Recovering from neck surgery has forced me to "power down" for the upcoming 2009 Idaho big game season. I will be using my 243 Win with 100 grain Nosler Partitions for my doe mule deer tag and since I didn't get drawn for unit 39 cow elk tag; I will be using my 7mm-08 with 140grain handloaded accubonds on bull elk.
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Anyone else powering down?
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I powered down from a .30-.338 to a 7mm Rem Mag for big critters in wide open spaces. I'll be 54 next month so I bought myself a "powered down" Sako model 75 6.5X55 Swede. I even went so far as to install a nice, soft, recoil pad.
Still, I am somewhat skeptical of the suitability of the 6.5X55 for much of my hunting. I think 6 out of the last 7 bull elk that I have shot were over 400 yards. Yeah a 400 yard shot with a 140 grainer out of a 6.5 Swede is a no-brainer...but not a whole lot of steam left beyond that. I guess when I get older I'll just have to get closer.
Still, I am somewhat skeptical of the suitability of the 6.5X55 for much of my hunting. I think 6 out of the last 7 bull elk that I have shot were over 400 yards. Yeah a 400 yard shot with a 140 grainer out of a 6.5 Swede is a no-brainer...but not a whole lot of steam left beyond that. I guess when I get older I'll just have to get closer.
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Ankeny where do you hunt? Thanks.
I hunt in central Wyoming. My elk hunting is on private land, mostly grass and sagebrush. Lots of wide open spaces and large herds of critters. Not unusual to find 200-400 elk bedded down in the middle of nowhere with a 360 degree view. Lots of fun if you want to crawl around in the rocks and shoot a long way. As I grow older, closer shots in more broken terrain become more and more appealing.
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I have always shied away from magnum rifle calibers after something I once witnessed at a range during my time in Michigan. A gentleman was sitting at a bench attempting to sight in a very nice rifle chambered in .340 Weatherby. Nothing too odd there -- at least until I looked a bit closer.
He would fire a shot, wait a few seconds, pull out a handkerchief, and wipe the blood from his nose. Once his nose stopped bleeding, he would repeat the entire process. I thought he just had a nosebleed from a sinus infection (common during the long Michigan winters) and thought nothing of it until it was time to change the targets during a cease fire. We talked about what each of us was shooting; I had my Remington 700VS in.308, and he had his rifle. I asked him if the recoil of his rifle fired from the bench was tough on his shoulder. He laughed and told me the recoil was tough on his whole body. He said his nose bled every time he fired that Weatherby, from the bench or not.
That made an impression on me. My hunting rifles are chambered in .308 Winchester, .243 Winchester, and .35 Remington. I have never needed more rifle, but I have limited myself to deer. I have a .375 H&H, but I have never taken game with it. Perhaps some day I will.
This year I will be using my Browning 1885 in .243 Winchester. Same as last year.
He would fire a shot, wait a few seconds, pull out a handkerchief, and wipe the blood from his nose. Once his nose stopped bleeding, he would repeat the entire process. I thought he just had a nosebleed from a sinus infection (common during the long Michigan winters) and thought nothing of it until it was time to change the targets during a cease fire. We talked about what each of us was shooting; I had my Remington 700VS in.308, and he had his rifle. I asked him if the recoil of his rifle fired from the bench was tough on his shoulder. He laughed and told me the recoil was tough on his whole body. He said his nose bled every time he fired that Weatherby, from the bench or not.
That made an impression on me. My hunting rifles are chambered in .308 Winchester, .243 Winchester, and .35 Remington. I have never needed more rifle, but I have limited myself to deer. I have a .375 H&H, but I have never taken game with it. Perhaps some day I will.
This year I will be using my Browning 1885 in .243 Winchester. Same as last year.
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Nope.
Just because you can do something - and get away with it - doesn't make it a good idea.
Just because you can do something - and get away with it - doesn't make it a good idea.
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