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Allday, Another possibility not yet mentioned is the .257 AI. It gets close to the ballistics of the 25-06 while using considerably less powder, has the same bullet selection, the same hunting versatility, and you have a caliber a little different than the rest of the crowd if you like that. It...

I had a Browning A-bolt Stalker in .300 Win Mag also. It too was a real shooter. It averaged .5"-.75" at 100 yds with max load. But I swear that I had to put my eyeballs back in after every shot. Because of the recoil, I had to have absolute concentration to shoot decent groups with it. I...

Re: 156\" buck @ 609 yards. Coyboy, your story really grabbed me. I lived in Wisconsin for 45 years from the time I was 5 years old. My dad took me hunting from the time I was 12 until he couldn't hunt anymore due to Alzheimers. I remember the last year he hunted and I let a 6 pt buck pass...

I second Dan B.'s idea except use a larger caliber pistol. Something like a .41 Mag or .44 Mag with a hard cast bullet like an LBT design. They have a large meplat which is what really dictates the killing power, but don't mushroom and destroy the pelt. If you tangle with a really big tom...

Jeffbird, Did you leave out Steiner binoculars on purpose? I have two pair, 8X30 military marine(about 20yrs old) and a new pair of 10X50 Predators that I like very much. I also have a pair of Swarovski SLC 8X42 that are just excellent.

Wapiti13, I got so wound up talking about the deer I forgot to answer your question about the hunting access. If you hunt the national forest land, access is no problem and neither is the Absoroka/Beartooth Wilderness. The ranches would be by permission. Incidently, those fields where I saw the...

Wapiti13, Of the deer I've had in my front yard only 2 were bucks. One was a spike and the other was a 3X4. I've seen some real nice bucks about 15 miles north of here along hwy 89. It's mostly ranches in that area (Paradise Valley) and the longest shots might be in the 400 yd range. I've seen a...

Amen to that Ronnie. Since they re-introduced wolves into Yellowstone, the wolves have decimated the Northern Yellowstone elk herd. I have been talking to a park ranger who lives nearby and he said that at the time the wolves were released the northern herd numbered about 2200. The last estimate...

I have a lodge here in SW Montana near Gardiner. Although most hunters come here for the elk, there are a lot of mule deer here too. I've had as many as 12 mulies in my front yard at once. We've also had moose in the yard and a hunter took a bison a few days ago between here and Gardiner. There...

Thank the Shooting Gods. I found the equation in the Sept. issue of Shooting Times. It's known as the "Greenhill Formula". The equation is as follows: T x L = 150 where T is the twist rate in calibers and L is the length of bullet in calibers. This applies to lead bullets specifically but can...

I remember seeing somewhere recently a "dumbed down" version of the equation to determine the twist required for a particular bullet. Unfortunately, in my old age I forgot what is was. Do you happen to know what it is?