Buckmaster7600

Kill a couple 200 pounders a few miles back in with no one to help drag and see if you change your mind. I always thought the guys that packed them out were nuts until I killed one at 3:30 PM, tuned my gps on and realized I was 7 miles from the road and 11 from the truck. Had no idea what I was doing but I knew there was no way I was dragging so I cut him in 4 pieces put the back straps in my fanny pack tied all four legs together put the string over my shoulders and started walking. I realized then that I had to get my sh!t together on packing them out and that it was way the hell easier than dragging. I have had some hellacious drags and still much prefer dragging them out but sometimes it just isn’t possible. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Depends, I have dragged miles and carried hundreds of yards. I would rather drag but I think I have carried more out. My kill kit is simple 8’x8’ piece of tyveck house wrap ironed and vacuum sealed into a bag that fits in my pocket, 2 garbage bags also vacuumed sealed and a packable pack that’s made of parachute material that fits in a cargo pocket. I should have bought 10 of these packs when I bought mine because I have never found another and would love a spare. It’s not comfortable to carry but is plenty big enough to put 4 quarters and back straps in. I can’t stand carrying a big pack while still hunting/tracking and this is what I have found works best for me. I like to be as light as possible with nothing more than a small fanny pack. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I wear wool, I have a few sets of varying weights and colors. I think everything I have now is Johnson or silent predator. Don’t wear wool jackets because I get too hot, usually a fleece jacket or wool shirt is all I ever wear. As for bean boots, I think they’re about the worst hunting boots every made, the “tread” is absolutely useless in wet snow, the leather is squeaky when wet and if you get them wet they take forever to dry! I have tried many different kinds of boots even spent big money and bought konetreck’s although they’re by far the best boot I have ever owned I don’t like them for tracking/still hunting because the soles too stiff to feel sticks under my feet. I wear lacrosse grange “were called chores” uninsulated unless it’s below 10deg then I wear the burly’s. I love my rubber boots don’t know why I try others because nothing has compared, they’re light, dry, comfortable, if you get them wet dump me out change your socks and you’re good to keep going. The only bad part about the lacrosse’s is I only get a year out of them but I wear them daily around the house. I put a couple wraps of electrical tape around my pant leg around my ankles over my boots to keep my wool pants from clumping up snow and ice and also to keep water out if I go in water over my boots. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I buy a new bow every other year, do I need to? Nope. I like buying new bows. I have never been brand loyal and shoot everyone’s premier bow and buy the one I like best. Last two have been Bowtech before that it was a couple Hoyts, a Mathews, a couple dartons, a pse, and a prime. About the only one I haven’t owned is an elite because they haven’t made one I liked shooting. Cheap bows use old technology so a new 400$ bow will have the cams from the 3 or 4 year old premier bows. Doesn’t make them bad just makes them cheaper. The deer will never know what bow it was shot with because they’re all capable of accuracy way better than any of us. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you look closely those Russian scopes are designed like that, there is a rubber cup on the end they have very little eye relief. Now even tho they’re designed for it I would imagine not having the stock in your shoulder might still hurt but not as bad as you’re thinking. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Anyone from around the area knows that people from Whitehall knows that folks from Whitehall ain’t all there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Every day when I wake up and turn on the news I prey that coumo has died, It’ll be a good day! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don’t scout likely won’t know until sept 27th and a couple weeks after that up north. I do know that deer will eat sleep and in a few months breed somewhere in the middle of that I’ll be there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You’re absolutely correct, does a 35whelen kill a deer any deader than an 06 probably not any deader than an 06 does a 270 or 308 does a 7mm-08. But if that was the justification for any new gun purchase we would probably all still be using 30-30’s. A 35whelen has an advantage of being able to do more with a heavier bullet than on 06, I justify the 35whelen because it penetrates better and with still hunting and tracking I don’t ever get to shoot at broadside deer. With a 35whelen I know no matter if the buck is facing me or away from me that if I do my part the bullet will make it to the vital and come out the other side giving me two holes. I killed a lot of deer with an 06 and I will say I recovered more bullets from the 06’ than I have the Whelen. That is in no way scientific or even quantifiable but having shot about 10 deer with the Whelen I have not yet been disappointed with the results it I was never disappointed with an 06 or any other rifle cartridge that I’ve killed deer with other than 223 and 243. Does that make it worth having the added expense if you don’t reload maybe not? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Crows! Hell I’d rather crow hunt than deer hunt most days. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You have the hard one to find and one of the best ones. My 250 and the 358 will be the last to go if I ever sell. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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My cousin that I hunt with most and I are polar opposites when it comes to hunting evolution. I’m pretty old school I wear wool clothes, usually hunt with iron sights, only technology I bring with me is a gps that I carry for emergencies. I can carry everything I need in my pockets or sometimes a very small fanny pack. My cousin has to have the newest gadget imaginable. From Ozonics, gps, gps watch, binos, range finder, calls, scents, apps on his phone, you name it he carries it. I won’t even lift his pack into the truck let alone carry it in the woods. When I hunt I want to keep my life as simple as possible for the most part, the deer haven’t changed why killed them 100yrs ago still works today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice looking gun but I wouldn’t want to tote that bad boy too far! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Other than the fact that the land created income for the local economy via taxes. So while the public didn’t have access members of the camps did so it was most likely getting more use then it ever will now and the local economies are the ones taking the hit because every camp was paying taxes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I couldn’t care less about deer season right now. Been so busy with life new girlfriend, single dad, working way too much. That first cool morning in September the switch will flip. New lease is Ohio to look forward to and I will be excited that first snow up north. Honestly I’m most excited for deer season to end so I can get back to crow hunting!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They shoot good in everything and have performed very well, I don’t like going light for diameter and 200 is pretty light for 35cal Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

mines not for sale no matter what hand it is, I’ll keep it forever because it’s a shooter. Will it ever see the woods, most likely not because I don’t love it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have had terrible luck with DDT’s to the point I will no longer use them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have one of them as well, a special run of only 500 left handed. It’s one of my least favorite guns I have ever owned. I hate how the mag isn’t flush, makes it very in comfortable to carry. I can’t stand the flimsy stock. I can’t get over how bad the trigger was, I put a timiney and it really helped. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My favorite woods cartridge is fast becoming the 450bushmaster the problem has been that there wasn’t a rifle I wanted to tote chambered in it. That changed this year when I had a Remington 7600 rebaralled for the 450 now I have my new favorite cartridge in my favorite gun. Will a deer know the difference between the 450 or 35 Whelen probably not but I have all year to think about this stuff and only a split second to shoot my buck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

35whelen is one of my favorite cartridges I currently have 8 rifles chambered in it, 2 single shots “H&R, CVA” 3 semis “rem 7400, rem 750, browning bar” 2 pumps “both 7600’s” and a bolt “tilka t3.” Have had phenomenal luck with them when it comes to killing deer with all but one dying in sight. The 35whelen is an absolute hammer. With the way I hunt my biggest concern is getting 2 holes no matter the angle. I’ve killed 9 deer with them four being over 200lbs and have only recovered 1 bullet and that was a hard quartering away shot on a 225lb buck the bullet entered the rear ham and was found hanging out of the skin just below the white patch of his neck. I shoot 225gn Barnes ttsx’s hand-loads running about 2800fps from 18” barrels. There is plenty of recoil, you definitely know when you shoot one but not at all abusive other than in my under 6lb scoped and loaded tikka, that one isn’t much fun to shoot. One of my favorite parts about the 35whelen is how versatile they are, I carry my peep sighted 7600 for bunnies and squirrels loaded with 110gn cast bullets at about 1000fps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk