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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: Saturday
« on: July 01, 2023, 09:52:31 AM »
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: 2023 Hunting Applications
« on: June 16, 2023, 10:48:45 AM »
In Montana's special drawings, I got my 35th Unsuccessful notice for Moose, 40th Unsuccessful notice for Bighorn sheep, and my 45th Unsuccessful notice for a Mountain goat tag. I'm trying for a world record of unsuccessful applications there.
I put in for a different Pronghorn unit this year and those results don't come out until mid-August.
I shot a couple of black bears in the '70s so I don't have any interest on shooting any more of them.
I did buy general Montana Deer and Elk tags, and I'm booked for an Alberta Moose hunt in September, so I should be able to keep my freezers full this year.
I put in for a different Pronghorn unit this year and those results don't come out until mid-August.
I shot a couple of black bears in the '70s so I don't have any interest on shooting any more of them.
I did buy general Montana Deer and Elk tags, and I'm booked for an Alberta Moose hunt in September, so I should be able to keep my freezers full this year.
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: Security
« on: June 14, 2023, 09:38:50 AM »
I grew up with phone party lines where we had to first listen if anyone else was on the line before we dialed a call...
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Rifles / Re: Rechambering
« on: June 11, 2023, 08:54:46 AM »Why did you have a 25-06 bbl rechambered to .257 AI. According to the Nosler reloading manual, the 25-06 has a little over 7 gr more powder capacity than the .257 AI? Did you only have a short action available, or did you just want a .257 AI. That last reason is reason enough.Simple answer is that I had just read P. O. Ackley's books and he had nothing but praise for the .257 AI.
I did that back in the late '70s. I had an FFL then and I bought a new Mauser Mark X .25-06 barreled action and had Les Bauska in Kalispell do the rechambering. Looking back, I probably should have just had the .25-06 rechambered to .25-06 AI. But over the years my .257 AI has been very good to me and I don't have any complaints about it.
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Rifles / Re: Rechambering
« on: June 09, 2023, 11:05:08 AM »
In the late '70s I had my .30-06 re-chambered to .30 Gibbs and a new .25-06 barreled action rebhambered to .257 Ackley. The .30 Gibbs with 180 gr Partitions was my favorite elk rifle (along with a couple of Shiras moose, a Mountain goat and an Alaskan Caribou) for over 20 years. About 15 years ago I replaced it with a .300 Weatherby.
The .257 Ackley is still my go to deer and antelope rifle, and it also put 3 Bighorn rams, a Dall ram, a Mountain Caribou, and my 2nd best 6x6 bull elk in my freezer and on my wall.
The .257 Ackley is still my go to deer and antelope rifle, and it also put 3 Bighorn rams, a Dall ram, a Mountain Caribou, and my 2nd best 6x6 bull elk in my freezer and on my wall.
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: And what did you wake up to this morning?
« on: May 02, 2023, 09:45:40 AM »
31 elk in the pasture across the road and below my house. I counted 15 there yesterday afternoon when I got home. I haven't seen an elk in that field since last October. Here they are one day last summer...
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: And what did you wake up to this morning?
« on: April 25, 2023, 09:04:37 AM »
Fifty some degrees yesterday and a lot of snow melting.
Woke up this morning to fog and 2" of new snow making everything white again, and again, and again...
Woke up this morning to fog and 2" of new snow making everything white again, and again, and again...
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: And what did you wake up to this morning?
« on: April 24, 2023, 11:17:56 AM »
Yesterday morning I woke up to sunshine, most of the snow had finally melted from my yard, and a half dozen or more little yellow crocus flowers were starting to bloom.
So I thought it would be a good day to go out to the range.
When I came home from the range yesterday evening there were 5 whitetail deer in my back yard, and all of the newly bloomed crocus flowers were gone. Damn deer! I may have to eat one this fall.
So I thought it would be a good day to go out to the range.
When I came home from the range yesterday evening there were 5 whitetail deer in my back yard, and all of the newly bloomed crocus flowers were gone. Damn deer! I may have to eat one this fall.
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Rifles / Re: Weatherby Mark V Apex
« on: April 20, 2023, 10:11:32 AM »Years ago when I lived in northern Montana, one of the guys that I worked with was fishing across the line into Canada. He was checked by a Mountie and his fishing was OK, but when the Mountie saw that my friend had a slingshot he said "You can't have that, it's a bloody catapult!"Nice,but that "pistol grip" will create problems in Canada.From what I’ve been reading right now a slingshot will creat problems in Canada.
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: This is Africa TV show / Swift Bullets
« on: April 03, 2023, 10:07:30 AM »Pretty Impressive Buff. What do you do to stay in Sheep Shape ?This winter I've been shoveling A LOT of snow!
I don't think that I will ever be in the Sheep Shape that I was in back in the '80s
Two years ago I was diagnosed with prostrate cancer and with the medications to, among other things, reduce my testosterone level and 9 weeks of 5 radiation treatments a week, I got a little puny. But now the cancer is gone, my testosterone level is back up in the normal range, and I'm back to my 3 day a week weight lifting routine.
This summer I'll be playing (and walking) at least 3-18 hole rounds of golf every week. My GF is a walk-a-holic so when we're together we usually go on hour or so walks almost every day.
The hill behind my house rises about 300 feet, is too steep to dirve a 4WD up, and makes a good pre hunt, every day workout to climb.
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: Spring?
« on: April 02, 2023, 10:06:34 AM »I've been telling everyone...it ain't over yet. We almost always get a "spring dumper" that drops 6-12" of snow, but then melts off after ~ 72 hours.It doesn't melt off in Wyoming, it just blows away...
I had a feeling this was coming...
I'm just hoping that we don't get another 3' dump on Easter. Right now the piles of snow that I've shoveled off my front and back decks are over 4' high, and the snow berms on the sides of my driveway are too high for my plow to push more snow over them.
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: Dog
« on: April 02, 2023, 09:57:37 AM »^^^^^ This, 1000% ^^^^^Predicting her is always a challenge! One thing for sure,she will lay her life down to protect me.Nothing better than the love of a good dog
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: This is Africa TV show / Swift Bullets
« on: April 02, 2023, 09:54:58 AM »
I watched the same show. I have my TV set to record all of the TIA series. One of my favorites.
In the beginning of the show, when he was checking the zero of his rifle, I thought he said it was a .416 Rigby.
Six years ago I did do a Dagestan Tur hunt in Azerbaijan and those mountains seemed steeper than the mountains of any sheep or goat hunts that I've done. Also, two years ago I finally shot my Alaskan Brown Bear, and I''m booked for a moose hunt this fall in Alberta.
What's that old saying that "Where there is a will, there is a way".
In the beginning of the show, when he was checking the zero of his rifle, I thought he said it was a .416 Rigby.
... I am just so impressed with this guy at his age getting out there and making it happen...I'm 77 and he and I look to be about the same age. The mountains seem higher and steeper than they did 40 years ago so I guess that I've slowed down a bit, but I still put in every year for sheep, moose, and goat permits. And each time I apply I wonder if I can still do a DIY, solo hunt for these animals like I did 40 years ago.
Six years ago I did do a Dagestan Tur hunt in Azerbaijan and those mountains seemed steeper than the mountains of any sheep or goat hunts that I've done. Also, two years ago I finally shot my Alaskan Brown Bear, and I''m booked for a moose hunt this fall in Alberta.
What's that old saying that "Where there is a will, there is a way".
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Rifles / Re: 300 Weatherby Mag Scope?
« on: March 27, 2023, 12:55:47 PM »...do you load for these? I will need to start loading for this and the 257... I load a lot of 45 but been awhile since I reloaded rifle...I started reloading in 1967 when I bought my first centerfire rifle, a .30-06. I reload for (I think) 12 rifle and 6 pistol cartridges, and 4 shotgun gauges. Many of my rifles, including my .300 Wby, .375 RUM, and 7mm RM, have never had a factory round fired through them.
I started this reloading room in 1978 with just the Honey Bair single stage 12 ga press and the RCBS Rockchucker press for the 3 pistols and 3 rifles that I had back then. I'm still adding to it...
