I worked on Kodiak Island and shot a nice buck in the Karluk Lake area in 2011, I just went back and looked at the image data from the photos and saw the date of Oct 16th. The Karluk Lake area has very dense alder, salmonberry, and other vegetation around the lake and up the slopes for ~1500'...
Thanks a bunch everyone! I've had success using the extreme copper killer before, and currently use it every time I'm finished at the range with either of these rifles. It's working well enough to maintain MOA accuracy out to 600 yards. I'm going to try the Dyna-Tech kit Tjay suggested and see...
I have a 257 Wby Mag and a 300 Wby Mag and have noticed some severe accuracy issues (2-3x MOA) I chalk up to copper fouling after sending about a dozen rounds downrange in the 257. The 300 is brand new, so I'm still learning how it responds. I know a lot of you out there have more experience...
Are you still planning on heading to OR, if so what's your timeline? How many deer and elk points do you have now? I'm an Oregon resident and have been hunting mule deer & elk here for a few years now. I move around for work frequently though and could easily be a non-resident next year but I'd...
It's kind of depressing reading the responses on this thread! I'm in the same situation as the original poster, 30 years old and applied for Rocky Mt Bighorn tags in OR & WY for the first time last year. This year will also include CO, NM, ID, NV, and the WA raffle. Call me crazy, but I'm only...