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It really depends on where in the state. Anchorage is pretty temperate compared to the Interior. It's pretty wet, so good synthetic insulation and waterproof layers are essential. Merino wool, Gore-tex and Polar-Tac coats. Once you go into the Interior- it's dryer, down coats and pants...

^^^ This ^^^ I really love my M21! You can't build one of these for what they charge.

I've used all of them at one point or another. I greatly prefer Accubonds for big game animals like moose, caribou, or bears. ELD-X shoot good and I've taken some caribou and deer with them, but they tend to come unglued and not exit. Dead animals, but I prefer an exit. TGKs are a lot more...

You're best best is buying an aftermarket R700 footprint action. Remington has had so many iterations of QA/QC over the years that donor actions are a total crap shoot and frequently total crap. Given the inflated prices on the used market it is an expensive gamble. One of the new aftermarket...

I love a shorty shotgun for home defense. I know the whole AR thing is vogue....but nothing stops fights faster than a 12 gauge, whether they've actually started or not. Since I now live in an apartment building, I run low brass 6s. They won't penetrate 3 doors down, but at apartment ranges...

I've used the 180 Accubond in the 300WSM and 300WM for a long time. An AB leaving the muzzle at 2900 fps goes together like apple pie and vanilla ice cream.

After several years of babying blued and wood guns in AK... I gave up and went to Cerakoted stainless. I clean my rifle once a year whether it needs it or not and couldn't be any happier. I've hunted everywhere in the Greatland with it... coastal, Interior, swamps, mountains, rain forest; it's...

Zelle or bitcoin is the clue.... not legit. Don't take that bait.

In .22.... the .22LR is easily my favorite. I sorta thought like O'Connor...the fast 22s are painted hussies that'll let you down. in .30 cal...I've done a lot of hunting with the .308 and the .300WSM- like em both, a lot. I also like the 300WM but the WSM is my "go-to" when something needs...

I had a Barrett Fieldcraft in 6.5CM... that rifle was just scary accurate, particularly considering it weight 5 pounds bare.' I later got a Christensen MPR in 6.5CM... accurate and very easy to shoot really well but it was a pain to carry hunting. I got rid of it after decking several caribou...

Is this akin to overbore capacity? Basically trying to cram too much powder down the bore to translate the potential energy of the powder into kinetic energy in the projectile. In general, the bigger the bore and the smaller the powder charge the more kinetic energy ends up in the projectile...

Anything smaller than a standard case head or large rifle primer... I loaded some 223s for a varmint rifle...I hated loading for that.

My guess is gummy internals. Dirt and old oil just slowing the hammer fall down enough to not detonate the primer. Give it a tear down and good scrub and look for worn/broken parts.

Pretty good list... Baited bear is pretty neat. It slows everything way, way down and you get to be in close range to bears and be selective about the shooting part. I guess the Canadians do a lot of guided bear hunts over bait that are fairly reasonable and highly productive. DIY caribou in...

They sure can. My trapping buddy broke three bones in his hand in one.

330s are no joke. Well worth the minor expense is a safety catch you can leave on the jaws while you set it and make your set. I've had a couple go off and the safety catch was the only thing between me and injured. They are absolutely my favorite trap for beavers. No survivors. In AK they are...

Update.... Spent several hours this morning combing my hunting area without success. The area is rough like E. Tennessee gets-steep oak thickets, sinkholes, blow downs, grapevine and bramble choked ravines. It's entirely possible that deer was down and dead in minutes and is in some ravine...

In a long hunting career, I've lost one deer. That occurred some 25 years ago. I'm hoping I don't make it number 2. I'd been bowhunting and had a nice little basket buck coming in to my stand pretty regularly. He popped out tonight feeding in the small field and I watched him for ten long...

A 2.5" Model 66 and a M19...love those K Frames!

I've had reasonably good success with Federal Fusion and for that matter, the plain old "blue box" ammo does reasonably well given it's price point and availability.