Recent content by SPR123

I see your point. And I guess if I zero the BDC turret at 500 once I show up to NE or WY before the hunt, It should be even closer at 800 - 1000 yards? How would you factor in a steep angle with the BDC turret? Or would you just do the calculation and dial with MOA? BTW, thanks for your...

I live in FL. I hunt in NE and WY and never know what alt or weather conditions I'll be hunting. I just can't see how a custom turret would help? Am I thinking right?

I'd like to hear how you calculate to make your long range hunting shots in the field. Using the following list of equipment: Precision long rifle (7mmLRM for this example) Leica 1600-b, Kestrel 4500, Vortex 6-24 PST MOA scope and the "Shooter" app on my phone. If you have a custom...

Its not too spicy, my kids (11 yrs to 16 yrs) can handle it just fine, however, it is packed with flavor. Give it a try.

Jeff, This would be my first Elk hunt (5-6 years from now to get max points) and I'm not sure how it all works, but if you are accumulating points for a bull tag in WY can you get a cow tag while your waiting or would it reset your preference points for your bull tag? My other thought is to...

I should say that this was my wife's recipe with me doing the cooking! I'm saving the back strap for my Friday night grill out!! I am accruing preference points for a Wyoming Bull tag, so all of this Elk meat is getting me fired up!!

Thanks to my long time friend and fellow military buddy Ryan Hunter from Hemingford, NE, I was able to have the opportunity to cook my first ever pot of Elk Chili!! This past year Ryan and his brother Shawn were drawn for two Bull Elk tags and filled them on the first day out! Ryan sent me...

Completely agree. Plus the FFP retical will cover up more of your target compared to the really fine SFP retical when at full zoom. And if you are needing to range something far enough away to make scope adjustment, you are going to be at full zoom anyway and you could then use your SFP...

I understand that just velocity increase is not the only evaluation. How would you go about finding the "Happy" load for a new cartridge such as the 7mmLRM?

I just finished a 7mmLRM for a Nebraska and Wyoming Whitetail/Mule Deer/ Elk gun. Got another one in the works for my buddy that lives in Nebraska. The gun can be built in steps like you want, but the action work, bolt and barrel should be one step. Then you can select a stock, trigger...

Len, I tried the Retumbo and the H1000 over the weekend in my 7mmLRM. From what I read, the Retumbo was going to produce more speed over the H1000 with the same powder charge. I wanted to deliver the 180 VLD's above 3000 fps. I loaded 5 rounds with 72 gns of Retumbo and 5 rounds with 72 gns...

That's AWESOME!!

Reading this: "The size of a mature bull elk is often shocking to first-time elk hunters. These are not just larger versions of white-tailed deer. These are BIG animals, think Clydesdale with 5-6 foot antlers!" really makes me ready to go elk hunting!! Lol! My situation is: I have a...

I guess the only other choice would be check the cooler as luggage with the airline? I'm sure it would be over sized and over weight $$$. Just thought I'd ask to see how anyone else has done this before.

I will be going on my first Elk hunt (hopefully) in the next few years, and was curious how one would get ALL of that meat back home after the hunt? I will be flying out to Wyoming from Florida and am trying to figure the logistics of shipping however many pounds of wonderful Elk meat back...