Recent content by Gummi_Bear

I value my alone time. Besides the thrill of the hunt, and the effort of carrying out my quarry; I love the time to reflect and appreciate my surroundings. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately... Henry David Thoreau

Great write up, thanks for sharing your adventures! The landscape looks like part of west Texas. Those columnar volcanic upheavals are all around Fort Davis, with similar grassy vegetation (I’d bet that beneath that grass is a bunch of red rock) I went to the woods because I wished to...

A full magazine I only need one round per tag. Pigs get a full 20 round magazine I have a “hunting essentials “ dry box that always goes with me. On every hunt. In it, I have an ammo wallet or spare magazine for every caliber I own. So even if I have a complete brain fart, I have at least...

Wow Trophy of a lifetime. I would not feel burdened with my pack with that 115lb load. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately... Henry David Thoreau

I do that with pigs. Done it for years. Elk are on the bucket list. I don’t think I could do a gutless method on one tho. Too much good organ meat to pull out. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately... Henry David Thoreau

I use the VLD tool for everything now. It is in my prep center, and has helped me with some other frustrations as well (like seating flat base bullets) On test pieces, I still occasionally use my trusty Wilson chamfer tool I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately... Henry...

Thank you, happy to be here. Been lurking for a while, finally got around to registration. Is the 30-06 based on a 98 or a 96? I have a 96 Swede in 6.5x55, and the original trigger (from 1908) is awful.

Working with my daughter to make up some new loads for her 7mm-08. 140gn Berger Hunting VLD over H4895. These bullets are more sensitive to seating depth than powder charge. It has been fascinating. Best group so far is .423”, and we still haven’t exhausted all the possibilities. I’ll shoot...