One thing about putting a suppressor on the rifle ....impact will change with it on....so you either use it or don't .....
I have the same gun with a suppressor its like having a 22" barrel installed....
If thats a dead cow then for sure its a wolf by the size of it ! With a photo some times its very hard to judge the size with out some thing to compare it to !
I was a bear guide and used 55 gallon drums to put feed in and also I know how tall a barrel is so I could guess very easily how much a...
I was a Bear Guide for close to 50 years in Michigan....hunters who shot a bear baited by me got some of the best wild meat....many said it taste like beef sometimes a little tough some cuts....
Bears in Michigan as a hole really don't eat fish the salmon runs are in late September and bears...
I have read reports and seen pictures mostly in the North East US mostly along the Canadian boarder....I know and would bet there has been a good amount of coyote-wolf crosses in Michigan there has always been a good population of coyotes in the UP and coyotes are much larger than ones in the...
I hunted and trapped in the UP since 1978 have caught and shot 1000's of coyotes caught one in a trap several years ago that I looked at for a long time before dispatching it....it looked like a wolf but the head and body looked like a coyotes feet looked small compared to a wolf and had short...
Its amazing just how far that wolf traveled.....
Walked threw 3 States where it was protected and get shot in Ontario were its legal to hunt wolves.....
If the Wolf is not a wandering loose "pet"it could have crossed the Straights during a cold freeze up.....5 miles from the UP to the LP.....it could have been wandering the LP for years....could have crossed Lake Michigan from Wisconsin....DNA might give an answer....a walk for a wolf is like...
For your 450 Bushmaster use Cutting Edge Bullet 240 gr. Raptor....I've shot a bunch and have several clients use them also.....farthest any bear has gone is 30 feet most just roll over at the shot....I even shot a 600 lb. dressed bear with one "BANG" and fell over.....
Just my opinion but a Winchester 70 CFR is the only rifle I own all other rifles are just not 100% reliable and I have in the distant past owned many of them....
I'am in the same boat have a MK II in 7mm RM that was the wife's rifle cut 1 1/2" off the butt for her to use....she quit hunting now and would like to find a stock to replace it.....