Recent content by Akredneck

We will have to agree to disagree, I push my 270 around 3100fps. I have had couple of whitetail Deer I have shot multiple times with the wrong bullet. I recovered the animals, with 270 Dia holes on both sides. One had a hole direct through heart. I asked an old timer about it and he said the...

Match your bullet with your speed for hunting, too many people don't realize a bullet going 3,500 fps is great. Then you realize bullet is designed to open between 2,000 and 2,600fps, you get pinhole or no penitration. 6.5 swede is a great combination of bullet selection and speed.

I bought one several years back in 300 win, after working up a handload for it. Was able to upgrade trigger and reach out to 1300 with it. It was a nice shooting rifle, recoil was a little stiff on shoulder with the overmoulded stock. I kept stock for hunting out of canoe, made it easier with...

Just my 2 cents, a heart shot with a 308 win beats a non vital hit with a 338 norma. A 300gr bullet at 3k fps is getting into flinch factor territory. There have been lots of bears taken with a 30-06, lots of bears hit multiple times with big bores. A hunting rifle with a 30" barrel is not...

I have hunted tangle lakes with canoe and seen lots of bears. It a a few hour drive from Fairbanks. You can look at renting from , UAF or REI . There are rental cabins all around the state, on state website. You can also float river system and hunt.

You need to take your NTN number and call the NICS delay, deny hotline number and get reason for denial

If you can shoot the 300 well carry it. In grizzly country everything happens fast and close. I have found even on bluff charges I instinctively grab my sidearm ( glock 20 10mm). So I am not promoting 10mm for bear, it is what I shoot accurately. I can put 9 rounds accurately on target in the...

I was given a gift of a cutco knife 25 years ago. I have never had it sharpened. It has a lifetime guarantee and free sharpening. At 232$ apiece it is a hunting knife to be cherished and used for several lifetimes.

7-08, is my choice. Both my daughters shot it then upgraded to 6.5 swede, they have both taken moose with their swedes. I bought them both Tikka t3's in 6.5 swede.

I have found the best pill for bear and moose for me is 270 wim 130gr mono (GMX) bullet out of my Tikka T3x. 500yrds full pass thru. 3110 FPS off imr powders

My favorite is my Ithaca 37 Featherlite in 16ga, hardly ever miss a Ptarmigan or grouse with it. Used one for the last 35 years. Killed many whitetail with it, hits a milk jug every time at 100yrds with a slug.

I try to practice where there is vegetation, I also put flags out for wind reference. Figure out your windage on your flags, watch the vegetation, it will give you a reference point for shooting in the field only using vegetation. It sounds easy 😕 till you try it. It took me about 6 months...

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In Alaska you can't hunt with scopes during special ML season. My max effective range on a moose is 80 yards. Shooting a 350 grain Barnes with 80 gr black powder. Knowing I have to get close changes my hunting style, longest shot on moose with ML 30 yards/ shortest 6 yards. Alaska does allow...

I enjoy taking a cruise up the steese highway, might see caribou, moose or bears. Eagle summit is pretty awesome view. Latitude 65 and Hoodoo brewery are on the list. Pumphouse or pikes landing are also pretty good.