Anyone carry two loads for hunting?
- Thread starter Salvelinus
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Dizz I can dew.
The BLR81 in tree fiftee-ate........180, 200, oar 250 pills and the only thang that changes izz ellivayshun.
Formadubbly is the werd.
Nawt shure oww tuh get tree rownds awff each oh three intuh seven thou.
Sum kind oh funny mathmuhteeshan yew izz medvedouiwee.
never said the number has to be even lol ....
..........yer a funny cuss..........
M12shooter
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Only carry one load for my Sako 25-06 ... which is the "pet load" for my main battle rifle. Use this load on everything from crows and yotes to small/medium sized ungulates. Shoots bug hole groups at 100 and I feel no need to fix something that aint broke.
For hunting, K.I.S.S. Anything your going to shoot an deer with will be fine for elk, and anything you shoot an elk with will be ok to shoot a moose with, which also is gonna be fine for grizzly defense too. Be fine as in if you hit what you need to hit, where it needs to be hit while its bobbing and weavin, you'll be fine, anywhere else and the 20 grains extra wont mean ####. Learn some bear behaviour and how to handle yourself, probably save yours and a bears bacon.
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mudgunner49
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Occam's Razor - the simplest solution is probably the best one...
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I have not experimented with trailboss but that definitely makes sense
And yes, part of this is playing with loading a range of different things which is never a bad thing and part of the fun.
165 gr at starting loads seems like a good all around candidate to start exploring with the 300wsm
And yes, part of this is playing with loading a range of different things which is never a bad thing and part of the fun.
165 gr at starting loads seems like a good all around candidate to start exploring with the 300wsm
nowarningshot
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
My Kliengunther 300 Rum was originally a 300 mag, has a pretty short mag box. So i carried a magazine length load and a long range load that needed to be single loaded. Must be 8 years since i shot it........apparently i have to many rifles.
Softs and solids in big rifles. Mixed loads for bullet tests. Otherwise, I try for one load per rifle. I have been know to carry ballistic tips and Accubonds of the same weight.
Most of my 300s including the WSM shoot 180s. In a quirk of fate it will shoot 165s and 180 ballistic and Accubonds together out to 500, and 150s as well though not quite as well. Oddly, I can't think of a single reason to do so. 180s all the way.
Most of my 300s including the WSM shoot 180s. In a quirk of fate it will shoot 165s and 180 ballistic and Accubonds together out to 500, and 150s as well though not quite as well. Oddly, I can't think of a single reason to do so. 180s all the way.
I usually do one load although sometimes on coyote I carry a separate magazine with heavier handloads in case the wind gets up or I need a longer shot
If deer hunting with a bear tag, I load the partitions or ttsx.
If deer hunting with a bear tag, I load the partitions or ttsx.
Northman999
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- Southern Yukon
This.
BigUglyMan
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- New Scotland
Exactly. That's the only situation where I do it.
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- Prince George. BC
If you hunt Birds, hunt birds....If you hunt big game THEN Hunt Big Game...leave you shotguns, 22,s, soft loads at home. Hunt one or the other,NOT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. Remember big game do not like the sound of rifle fire....Accept Black bear, to whom, it is a dinner bell.
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I have watched, many times, big game animals respond to rifle fire. Most often, they just go back to what they were doing before the shots were fired.
Ted
Yeah that whole 'animals don't like guns' thing is a complete myth. The sound can startle them, depending on the situation. However they seem to think nothing of it in most cases, likely seeing it ad harmless as thunder. They certainly don't know what gunfire is, or to be afraid of it specifically. Plus, some people don't get the chance to hunt as often as others and when they have the chance to go hunting, they hunt everything you're legally allowed to. Not saying it's the best tactic, just saying that's what some people do.
blasted_saber
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I hunt deer and grouse at particular times and locations all the time with a shotgun. Why do you care what I do?
blasted_saber
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I've had deer come out and watch me sight in. Right at the 200 yd line, curious about the sound. Other times I've spent the afternoon banging away with centerfires, gone for a walk after I was done and bumped into deer and moose less than half a mile away. They don't understand what gunfire is. If you're shooting at one, the supersonic crack of the bullet going over their backs will send them running if you miss.
