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    new rifle for my son

    I am taking my son hunting for elk, mule deer and antelope. He has a small stature and recoil sensitive. I am looking for a rifle with a shorter length of pull(LOP) (e.g. 12 1/2") with light recoil, a flat trajectory, hopefully less than 7 lbs without scope, and has enough energy, at 400...
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    Day pack for elk hunt?

    I use a day pack made by kifaru, it is a very good day pack and is capable of carrying meat also. I still use this pack and has served me well for years. I did break down and buy a bull pack for carrying out meat. The bull pack is a very comfortable (more so than the kifaru) meat pack.
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    Elk Hunting for a new hunter

    I am taking my daughter for her first elk hunt this year. The dilemma I have is this: she is a small structured woman and the calibers I currently have is a 300 win mag, 338 win mag and a 240 weatherby. I know she will not be able to handle the recoil of the 300 or the 338. I don't want her...
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    25-06 and bullet selection

    I recently purchased a browning x-bolt in 25-06 with a 1:10 twist. I don't have any reloading equipment so I bought a box of hsm ammo with 115 gr berger vld bullets and a box of nosler ammo with 100 gr nosler partition bullets. I went to the range to shoot and I was not impressed with the...
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