I just got home from my first deer hunt. I can't thank Dale and his crew at Bearpaw Outfitters enough for their hard work and dedication to my goal of getting my first deer. I highly recommend them to anyone considering a hunt like this.
After a hearty lunch Brian and I headed back out to...
I worked up two different loads for my 264WM without benefit of QL. I finally got down to business to learn the program today. One load, 62.5gr RL25, 140 Berger Hunt VLD, Norma case, WLRM primer, 3.290", 2936fps. I loaded all the data into QL and it was right on the money. Next load: 59.2gr...
To Bearpaw Outfitters for a whitetail hunt up north. I first tried out my Savage 99 in 300 Savage but that rifle us going to take more time than I got to work with it. So I move next to my Kimber in 257 Roberts. Looking at 45.0grs of H4350 for 3000 fps. using 100 NPT and 43 grains of H4350 with...
Thanks to Guy Miner am now doing a whitetail hunt with Bearpaw outfitters in NE WA state. Since the distances are much shorter there I will be using a Savage 99 in 300 Savage. I will use 150gr Partitions. I couldn't think of a more classic woods deer rifle than the Savage. Now I've got to get on...
When I was a teenager I hunted pheasant but didn't shoot one. Ducks and geease were a big fat zero too. I first deer hunted in 1980 had a bad experience with drunk road hunters and I've been soured on big game in my state sinc the\n. This is my first anttempt a real hunt with an outfitter too...
I've lurked here for quite some time just soaking up the wisdom of those here. I've loaded my own off and on since the 80's. I've hunted some but got soured to deer hunting in that time in this state (WA) so haven't done so since the 80's either. I have a good friend who is retired and moved...