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Scotty, I see that you are from N. Va. For most of my 69 years, I lived north of Baltimore, inside Balto. Co., but near Hanover, Pa. In the 1960s, I shot a number of deer with a Ruger Model 77 in .243Win. using the older, standard bullets of 100gr. weight. Two bad things happened on a number of...

Yeah, I have to agree, regarding large case capacity contributing to barrels losing accuracy quickly, especially when fired hot. About 10 years ago, I was convinced that I needed a big Magnum cartridge for elk hunting. Over time, I learned that 30-06 was more than enough for elk, but I got gun...

Wife, Storm so much enjoyed going along on this year's muley/pronghorn hunt, that she now plans on gunning her own pronghorn next fall. She owns and regularly shoots an H&R Handi-rifle, chambered in .243Win. I have no doubt that she could cleanly take a pronghorn out to at least 200 yards, as...

mcseal2 did write: "Unless you need and excuse to buy an new rifle, and then I'd recommend a 264WM or 270WSM....." I always intended to buy a rifle chambered in .264WM, but was put off by the writings claiming that the .264WM is a barrel burner! For those of you who own a rifle chambered in...

Greg Nolan did write: "As you know it is pretty windy out there....." On 13 hunts in Wyoming, two hunts in W. Texas and three hunts in Colorado, I have not had problems with wind drift on any shots taken on deer sized animals. The longest shot was on a muley, across a canyon, where the range...

BK did write: "Yeah, that is pretty crazy to wait that long. (smiley)" Worse than that, I whine and mope around AFTER I do sell one rifle in order to get another. I miss them all and still, I want to try something different. Probably the one that I miss most, is my Browning B78, falling block...

Guy, you will probably have me wanting a 25-06. Any cartridge based on the 30-06 case is sooo sexy looking.......Long and lean and deadly! Steven

nomosendero , you wrote that you would hunting south of Gillette, Wy. Guy and I will be hunting north of Gillette, along both sides of Rt. 59. The home base, ranch is in Montana. Good luck on your hunt! Steven in DeLand, FL

Guy et al, Since I began going on these combo hunts for mule deer and pronghorn, I have used rifles chambered in these calibers : 270Win, 7mmRemMag, 7x57Mauser, 7mmWSM, 30-06, 300RUM and my current love, 280Rem. Crazy maybe, but once I have a rifle dialed in and used on a hunt or two, I begin to...

I have to tell everyone; I have gone on this hunt 12 times since my first time out in 1992. I have killed four deer in the class of the one in the photos from this year. That means eight deer of lesser quality, but everyone taken was an adventure and I will carry images of the hunt in my mind...

Wife, Storm took a better photo of my Oct. 16 mule deer, before the daylight faded, so here it is. http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/ ... 11deer.jpg Steven in DeLand, FL

I use a Lyman case trimmer dogged into my electric drill to trim cases. I don't know if this variation would affect accuracy or not, but I always seem to get about .010" variance in the length of my trimmed cases. The only way that I have gotten that close, is by "feel". When I run in the...

Nice buck and what a smile of satisfaction on the young man's face. Extra bonus pride in using a rifle that is handed down. Congratulations! Steven in DeLand, FL

Polaris, good luck in all of your endeavors. As you say, maybe in the future we can get together on a hunt. Best, Steven

Polaris, the hunt is all on private land and you would not see another party hunting...at all! The ranches hold lots of game and they are not over hunted. Unless you spot trophy animals and want to go back to a spot, you likely will not hunt the same area twice. You would mostly hunt open...

I got sticker shock immediately! Reviews say that with the $200 model, one still has to purchase a card with which to download sounds. Is that right? Why would they sell a caller for $200 that is not complete and ready to use. I would not imagine that one would need more than a dying rabbit...

Yes Scott. I am in the same boat. At 69 years of age, I never know when the next western hunt will be my last, or not. Right now, I am in fairly good condition and ride my bike 10 miles most every day. Yesterday my wife and I put up a two man ladder stand. The directions say to have at least...

Last hunting season I killed what I thought was a large coyote male, so I know that they are in the area of Central Florida, in which I am hunting. I want to buy an electronic caller with remote volume control and use it from my tree stand. I am over looking a field that fronts on the WMA and...

Two nice muleys Corbin. I never got into the grading of antlers, so this is an honest question. Are the measurements for width and height take inside the antlers, or outside dimensions? Best, Steven in DeLand, FL

I have hunted with the same rancher 12 times since 1992. I have always filled both license stamps for deer and pronghorn by the third day and had time to gun prairie dogs. The hunt is not cheap, but compared to many that I have scoped out, it is a good value. The rancher/guide allows me to go...