Put your hunting where you mouth is!

Look at my avatar... :)

Approximately 1000lbs spring interior grizzly shot with 300gr Nosler Partition @ 2750fps muzzle velocity from my Rem 700 LSS 375RUM, distance was 230 to 250 yards @ 9:15pm June 1 2008.

Yes I am a hunter but married a vegetarian 6 years ago so don't shoot as many game animals as I used too, took up prospecting for a living just before we got married.

Mule/Blacktail deer count is 83, Whitetail is only 2 no pics to prove it though so I could be lying... :D
 
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Date: December 7, 2007
Location: Inuvik, NT
Game: None (looking for Moose)
Arms: Ruger M77 RSM 416 Rigby (all I had sighted in)
Optics: Leupold VariXIII 1.5-5x
Ammo: Hand loads - 350gr Barnes X
Satisfaction(out of 5): 4. I was out hunting, but didn't see a moose.

Previous (successful)
Date: 29th November 2007
Location: Imperial, SK
Game: Whitetail Deer - Buck
Arms: Browning A Bolt Stainless Stalker
Optics: Leupold VarixIII 3.5-10x
Ammo: Hand loads - 180 Nosler Partition
Satisfaction(out of 5): 5. Jumped the buck and a doe in their beds, he turned broadside to look back at 100 yards and the 180 hit right behind the shoulder. Centred the heart and he took two steps and fell over.

So what exactly did this exercise prove? Do I get my "Verified Hunter" Intraweb badge?
 
I envy those who have readily available hunting just outside their own bailiwick. I've hunted for most of my life, though I had a hiatus some years back just due to time and money. Like most wage slaves, I have a finite amout of vacation time, and so budgeting activities is commonplace. I had to change careers some years back, and thusly went back to 2 weeks paid vacation, though finally I'll see 3 weeks again in 2009. What I do now is add 1 day to my first 5 long weekends to make a few mini vacations (4 days off in a row). I ALWAYS keep 1 week free in Nov. for deer season. My best bud has 100 acres in the Haliburton area where we hunt deer, partridge, and the occasional groundhog. Personally, I don't like bear meat, and I have a problem killing something I'm not going to eat (excepting pest critters, and something that actually poses a threat to me). I would like to get in with a good gang for our moose draw next year, so I could do 1 wk deer and 1 wk moose, but barring that, I may just take a 2 week deer season next year. I am proud to say that everything I've ever taken has been a 1 shot kill. I've never had to track wounded game (through my fault), and I don't take the shot unless I have a clean and steady sight picture. We don't push game where we hunt, lacking dogs and numbers, so we scout the area, and sit still and patient, day after day, on likely terrain. I've had seasons where I never even put eyes on a deer, let alone got off a shot, and I've had years where I nailed 2 or 3 deer . Myself and my buds all believe in ethical hunting, good marksmanship, and respect for each other, our game, and the land. What more could you ask?
 
joe-nwt said:
I just walk around the woods shooting at sounds.

So far I haven't shot anything....:( ;)
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So how did I end up with my leg in a cast?

Just kiddin', Joe.:p

I am not the poster boy for the "wise old hunter in the woods club" but, like a lot of people, when the caribou are heading south I go out to get some. Sometimes I track them, sometimes they're 200 yds off the road in a clearing, and sometimes I have to go home and buy burger; it's still rock and roll to me! Check the avatar.
 
dorm said:
So how did I end up with my leg in a cast?

Just kiddin', Joe.:p

I am not the poster boy for the "wise old hunter in the woods club" but, .
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You got the "old" part down pat, just need to work on the "wise" part a bit.......:D
 
Agreeably I'm not impressed by internet experts, but nor am I about hunters that keep score.

Personally I've been hunting since I was 13 (I'm 43 now). My first deer kill was with a cheap bow and wooden arrows I got from K-Mart. I have hunted since as work, family, money and seasons permitted. I've been fortunate enough to hunt most of the species B.C. has to offer and would dare say I have enjoyed above average success.
 
date: august 1,2008
game: MTN caribou
Rifles: 270win and 300 win
bullets: 150 horn s.p and 180gr Horn SST
location: western Yukon
we each took a mtn caribou
 
MTM said:
Come on out and bring your 460. We'll have a 460/nutbar Safari. Should be able to get on a couple of spikes. Oh ya factory loads or hotter only.
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Ummm MTM...you and me touch off a couple of 460 WBY's side by side...we are gonna knock this whole planet right out of kilter...oh great then WE get blamed for this global warming ####...:D:D
 
Mmmm, thought this may bring some of the crazies out of the woodwork.
I've looked hard at my previous posts on this thread but none of them seem to include ###ual metaphors or old people.
Let me clarify my intentions in posting this thread.

Basically I like to know who is actually getting out there and therefore who really KNOWS how effective their choice of rifle/shotgun, optics and ammo is on the game they hunt.
Every year something new comes out on the market and as this forum is so large someone here is bound to have bought and used said product in the field.
Nonetheless when it comes for comments to be made we have a whole stack of people commenting on how "it's just like this" or "kinda like that" and a raft of people give their guestimations.
That's ok, this being a forum and all, but it isn't real experience so it would be good to see exactly what people are using and how effective they find it.
And this isn't showing you have something to prove.
However I was hoping that those who were noticable in their absence might reflect on how up to date their hunting knowledge is.
That isn't a dig at the older or disabled members of the forum who might now find it more difficult to get out due to their physical limitations, or for that matter those who have limited funds or time.
But a clover leaf on a target is not hunting.
When you hunt any sort of game, whether it be varmints or a buffalo the first shot is most important one.
So within reason, if you could ensure that your first shot from a cold bbl was exactly on target it wouldn't matter if shots 2 & 3 made a 2" group because said animal would be dead.
More to the point there is no proper way to determine real penetration and expansion apart from......yup, shooting it into an animal!
Even shooting it into a dead animal is different than a live one.
That's why real world hunting experience is the only true reflection of the performance of hunting equipment.
So flame me if you will but I WANT to hear from people that are actually doing it, not just talking about it.
It's something that always bothers me when I haven't hunted for a while but feel like posting.
And yes, getting into the field with a rifle is just as important.
Why? Because you have to cart the bloody thing around.

I'm sorry that some people feel that not hunting within the wide borders of Canada makes any hunting experience moot.
So far it hasn't bothered the moderators or I guess I would've got my marching orders by now.
On the other hand those who are heading in my direction and wish to meet up let me know.
Canadians are popular people Down Under, mainly because people think of them as easy going, level headed individuals who like a good time, and any member on this forum who comes this side of the pond will be welcome in my home.
I'll even make the effort to take them into the field if they show the wish although the laws here are draconian and may restrict things a little.
 
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my last hunt was a 5 day grizz hunt here in BC. Didnt see any grizz but lots of black bear, some real good ones.

This past winter I hunted average 1.5 days per week for coyotes, from December through March

In the fall I'm out 2x a week from September to November


having a job kinda sucks :)
 
For recreational stuff I try to get out every day, even if only for an hour. I usually use whatever gun is the newest, right now it is my Tikka .204, I think I get tunnel vision on what gun to bring trying to justify the purchase in the first place.
Last hunt was last night, .204. Behind my house, closed my truck door spooked 4 turkeys from a tree above me, which in turn send a doe snorting across the bean field.. Pretty much ended my hunt as fast as it started. Last week from the same spot I wiped out a nasty old coyote at a range I will keep to myself.
My wife got her PAL this year, as well as her hunting license, I usually bring at least one of my 3 kids with me too for varmint hunting, the oldest are 6 and 4. My 6 year old is a fine hunting companion, he knows the land we hunt now and often is the one with a rifle, his .22 Cricket, I do the spotting.
Other times I go the other way (I have to drive to this one) up the road about 3 minutes to the train tracks, I love to get along those tracks for fox/coyote and maybe a crow if one happens by. These tracks also run along my deer property so it gives me a chance to do some scouting as well, I never bring kids to the tracks, never. I shotgun rabbits there when the season permits too.
Most of my hunting is done alone, I carry a 2-way radio that my wife monitors from the kitchen window. I can get away with spending so much time outdoors because of my job, and of course my "more than understanding" wife. I bring at least one of my kids with me to work, so nobody is ever being left out or feel that Dad isn't home very often, I am very fortunate in that aspect. My kids have a poor concept of what "going to work" is and I am sure that will bite me later in life, but for now it is working just fine.
Get out and hunt!:)
 
I hunt with a variety of rifles and bullets. I have taken deer with a .303 M10 Ross with 200 grain cast bullets, a 300 savage, a 30/30, a 30/06. a 7 rem mag, and various other calibers. I have taken moose and bear with a 30/30, a 7 rem mag and a 30/06. In my life I have had less than five complete misses and have only ever lost one wounded deer - a fifty yard shot with open sights that didn't hold to the point of impact. Except for several deer with the 7 mm Rem mag - ALL were one shot kills. The majority were shots that were under fifty yards. One shot was at about 275 yards (30/06) on a mule deer doe - last half hour of season and one tag to fill.
I have hunted since 1963 Mostly in Northwestern Alberta but between 1971 and 1979 I hunted in the Ram Mountains South West of Rocky Mtn House.

I have lost track of the number of deer I have shot except for whitetail. In over thirty years I have only seen three whitetail bucks that were not on a dead run or I could legally shoot. One was breeding a doe and I didn't have the heart to interupt. The other two were seen after my gun was unloaded and put away for the day.

I have found that it doesn't really matter what gun or caliber you use so long as you have the proper bullet for the game and have good bullet placement.
At thirty to fifty yards a deer, moose, or bear very seldom takes more than one shot no matter what cartridge or gun is used.

I have also found that Steel shot is not as effective as Lead shot with more cripples. Because of that I gave up waterfoul hunting.

My most used gun is a 30/06 remington 700 ADL in stainless with a syntheic stock. I use Hornaday 150 grain handloads, Winchester and federal 150 grain cheap ammo - all because they shoot to the same point of impact with that gun. The last box of federal 150 grain (cheap stuff) showed signs that the bullet was failing on mule deer. The bullet would disintegrate if a rib was hit destroying one lung and leaving the rest of the organs in front of the diaprham intact. The deer still dropped but knowing this I would hesitate to use this bullet on a bear or a moose.

I have used a Shrade Old timer with a fixed 4" blade for years. I bought a $20.00 Gerber Gator at Wally world about six or seven years ago. I have used it to dress out as many as sixteen mule deer a year and it is still as sharp as the day I bought it. The Shrade would have to be touched up at least once or twice while dressing out a deer. (Some seasons we can take 4 doe mule deer and one buck in WMU 526 -this year I have three doe tags. I take my sons and their friends hunting, and sometimes hunter ed students)

For upland I use a 12 gauge maverick 88 with 3/4 oz (Handload) of #9 shot or a 20 gauge over and under with 3/4 oz of #8 or #9 shot - no or modified choke prefered. I have used a 410 enough to know that it doesn't compare to a 20 with the same shot volume (patterns and trap at the range). I am less than impressed with the 410 - I regard it as a curiosity and a handicap for young hunters. Too bad some manufacturer hasn't figured out a 2 1/2 inch 20 gauge with a 1/2 oz or 5/8 oz shot load of #8 for upland hunting.
 
Don't know if #### Cheney's buddies think that's true....... :D
But I get the sentiment.
And yeah, there are few if any places better than moseying through the countryside with the sun in the sky and a rifle on your shoulder with you eye out for game.
 
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