Recent content by ridgewalker

Just a note of my opinion. I have a man cave pretty full of taxidermy. Started reducing them to euros to have more funds for hunting and fishing, but now actually wishing I had only brought home photos of my hunts. If I had done that, I could have gone on even more adventures more often. JMO...

Might surprise you the cost of Africa vs Alaska particularly for plains game. Taxidermy and shipping might be the biggest Africa costs. If/when I return to Africa it will be with only photos and memories…unless I get a leopard! LOL!

I'd like to call in a mountain lion. Always been a dream, but can't seem to get it done. At 76 I've taken pretty much all I need. Focusing on the granddaughter who seems to love hunting and fishing…thrills my heart! January 2025 I've booked her a West Texas Aoudad hunt. Got to get her shooting...

All very interesting views including the Hornady podcast and Tyler Freel. I don't trust Freel's opinion after his article on hunting brown bear with a 6.5 Creedmoor. I think he runs a high risk of getting someone hurt or even killed after writing that. I am a hunter and not a competitive...

H4350 has worked well for both for me. But when I couldn’t find it, H414 was even more accurate. Bullets in 243 ran from 85-100 and in 30-06 130-200.

Mountain biking in Moab. Had to ride out 7 miles with only my left arm functioning. Not bad really. Just a very slow pace. Drove home the next day and saw the doctor. Had an HMO insurance…hate those now! Took 5 months to get it operated on. Cost the HMO 5x what it would have if they just...

Severed all four tendons in my right rotator when 50. Had to be reattached differently, but works OK today at 76. Then I had a torn retina and the doctor told me all I had to do if it totally severed was get to him within 24 hours and he could reattach it. Scared me because I was booked for a...

Sad story. Colofornia is voting this fall to stop hunting the cats, ie cougar, bobcat and lynx. All the Californians and New Yorkers who have moved here have brought their stupid ideas with them. They think they know better how to manage wildlife than the educated professionals! I guess next...

Oh my! I could destroy that too quick. Very handsome rifle!

Started calling in 1953 using a Weems Wildcall on grey foxes. Calling game is one of the most exciting things you can do! Haven’t done much the last few years. I go out a couple of times each winter trying to call in mountain lion, but so far no success. Oh well, it’s exciting anyway. I have...

I have had an MRC in 375 K&H for several years. Went with me to Africa on 3 safaris taking plains game, lion, Cape buffalo, croc, and down to Duiker. Mine is very accurate as in 1/2" to 3/4" groups (my handloads) at 100 meters 300 grains down to 235 grain. Very reliable CRF Win 70 style action...

I noticed Sierra dropped/discontinued their app as well. Wondering why that happened.

Amazing! Well, I was a good boy yesterday. Wifey and granddaughter wanted ice cream, so I took them to DQ. I had nothing but the bill. Now if we had gone out for cookies it would have been a completely different story! I'm a cookie monster! Oatmeal raisin, or cowboy cookies…YUM!

Congratulations! I’m envious! Not a trophy hunter myself, so good meat on the table sounds like a great hunt! I’ve been trying to draw a doe tag for my granddaughter for years now unsuccessfully. Maybe someday. I use to take groups of guys from work for their first big game hunts to Wyoming for...

I used it on an Alaska black bear hunt coating my Kimber Classic 308 with it. It was a salt water Zodiac boat hunt. I still wiped my gun down at the end of the day every day to get the salt water spray off. Worked well. 400 series stainless can have “free” iron on the surface which can rust as...