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<blockquote data-quote="Playtimefun" data-source="post: 2799263" data-attributes="member: 103742"><p>To the heavy rifle carriers... I bow in my wimpyness to you. When I was younger maybe but even then my heaviest at the time was a Browning BAR that i had. If I shoot something like a deer it's generally gut it there and either drag it to where you can drive the truck up to it. I can sort of see it pack hunting because the gun is packed, but we don't have that type of hunting here on the prairies. On the flip side... I have loaded up and hauled a number of moose out of the bush by myself and I ain't going to lie... now I look at where an animal is standing and decide IF I want to do that much work before I pull the trigger. Lol. I think back to a friend whose grandfather shot a bull moose in 3 feet of water at the end if October. Which up here means there is generally ice on the sloughs. I think that was the first step to him quitting hunting!! Lol</p><p></p><p>But I also am a big believer in good gear. My specialty so to speak is moose hunting and I had a guy here build me a hunting knife out of Rex 121 which is a specialty tool steel just because of how easily moose hair dulls a knife. The 12" piece of steel before we started forming it was $200 alone. The guy went through 42 sanding belts just for shaping it. When I asked him if that was a lot he looked at me in disbelief and said usually I make 3-4 knives from 1 belt!!!! Then we sent it to the states for specialized heat treating. I can chip the knife if I try and pry apart bones with it but we got three elk one night right when I got it and I told the guys I want to see exactly how good it was. Well after 2.5 elk (gutting and skinning) you could still shave the hairs off your arm. then they got tired of screwing around waiting to do it all with 1 knife. When I get a moose or elk, it's generally quarter it and carry it out to the truck a quarter at a time if your unlucky. If your lucky drive up to it. </p><p></p><p>There is no doubt a heavier gun points better. But your generally not packing it up here and then pulling it out. It's carry or slung because you might walk up on something at 50 yards in a ravine or creek bottom or need to take a long shot at something out in the field that gets up quickly.</p><p></p><p>I don't let gun weight stop me from buying my guns and hunting with them. But now i think of it as more what am I doing with the gun in my hand? Am I bush hunting? Sitting/standing over a big slough or ravine? Shots going to be 200 yards or 500 yards? Start or end of season? Which surprisingly is getting to be more of a factor then I would have thought. The comfort level with what you have in your hand is of course what counts the most.</p><p></p><p>And as I type this I just realized that I own a valmet 412s (over under rifle) in 30-06 that's about 10.5-11 lbs scoped. I have never hunted with it yet because it had a flimsy scope mount base and I just recently got a good solid scope mount for it. Guess we will see how far I go in the snow before I have a heart attack??? Lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Playtimefun, post: 2799263, member: 103742"] To the heavy rifle carriers... I bow in my wimpyness to you. When I was younger maybe but even then my heaviest at the time was a Browning BAR that i had. If I shoot something like a deer it's generally gut it there and either drag it to where you can drive the truck up to it. I can sort of see it pack hunting because the gun is packed, but we don't have that type of hunting here on the prairies. On the flip side... I have loaded up and hauled a number of moose out of the bush by myself and I ain't going to lie... now I look at where an animal is standing and decide IF I want to do that much work before I pull the trigger. Lol. I think back to a friend whose grandfather shot a bull moose in 3 feet of water at the end if October. Which up here means there is generally ice on the sloughs. I think that was the first step to him quitting hunting!! Lol But I also am a big believer in good gear. My specialty so to speak is moose hunting and I had a guy here build me a hunting knife out of Rex 121 which is a specialty tool steel just because of how easily moose hair dulls a knife. The 12" piece of steel before we started forming it was $200 alone. The guy went through 42 sanding belts just for shaping it. When I asked him if that was a lot he looked at me in disbelief and said usually I make 3-4 knives from 1 belt!!!! Then we sent it to the states for specialized heat treating. I can chip the knife if I try and pry apart bones with it but we got three elk one night right when I got it and I told the guys I want to see exactly how good it was. Well after 2.5 elk (gutting and skinning) you could still shave the hairs off your arm. then they got tired of screwing around waiting to do it all with 1 knife. When I get a moose or elk, it's generally quarter it and carry it out to the truck a quarter at a time if your unlucky. If your lucky drive up to it. There is no doubt a heavier gun points better. But your generally not packing it up here and then pulling it out. It's carry or slung because you might walk up on something at 50 yards in a ravine or creek bottom or need to take a long shot at something out in the field that gets up quickly. I don't let gun weight stop me from buying my guns and hunting with them. But now i think of it as more what am I doing with the gun in my hand? Am I bush hunting? Sitting/standing over a big slough or ravine? Shots going to be 200 yards or 500 yards? Start or end of season? Which surprisingly is getting to be more of a factor then I would have thought. The comfort level with what you have in your hand is of course what counts the most. And as I type this I just realized that I own a valmet 412s (over under rifle) in 30-06 that's about 10.5-11 lbs scoped. I have never hunted with it yet because it had a flimsy scope mount base and I just recently got a good solid scope mount for it. Guess we will see how far I go in the snow before I have a heart attack??? Lol [/QUOTE]
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