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baltz wrote: "The neighbor of the Hunt club is a better deer manager I would bet. Deer learn where it is safe and they stay there. Like Ducks if no one is pushing them around they just eat and sleep in the safe area." In this case, I cannot buy that neighbors are "better deer manager". First...

Many of us, after we have hunted deer for many years, think we know a little about deer and how to hunt them. Sometimes, we are humbled by hunts not going as we had anticipated. Since Oct. 17, I have hunted three or four days out of each week. My club leases 2000 acres of paper company land in...

For long term survival, I would want a good, solid flintlock long gun smooth bore in .70 cal. After all modern ammo is gone and components needed to hand load are also gone, one would need a flintlock. Black powder is always around, as it is a simple process to produce it. Beyond the powder, one...

Bear, I am surprised that you did not put one handgun into the mix.

I have not seen it done this year, so let's do it. If your collection of firearms had to be pared down to only five, what five would it be. Include caliber and a short explanation of why that firearm must be on your list. I am primarily a hunter. My hunting experiences began in the 1940s, when...

Otakar, a few years back I took a surgeon on his first hunt. I loaned him an old Winchester Model 54 that I had in 30-06. He made a heart shot on a buck that ran perhaps the same distance as yours, 75 yards. When we opened up the deer the heart was shattered and I asked the doctor how the buck...

I just believe in the old Robert Ruark adage: "Use enough gun!" In the 1960s, I killed a fair number of white tail deer in Maryland, using factory loaded 100 gr. bullets out of my Ruger 77 243Win. I also shot ground hogs with that rifle, out to about 300 yards. The rifle had the accuracy that I...

Nice buck to bring home. Congratulations! What bullet did you use?

Congrats on bringing home that trophy. The mount looks outstanding!

Hey, thank you all for the kind words. I am heading back up to Ga. tomorrow. The season is only open until mid January, so I have to hurry, in order to get in enough deer hunting to hold me over until mid October 2026! I promise that if I do land another buck, he will be bigger than the six...

Last week I reported seeing a very decent eight point buck on the property that I hunt in Georgia. As I reported, I passed on that buck, after having him dead in my scope and only needing to tweak my trigger finger that little bit. But, I had promised to get home to Florida and take Lady Storm...

The eight point buck was right in my crosshairs, standing broadside with two doe and a six pointer. My finger only needed to apply that little pressure that provides the "breaking crystal" let off and he'd go down. At that moment, he belonged to me!........But, I am getting ahead of myself. This...

This will be my third year hunting on club leased property in S. E. Ga. We have 2000 acres, 29 stands, either elevated or ground buildings. There are only 11 members. Each member can bring another hunter from his immediate family, or after Thanksgiving, can bring guest outside the immediate...

There are limits to any sport. A few years back, I read of some men who bought a military artillery range finder. They then mounted a .50 sniper rifle to the bed of a pickup, complete with shooting bench. Finding a bull elk, lying in the snow at around one mile, they ranged the rifle on snow...

Elkman wrote: "Even though I killed a number of deer and elk with my first rifle I felt I needed more power at longer ranges." Yes, I agree. If most of us had stuck with our first rifle, we would likely be undergunned for longer shots that we have taken. Had there been no alternative to our...

I will celebrate my 73rd on Monday July 13, 2015. Looking back on over 55 years of deer hunting, I wonder about my *real* reasons for not just sticking with my first deer rifle. In 1964 when I came out of the Army, I did not have much cash to spend on a deer rifle. Pawn shops had US Model 1903...

Most gun show sellers do have an inflated idea of what a firearm will fetch. This especially when gun show prices should only be a tad over what items bring at live auctions. 20 years ago and more, I did the Baltimore Arms Collector's Show in Baltimore. I was at the low end of almost every other...

A while ago, I bought a Pre-'64 Win. Mod. 12, 12gauge shotgun to resell. I had gotten it well below what it was worth. I put it on my table at a very low price, considering it's condition. I looked down my table to see a man taking the Mod. 12 down. I told him not to take any guns apart without...

Everyone wants something different! IMO the market is over flooded with too many different cartridges for any caliber. I have always admired the 7mm bullets as being superior flyers and have owned a number of 7mm Magnum rifles. What I found out is 100 fps, either way makes no appreciable...

Since the early 1960s, I have, on occasion, manned gun show tables. Tire kickers who pick up and abuse gun show table firearms are thankfully, in the minority. One of pet peeves is the famous "bullet test" to check for muzzle wear. We have no way of knowing how much grit is sticking to the...