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What do you carry when hunting in otter habitat?
I ususally carry a 7 wt fly rod...- buffybr
- Post #76
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Who handgun hunts and what do you use?
I've only shot a couple of black bears with my handguns. One with my Ruger SBH .44 mag., and the other with my Govt model 1911 .45 acp, and both with the factory iron sights, and both shooting my hard cast bullets. Both were solo, DIY, spot and stalk hunts. Both were one shot kills at less... -
Are solid copper bullets considered to be FMJ for hunting purposes?
FMJ bullets have a Full Metal Jacket covering the tip of the which prevents them from expanding, ie, military bullets. These are the bullets that many states prohibit for hunting big game animals. However large caliber solid bullets are recommended for hunting very large animals, like...- buffybr
- Post #13
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Do you carry a pistol for bear when elk hunting???
Not all the time. Years ago a black bear attacked a member of one of our Forest Service Trail Crews. The crew member climbed higher in a large spruce tree than I thought was possible, and every time he yelled for help, she climbed up and bit his feet and lower legs. The other two crew members... -
School funding
This is the most anti-American administration and Joe Biden is the WORST president in the history of our GREAT NATION!!- buffybr
- Post #15
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Hammer Bullets 12% off until July 31
Kind of like P.O. Ackley did 50 some years ago...- buffybr
- Post #26
- Forum: Gear, Gear Deals & Gear Talk
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A non typical elk gun thread
My first centerfire rifle was a Herter's .30-06. For over 30 years it put every deer, antelope, and elk that I shot it at in my freezer. My current elk rifle is a Weatherby Vanguard in .300 Wby. I have 2 more Vanguards in .223 and .308 Win that I plink at the 200 to 430 yard steel gongs at... -
Elk Ivory Ideas
Other than jewlery, I've just glued most of mine on a plaque on the wall of my reloading room. I write the year that I shot it and the number of antler points or cow or spike...- buffybr
- Post #38
- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Cast Your Own?
I started casting my own bullets in 1970 when I bought my first centerfire pistols, a .357 Ruger Blackhawk and a Gov't model 1911 .45 acp. Since then I've expanded my bullet casting for several other pistol calibers up to .44 Magnum, Blackpowder rifle and pistol bullets from .36 up to .54...- buffybr
- Post #8
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Best African plains cartridge
I'm mostly an elk hunter, but I have done 6 African hunting trips. Other than my Cape Buffalo and one other trip where I used my .375 RUM, I used my elk hunting rifles ... .30-06, 7 mm RM, and on my last 3 trips, my .300 Weatherby.- buffybr
- Post #51
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Truck bed camp.
I'd rather listen to the sound of nature at night rather than a generator.- buffybr
- Post #88
- Forum: Hunting Rigs - Truck Talk
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Truck bed camp.
I've been hunting out of the back of my truck for many years. I've thought of making a bed "box" like the OP did, but because I use my truck for other things, I just sleep on a folding army cot with a foam pad for insulation in cold weather. Extra gear fits under the cot and I use 2 coolers on...- buffybr
- Post #83
- Forum: Hunting Rigs - Truck Talk
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Partitions or CX for Oregon mule deer
^^^^^ This ^^^^^ I'm old school. Prior to 1978 prairie dogs to mule deer, antelope. and elk with my .30-06, the only centerfire rifle that I had. Then in '78 I had my .30-06 rechambered to .30 Gibbs for my elk rifle and I built a .257 Ackley for deer and antelope, and a .22-250 for varmints...- buffybr
- Post #7
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Who has done a diy mountain goat hunt in the lower 48?
My mountain goat had a VERY STRONG goat smell. When I got him home I completely boned out and cut out anything white in the meat. The meat still had a strong goat smell, so I took it to a local meat shop and asked them to make the strongest flaver pepperoni sausage that they could. Whebn I...- buffybr
- Post #65
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Elk rifle
My first centerfire rifle was a Herter's .30-06 that I put toghther back in 1967. I shapped the stock similar to Roy Weatherby's. In 2009 I bought my first Weatherby rifle, a Vanguard in .300 Wby, and again, I shaped the stock to look like a MK V. The rifles have similar looks, but there is... -
Who has done a diy mountain goat hunt in the lower 48?
I had two Montana goat tags in the '70s. I did both hunts DIY solo. I got snowed out on the first hunt and ended up with tag soup. My second goat tag was about 100 miles from home and I went in with a friend and we stayed in his tent camper. But he had a cow elk tag in that unit so he went...- buffybr
- Post #34
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Who has done a diy mountain goat hunt in the lower 48?
IMO a late season long hair full body Mountain goat mount is one of the prettiest mounts to have. In recent years I had full body mounts of my New Zealand Tahr and of my Aoudad. I like both of these mounts, but they don't even start to compare to a full body goat. When I shot my goat the tag...- buffybr
- Post #33
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Who has done a diy mountain goat hunt in the lower 48?
For the past 48 years, all of my Montana hunts (except Buffalo) have been DIY. I shot this goat in mid November, 1978. It was -5* F and knee deep snow when I started up the mountain after him. I started scouting for him in August and September of that year, but I intentionally left my tag at...- buffybr
- Post #8
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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New rifle from Weatherby - The Mod 307
IMO their Mark V rifles were beautifue\l to almost too beartiful, their Vanguards are good looking, and now this thing is just flat out UGLY.
