Recent content by Short Track Hunter

I used 10x50's last year. Too big & too heavy. This year, I will reduce to 10x42's.

Plenty of youtube videos with .243 dead Elk.

What outfitter are you using in Newfoundland? I was researching newfoundland. I'm looking for a cabin facility, with an easy walk in. No horse back or rough terrain. We have 2 elderly gentlemen in our hunting party. So it's kinda hard to find a drive in, or something easy on the knees.

Remington has .243 ELK ammo. It was in a green box, I think it was relatively new. I wouldn't hesitate to use it.

There's a cool video on youtube, of a moose charging a hunter, as he's shooting. The moose drops within feet of the hunter.

All while 2 arguing people are carrying guns. gun)

This year, a hunting partner double lunged an Elk with a .308. Nothing special and the Elk dropped.

Where in CO ? What zone ?

That's impressive !! Did you use the meter dial on the side of the Zeiss scope, or just the hash marks on the lens I also have a Zeiss scope. It has the hash marks, and the dial. I am 6" high at 100 yards. 3" high at 200 yards. So I figure am basically zeroed at 300 yards. I have...

Did you ever practice any longer than 100 or 200 yards ? If not, how did you know how high to aim ?

Dude, you have to do something with the meat. Either donate it to charity, or turn it into dog food. Can't just let it go to waste.

It's a Browning, synthetic, semi auto, short track. 7mm-08. about 4-5 years old. I tried 2 different scopes, so the scope is ruled out. I'm comparing it to my Remington 750, semi auto, which is a tack driver, and much cheaper than the Browning.

A lot of good questions. Factory Federal loads. I'm certainly not happy with it. Next time, I will use my rifle bench tray, rather than sand bags. I will have to take note of the 1st round. I guess that is the most important.

What kind of accuracy do you recommend for Elk ? Right now, 200 yards, I'm about the size of a dollar bill. I can't get it any tighter. The windage is actually pretty good. But the elevation changes is about 6". I'm zoomed in 16x on the scope. This is from a bench, so I figured I'd be...