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Unit 76, near Creede...Rented a cabin on a ranch and drove about 5 minutes to National Forest Land....I never saw another ML hunter, only a couple of bowhunters..

My vintage Hawken shot lights out with 80 grains of 3F 777.... With a tang mounted peep sight I could shoot 2-3 inch groups at 100 from the bench.. Dropped like a rock beyond 125 yards or so, but with a little Kentucky windage I could still hit a 20 pound propane tank at 175...Ended up killing my 6x6 bull at about 15 yards...

I'm not interested in getting sucked into this stupid ass political conversation, but I do have some input on full cal. 50 bullets that are Colorado legal... IF they are still in business, try NoExcuses 460 grain conicals.... Colorado legal ( less than 1" long at .50 cal) easy loading and very accurate in my TC Hawken .50 cal.... I may have a few left that I would mail you if you want to PM me...Worked great on my 2004 Colorado bull..Never saw a more perfect mushroom in my life..

I'm going to give that a try.... My clover plot could use something to thicken it up, but I really don't want to plow it under and start over......

Any shots at moose in Eastern Canada are likely to be to be very close....40 yards would be a long shot and 20 is more likely...You also have an 18 inch square vital area, given a broadside shot...Good luck, Pilgrim....

" Maybe I am getting soft in my old age".... Welcome to my world....<<sigh>>.....

A couple of those Thurston girls are having a little cat fight....

Diamond jigs work just fine for lakers, too ....

Is that a Hopkins hanging from his jaw ?? Thanks for sharing..I have done a lot of jigging for lakers in the Finger Lakes, but never on the Great Lakes... Once I found out how easy and fun it was to jig them, I put my heavy trolling gear into semi-retirement

I shoot the TSX 120 in my 7MM08 ...Never have tried the TTSX in that rifle because I have had such good results with a TSX for a couple less bucks per box, so why change ? 44.0 of RL-15 with that bullet groups under an inch in my Rem 700 Mountain Rifle... I do shoot the 140 TTSX in my .280...Doesn't group as tight as the 7MM08, but that rifle, while always maintaining acceptable hunting accuracy, has never been a bughole shooter.. .it's a M70 Win lightweight and groups between 1.5-2 " at 100... I've killed everything from woodchucks to Alaska bull moose with that rifle, including some kills on the far side of 300 yards..

I just pee my pants..At my age people expect it...

I love both, but ain't no way perch tastes as good as walleye..At least not to my palate...If you give me a choice I'll take walleye every time....

I have killed several whitetails with a PRB in my TC Hawken.....Longest shot I made with one was about 65-70 yards... I have killed deer with everything from a .222 Rem with a 50 grain bullet to a 9.3 x62 with a 270 grain bullet, plus shotgun slugs... If any of these killed deer any quicker or more efficiently ( given good shot placement) than my .50 Hawken with PRB I can't remember it...

Pretty cool aquiring property in New Zealand.....Good luck !!.......

Fine rifle, Al....Love the walnut, love the deep blue, love the quality, love the caliber, no doubt one of the very best medium bore chamberings... But DAMN, what an ugly design....If I had a dog that ugly I'd shave his ass and make him walk backwards....<<grin>>.....

Cow parsnip is caustic, similar to giant hogweed..The hogweed gets the attention of the DEC because it is an invasive species, where the cow parsnip is native...They are both nasty.....

Cool, Greg... If you find the initials FF on one it stands for Fred Flintstone....

As far as I know there is nothing illegal or immoral about shooting a grouse from a tree with a handgun, as long as season was open and it was within legal shooting hours...

A man after my own heart !!

You have a way with words, Al....<<wink>>.... Nice rig, BTW...One of my most accurate rifles is a CZ 550 in 9.3 x 62... A friend of mine has a CZ 452 in .17 HMR that I have borrowed a few times for squirrel hunting, and it is deadly accurate too...

Negative....Although they still have some silly regs in PA, they quit that one a year or two ago...

I'm guessing that the dude snuck up on his starboard side....Hehehehe... JK..Awesome buck and awesome mount by you, as usual...

..Back when I was bowhunting, my main strategy revolved around calling , along with about half a dozen of my buddies...Some of the guys would not even hunt unless it was a good morning/evening for calling...

He is bound and determined to make this state even more disgustingly liberal that California, which is currently the most liberal scumhole in the country...

I think it works better in early season...Once bucks begin chasing they are tougher to call... Early bow season is prime time to grunt and also to tickle the antlers...Never had much luck rattling loud and aggressive like you see in the videos...