Yup. In fact I’m thinking of putting a fancy wood stock on it and a scope with a gold ring this year. Got lots of 168 Bergers and 165 accubonds loaded for it. Tried some 168 hammers but haven’t shot anything with em yet. Supposed to do a Cali pig hunt with family one of these days.
I’m a 30-06 fan. First rifle was a savage 110 30-06. Still got it 25 years later, still confident I could kill anything with it. You could find 30-06 ammo at a gas station hardware section.
Thoughts to those affected. Stay safe!
Also can’t help but my mind wander to all the great waterfowl hunts I’ve had after floods when I lived in a place that seasonally flooded and occasionally had severe flooding in what was historically a flood basin. Gonna be a Widgeon banger on all that...
You too can hunt those elk for 600 bucks a day through land trust. You can also make a YouTube video about it and claim it as a backcountry public land bull. Which I suppose is possibly technically accurate if you shot it on the 163 acres of landlocked BLM. :)
Seen em wind us at +1 mile on the flats. Like nothing between us and the elk but a mile of dirt and grass and the lead cow crosses our wind, looks right at us, and flips the whole herd.
I usually have a sea to summit dry bag with extra layers/rain gear/gaiters/spare clothes that we use often as well. Works about as good as anything else and doubles as long as you don’t end up needing what’s inside.
When it comes to girls of various ages and experience levels chootin critters I got a pretty good sample size to base my opinions off of. Lots of memories..
Sure, this one time one of my daughters, shortly after taking a hunter safety course with an instructor who highlighted “ethical” distance.
So there we were on a youth only area of a BMA. Bunch of elk 2 ridges over, completely relaxed, crusty old snow in the ground , they were 380 yards and...