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338 Edge - Why?
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<blockquote data-quote="toddc" data-source="post: 1269867" data-attributes="member: 4566"><p>Rifle selection is so individual its hard to have any kind of BEST DEER RIG.</p><p></p><p>Where I hunt is mainly prairie with some nasty canyons sprinkled throughout. Its cattle country and farmland.</p><p></p><p>People drive trucks everywhere. Deer are used to it. Get out of your truck and start walking around...bye bye mature bucks and even does will vacate an area with foot traffic. A deer can pick up your scent trail days later in buffalo grass and will know something isn't right. Deer will ignore a truck for the most part as they are everywhere. People walking are not. We call them mobile heated blinds with tires. </p><p></p><p>Since I hunt 3 months a year I don't want to freak the area herd out, so I act like a rancher. We can drive on our land so we just pull up to a high point and glass. Even during bow or muzzleloader I rarely try to penetrate their range unless a high percentage stalk is possible. The areas we glass from are very rarely used by deer as they are mesa tops with essentially nothing on them. Mess up one time and a mature buck will be gone AND nocturnal.</p><p></p><p>This hunting style has caused my rigs to be kind of unique for most people. I usually have a 9-12lb short range (under 1200) rig for quick close shots and then a CANNON for when we have time to deploy it. If I have time I always will run the 338. It's just what I am used to and confident with. I recently tried to pare this down to just 1 rig a 6.5 Creed as I had a guy who wanted my Edge so badly that he was willing to really pay for it....it shot really good. While I didn't lose any critters.....a 6.5 Creed or anything isn't a 338.</p><p></p><p>Now I am swinging back and probably will sell the Creed as it does nothing really well and will run the 338 and an AR-15 in 6.5 WSSM. Same power, less weight. The AR-10 is too heavy for quick use and yet cant even begin to hang with a 338 at any distance.</p><p></p><p>I may not even get the AR though if the 14.4lb Lapua can be run off of shooting sticks. I don't like to run a lot of different guns. I like to have ONE rig that I am really familiar with that does its job really well. Hopefully I can use the 338 all of the time now and get rid of the smaller rig. My old 338s all weighed 20lb+ up to 40 and I NEEDED something lighter every once in a while. </p><p></p><p>And yes I will run the 338 on paper, rocks, porcupines, prairie dogs and water turtles. I don't mind the cost, blast or kick. This lighter one isn't as much fun to shoot as my 40lb rigs, kicks a little but I can live with that. My 9 yr old kid shot his first deer with a 40lb Edge out past 400 yds off of my swiveling table, front rest and bags. </p><p>Some people would say what we do isn't hunting but shooting. They would want to get out and walk all over. The third day they were there, they would see 1/10 the deer they saw the first day. I know this because I have done it. </p><p></p><p>The way I hunt would be strange to 90% of people. Makes no sense to someone from Georgia or the mountains either. Here, it works like a charm and is a ton of fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toddc, post: 1269867, member: 4566"] Rifle selection is so individual its hard to have any kind of BEST DEER RIG. Where I hunt is mainly prairie with some nasty canyons sprinkled throughout. Its cattle country and farmland. People drive trucks everywhere. Deer are used to it. Get out of your truck and start walking around...bye bye mature bucks and even does will vacate an area with foot traffic. A deer can pick up your scent trail days later in buffalo grass and will know something isn't right. Deer will ignore a truck for the most part as they are everywhere. People walking are not. We call them mobile heated blinds with tires. Since I hunt 3 months a year I don't want to freak the area herd out, so I act like a rancher. We can drive on our land so we just pull up to a high point and glass. Even during bow or muzzleloader I rarely try to penetrate their range unless a high percentage stalk is possible. The areas we glass from are very rarely used by deer as they are mesa tops with essentially nothing on them. Mess up one time and a mature buck will be gone AND nocturnal. This hunting style has caused my rigs to be kind of unique for most people. I usually have a 9-12lb short range (under 1200) rig for quick close shots and then a CANNON for when we have time to deploy it. If I have time I always will run the 338. It's just what I am used to and confident with. I recently tried to pare this down to just 1 rig a 6.5 Creed as I had a guy who wanted my Edge so badly that he was willing to really pay for it....it shot really good. While I didn't lose any critters.....a 6.5 Creed or anything isn't a 338. Now I am swinging back and probably will sell the Creed as it does nothing really well and will run the 338 and an AR-15 in 6.5 WSSM. Same power, less weight. The AR-10 is too heavy for quick use and yet cant even begin to hang with a 338 at any distance. I may not even get the AR though if the 14.4lb Lapua can be run off of shooting sticks. I don't like to run a lot of different guns. I like to have ONE rig that I am really familiar with that does its job really well. Hopefully I can use the 338 all of the time now and get rid of the smaller rig. My old 338s all weighed 20lb+ up to 40 and I NEEDED something lighter every once in a while. And yes I will run the 338 on paper, rocks, porcupines, prairie dogs and water turtles. I don't mind the cost, blast or kick. This lighter one isn't as much fun to shoot as my 40lb rigs, kicks a little but I can live with that. My 9 yr old kid shot his first deer with a 40lb Edge out past 400 yds off of my swiveling table, front rest and bags. Some people would say what we do isn't hunting but shooting. They would want to get out and walk all over. The third day they were there, they would see 1/10 the deer they saw the first day. I know this because I have done it. The way I hunt would be strange to 90% of people. Makes no sense to someone from Georgia or the mountains either. Here, it works like a charm and is a ton of fun. [/QUOTE]
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