.
In my 300 Win Mag they expand at extreme long range and they hold together at close range.
Barns X bullets are the best thing since sliced bread!

[Northern Rancher]

Yeah Leupold are good scopes for sure-heck i've never had a bullet failure yet with Federal shells I buy off the shelf. Those new Federal Fusion look like a good new bullet-expired some yotes with them in .243 this winter. Heard lots of good reports on those Barnes bullets too.Most guys are overgunned and under practiced that I see.

[RoperAB]

With my 300WM in my Ruger M77 the magazine length limits the weight of the bullets I can reload. Example if I have to seat the bullets into the powder reseivior the accuracy goes.
I am really limited to 130 grain X bullets which are giving me 1/2 minute of angle accuracy. This bullet is going over 3500fps!
So far I have taken three Elk, two mule deer, one white tail, one antelope and countless coyottes with this load at various ranges.
One of the Elk I finished off at PBR by shooting him from above down through his withers. This 130g X bullet held up! I actually recovered the bullet after it went almost completely through him!
Now on the long range connections if I told you the ranges I would get called a liar but believe me this bullet expands well at extreme long range.
All game taken so far has been basically a one shot kill.

[Northern Rancher]

I dunno how fast they are going or how accurate I am at the range all I know is I've killed alot of game with my old Browning .270-a few moose-probably 100 deer and a book black bear-it's not what you shoot but how you shoot it. The funniest thing was when my boss was taking out a hunter during moose season-on way to the deer stand they saw a bull moose about 200 yards away across a coulee-well the hunter asked my boss if he wanted to borrow his cannon-boss said no and dropped it with one shot from his open sight 30/30. The worse overgunning I saw was some NEW YAWKERSSS who showed up with .338/378's-one guy neckshot his buck and almost removed it's head. Elk are extra tough so some extra gun probably warranted on them-nothing is more heartless than a moose. Those really big whitetail bucks can soak up lead if not shot right-I've had some long tracking jobs over the years for guys.

[Angus Breeder]

I am a little late checking in on this post, however I have had great luck with my 7 mag. It is big enough to bring anything down and fairly comfratable to shoot. I am only 5' 8" and weigh 155, yet the gun does not affect the smoothness of the trigger pull.
Hey NR I may have the opportunity to get a crack at a combo moose/bear hunt in 06/07, was wandering do you think that a great shot with a 7 mag @150 yds on a bull moose will do the job quickly? How far would you expect him to go? What about a 50 yd shot at a bear?

[Northern Rancher]

You'd have to ask the moose lol. More moose and bear have been killed with 30-30's and .303's than all the other calibres combined. A 7mm will work fine on both of them-moose are pretty faint hearted you pop him one in the boiler room he won't go very far. Bear on the other hand can vacuum up lead if not hit right-my boy dropped on saturday at 150 yards or so with a .270. I assume if it's a 50 yard shot you'll be hunting over a bait-you shouldn't have much trouble. Bears will almost die faster from a well placed broadhead than they will a rifle shot.