Recent content by MZmoose

Archery mule deer in Washington.

I'm going to have to ignore the OP. All I read in that post was extremism and whining. I believe this...so everyone else should do what suits me. I don't have enough trophy animals to harvest because of everyone else. And if you disagree and I don't like it I will ignore you..... Last I...

Feeder lights are the best, but I have a Streamlight Gamespotter green light. Works well out to at least a hundred and fifty yards when used with a conventional rifle scope. I have used some red lights and they spook some pigs. My AR-15 is in 458 Socom, 1x6 Burris scope, Streamlight...

And they passed that legislation under the guise of saving a big vulture. The poor condors were dying of lead poisoning from eating all the gut piles with lead fragments in them. I'm no biologist, but I don't see black vultures, turkey vultures, ravens, crows, magpies, caracara, jays, coyotes...

2550 fps, using Varget powder.

I loaded some up for a friends rifle. He took a little 6pt bull elk with it at 330yds. Bull was dead on the first shot but stood there so he put another thru the shoulder blade. We found that one just under the hide on the far side. I would have no issues using that bullet out to 450 yds on...

Unless your taking only head shots, use the specialized low velocity expanding bullets designed for it. Sierra matchkings in the body don't anchor pigs.

I stopped using them. 30,06 2750fps 178 eldx hit a muley at 220yds and it turned into a grenade. Bullet hit the edge of the shoulder blade, completely shed the jacket, and made it to one lung. Had to shoot the deer again in the neck to finish it. That bullet broke the neck but didn't exit...

I use a 243 Win, but I'm not shooting for hides. It tears most of em up pretty bad. But it's effective well past 400 yds. If I had to do it again I would go with a .22-250 and if I was going to build a custom it would be a fast twist .22-250.

I'm headed to South Texas in a few weeks myself. We use 458 SOCOM with the Hornady 325gr FTX. Most of our shots are close but my buddy got a good boar last year at 130yds with the SOCOM. 308 is the way to go when stretching the yardage out on pork.

308 will work great just put it between their ear hole and the point of the shoulder. Don't shoot em like a deer behind the shoulder. And don't wait for them to be perfect broadside and not moving, they never stop moving.

They will work great. Front of that bullet is pretty soft and will expand and fragment well at that distance. The back half or third will hold together and likely exit. Save up for the taxidermy.

I stopped using Winchester brass a few years back. Same issues as the OP and bad necks. Some had folded brass in the necks. I hate sorting through the pile to find the good ones. Seems like a waste of materials and I wish Winchester would step up to the plate and increase their quality...

Read too many bad reviews on Radical so my friends and I went with Bear Creek Arsenal. We hunt pigs and we're looking for uppers in 458 SOCOM. We bought three uppers and they shoot really well and we all use the same load. They are not the highest quality obviously, but have proven reliable...

Got this bob in the great state of Texas. The cat came out before dark and got the 458 SOCOM. The little piggies were after dark.