Recent content by Bud Meadows

In March 2006 I was turkey hunting in Midway, AL. I arrived at our camp a day before the other guys. At 4:30 AM I awoke with crushing chest pains. I used my cell phone to wake up one of my fellow members to ask where the closest MD was. I drove myself 20 miles to Union City AL to a clinic and...

I'll be going back to Namibia in 2019. I'd go every year, but being a 70 year old retiree, can't swing it financially

I just got back from my fourth Namibian hunt in May of this year. If you're like me, you're hooked on hunting plains game in Africa. I've shot the usual suspects like kudu, gemsbok, wildebeest, springboks, waterbuck and eland, plus a few varmints like baboons, jackals and rock hyraxes. With...

I didn't realize there was a correlation between relative value of a gun and accuracy. Since I already own FOUR .308's ( 2 M1A's, a Ruger 77V and a TC Icon) I don't need to re barrel a fifth. I'll pass.

I have a VERY large supply of Sierra 168 gr Match Kings so I question how they'd shoot with that 1/16 barrel.

Is that 1 in 16 inch twist correct? I've seen 1 in 10" or 1 in 12", but have never heard of 1 in 16" in .308.

You don't mention the caliber- is it .308??

I have an Anschutz 1407 Standard Rifle topped with a BSA 6X24X40 with Mildot reticle. I shoot metallic silhouette at my local gun club, and it's a perfect setup. I hold dead on the chickens at 40 yards, use the first dot below the crosshairs for the 60 yard pigs, second dot for the 80 yard...

Hunted for the EIGHTH time in the last thirteen years with HVO. Despite the severe winter die off in Montana last year, I was able to shoot a nice 4X4 muley the first hour of the first day of my five day hunt. Saw lots of young 4X4's, which bodes well for future years, as long as they don't...

LEN: I always hunt on the Nelson and Rising Ranches, which abut each other. It was awesome hunting last year.

I drew a Montana Combination Big Game tag (deer& elk). I'll be hunting in Wibaux, MT with Hidden Valley Outfitters, my EIGHTH trip with them. Looking forward to another great rut hunt for muley bucks. Last year, I saw SEVEN 4X4's in the first hour of my hunt.

Diesel: I feel your pain. Sounds just like my experience. I loaded 100 rounds of 165 grain Sierra GameKings tonight. I've never had a bullet failure in 30+ years shooting these. I'll save the 168 Bergers for when I want to impress the fellas down at my local range with 1/2" groups.

Bigngreen: I have a custom bullet drop compensator on my Leupold Vari-X III. Normally when hunting in thick woods, I set it for 100 yards. As this buck kept walking closer to me, I set it at 50 yards just before I squeezed the trigger. At the range I shot, I could see the bullet strike right...

Maybe I need to adjust my point of aim at close range shots from "high shoulder" to "just behind the shoulder". I can keep my point of aim for longer range shots at high shoulder, since I've never had a bullet failure there with the .308 Berger VLD's in 168 grains. Thanks for the helpful comments.

Going back to the swamp where we lost him is NOT an option for me. I live in Birmingham, MI, and the deer was shot in Camden, AL, a trip of 908 miles one way. The landowner assures me he'll look for the deer as the rut heats up down in southern Alabama in the next two weeks. As to the...