Recent content by The Big Game Hunter

Nice work!

Haha!

Tons of them in Texas...

Here's a pretty good list of military surplus guns. You guys have already covered most of them here. With the exception of the CZ-52 (and possibly the M-1 Carbine, which is borderline for big game hunting), all of these are not only great shooting rifles, but are nice hunting rifles as well...

Yeah, we're all about thinning their numbers up there. This is the third hog we shot on our land this year, which is by far the most we've ever had. We are going to keep doing our best with it, but I'm afraid that we are going to have more and more hogs and fewer and fewer deer in the future.

Yeah, that's what I thought as well. I guessed he would be closer to 200 pounds than to 150, but apparently not.

Last week I went on a deer hunting trip in East Texas with my cousin and my father. My family owns 160 acres of land out to the East of Nacogdoches where we have hunted deer and hogs for years. My cousin has been hunting several times before, but had never killed a big game animal before this...

My cousin and my father made it out to the woods last weekend for a deer/hog hunt out in East Texas. They only had a day and a half to hunt, but they managed to add some meat to the freezer and have a pretty nice time. The final tally for the weekend was one medium sized sow on the ground, one...

Interesting idea that I had never though of before. I guess this all boils down to finding the right person and building a good relationship with them.

It sounds like he has a pretty nice collection there. The way I see it, he needs either a varmint round like a .223, which many have already suggested, or a larger caliber rifle suitable for hunting much bigger game. If he is a serious big game hunter and may have brown bear, moose, or dangerous...

You're eating pretty well. That's one of the nice things about hunting: venison, pheasant, and grouse are all typically very expensive items served at gourmet restaurants that are pretty common table fare among most hunters. Even though I'm probably paying pretty close to gourmet prices when all...

Congratulations to you and your son. There is only one first time and I remember my first deer like it was yesterday. If you're interested, you can read about it here.

I've seen this article before, but it's still interesting to see it again. One thing that really interests me is how many live but wounded deer they were able to recover with the dog.

I had a CZ550 in 9.3x62mm several years ago and I'm a big fan of both the rifle and the cartridge. It was a great rifle and I really liked it, but I sold it to buy a left handed Ruger M77 that is also in 9.3x62mm. If I were right handed, I would certainly have kept it. It happens that I just...

I'm never one to tell someone that they shouldn't buy a rifle. The Ruger M77 is a great series of rifles. However, I think that .223 is too light of a caliber for feral hogs except when using a head shot. I would be very cautious about shooting any hog over about 70-80lbs in the body with one.