With my wife giving birth to our 3rd child on October 23rd, I had told her I would really limit my hunting activities this year. So time was going to be short for elk, I just wanted one day to smell the mountain air and hope to find an elk! Well we found them, and an hour after shooting light we...
I don't have any experience with that model, so I can't comment specifically. However I have owned several spotting scopes. I would recommend you go look through the scope to see what you think. Typically the low end models suffer greatly on image quality and brightness once you start to use the...
Thanks for all the nice words. Those are the only photos I took and now the horns are off waiting for a European mount. I did measure the length of the horns last night and the longer one is 13 inches. I have never killed a goat, so not sure how he ranks. Just excited I got it done. Also the...
My arrow finally hit the mark, and to top it all off I had my two young kids with me (age 6 and 4). My wife is 8 months pregnant, so the hunting season has been very limited to things close to home. So tonight I thought I would take my kids for a walk and see if we could see anything cool. Well...
The new bows have changed a lot, and the new materials make a nice difference (quality and durability) as well as the usual, speed, noise, and accuracy improvements. I started out with a very old Martin bow, then after 3 seasons I jumped up to a diamond iceman flx, and then two years later, I...
I appreciate it. I have some items on ebay that close this saturday... then it is scope shopping time.
What is the best way to contact you if I decide to go forward with the Burris?
^^^^ I am looking at the 4-20x50 model. Your pricing looks very competitive, thanks for the heads up.
Any other scope you might recommend. What would be comparable in the leupold line up?
Looking into this scope as a good elk/deer scope, that also has the option when I want to mess around at the range (or predator hunting) with the turrets. Any real life experiences anyone wants to share.
Here is why I like it... just don't know about quality, and don't want to make a $700-$800...
I find you spend most of your time with your spotter on the lowest zoom power. Other than the brief time you take a hard look at something. So I had the 65 and carried it several times archery hunting. What I concluded was the 15x power was barely any better than my 10x bino's with more eye...
Thanks for all the input. I am right in line with many of your thoughts! I already unmounted the scope from the .300 and had it mounted on my .270. The .300 is going to go in my gun safe for the day that I might need a larger caliber.
For a plan forward, I am going to see how I like shooting...
Guys,
You can see in some of my other posts, I just recently got this scope in a rifle trade. It is a great scope and has only been used a couple of times. I however want to keep my .270 setup simple, so I am looking to sale off this scope and buy a Vortex Viper HSLR. I will include the rings...
1. two parts to my answer. I currently feel comfortable out to 300 yards, and for elk I like to keep the Kinetic energy at or above that 1700 ft-lb range.
2. Currently I keep sneaking on them until I reach that 300 yard range, so I have lost some elk. However, the last two elk I shot at, I have...
Guys, I need some of your wisdom.
I did some gear swapping and ended up with a new gun and a new scope, so trying to decided where to go from here.
I just acquired a Weatherby Vangaurd .300 WBY magnum with a composite stock and a Vortex Viper PST FFP 4-16x50 scope with the MOA reticles. I am...
If I remember correctly, the area of the Break I am concerned with do not allow "motorized vehicles on the trails, other than game retrieval"
According to the state of Montana, here are some definitions. Assuming FWP and Block Management have the same definitions I would think I would be in the...
Guys,
I am looking into the idea of buying an ebike. I have a lot of reason to look at one for personal use, but I am wondering about how I could use this for hunting also. There are lots of options, some even more specific to the hunting community. What I don't know is can you ride ebike's in...
As people have mentioned, it really depends on how you hunt and what you hunt. I have not been disappointed by any of my vortex spotting scope. I have had a straight 65mm Vortex viper, I have had the 65mm Vortex Razor HD (straight) and now I have the 85mm angled scope. I thought the 65mm Razor...
I have owned a couple savages, I never liked the accutrigger. I am an archer, and I like a very soft trigger pull. So the safety blade feature on the accutrigger never worked well for me. I sold my savage and bought a Tikka t3, and it is the greatest rifle I have ever shot. I honestly cannot...
I just got back from my hunt, and we had a great time! The elk were down low in large numbers, but no big bulls to be found. I have hunted this area for several years now and I usually have to hunt back up in the steep country to find any good bulls, but this year deep snow and wind must have...
Headed out tomorrow, for one last chance at an elk. I am going back to my favorite spot with my Dad and some friends... so regardless of the outcome, it will be a great trip. I figure I might as well start the thread now, and hope to fill it up with pictures on my return! So far my season has...