I appreciate all of the responses. My gut was to just roll with the 300, even if it's heavy. I'm definitely not a fan of the whole "long range hunting" thing. While I do practice at 600, I've never killed anything farther than 317 (mountain caribou). Last elk I killed was 275. Was crouched under...
Yeah that's definitely not me. I have a 600 yard range within an hour of my house. And being near the coast we good a good amount of wind. You have to qualify by putting 5/5 shots inside of a dollar bill on a fresh target at 300 with a Range Officer watching the whole thing to even be able to go...
that’s actually a great idea but I run a suppressor on it, so like the short barrel Main issue with it for this hunt is it’s 10#. I had decided awhile ago its future use would be for bear and moose which are generally shorter range situations
I’m planning to go on a backcountry elk hunt this year where I need to be ready for a 600 yard shot.
Here is what I currently have:
20 inch 270
22 inch 300 win
24 inch 7mm-08
I’ve run the numbers on all of these with loads I have on JBM ballistics and a 200 grain accubond out of my 300 win...
I live on the East Coast and am thinking of going to the sheep show. I make just over $135K/year, so after paying the mortgage and other bills, I really dont have much of a hunting budget left over. I do dream of hunting all the sheep, many of the goats, and just love being in the mountains...
Yep, thats what they want is for elk to be shot out. Then in 7-9 years when the population is in noticeable decline, they will blame it on the hunters and not the wolves, and reduce hunting opportunity. Colorado is going to slowly shut down hunting, one season and species at a time. Mtn Lion...
Yeah some brass is going to be thicker and have less case capacity vs thinner will have more, etc. Dont start at max.
If you have a new rifle I'd start somewhere in the middle of the range, if you have an older rifle I'd start at the bottom of the range
I met a guy earlier this year who bought a landowner Rocky tag in Colorado last year. I think he said it was around $75K. He showed me a pic...it checked the box for his slam.
Funny, Im in FL too. Trying to figure out where to send my stone sheep ram.
I was looking over Animal Artistry's website and really like that they require harvest photos. I sent my dall to a place that is on the back of every Wild Sheep magazine, thinking that was a good bet, and was...