Recent content by Akbushape

Thats a good idea, document whatever you can. Is the 2500 ft AGL the minuim altitude for flying over yellowstone or can you go lower? Here I think some areas it's 1000 ft AGL, but most have no restrictions.

It just makes me sick at my stomach to see what is happening to you guys down there. This will have a long, LOONG term affect on hunting nation wide and you guys are getting the brunt of it now. The situation is behind the curve and if all stops were pulled now and hunting, trapping and...

Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. They are less inclined to return when prey is abundant. I have seen them kill moose, eat only the tongue then leave the kill and never return. I have also seen a pack of hungry wolves kill an adult moose and eat everything except the parts of bone...

May be that where they haven't been hunted a lot they will come in fast, but, they learn fast too.

Wolves will respond to calling but I have never seen or heard of them coming in fast like coyotes sometimes do. They generally come in slow and cautious and may take up to an hour to check out the source of the call. Another tip on hunting them is watch for congreations of birds (crows...

It is, IMO, unfortunate that the groups are calling for secession from the union. I can certainly understand the peoples frustration and something needs to be done to rein in the federal government from the tyranny they are imposing on the people, especially the western states and Alaska. I...

Pretty sad state of affairs when the people who live in any given state cannot manage their own wildlife in whatever manner they wish. Unless the States band together and throw the power hungry feds off their backs the situation is only going to get worse until eventually all wildlife will be...

The majority of wounded bears that get away IMO is nervousness (buck-fever) and not taking the time to aim properly. I've had clients miss at fifty yards. I've had bears shot in the foot, the nose, the leg, the guts, you name it. If the bear cooperated with a broadside shot and I could get the...

We may be talking basically the same aiming point on bear. Earlier you mentioned 10" back of the shoulder, which to me is different than 10" back of the "shoulder bone". Also the "center of the ribs" is sort of misleading. But the "shoulder bone" on a bear hooks a bit to the front. To me...

Thing is phorwath, aiming 10" behind the shoulder leaves no margin of error. If you hit even a couple of inches farther back you're looking at a gut shot. For the average marksman that is a poor aiming point. Miscalucating wind drift on a 200 yd shot can move your POI 5 or 6 inches. Thats...

I'm kinda of the same mind, Akrange. From the experiences I've had, if anything the 180 gr should be a bit more accurate in the 300 WM and be flatter shooting. I'd even test out the 150gr. Sheep are not a hard animal to put down. The 7mm is a great sheep, goat or blackbear gun but IMHO it is...

Nice going guys. Is that a custom barrel I see in the photo?

Absolutely Tony. Never take the time to see if he's down for the count after the first shot. Seconds count. As soon as you pull the trigger, chamber another round and get the crosshairs on him. Unless by this time he is stone dead, hit him again through the shoulders. Don't pause at that...

Now guy's, the smaller bear ain't no cub. Go back and look at it again. The size of the head in relation to the size of the body is about all we have to go on in this clip, with just a little help from the way they move. On cubs the head is big in relation to the body size. The older the...

Teddy12B, if that bear went down and kicked around a bit I'd bet my life on it that you hit more than hair. Probably hit him in the chest bone and to low for the boiler room. If that's what happened there would be little or no blood trail and the bear would almost certainly survive the wound...