Good luck to all the brave guys willing to fight the heat this opening weekend! Hope your tags and freezers get filled. Looking forward to opening weekend in August, maybe it'll cool off by then and we will only get up to 95!
When it comes to big game I'd add NOT to bring a rifle for yourself. Mostly to keep you from taking over or maybe taking advantage of an opportunity. This will keep you focused on making sure they enjoy themselves and the hunt is about them, not you and they are just tagging along.
Dove, and maybe ducks depending on your area is a good starting point. Those hunts are low pressure, not very physical and usually lots of action. If you know a good place for cotton tails they are always fun to pick off with a 22. I took my wife deer hunting with me 2 years ago... after...
Congrats man! My hunting story is exactly the same as yours, even killed my first big game animal (pig) last year. Still trying to get my first deer. Good luck on the upcoming season!
Love those cheap to build/simple smokers. Be careful with the used barrels, I wouldn't use one that had chemicals or oil in it. One that was used for food or a new one is a better idea.
No scientific study done that I know of, just some measurements taken from the firing line to the slough.
The options were: no skeet shooting, use non toxic shot, or put up some kind of special net to "catch" the shot. The managers of the range actually considered the net until they got a...
I had been bouncing back and forth between 270 and 25-06 and with all the shortages going on 25-06 was always the one still on the shelf at my local shops. It made my decision for a semi popular/slightly obscure round a little easier.
I picked up a d7 tag to go along with my usual A zone tag. I'm tempted to just buy a bear tag strictly for the chance of a random opportunity while still looking for my first buck.
EPA shut down our skeet range because there is a slough a couple hundred yards away that has water in it sometimes. We finally had to negotiate with them that we can use it as long as we only use steel shot.
I have some personal experience with this. My state started enforcing a statewide ban on using lead for hunting a few years ago. We can still target shoot with lead (for now) but hunting with lead including varmints is illegal.
One issue I've run into is lack of availability, you go into a big...
This guy flew off the highway next to the dairy I work at, blew through two fences and took out two porch pillars and the concrete porch. Walked away without a scratch.
Weatherby has a 20 round break in procedure on their website and went over it on one of their podcasts a while back. They said some of their own guys follow it and some don't and haven't noticed much if any difference in performance.
Let us know how it shoots, I start my background check today...