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Weatherby Nation => Around the Campfire (General Discussion) => Topic started by: DW5 on November 10, 2018, 07:18:40 PM
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I posted quite some time ago, at least a year or more, about an old college teammate of mine coming down for his first ever hunt. Due to life happening it just never materialized, until now. He is flying in from California next Thursday evening and we hope to be in the blind by Friday afternoon.
He has successfully taken his hunter safety course and been to his local outdoor shop to outfit himself with a little bit of gear. I’ll be providing all the knives, optics, guns, and ammo necessary.
I always enjoy taking first time or very new hunters into the woods. It’s been awhile since I’ve done it and I find myself looking forward to this hunt more than any in a long time. Hopefully I’ll update this post next Monday or so with some success pics.
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I posted quite some time ago, a lest a year or more, about an old college teammate of mine coming down for his first ever hunt. Due to life happening it just never materialized, until now. He is flying in from California next Thursday evening and we hope to be in the blind by Friday afternoon.
He has successfully taken his hunter safety course and been to his local outdoor shop to outfit himself with a little bit of gear. I’ll be providing all the knives, optics, guns, and ammo necessary.
I always enjoy taking first time or very new hunters into the woods. It’s been awhile since I’ve done it and I find myself looking forward to this hunt more than any in a long time. Hopefully I’ll update this post next Monday or so with some success pics.
He wouldn’t want to use California compliant knives,rifle and ammo. Hope you guys have fun.
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He wouldn’t want to use California compliant knives,rifle and ammo. Hope you guys have fun.
Thank you sir! I’m sure we will
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Have fun and good luck!!
I have only taken a couple people on their first big game hunt. But through Pheasants Forever programs have taken several kids and ladies on their first upland bird hunt with dogs.
The dogs are in a lot of family albums in the front range and eastern Colorado
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Enjoy and best of luck!
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That is some great Texas hospitality DW. I am sure he will have a blast and you both will have some great memories after the hunt. What rifle are you going to set him up with?
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That's great DW, and thank you for introducing a new hunter. Good luck to you guys.
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That is some great Texas hospitality DW. I am sure he will have a blast and you both will have some great memories after the hunt. What rifle are you going to set him up with?
Considering setting him up with my Ruger 257 Roberts I finally got back from my brother in law. I’ll also let him shoot my 22-250 with the 64 grain Noslers and see how he likes that. Where he’ll be hunting the shots will be well under 100 yards so any decent bullet in the boiler room should work. If he turns out to handle recoil okay I’ll have him use the 240bee Wilderness.
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That is some great Texas hospitality DW. I am sure he will have a blast and you both will have some great memories after the hunt. What rifle are you going to set him up with?
Considering setting him up with my Ruger 257 Roberts I finally got back from my brother in law. I’ll also let him shoot my 22-250 with the 64 grain Noslers and see how he likes that. Where he’ll be hunting the shots will be well under 100 yards so any decent bullet in the boiler room should work. If he turns out to handle recoil okay I’ll have him use the 240bee Wilderness.
I have a buddy that lives down there and he loves the .257 Roberts. He has several. He has an old Remington that is a tack driver that he does most of his work with. He has an absolute beauty of a pre 64’ that he rarely shoots in Roberts.
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Good to hear mate. Yep although I am a dead set Weatherby man I too think you should get him to use the 257 Roberts!
I have a Remington 700 in one and it is a tack driver. It's one underestimated little round if ever there was one.
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Good luck on your hunt DW, what gun/ammo are your going to set him up with.
Terry
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Good luck on your hunt DW, what gun/ammo are your going to set him up with.
Terry
Right now it’s looking like a Ruger .257 Roberts with 117 Hornady SSTs
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That's awesome! I hope he connects and gets to enjoy some fresh backstrap. The camaraderie experienced while hunting is second only to military service.
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The 257 Roberts is a dandy caliber to start your pal on. Will he have a little time to shoot a few rounds to get accustomed to the fit and feel of the light recoil? Hornady loads a +P 117 gr. SST Superformance, and again claims no extra recoil or muzzle blast. That +P SST ammo has plenty of knock down power, especially within the limits that you're setting him up to shoot. I hope the both of you have successful hunts. Good Luck
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The 257 Roberts is a dandy caliber to start your pal on. Will he have a little time to shoot a few rounds to get accustomed to the fit and feel of the light recoil? Hornady loads a +P 117 gr. SST Superformance, and again claims no extra recoil or muzzle blast. That +P SST ammo has plenty of knock down power, especially within the limits that you're setting him up to shoot. I hope the both of you have successful hunts. Good Luck
Yes he will. I have a range session planned before our first afternoon hunt on Friday and another one the next day as well. I will hunt with him Friday afternoon and at least Saturday morning in all likelihood. The Hornady ammo you mentioned is the exact ammo I have for the rifle. It really likes it and, as you say, and I’ve personally witnessed, it has very good knockdown power.
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Success! Bobby and the .257bob got it done. This was a trip of firsts. First shots with anything bigger than a .223, first hunt, first hunt where someone was successful (I shot a doe while we were out rattling), first nighttime pig hunt, and finally, a first deer. Shot was perfect. A quartering to shot that entered right behind the shoulder and exited opposite side lung.
Somehow he managed to run the SST all the way through the doe without ever hitting significant bone. I was watching the deer through my rifle scope when he shot and knew he hit well. The deer ran like she wasn’t touched for 30 yards and then piled up. Since Bobby didn’t see her fall he was convinced he missed but I knew it was dead. It was really cool leading him up to where I knew she fell (but I let him “find” her).
All in all, even though I couldn’t get him a buck or a pig, I’d say it was a 100% successful first trip. He definitely wants to hunt some more and really enjoyed all the different types of hunting he was introduced to.
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Nice! :)
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Nothing like a little taste of success :)
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Tell him congrats we were all rooting for him. Sounds like a real good hunt.
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A successful hunt for sure.Sounds like we may have a new hunter. Congrats to both of you.
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Congratulations to both of you!!
Hope you have more hunts together
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Congrats on putting together a successful hunt for your friend. Paying attention to details is what it takes, and allowing him to find his own deer was the icing on the cake. Do you think he got excited enough to want to keep hunting from now on, and possibly get his own rifle?
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Congrats on putting together a successful hunt for your friend. Paying attention to details is what it takes, and allowing him to find his own deer was the icing on the cake. Do you think he got excited enough to want to keep hunting from now on, and possibly get his own rifle?
Definitely excited enough to keep hunting, we were already talking about his next trip on the way home from the lease and again today while I was driving him to the airport. Trying to talk him into a western pronghorn hunt too.
He really liked just shooting at the range as well though. He’s a bit intimidated by California’s gun laws but I told him it really shouldn’t be all that hard to get a bolt action rifle. Hopefully it’s something he decides he want to look into soon. Better believe I was talking up the Weatherby Vanguard as a great first rifle when we talked about it!
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Thanks for all the replies fellas. Glad it went well. One new hunter in a sea of people who might not mind it but definitely don’t participate might just do a little bit of good. :)
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Nice work. Congrats to you all. Great seeing the old timer "Bob" still getting used.
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Great job DW, and congrats to your friend. It doesn't get any better than that.