Rifles for the brutal hunt.
- Thread starter John Y Cannuck
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- Peterborough ON
I have been toying with that same though JYC.
I am going to try a Ruger American Compact this year. Some times I am on a watch and some times I fighting with the Balsams
and I have been in the river more that once, rifle and all. My BLR is starting to show the abuse and the 30-30 and 44 Mag are also starting to weather away. This little Ruger is nice and I like and so far and I think is will work out.
Will let you know in a few weeks.
David
I am going to try a Ruger American Compact this year. Some times I am on a watch and some times I fighting with the Balsams
and I have been in the river more that once, rifle and all. My BLR is starting to show the abuse and the 30-30 and 44 Mag are also starting to weather away. This little Ruger is nice and I like and so far and I think is will work out.
Will let you know in a few weeks.
David
I guess my toughest hunts are mountain hunts. I don't hunt anywhere where the bush is as thick as the OP states. On a mountain hunt you need a rifle that works in the cold, is preferably stainless (nice not worrying about having to oil the gun down on a nightly basis) and is rugged enough to survive being strapped to a pack and bashed around.
Most SS/Syn bolt rifles with a quality stock will work.
Mine is currently a Remington 700 Mountain SS.
Here it is with a cold looking yours truly
Most SS/Syn bolt rifles with a quality stock will work.
Mine is currently a Remington 700 Mountain SS.
Here it is with a cold looking yours truly
I've added lots of kiss marks from wipe outs and mishaps but I haven't broken anything on a rifle, mind you I don't use them as a machete either. I've used stainless synthetic bolt rifles 22 inch barrels mainly but this year I'm slumming it with a stainless compact Ruger American in 308. I bought it just on a whim not planning to keep it long but the little sucker is growing on me especially using it in the dark and gloomy.
I guess my toughest hunts are mountain hunts. I don't hunt anywhere where the bush is as thick as the OP states. On a mountain hunt you need a rifle that works in the cold, is preferably stainless (nice not worrying about having to oil the gun down on a nightly basis) and is rugged enough to survive being strapped to a pack and bashed around.
Most SS/Syn bolt rifles with a quality stock will work.
Mine is currently a Remington 700 Mountain SS.
Here it is with a cold looking yours truly
I hope you had help hauling out that trophy pile of rocks you bagged.
I guess my toughest hunts are mountain hunts. I don't hunt anywhere where the bush is as thick as the OP states. On a mountain hunt you need a rifle that works in the cold, is preferably stainless (nice not worrying about having to oil the gun down on a nightly basis) and is rugged enough to survive being strapped to a pack and bashed around.
Most SS/Syn bolt rifles with a quality stock will work.
Mine is currently a Remington 700 Mountain SS.
Here it is with a cold looking yours truly
^ This! I hunted for decades in Ontario brush...yeah, got wet, muddy, scratched-up, etc. but never thought of using the term "brutal". Getting to where you got in this photo would be way tougher and more work IMHO.
Terrific photograph!
A part of me really wants to use my beat up ol' .303 No 1 Mk3 stamped 1917 that shoots hand size groups at a 100 for a moose hunt. Heck, when you call them into 50 yds or better, it doesn't matter how big the group is!
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I guess my toughest hunts are mountain hunts. I don't hunt anywhere where the bush is as thick as the OP states. On a mountain hunt you need a rifle that works in the cold, is preferably stainless (nice not worrying about having to oil the gun down on a nightly basis) and is rugged enough to survive being strapped to a pack and bashed around.
Most SS/Syn bolt rifles with a quality stock will work.
Mine is currently a Remington 700 Mountain SS.
Here it is with a cold looking yours truly
Great photo! Love that kind of hunting!
I guess my toughest hunts are mountain hunts. I don't hunt anywhere where the bush is as thick as the OP states. On a mountain hunt you need a rifle that works in the cold, is preferably stainless (nice not worrying about having to oil the gun down on a nightly basis) and is rugged enough to survive being strapped to a pack and bashed around.
Most SS/Syn bolt rifles with a quality stock will work.
Mine is currently a Remington 700 Mountain SS.
Here it is with a cold looking yours truly
Nope, no sheep up here. Better go check the next one!
And the next one, and the next one...
Haha, it's not often I summit a peak sheep hunting as I'd rather let the optics do the hiking! This particular peak has two large, good drainages on either side and is good to glass from. Not right on the top of course as we wouldn't want to skyline ourselves. On that day the fog rolled in the valley bottoms and there was no worry about that any more. This picture was taken 5 days ago.
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- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
Been a long time since I hunted out west. It's amazing the different conditions that hunters face across the country, and many arguments we have on this forum, and due to the lack of understanding of those differences. Don't know if I can still slog up a mountain, crossing a big marsh is more trouble than it used to be too. But it's still a hell of a lot of fun.I guess my toughest hunts are mountain hunts. I don't hunt anywhere where the bush is as thick as the OP states. On a mountain hunt you need a rifle that works in the cold, is preferably stainless (nice not worrying about having to oil the gun down on a nightly basis) and is rugged enough to survive being strapped to a pack and bashed around.
Most SS/Syn bolt rifles with a quality stock will work.
Mine is currently a Remington 700 Mountain SS.
Here it is with a cold looking yours truly
Don't know who built it. It is just off an obscure, but published, 3 day backcountry backpacking route. Also sees some hunters obviously.
I add a rock to the summit carin of every peak I summit. Unless of course the top is glaciated. Before I got into hunting I was into climbing so I've got quite a good number of summit shots. Not too many with rifles in hand though.
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
Toughness of the hunt east Vs west? It's not harder on either side IMO, just different.
You have more vertical slopes, we have more thick stuff and marshes, mixed with shorter climbs. You have longer shots on average, we have close up very fast encounters whereupon the game vanishes. There are exceptions to that statement on both sides of the country, even just within Ontario.
The above is taken in the laCloche range, just north of Georgian bay Ontario. not a mountain by BC standards, but an example of what Ontario has.
When I was up there some years back, you could see the big smoke stack at Sudbury 60 miles away.
Oh, and not my pic, mine were before the digital camera, and are on slides.
This would be more typical. Laying wire to get across the bog with the machines:
You have more vertical slopes, we have more thick stuff and marshes, mixed with shorter climbs. You have longer shots on average, we have close up very fast encounters whereupon the game vanishes. There are exceptions to that statement on both sides of the country, even just within Ontario.
The above is taken in the laCloche range, just north of Georgian bay Ontario. not a mountain by BC standards, but an example of what Ontario has.
When I was up there some years back, you could see the big smoke stack at Sudbury 60 miles away.
Oh, and not my pic, mine were before the digital camera, and are on slides.
This would be more typical. Laying wire to get across the bog with the machines:
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