Thanks Fellers -
Greg - Have had that discussion a lot the last couple of days. Although I've never been a big caliber fan, I could all but guarantee the game would have been over much quicker if the first shot would have come from the .300........
It was one of those quick trips for me - my Dad was going back down to the packing plant once she's skinned out to see what took place. Yes, poor placement in the uppler leg / lower shoulder.
It didn't get out the other side into the chest, and didn't appear to have broken the shoulder. Justed...
It's been a day or two since I've posted anything on here - have been lurking here and there thinking I really need to pull a rifle out of the safe and go shoot. Majority of my time is now spent at the archery shop with the family and throwing a couple hundred sticks a week.
Long and short, My...
My family has been contemplating a hog hunting trip somewhere early spring. My wife really wants to stick one as does my son, however he's just not big enough yet in my opinion to take one with his bow. I've really been eye-ing the 100gr partition for him - thinking it would be a great little...
You won't go wrong with either. Personally I have turned to like the .260 slightly better, however the 7-08 is much easier to load for. IMO the .260 will do what ever the 7-08 will do.
My 7-08 has turned into a safe queen M700 Rem Varminter
Mike -
A few of the larger ones my Dad took when I was probably knee-high. The others combined between myself and mother. Probably a 10-12yr span in there taking out the couple of early ones.
There is the one small bag that never leaves my pack -
Theromo-Lite 2.0 Bivy
Extremely small first aide - standard stuff, but Aspirin a MUST!
Lighter/Soaked Cotton/Mag fire starter/Batteries/Glow stick/Compass/Rope
The rest is dependent upon time of year / weather etc. I always carry enough...
Shot out of a Rem 700 BDL Varminter w/ 25 in tube chambered in .260 Remington - have a couple of these recoveries that basically look identical from this round.
I'm :oops: to say - I don't think I have a legal big game hunting caliber in my safe ready to go this year - the .260 hasn't been touched & I think will be Dad's choice for his first season bull tag this year. Better get the 130gr AB's ready to ROCK!
Myself - season starts next week :grin...
I really need to start paying attention - missing out on new sections going up when I'm not around.
Anyway - 130gr AccuBond recovered from a cow elk @ around 300yds.
Joel
Fotis ain't a kidding. This may be the one and only thing I ever was able to pull over on my parents. My Grandma lived out of town a ways and had issues with ground squirles and what we call whistle pigs around these here parts :wink:
Growing up I obviously started with the red ryder...
Greg -
Congrats on the new addition - reading your other post you won't be disappointed.
I have one of the early M-700 Stainless Synthetic Mtn Rifles. Haven't shot too many
AB's out of it, but it likes both the 140 / 150gr B-tips. Don't forget the 140gr B-tip has
the little "extra"...
Last Saturday was the first time I've pulled a trigger on a gun since last Nov ( my word it was hard to say that ) !
Things have changed around the house-hold - gone from guns to bows. Kid is in it heavy as is the wife now - just ordered her a bow out of the Hoyt custom shop last week.
I'm...
Can I get in ? Can't say I ever wanted a quarter bore till I saw Sportsmans had this thing mismarked. Once I purchased it, the Mgr gave me a hard time - pulled it back out of the box, checked SN# and with Remington - said they didn't chamber Bee cartridges :grin: :grin:
Was the SPS model -...
I have his "African Game Trails" book on top of my safe that I've never read.
Big fan of TR - He spent a lot of time where I grew up & still has one of the largest
Mtn Lions taken. Used to be #3 - not sure where it stands now.
Anyway, they named a room after him @ the Meeker Hotel where he...
We have hours upon hours of calling and driving @ night hunting yotes. We have yet to use anything but a standard white light. The majority of our yotes here have been shot at once or 6 times in their life, so the sight of a vehicle, they have hit 6th gear with the turbo's fully spooled!
The...