moosemike

Yinz need to move a little farther south then you'll appreciate those pools. It's 100 degrees here right now, i just wish I had a pool to jump in!

If you aren't cleanly killing deer with .30 caliber rifles then something is really wrong! I might add that the .45-70 didn't have as much to do with the bison as people think. It only came out in 1873 and the southern herd was already extinct and the northern herd was really on the ropes by then. Cartridges like the .50-70 and .50-90 played a far bigger role.

I've used the 243 for deer hunting through the years. Never killed any deer with one. I know others who kill deer with them and they work. I prefer the .30-06 myself.

Good point.

Well I agree with what you've said. I used the the .30-30 for a little over a decade and now don't use it at all because I've found the .270 and .30-06 to be quicker killers that leave better blood trail if needed. My BIL has used the .243 for about thirty years and he always gets his deer but not always with one shot and he doesn't always have a good blood trail to follow.

Some shooters indeed are undergunned with a .243. Some aren't. Some should probably take up golf instead.

I have to chuckle whenever I read how ineffective the .243 is on deer or how much "room for error" a bigger caliber gives you. A .243 through the boiler room equals dead deer. If you aren't putting your bullets in the boiler room you are either shooting too much gun or taking shots beyond your talent.

I've had the most DRT's with the .30-06 and 150 grain factory loads. I've had my deer run the farthest before dying with 180 grains. I've switched to Nosler 125's for this year and I'm anxious to see what they do.

I wear my Woolrich coat or vest. Red/Black plaid. I'd try Woolrich's website if I was looking to buy more of their clothing.

They may sound "cheap" but the Weatherby Vanguard is cheap. And I'd rather have a Winchester model 70 any day over the Mark V's cheap little brother. And I'd rather have the model 70 over the Mark V too.

Windy conditions will certainly put the kabosh to a Moose hunt almost quicker than anything else. If you kill any moose in strong winds you either know what you're doing or are lucky.

I can't speak for him but I drive out west when I hunt out there. You miss too much by flying. Half the fun for me is the drive.

They're my favorite animal to hunt as well. I think I'd rather be hunting Moose without getting any than be successfully hunting anything else. I'm just happier when I'm Moose hunting.

H&R made a single shot in .450M for a couple years and I had one of them too. I had the H&R in .45-70 as well. Those guns would lay a hurtin' on ya.

I had a Marlin in .450M. The recoil is much stouter than a .30-06. Even a .300 Win. mag doesn't kick as bad. Still I found the gun to be a lot of fun even if my shoulder didn't agree the day after shooting. I killed a large Bull Moose with the .450M in '04 and it was definitely my quickest kill I've had on a Moose.