You have my full admiration to be doing that at 77. I’m 73 and made my last western backpack hunt at 67. My back just won’t do it anymore with or without a j frame😂. A self guided pack-in hunt is a great adventure. Ours were bow hunts and some of my best memories with my 2 sons.
My comment was an attempt at humor. Hahaha.
For some years when we packed into a wilderness area for elk, it was a j frame that was carried in a pocket holster, and that, inside a water bottle holder attached to the belt of my Kelty. As the pack came off, the holster and .38 slipped into my...
My dad taught me to reload. He hunted sheep. Got his Grand Slam. He’d reload his Winchester 300 Magnum loads and we’d go to a picnic table set up to shoot 200 yards across the field on our farm. Couple shots a day. Sometimes 300 yards. He let me shoot his rifle at 14 years old. I was hooked...
I had some 452AA left over from trapshooting days of about same vintage, 1980ish. Great for light loads in 38 special. Use it for 148 gr wadcutters. Others here are more knowledgeable than me I’m sure.
I like to shoot and hunt too much for weather to be an issue. Worst weather is wind. Deer can’t hear, smell, and everything is moving…except the spooky deer. And how can you hold a sight picture when you’re moving in the wind? But what else is more enjoyable?
Shot a buck this morning. It took two hours to get it out of the woods alone. Funny, there were only a couple comments above about wanting to hunt to get venison for the freezer. My wife almost never buys beef. We eat venison. That’s why at 71 I’m still hunting. Oh, and next Saturday is the...
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